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After a year-long hibernation in the Victorian bush, Melbourne musician Lanie Lane has emerged from her slumber with a fresh new sound. Peeling back the layers of ‘60s American blues made famous on her 2011 debut To The Horses, Lanie chatted to Rip It Up in this week’s cover story about the “really different” vibe of her forthcoming sophomore album. There’ll be no cowboys on this one – read that over on (p10). Also featured in this week’s mag is Summer Glau, otherwise known as River Tam from space western television series Firefly. Ahead of appearing at Supanova Pop Culture Expo, Glau chatted to us about her on-screen experiences, including her buddy Lena Headey (p20). Ahead of their show at UniBar, post-hardcore band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus talked about their decision to split from their major label and go independent (p14), while Matthew Caws of ’90s one-hit wonder band Nada Surf also discussed new beginnings, divulging to us his new ‘soft-goth’ project with Juliana Hatfield, Minor Alps (p12). Other bands making cameos in this fine November issue include Finnish black metal outfit Moonsorrow (p11), who cemented the importance of a good phone line and not being hungover for interviews, as well as reputable EDM producer Sub Focus (p13), who revealed to us that time he was approached by Kylie Minogue... With that, we’ll leave you with this week’s issue. May your Movember moustaches live long and prosper.
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Bow in the presence of fantasy royalty by the likes of author George R.R. Martin and Game Of Thrones actress Michelle Fairley at Supanova Pop Culture Expo this Fri Nov 15 – Sun Nov 17.
Cuckoo’s double-venue laneway party kicks off this Sat Nov 16 with Germany’s Shed alongside Tama Sumo, Carter Bros, HMC and Oisima.
Speeding along this week... HEY GERONIMO Having just polished off their second EP Erring On The Side Of Awesome, the indie pop wizards will return to Adelaide’s Cats at Rocket this Fri Nov 15. MATT BARLOW The local musician and Sparkspitter member will perform a newly conceived solo set at the Exeter on Sun Nov 17. Kicking off at 8pm, he’ll be joined by Barstool Sample. KON The US vinyl spinner will perform at Rocket Bar on Sat Nov 16 with DJ support from Troy J Been, Big Bubba and Griff.
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When Rhode Island comes up in my pop culture dictionary, I’m more likely to link the state to Sandra Bullock’s ditsy mate in Miss Congeniality than heavy, alternative rock. But that’s not Daughters’ fault—they’re about as famous as you can get while still remaining mysteriously elusive. They’ve broken up, reformed and dropped three avant-garde noise rock albums in the last ten years. Now they’re coming to Adelaide on Thu Jan 16 at Enigma Bar next year. It could be the final sprint as a unit, or it could be a sign they’re well and truly back in business. To make sure you get your Daughters hit, pick up tickets through OzTix.
WOMAD Line-up Announced
The festival program extends beyond unique, world-renowned music; WOMADelaide is proud to be hosting a multimedia art performance by David Mihchalek. Slow Dancing projects some of the globe’s best dancers onto three enormous screens. The video display is an exclusive Australian premiere. Next year, Planet Talks continue with an impressive list of speakers: Annabel Crabb, Simon Sheikh, Tanya Ha, Chris Daniels, Paul Gilding, Simon Holmes à Court, Steffen Lehmann and Tory Shepherd joining Peter Garrett and Polly Higgins.
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With a fresh debut record, this genrespanning Melbourne four-piece is ready to get on tour. In between festival slots at Meredith and Valley Fiesta (Brisbane), WORLD’S END PRESS has booked in some quality time at the Rhino Room. Tickets for the Sat Dec 7 show for Plus One are available through Moshtix.
The Old Queen’s Theatre won’t know what hit it. SCUMFEST is returning next year—complete with artists, workshops, and a 20-band line-up. Tooth & Nail and RTD will join forces to present a screen-printing workshop, Holly & Wonder; independent record labels Art As Catharsis (NSW ), Pee Records, Major Crimes Records and Open Grave will be distributing their releases; The Skeleton Closet will be selling a weird and wonderful collection of bric-a-brac; and a 14-artist exhibition, Melt Frank, will blow your mixed-media mind. Local and interstate bands include Hightime, Jackals (NSW ), God God Dammit Dammit, Hydromedusa, Irie Knights, Raccoon City Police Department and more. Tickets are only $20 and will be available at the door from midday on Sat Jan 11.
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The line-up of the 2014 WOMADelaide festival is announced today. Featuring 500 artists from 25 countries across four days (Fri Mar 7 – Mon Mar 10), the festival promises to be spectacular. Joining previously announced acts (Billy Bragg, Arrested Development and Neko Case) are Femi Kuti & The Positive Force (Nigeria). This will be Kuti’s return to WOMAD after six years. Among the WOMADelaide and Australian debut performances are Ane Brun and Mikhael Paskalev, fado singer Carminho (Portugal) and the extraordinary pianist Roberto Fonseca (Buena Vista Social Club; Cuba). The Australian representation is strong, ranging from Coloured Stone to Washington and The Brown Hornet. As usual, WOMAD has snagged some world-class DJs to finish out the nights: DJ Muro, Awesome Tapes From Africa, DJ Yoda and Quantic. DJ Muro ( Japan) will share rare gems from his unbelievable record collection.
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Last week, THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS released their second studio album, Everything’s A Thread. High-energy and imaginative, the album is a fantastic new addition to the band’s catalogue. Lead single Everything’s A Thread has been getting some well-deserved airplay and with more singles waiting in the wings, these guys will be inescapable this summer. With the new tunes comes a new tour, so ready your wallets, Adelaideans. Tickets to the indierock gig at Jive on Fri Nov 22 are on sale through Moshtix.
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Hello Gorgeous Moving to the middle of the Victorian bush to be “in touch with the seasons” has had a profound effect on Melbourne musician Lanier Johnston AKA Lanie Lane. Nearly a year on since the move, she has shed the signature ‘60s Americana vibes of her 2011 awardwinning debut To The Horses, promising a very different sounding second album. In her first interview this year with Rip It Up, Johnston explains her sonic evolution.
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It’s really changed. Ah man, people are going to flip out. I can’t even explain in words how different it is, but it’s really done a 180, really changed a hell of a lot,” she begins, speaking to Rip It Up with her feet up in front of the fire at home in rural Victoria. “But it’s good, [the album] just feels like me. I’ve let down a lot of my guard - not that I knew it was there before - but now I’ve realised that I can go deeper into myself and listen to other things that are going on because I’ve got such a broad range of music.” While earmarked by tastemakers early in 2011 for her Nancy Sinatra-meetscountry-hoedown vocals, Lanie Lane’s sophomore album will see her evolve from a quiff-toting blues musician to something “a lot looser, and a bit more ‘70s.” “It’s a bit trippy, but then there’s epic, emotive songs that are more like… oh, they just get you in the heart,” she enthuses. “Then there are ones that are really sexy, and some that have old elements, bridging the new songs with the old songs. “I don’t feel limited by that Americana
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rockabilly/blues thing. That was one phase I guess of my life, and people are going to be able to move with me or not,” she continues. “My philosophy is that it’s all about the songs. If the songs are good, then people will resonate with them. When we did five shows around the country recently to get ready for recording and know the songs better, we had people coming up in Adelaide, as soon as we came off stage, saying, ‘We loved these new songs, better than your old stuff ’. That was
“I don’t feel limited by that Americana rockabilly/blues thing. That was one phase I guess of my life.” really cool to hear them embracing this new sound.” Having recorded in producer Scott Horscroft’s country house in NSW’s Hidden Valley, Johnston explains the necessity of being within a rural sanctuary while crafting music. “That was a definite must-have in this
album. I learnt so much from To The Horses. I realise now how important being in a comfortable place and somewhere that is visually inspiring and energetically right to me. There was no way I was going to record this second album in the city, no way. It just doesn’t make any sense as to where I’m at, what the songs are about, or the fact that when I’ve been writing them I’ve been looking out at this beautiful garden, or being in the desert, or being in Arnhem Land. Being in nature to make music makes sense, because that’s where I’m getting inspiration internally.” Sadly, the recording process was so intensive that Johnston and her band didn’t get much of an opportunity to pop outside for fresh air. “I never even got a chance to take a walk. We were so busy, doing 12-hour days of recording for ten days in complete isolation. But on the way back we were driving and… I jumped in the river,” she giggles. With a performance at McLaren Vale’s Gorgeous Festival coming up this month, Johnston will spend the remaining few months of the year mixing and recording vocals for the album before “touring the shit out of it!” Its completion will serve as a cathartic end to what has been a big year of self-growth. “I’m just loving this year,” she reflects. “The last 12 months have been just so awesome, because I moved out to the country and I’ve been living with myself. I’ve been really in touch with the seasons. I think when I’ve lived in the city it’s been a bit of a drag getting through the colder months, whereas when you’re living in the
In The Vines With her performance at Gorgeous Festival in McLaren Vale looming, we wonder what Johnston will be drinking while up in the vineyards. “Probably a bit of sparkling. I used to work in wineries in Margaret River when I was in my early 20s, and I drank a fair bit of wine then…” she pauses. “But I don’t really drink alcohol. I know, I’m going against the grain of my Australian culture!”
middle of nowhere — I don’t even live in a town or anything, I live outside of one — you really get to enjoy everything that’s going on in nature around you. Now it’s like, ‘Oh my god look, there’s a new rose!’ It’s just so nice!” Living in the country has also allowed Johnston to appreciate the simpler things in life - like nurturing baby birds. “We have this double garage, and a little blackbird got orphaned in there the other day,” she says. “My boyfriend Jez was in there during the night and could hear a little ‘tweet tweet,’ but we couldn’t find it until the morning. By then it was like, really hungry, like wheewheewhee,” she mimics shrilly. “We eventually found it, and now we have a baby blackbird in the family. It’s like the fourth day. It’s really cool.”
WHO: Lanie Lane, John Butler Trio, Eskimo Joe & more WHAT: Gorgeous Festival WHEN: Fri Nov 22 & Sat Nov 23
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Australia Gets Epic Mitja Harvilahti, guitarist for Finland’s epic metal outfit Moonsorrow, is at home in Helsinki when Rip It Up rings on a late Adelaide afternoon. Unfortunately for Harvilahti, it’s 9am on a Saturday in Finland. Aside from trying to understand a strong Aussie accent first thing in the morning, the guy has to deal with a five-second delay between sending and receiving sound over the phone, due to the fairly reasonable distance between our two nations. He’s also hungover. It’s going to be a great day.
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hour songs – it was an album that even I didn’t understand,” Harvilahti reveals. “I don’t think any of the band understood it when it came out. Critics gave it full points, and everybody was saying how amazing it was, but we were still scratching our heads saying, ‘Oh shit, what did we just do? Is there any point in this kind of music?!’ A 30-minute song that really has a lot of parts and progression… it was really difficult even when we made this song not to hear just the mix and mistakes and things you might want to change, but to actually start listening to it.” Asked if Moonsorrow would ever create a onealbum song, Harvilahti laughingly answers, “I hope not.” “We always said that at the point where we do that, it’s going to be our last album, and then the band will quit. I think that still applies. I don’t wanna do that yet. I’m not ready for it.” WHO: Moonsorrow WHERE: Governor Hindmarsh WHEN: Thu Nov 21
oonsorrow have had a fairly quiet last couple of months in their native country. “We don’t get many requests for shows right now,” Harvilahti relates. “We didn’t play one festival this summer in Finland.” When asked why, Harvilahti can’t find an obvious reason. “I’ve been wondering that myself. We have quite a crowd here, so if we play a show it’s actually pretty good.” “Korpiklaani [a fellow Finnish metal band] – they’re finally raising their head in Finland,” he expands. “They’re very popular all over the world, but at one point, hardly anybody knew them in Finland… it’s really funny to catch them, when they play everywhere in the world and get huge crowds, and then they come to Finland and play for maybe 60 people and people really don’t know who they are.” Metal itself unfortunately seems to have declined in Helsinki. Often hailed as one of the most metal-friendly capitals in the world, Harvilahti reveals that things have changed over the last few years. “There used to be, in the central area of Helsinki, around 10 metal bars – now it’s pretty much down to two. Shops [and] merchandise as well… they’ve all gone online.” That hasn’t stopped Harvilahti though – he went to see Australian death/black metal band Portal play in his hometown just the other week. He also reveals that he is a fan of some other older Australian bands, citing death-metallers Sadistik Exekution and punk group Cosmic Psychos in his list of interests. It’s good to see some of our music makes it across to Scandinavian shores. Speaking of shores, Harvilahti is extremely excited to be coming to ours in a couple of weeks. “We’ve been looking forward to this chance for a very long time,” he confirms. “At one point I thought we’d never be able to play in Australia. We are really, really happy to be able to come over there and finally play some concerts… in a lot of ways it’s a dream come true.” At the time of the call, Moonsorrow had yet to decide which songs they were going to play here, but Harvilahti assured us it would involve the whole catalogue. “There are people who have maybe been waiting for us for a long time, and I think it’s always best when you come to a new country to play a set that really covers the whole territory of the band. There’s going to be some stuff from each album. Except maybe from the album that only has two half-an-hour songs (titled Viides Luku – Hävitetty) – we might have to skip one of those,” he laughs. Moonsorrow is of course famous for the length and complexity of some of their tracks – it’s the reason their genre is commonly referred to as ‘epic’ metal. Asked if he thinks the fans understand their music, Harvilahti finds it hard to say. “For example, this album with the two half RipITUPMAGAZINE//ripitup.com.au
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His Mom Says He’s A Catch There aren’t very many musicians who can say they’ve been around for 20 years. Especially one that has been labelled a ‘one-hit-wonder’ and unceremoniously dropped by his record label. Many would have called it quits, but for Matthew Caws, the lead singer and chief songwriter of Nada Surf, these obstacles were merely stepping stones to the career he enjoys now.
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fter releasing a number of critically acclaimed albums, Nada Surf has decided to take a well deserved break. Caws talks to Rip It Up about his new project, Minor Alps, and what it’s like being a middle-aged professional musician in the industry today. “It is weird. But it’s great. I consider myself to be
incredibly, incredibly lucky to still be doing it. I think it’s easier now, I don’t think you have to bet to win as much as you used to have to. Previously, you really had to get incredibly lucky and really capture lightning in a bottle or strike gold. Now, to build up a core audience it’s a lot easier than it once was, because you can stay in touch with all of them.” After being thrust into the limelight in the mid-`90s for Nada Surf ’s MTV-generation anthem Popular, Caws was pegged as a one-hit-wonder by his label and subsequently dropped. Despite the bad taste left in his mouth, Caws soldiered on. “We were very disenfranchised when they dropped us, all of the sudden we didn’t have a career. It was game over, except for the fact that we had what we always had which was that we really enjoyed playing together. Even if the record company didn’t think we had a future, audiences were always really nice to us, so we
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regrouped. I couldn’t stomach the idea of starting a new band, just because someone in a big office thought that this one was over. Partially it might have been low life ambition, maybe we were too lazy. But things picked up pretty quick. They didn’t pick up in a big way, but they picked up in a meaningful way.” Although Popular is Nada Surf ’s most recognisable song, Caws admits that he wouldn’t be where he is now without it. “You can talk about it in two ways, the positive spin is that it was a moment when your name got into the air. It’s given us a leg up because more people have heard of us. I don’t [even] think it was a legit hit, it’s not like Mickey You’re So Fine [Hey Mickey] by whatever-her-name-is. It never even went top 40, it was just a really big video. Like an MTV-era hit. That was crazy.” After seven albums, Nada Surf has gone on hiatus. Not one to kick his feet up, Caws has teamed up with fellow musician Juliana Hatfield as Minor Alps. “It’s similar melodically because I can’t change what I do, and anything that’s different about it is an accident. In terms of the sound, one very silly way we’ve been describing it is ‘soft-goth’. It’s dark music, but it’s not that dark. It’s never celebrating being alone or being sad, but Juliana and I are both kind of loners, so I think there is a certain sombreness to the music. Because [ Juliana] has the same temperament, I didn’t have to dress
“I couldn’t stomach the idea of starting a new band, just because someone in a big office thought that this one was over.”
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anything up. If a lyric was going to be a bummer, it could be a bummer. It’s up and down. I think that’s true of Nada Surf as well.” Caws is quick to assure us that although he hasn’t ruled out further recordings as Minor Alps, Nada Surf isn’t going anywhere. “We might do more, but Nada Surf is my priority. [Minor Alps] was a special treat because this is [Nada Surf ’s] first real break in 20 years. We’ve had down time before, but you know when you’re looking for a job it doesn’t count as vacation, even though you’re not at work? That is what all of our downtime has been like up until now. This was the first time that we took an actual break, which has allowed me to do other things and not feel guilty about it. The health of Nada Surf is excellent, everything is great [and] pretty soon after Christmas we will be back in the saddle and writing songs.” WHO: Minor Alps WHAT: Get There (Stop Start)
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Beats// I never really feel like I’ve got enough time. The things that are the most important to me really are making my own songs, so I kind of made the conscious decision to prioritise that. I’ve had quite a lot of offers from different people. I was speaking to Ellie Goulding a little bit about doing some extra production for her last album [Halcyon], which I would have really liked to do, but I was trying to prioritise my own album and just trying to finish that at the time — so the timing wasn’t good. I even was approached by Kylie at one point asking for tunes — which is quite funny! But I’m definitely interested in doing production for other people if I get time in future.”
In Focus You know you’re a big – and credibly big – EDM DJ/producer when you can turn down pop stars wanting hits.
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et Sub Focus (AKA Nick Douwma) has no major regrets about missed opportunities. The bass technician just dropped an ambitious second ‘artist’ album, Torus, and is touring an epic live show — bound for 2014’s Future Music Festival. In fact, at this second the Brit, a Glastonbury regular, is in the studio refining his set for a full UK expedition. The show, utilising laptops, samplers and synthesisers, will be a progression from what we first saw at Stereosonic 2011. “It’s changed a hell of a lot since I last came to Australia,” Douwma says. He talks excitedly about such things as audio-reactive lights, not to mention motion sensors for sound. “It’s quite a futuristic way of performing that I’m aiming at with this. I wanted to keep it totally electronic and be able to keep on trying new ideas with it, really.” Douwma does still DJ occasionally, but these days performing represents a greater challenge — he touts it as “like live remixing.” As a school kid the Guildford native played bass guitar in an indie band before discovering the likes of The Prodigy and jungle. He’d soon produce his own dance music. Douwma even studied audio engineering. Sub Focus emerged in the early noughties, bringing new blood to D&B. Douwma aligned himself with Andy C’s Ram Records – the story is a pal passed on his demo at a party — and broke through with 2005’s guitar-riffed (and Pendulum-y) X-Ray. It actually cracked the UK pop charts. In 2009, Douwma issued an eponymous album (entailing another now-classic hit, Rock It). Torus’ first single, Falling Down, aired way back in late 2011 — and Skrillex was so enthusiastic about it that he organised a remix EP (Nick Thayer contributed) for OWSLA. As with Douwma’s debut, Torus is expansive — there’s lush ambient and future garage vibes — but features more vocalists (Alice Gold, Alex Clare, Foxes) without being an overt crossover bid. “I’m trying to walk that line,” Douwma admits. “I never wanna do something that’s too kinda pop, I guess. I was very wary of doing that but, at the same time, I wanted to just work with a lot more singers and make a lot more songs on this album. I think my goal with this one was to make an album that you could listen to from start to finish and was less of a club album... There’s a lot more variation and a lot more natural elements like singers and played instruments and stuff.” Douwma didn’t choose “obvious” singers, either, citing Kele Okereke’s soulful lead vocal on his current single Turn It Around as “unusual”. And, the Bloc Party frontman was among those Douwma managed to liaise with in the studio, rather than “remotely” over the internet. “It was a real dream come true for me to work with him — I’m a big fan of his stuff over the years. He’s got an amazing emotion in his voice that I really love.” Douwma produced Kickstarts for his mate Example — and it remains one of the UK MC’s biggest tunes. However, he’s appeared reluctant to cast himself as a producer-forhire like his labelmates Chase & Status. Why not milk it? “Yeah, it’s a good point — maybe I should,” Douwma responds wryly. “I think basically
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WHO: Sub Focus WHAT: Torus (Universal) and Future Music Festival WHERE: Adelaide Showground WHEN: Mon Mar 10
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Tour Guide/ FRI NOV 15 – SUN NOV 17
SUPANOVA @ Adelaide Showground
FRI NOV 15
DAN SULTAN @ Governor Hindmarsh APES & HEY GERONIMO @ Rocket Bar THE LITTLE STEVIES @ Wheatsheaf Hotel BRENDAN GALLAGHER & THE YEARLINGS @ Church Of The Trinity, Goodwood Rd
SAT NOV 16
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS & THE SWEET APES @ UniBar SASKWATCH @ Jive BRENDAN GALLAGHER & THE YEARLINGS @ Church
SUN NOV 17
MICHAEL MCINTYRE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
FRI DEC 6
TODD TERRY @ Garage Bar THE BAMBOOS @ Governor Hindmarsh ENGINE @ Enigma Bar
SAT DEC 7
WORLD’S END PRESS @ Rhino Room JONESEZ @ Ed Castle Hotel GUITAR WOLF @ Enigma Bar
SUN DEC 8
VANS WARPED TOUR: THE OFFSPRING, PARKWAY DRIVE, THE USED, SIMPLE PLAN, NEW FOUND GLORY & MORE @ TBC
MON DEC 9
ALICIA KEYS & JOHN LEGEND @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
WED NOV 20
IAN BALL @ Grace Emily Hotel BAM BAM @ Sugar
THU NOV 21
WED DEC 11
FRI NOV 22 – SAT NOV 23
GORGEOUS FESTIVAL: ESKIMO JOE, JOHN BUTLER TRIO, LANIE LANE, BLUE KING BROWN, THELMA PLUM, THE AUDREYS & MORE @ Serafino Winery, McLaren Vale
FRI NOV 22
THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS @ Jive Bar ELIZABETH ROSE @ Rocket Bar I KNOW LEOPARD @ Ed Castle DJ SPEN @ Mr Kim’s ALITHIA @ Enigma Bar
SAT NOV 23
HITS & PITS FESTIVAL 2.0: BLACK FLAG, BOYSETFIRE, NO FUN AT ALL, JUGHEAD’S REVENGE & OFF WITH THEIR HEADS @ Governor Hindmarsh MOONSORROW @ Governor Hindmarsh TUMBLEWEED @ UniBar
TUE NOV 26
KINKY FRIEDMAN @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI NOV 29
SMOKIE @ Her Majesty’s Theatre BUSBY MAROU @ Fowler’s Live THE SCREAMING JETS & THE SNOWDROPPERS @ Governor Hindmarsh ALLDAY @ Rocket Bar SHAUN KIRK @ Wheatsheaf Hotel
SAT NOV 30
NECK DEEP @ Fowler’s Live COSENTINO @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre DEEP SOUTH SA BLUES, ROOTS & FOLK FESTIVAL @ Governor Hindmarsh THE SPASMS @ Worldsend Hotel
SUN DEC 1
PASSENGER @ Thebarton Theatre
WED DEC 4
MUSE & BIRDS OF TOKYO @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre ROCKWIZ @ Thebarton Theatre INSANE CLOWN POSSE @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU DEC 5
JUSTIN BIEBER @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
BON JOVI & KID ROCK @ AAMI Stadium LEONARD COHEN @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
THU DEC 12
CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES @ Governor Hindmarsh
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The Choose Your Own Adventure books popularised in the ‘80s and ‘90s usually resulted in either death or glory for the intrepid protagonist. When Floridian post-hardcore band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus arrive in Australia for their forthcoming Choose Our Adventure Tour, they’re hoping their fans, who voted on the band’s tour detonations, have chosen their paths wisely.
SAT DEC 14
WARNING BIRDS @ Grace Emily Hotel KID MAC @ UniBar
SUN DEC 17
LOOPTROOP ROCKERS & SAGE FRANCIS @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU DEC 19
HUMAN NATURE @ Festival Theatre
WED JAN 8
BONOBO @ Governor Hindmarsh
“A lot of bands would be afraid to do something like that because we’re not necessarily going to all the major cities,” explains frontman Ronnie Winter while on tour in the US. “We don’t really care about money; we just really wanted to make sure that the people who actually want to see our band play can see our band play. So this puts the power in their hands, straight up.”
The tour stunt might seem like a strange move for a band that in the past has fought long and hard for its independence. In 2010 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus split with major label EMI/Virgin, with Winter explaining that he wanted to maintain creative control within the band. The frontman certainly seems to be happy with life as an independent band. “Our last two singles hit #1 on Christian Rock Billboard in the US, so we’re still cranking out hits,” he laughs. “As far as selling records, that’s never been a priority. Most of our fans download our stuff illegally anyway and we’ve just accepted that. We’re not going to fight them or try to sue them like Metallica. "It’s hard for me to get along with somebody who wants to tell me what to do when I’m writing all the music. I have my own opinions on how I want to look and how I want my image to be presented and how I want my songs to be presented. For me, [being independent] is definitely a better situation but
I’m not trying to judge anybody.” The aforementioned singles came off The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ last EP, Et Tu Brute?, released earlier this year. Produced by Dave Bendeth, who worked closely with the band until they signed with Virgin, the EP is a sign of things to come for Winter and his band mates. “It just signified bringing everything back together to where it started,” he reflects. “We had such a good time that we said we’re going to make another record together, which will be our fourth full-length.” Exactly where that next album will take them is up to you. Who knows what adventures await The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus?
locked up or ‘red zoned’.” The resulting sound, which he released on his self-titled EP in November 2011, is a pleasing blend of indie-pop with a Britpop infusion, although Lark reveals there was something else in the melting pot as well. “I love ‘60s pop a lot! I’ve spent a lot of time listening to Bowie and The Beatles. However, at the time I was recording the EP, I think I had Supergrass on repeat. I guess I was attempting to recreate these vibes with electronic music.” As Christchurch rebuilds, there has been a lot of attention on the New Zealand music scene, which seems to be exploding internationally. Between Lorde breaking records in the US, Kimbra and The Naked And Famous increasing their international presence and Lark being given the opportunity to record his upcoming debut album in Berlin, there seems to be something special happening across the Tasman Sea. Is there anything else hiding over there we don’t know about yet?
“Yeah, there’s lots of really great music happening at the moment,” Lark enthuses. “Dunedin always seems to foster really great music and there’s a band called Males who are really worth checking out. Also, a brilliant man called Mulholland, who has a new album coming out soon, which I’m very excited about.” For the upcoming tour with Hey Geronimo, Lark promises some new material from the album as well as winning singles like All Night Long and Go Get A Job. First things first though – some down time in Byron. Through his bass player’s connections, he’s house sitting for Jia O’Connor – the bass player for Parkway Drive. “Though I’ve never met the guy I swear he’s like, the best dude ever. Thanks Jia!”
WHO: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus WHERE: UniBar (with The Sweet Apes) WHEN: Sat Nov 16
SAT JAN 11
SCUMFEST: HIGHTIME, HYDROMEDUSA, GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT, A SECRET DEATH & more @ Old Queen's Theatre
TUE JAN 14
PARAMORE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
FRI JAN 17
THE BOYS OF SUMMER TOUR: BLESS THEFALL, LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES & THE COLOR MORALE @ Fowler’s Live
THU JAN 23
WE ARE SCIENTISTS @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU FEB 6
THE NATIONAL @ Thebarton Theatre
ark Tom L n Aird by Lachla
FRI FEB 7
ED KOWALCZYK @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
SAT FEB 8
THE LOCUST @ Enigma Bar
TUE FEB 11
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
While hanging out and surfing in Byron Bay and having “pretty much the best time ever”, Christchurch’s Tom Lark took time with Rip It Up to discuss how the Christchurch earthquakes affected his music and the future of New Zealand's music scene.
WED FEB 12
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
SAT FEB 15
PETE MURRAY @ Bird In Hand Winery
SAT FEB 22
A DAY ON THE GREEN: HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, YOU AM I, SOMETHING FOR KATE & BRITISH INDIA @ Leconfield Wines, McLaren Vale
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TUE DEC 10
CITY AND COLOUR @ Thebarton Theatre STEEL PANTHER & BUCKCHERRY @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
BOY AND BEAR @ HQ BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME @ Uni Bar MOON SORROW @ Governor Hindmarsh CLOSURE IN MOSCOW @ Jive Bar
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This impact of the tragic 2011 Christchurch earthquakes wasn't relfected in his lyrics per se, but rather how he had to retreat into his bedroom to record solo, as his usual rehearsal space for he and his band had been destroyed. “I think working from my bedroom changed my approach to music and writing in general,” Lark explains. “I became more focused on arrangement and textures. It took about four months for the music shops to open back up, so while recording most of the guitar tracks I was missing strings and constantly finding myself in the position where I was making do with a crappy mic, because everyone’s gear was
WHO: Tom Lark WHERE: Rocket Bar (with Hey Geronimo) WHEN: Fri Nov 15
The Guide// THURSDAY 14TH ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Bill Parton (8.30pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty BRECKNOCK HOTEL – Breakaway Sing-A-Long Session (8.30pm) CAMEO BAR – Cameoke with Andy CHICAGO NIGHTCLUB – Keith Hall & Pat Dow Band and The Bluescasters (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Abel Tasman, Winterfold, Green Mile and I Exalt. Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm) DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Downstairs: DJ Jon E (9pm) DJ Skinny B (1am) Beer Garden: band of the week plus DJ Dave Parry (9pm) ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm)
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ENIGMA – Dance Gavin Dance, Built On Secrets, Belle Haven, A Ghost Orchestra and Rico Garilli EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Byzantines GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Sav & Mick G (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Gumbo Room Blues Jam with Lazy Eye GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Tim Hampshire with Dan Raw, Heath Anthony and Des’ Mini Band GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – DJ Alli (8pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – All Vinyl DJ (6pm) HQ – Riot Society hosted by Uberjak’d LIGHT HOTEL – SCALA Live (8pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – DJ G-Rillz PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango ROCKET BAR – Wild Things (9pm) SUGAR – Jazz Pancake with locals and guests THE LION HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) THE PROMETHEAN – Leah Flanagan Trio (7.30pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Sessions (7.30pm)
FRIDAY 15TH ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Bonz (8pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BAROSSA WEINTAL HOTEL – Paul Stubbings (7.30pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak & Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Stiff William (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ C3 ALFRESCO – Two Hard Basket (7pm) CAMEO BAR – DJs Lars, Lenny and guests CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) Band Room: Too Soon, Del Lago, If I Were A Boy, Des’ Mini Band and Jim Duggan plus DJ Adam DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs DUKE OF YORK – Tom & Rose (7pm) 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 – DJs EMU HOTEL – High Voltage (8pm) ENFIELD HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (6pm) ENIGMA – Dead Joe, Mayweather, Emecia, Ramona Come Closer, Monte and Fire For A Dry Mouth ESPLANADE HOTEL – Redline (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Circular Keys, Thoim Bordism Group and Count Citrus FINDON HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: Dan Sultan Solo. Front Bar: Friday Night Acoustic Sessions featuring Appalachian String Band Fiddle Sessions and Irish Sessions GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Koral & Band with Luke Carlino GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Josh Rudduck (6pm) HALFWAY HOTEL – Dino Jag (7pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Transit (9.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessions (7pm) JIVE – Timberwolf, Bears With Guns, Tanya Batt and Maggie Rutjens LIGHT HOTEL – Black Market (9pm) LIMBO – DJs LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman
LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Jake Nickolai (5.30pm) Boris Loves To Boogie (8.30pm) MARS BAR – guests DJs plus drag shows MICK O’SHEA’S – Killkenny Duo (7pm) OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Unknown To Man Duo PORT NOARLUNGA & CHRISTIES BEACH RSL – Slip Of The Tongue (8pm) PRODUCERS HOTEL – After Four Fridays Garden Grooves with DJs Justice and DrDamage plus special guests (4pm) Club 5082 Metal Show featuring Requiem, Ground Anchor, Iron Feather, Dead Villain Society and Drowned By The Traitor (6.30pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Acoustic Session (6pm) DJ (9pm) RACQUETS SA – 60/40 with DJ Lee (8pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ Snake & DJ Rupheo (9pm) RED SQUARE – DJs REX HOTEL – karaoke RHINO ROOM – Transmission ROB ROY HOTEL – Point 05 (6pm) DJ Smiley (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Cats at Rocket (9pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Acoustic Sessions (7.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Matt Taylor’s Chain (8pm) STAG – Downstairs: DJ Brades, Skinny B and Parry (5.30pm) Upstairs: DJ Mitchy Burnz and MC Scotty SUGAR – SHGZ: Fridays at Sugar SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJs TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) THE ELEPHANT – The Buzz and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment THE SOUL BOX – Dedicated To The Strings (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Troy Harrison (4.45pm) One Planet (9pm) TRINITY SESSIONS – Brendan Gallagher and The Yearlings (8pm) VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Little Stevies album launch with Halfway To Forth (9pm)
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The Guide// WHITMORE HOTEL – THE HEALERS WOODCROFT TAVERN – Ice On Mercury (8.30pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs: Skot, Bottle Rocket and Ryley
SATURDAY 16TH ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J plus Bongo Madness with Alex. Upstairs: DJ Ed Law (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Top Of The Ark: Night Fever Bee Gees Show (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Unknown To Man (10pm) BARKER HOTEL – Shaken Not Stirred (8.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Shawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL MURRAY BRIDGE – DJ TKA (9pm) BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Emerald (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAVAN HOTEL – Karnival with live bands (9pm) CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Let It Be Beatles tribute CROWN & ANCHOR – Jake Ward, Tim Hampshire, Des’ Mini Band, Standard Union and Secondhand Squad plus DJ Azz CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm)
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DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between DUBLIN HOTEL – Theo (3pm) DUKE OF YORK – Front Room: DJ Mitchy B. Beer Garden: DJ Parry. Upstairs: DJ Skinny B, MC Scotty and guest DJs ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with live bands and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends EMU HOTEL – Matt Taylor’s Chain (8.30pm) ENCORE NIGHTCLUB – resident DJs and guests (9pm) ENIGMA – Hidden Intent, Imminent Psychosis, Harlott and Zero Hour EXETER HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (7pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Iheart album launch FINDON HOTEL – Harvest (9pm) GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: La Bomba Presents: Mega Latin Fiesta. Front Bar: The Dirty’s GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Kelshy with Goldstein GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs HAUS – Nikko & Snooks (7.30pm)
HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Ex Men (9pm) HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Jest (8.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips and guests (8pm) JACK RUBY – Soul Social – live band and vinyl DJs (8pm) JIVE – Sakswatch, Atolis and Fraser A Gorman KERSBROOK HOTEL – Big Cheese (8pm) KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Remedy (9pm) LAND OF PROMISE HOTEL – Five10, Watt We Like, Thunder Wagon and Stoved (9pm) LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Franky F (6pm) Two Hard Basket (9pm) MARS BAR – guest DJs plus a drag show MICK O’SHEA’S – Cherry Grind (9pm) OLD BUSH INN – The Red Hot Blues Band (8.30pm) OLD SPOT HOTEL – Flight 69 (9.30pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – After Five (8pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Midnight Specials (8pm) PETER LEHMANN WINES – A Day On The Green featuring Bernard Fanning, The Cruel Sea, Sarah Blasko, Bob Evans and Band Of Frequencies PJ O’BRIENS – Alien 8 (10.30pm)
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RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan RHINO ROOM – Plus One with Baptism Of Uzi, West Thebarton Brothel Party and Glass Skies ROCKET BAR – Rocket Saturdays (9pm) SANDBAR – requests with DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEBEL PLAYFORD – Black Caviar (8pm) SEMAPHORE RSL CLUB – Lily & The Drum (7.30pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – UK Blitz (9pm) STAG – Downstairs: Sam Brittain and Transmission DJs (9pm) Upstairs: Some Brown DJ (9pm) SUGAR – ITDE DJs & interstate & international guests SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle
TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Mitch (7.30pm) TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE CASTLE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE – Slip Of The Tongue (8pm) THE ELEPHANT – Kinetik and DJ G-Rillz (9pm) THE LION HOTEL – Absolut Saturdays: Wasabi (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Sonic Divas (8.30pm) VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Zeptepi album launch (9pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – Wild Ones (8.45pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Chaps, Osiris, Terrence and Gumshoe
SUNDAY 17TH ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School ARKABA HOTEL – Top Of The Ark: Schnitz & Giggles Comedy featuring Michael Hing (4.30pm) BAROSSA VALLEY BREWING – Lily & The Drum (2pm) BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Souled Out Sessions with DJs Dave Collins and Jason Lee BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Voodoo Slang (4pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Sunday Rubdown DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Zkye & Damo (1pm) DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Dave Martin (3pm) ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EMU HOTEL – Josh Rudduck (2pm) ENIGMA – Daylight, Endless Heights, Paper Arms, Weightless and Crash ESPLANADE HOTEL – Dino Jag Acoustic (4pm) EUREKA TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (11.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Matt Barlow GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Erik Parker and Mary Webb (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays (3pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Vaudeville Vibes featuring Delirium GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Zeptepi GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs
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RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Funk & Soul Sessions featuring The Harmonics (7.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – Agent 99 (4pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Brian Fraser (4pm) SETTLERS TAVERN – Matt Taylor’s Chain (4pm) SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions THE LION HOTEL – Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) Quinny, Parko & Friends (6pm) WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Emily Davis and Coops & The Bird (4pm)
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MONDAY 18TH CROWN & ANCHOR – Juno EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Stiff Figs, Danny Whitten Veins, Freya Adele and Iran Sanadzadeh GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Rear Admiral Stand Up Comedy. Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy’s Tin Sandwich Beginners Class
GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia (7pm) RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen (8pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – COMA Spring Sessions featuring Klaus Filip and Robot Sex Dolls (8pm)
TUESDAY 19TH AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan. Band Room: Cranker Comedy DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – DJs Joel and Nathan GASLIGHT TAVERN – Nikko & Snooks (9pm) GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Uke Night with the Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Cinema HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – KG’s Complete Trivia (7pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – cover band (8.30pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE LION HOTEL – Zkye and Damo (7.30pm) THE SOUL BOX – Wordbox: Interactive Words & Music (7.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – DJs Ryley and Apex (8pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Butterfly Theatre Presents: Boston Marriage (8pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Raw Jam Session WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm)
WEDNESDAY 20TH ARKABA HOTEL – Latino Grooves Salsa Classes (6pm) BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Quiz Wiz Trivia (7.45pm)
CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – karaoke (7.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FINDON HOTEL – Muso’s Jam hosted by Streaker FINSBURY HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Ian Ball (Gomez) HIGHWAY – The Combi Room featuring Acoustic Reign Duo HQ –NeverLand LIGHT HOTEL – Open Mic Night (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Adelaide Comedy featuring Tommy Little and Jon Brooks (8pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jazz Sessions (7.30pm)
SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7.30pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Tonsley Trivia (7pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Wednesday (7pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Butterfly Theatre Presents: Boston Marriage (8pm)
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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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Supanova: Serenity Now When Joss Whedon’s space cowboy sci-fi series, Firefly, met an untimely end, protests from outraged fans saw justice through the film Serenity, which acted as a reboot, wrap up and sequel of sorts. As the 10 year anniversary since Serenity’s release looms, with Firefly’s having just passed, one of its stars Summer Glau returns to Australia for the Supanova pop culture convention.
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peaking with Rip It Up while folding laundry in LA and taking a break from shooting episodes of superhero TV series Arrow, Glau is still shocked that Firefly and Serenity continue to have such an impact on audiences, with its cult status only burgeoning since Firefly was cancelled in 2002. “I didn’t even realise that fanbases like this existed when I started out,” Glau says in disbelief. “Joss [Whedeon] explained to me before we started doing press for the movie [Serenity] that there are going to be these waves of love from the fans and that there are places you can go to meet them and sign autographs and do question and answer sessions. He tried to describe these things to me and I couldn’t imagine it. Obviously, looking on 10 years later I am presently amazed that we are still meeting and talking about it. I have people coming up to me at conventions saying, ‘My brother just gave me the box set and now I’m addicted to it’. People are still coming to it and becoming new fans, which is amazing.” It was serendipitous that Glau ended up scoring the role of River Tam — the mysterious teenage genius who takes shelter on the spaceship Serenity — after she met
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Whedon whilst working on an episode of Whedon’s other series, Angel. Glau played a prima ballerina, and Glau herself had just moved to LA to pursue acting after an injury ended her own ballet career. As much as it sounds like fate, Glau wasn’t necessarily a shoe-in for the role. “When I first moved to LA, my managers encouraged me not to be very forthcoming with the fact that I was a ballerina; they wanted me to be known as an actress. When this role came up they had a dance audition
“I just can’t say how much of an impact he [ Joss Whedon] made on my life.” first to make sure this girl could dance, but I missed it and snuck into the call back and met Joss. He cast me before knowing if I could dance. The choreographer afterwards told me that she was so scared that I wouldn’t have been able to dance, but I mean, I was a real ballerina, so I could do it. Joss just took this leap of faith because he saw something in me which he trusted, and just went for it. And yeah, it changed my life.” The greatest challenge for Glau, on top
of moving to LA, was to try and “find a new identity” as an actress, after always being regarded as “Summer the ballerina — the girl that dances” since she was five. “It was hard for me to think that people would even recognise me without being a dancer, but I started acting and something happened to me where I felt so connected and it felt so right. It’s been really good to me. I’ve been very lucky.” One stroke of luck in particular was landing the role of River in Firefly. “It just worked out perfectly in my favour. I had never tested for a series before [Firefly]. I was very new, I had barely done anything. Thankfully my lucky stars were aligned and I was added to this stellar cast of seasoned actors who really taught me how to be an actress.” The gratitude Glau has for Whedon is palpable. Regarded by many as one of the most innovative and influential TV and film identities of our time, Whedon has been responsible for television’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel and Dollhouse, feature films Much Ado About Nothing and The Avengers, which is also the third highest grossing film of all time, and wrote Cabin In The Woods and Toy Story. Renowned for writing strong, female roles, Glau is honoured to be a part of this tradition. “It is such an honour,” Glau says of being a part of Whedon’s legacy of female characters as River. “I just can’t say how much of an impact he [Whedon] made on my life. I was 19 when I met him and didn’t really know anything about acting. I just had these instincts and an imagination. He gave me a safe place to express it. Lucky for me he’s a genius. He’s insanely smart, sensitive and caring.” Another hero of hers that she worked with is Lena Headey (yes, Cersei from Game Of Thrones) who Glau worked with on the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. “Talk about a strong female actress. [Lena
What We’re Known For While Summer Glau has been to Australian conventions before, confessing its one of her favourite places to visit, she has never been to Adelaide. “My friend Diechen Lachman [best known in Australia for her role as Katya on Neighbours] is one of yours,” Glau laughs. “She’s from Adelaide and I worked with her on Dollhouse. She always told me how beautiful it is and I’ve heard that you have amazing wine tours. I will be definitely checking them out.”
is] a really cool girl. She’s amazing,” Glau gushes. “She absolutely is [a role model to me]. The gravity she can bring to a scene before she even speaks is something that I found fascinating. She always gave me really good advice. Even life advice — from one girl to another. I’ve always admired her. She’s an amazing talent and I always cherished my time working with her on Sarah Connor. It went way too fast for me. I miss her!” In an all-too convenient turn of events, Headey has been announced as one of the replacements for fellow Game Of Thrones cast member Peter Dinklage, who had to withdraw from the convention due to filming commitments. Unfortunately for Adelaide, Headey is only appearing at the Brisbane Supanova convention, although Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark) will be attending Adelaide. Hearing of Headey’s addition to the line-up was a surprise for Glau, whose reaction down the phone line was ecstatic. “Really!? I didn’t know that! I haven’t seen her in forever! Yay!” WHAT: Supanova Pop Culture Expo WHERE: Adelaide Showground WHEN: Fri Nov 15 – Sun Nov 17
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Film // The Fifth Estate (M) AAAa Julian Assange has denounced Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in this, director Bill Condon’s filming of the WikiLeaks story, without seeing it (for obvious reasons), and yet the English BC nails the whole ‘character’ of Julian: the affected vocal tics, the weird smile, the paranoiacum-megalomania and the ‘Smash The State’ smugness. Not to be confused with several WikiLeaks docos, and managing to make a very complicated tale just about comprehensible, this has Julian, a rude, manipulative guy, meeting German hacker Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) in 2007 and with him setting up a website that gave whistleblowers a platform to anonymously expose the secrets that the world’s governments would rather
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keep hidden (as in, you know, the news). Media outlets are embarrassed (David Thewlis is excellent as Guardian reporter Nick Davies) and, of course, things get scary when the Americans get involved (Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci and Anthony Mackie appear as figures instrumental in Assange’s downfall), but Julian remains fearless and undaunted, even as he makes his way to the Ecuadorean Embassy. Based on two books, one penned by Domscheit-Berg and much-hated by Julian (do you see a pattern emerging here), this might play the saga as a psychodrama with a bit of Bourne and even ‘bromance’ and yet, nevertheless, it works, and Cumberbatch is as close as you’ll get to Assange without being arrested.
Delphi Bank 20th Greek Film Festival Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas The 20th Greek Film Festival is at the Palace Nova from Thu Nov 14 until Sun Nov 17. Details: greekfilmfestival.com.au and palacenova.com. Feast Festival Various Locations Find out about Feast’s filmic events at feast.org.au.
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A labour-of-love from NZ-born but America-conquering writer/producer/director Andrew Adamson, adapting Lloyd Jones’ novel and finished before he tackled Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Way, this is notable for featuring Hugh Laurie in a seriously un-House-ish role. In war-torn, late ‘80s Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Mathilda (Xzannjah) narrates her story, and explains how when all the whites left the island one stayed: the enigmatic Mr Watts (Laurie), who reopened the school and, to a class that kept growing, read aloud from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Mathilda’s so taken with the story that she has slightly awkward fantasies where she interacts with its hero, Mr Pip (Eka Darville), an obsession that upsets her fearful, overly religious mother and convinces the local militia that Pip’s an enemy rebel somewhere nearby. Perhaps a touch too earnest and ambitious for its own good, this is still a powerful, quietly moving drama all about the power of storytelling and imagination, no matter how dark and dangerous your situation might be. Laurie is wonderful, never hogging the limelight from Xzannjah and the other unknowns, looking like hell and, in one amusing sequence where he leaps around the classroom, adopting the plummy voices of Dickens’ characters, even just about letting that arch-buffoon The Prince Regent from Black Adder off the leash one last time.
The ‘final’ collaboration between Saw bigtimers James Wan (co-writer/director) and Leigh Whannell (co-writer/co-star) is, like their original Insidious, a cool spook-fest on a low-budget again starring actors who’d normally never be caught dead in such nonsense. Offering an unlikely 1986 sequence before picking up where we left off, with the Lambert family forced to move out of their home after strange events led to the death of medium Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), we find Josh (Patrick Wilson), Renai (Rose Byrne), their two sons and baby daughter living with Josh’s mum Lorraine (Barbara Hershey) and struggling to deal with what went down in the first film, as the police try to build a case against Josh. And, wouldn’t you know it, evil forces have followed them, and soon the piano’s playing by itself, a mysterious apparition’s screeching and phantoms are popping from the wardrobe, as Lorraine joins with fearful Carl (Steven Coulter) and the first film’s Specs (Whannell) and Tucker (Angus Sampson, another Aussie!) to find out why the main nasty entity is so damn, well, nasty. Made back-to-back with Wan’s somewhat more serious The Conjuring, this is another entertaining paranormal romp that oddly lacks one of the best jokes from the first installment: whenever bad stuff ’s about to happen Tiny Tim’s Tiptoe Through The Tulips plays (maybe they couldn’t afford the hellish copyright fees this time?).
In the early hours of January 1, 2009, Oscar Grant (Michael B Jordan) and his friends were riding the train home from New Year’s celebrations in San Francisco when a fight broke out on their carriage. Oscar and his friends weren’t the instigators, but when police stormed Fruitvale Station, they were pulled from the train. While the men sat on the platform, compliant but refusing to be railroaded, Oscar tried to stand and speak for his group, and as hundreds of passengers watched from the train and took video on their phones, Oscar was forced to the ground, physically restrained, and shot by the police. In his feature debut, writer/director Ryan Coogler recounts Oscar’s final day, and while we can’t guarantee which elements are dramatised, based on fact or marred by sentimental ideation, Oscar’s final moments are indisputable – the original cell phone footage is the film’s opening scene. It’s these moments that the film was made for: the preceding hour is essentially just padding leading to an important, but brief, story of racial profiling and irrevocable injustice. It’s a slow burn and a sudden finish, but whispers of an Oscar nomination for Jordan’s performance are already circulating, and though there is no closure here for the Grants, the growing notoriety of Oscar’s story will hopefully lead to the right people learning the right lessons.
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Opening But Unrated The intimate drama Adoration (MA), drawn from Doris Lessing’s novel by screenwriter Christopher Hampton and director Anne Fontaine, stars Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville, Sophie Lowe and Ben Mendelsohn. Writer/director Nicole Holofcener’s relationship comedy Enough Said (M) offers Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Toni Collette, James Gandolfini in his second-to-last film and the director’s pal Catherine Keener. Producer/director Jeff Tremaine’s Jackass-ish Bad Grandpa (MA) has Johnny Knoxville done up as a cranky 86-year-old, real actors (like Catherine Keener again) and lots of oh-so-un-PC stunts.
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Mesa Lunga has teamed up with Chef Eladio Jimenez to present their new summer menu. Inspired by Spain’s rich food culture, the ‘Summer Of The Spaniard’ menu will feature a range of new tapas and bite-sized pintxos, including seafood paella with squid, clams and Spencer Gulf prawns, caramelised red capsicum filled with rocket salad, manchego cheese and glazed Jerez vinegar, and the marinated beef eye fillet with honey-scented truffle dressing. Delicioso.
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WHAT: Mesalunga WHERE: 140 Gouger St, Adelaide WHEN: Tue – Thu 6pm – 12am, Fri 12pm – 12am, Sat 6pm – 12am & Sun 12pm – 12am INFO: mesalunga.com
By Blackbird Adelaide has embraced the dessert for dinner trend with open arms and loose-fitting pants. Dessert bars across town are tempting our taste buds with a tremendous range of complex sweet treats and delightful servings of food art. From opera cakes to mille-feuille (vanilla and custard slice), our expectations for acceptable desserts have been raised, and met, thanks to the talents of local pastry chefs and gateaux champions taking global trends and turning them into dishes that satisfy. By Blackbird in Goodwood is a quiet achiever, dishing up daily dessert fixes with minimum fuss. Having tasted a most amazing combination of flavours in the form of their mulberry chiboust at the recent Variety on King William St, I knew that I had to get back to By Blackbird for more. This little champion featured flavours of frangipane, mulberry leaf and hazelnut and was arranged on the plate like a scene from a fairy tale – complete with a blackbird perched atop the creamy chilboust – this intricate detail showing the signature flair of pastry chef Chakey Kim and her sidekick, Jin. Back on a mission and set for some over indulgence, we ordered a list of their most delicious looking treats. A heart-
shaped friand was as savoury as we went, although they do also stock quiches and pies. Dense but fluffy, as friands are expected to be, this one had a delicate flavour that I couldn’t quite pinpoint, but was worlds apart from many others I’ve tried that too often have a slight taste of gluten-free boring. Glazed peaches came next, followed closely by a gorgeous apricot tart that had a sweet and tangy flavour that made my dessert date go starry-eyed with sugary excitement. A puff pastry piled high with raspberries came next, and while not as taste-fuelled as some of the other desserts, this one has a sweet custardy surprise that offsets the tang of the fruit nicely. I make a point of eating as many desserts as possible in any country I visit, and while France is known for a plethora of pastry pleasures there is one that I can never go past – the tart au citron, which I’ve tasted from Paris to Avignon, and I can fussily say that By Blackbird’s was the best one I’ve ever put in my mouth. Sweet. Tangy. Creamy. And ours. WHAT: By Blackbird WHERE: Shop 4, 100 King William Rd, Goodwood WHEN: Mon – Tue 9am – 5pm, Wed 9am – 3pm & Thu – Sun 9am – 5pm INFO: 8357 1009
Vins And Tins Vins And Tins will return to Coffee Branch’s alleyway this Fri Nov 15. From 5pm punters will be able to sink into Brackenwood Vineyard wines and Moritz tinnies, all the while enjoying tunes from DJ Shep. Vins and Tins is a part of (Re)Discover Hindley, which will kick off all along the west end from 5pm – 10pm that same evening featuring live bands and pop-up stalls from a range of traders like The Apothecary, Cos and Zambrero. For more info, head to adelaidewestend. com.au.
The Winesmiths Don’t be so quick to knock the cask, as The Winesmiths have crafted a sack wine with a difference. The Winesmiths wines are made in the Barossa Valley from 100 percent South Australian fruit, aiming to debunk common notions of ‘goon’ with their breakaway packaging, designer two litre boxes and modern varietal selections. Eco-friendly with flat pack breakdown for easy recycling, current varietals include popular Australian choices like pinot grigio, chardonnay, tempranillo and shiraz. All wines are vegan and vegetarian friendly. Priced at just under $20, the invention imbues goon-of-fortune with a whole new meaning. The Winesmiths wine casks are available now from thewinesmiths.com.
WHAT: Vins and Tins WHERE: Coffee Branch, Leigh St, Adelaide WHEN: Fri Nov 15 from 5pm – 10pm
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Those old patterns that have served you well but that are now anachronisms, are sticking out with such obviousness that they are on the verge of parody. This is a time of regeneration. This means that that which no longer serves you, needs to turn to dust. Consider working in a new way.
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Mercury has just entered Scorpio. Scorpio is all about finding the magic that comes through totality. The moment is here for a major creative act. Each creation involves a simultaneous destruction of all that is uncreative. You are brewing change. Soon you will be in full fruit.
Cancer 22.06/22.07
As the Scorpio sun brings in a deep existential shift, so you become a very philosophical crab. Certain changes can only be managed by having a wide enough overview, to be able to embrace difficulty into the grand scheme of things. Sit in your arm chair and have a good ponder.
Leo 23.07/22.08
Though the spotlight is shining on you, you don’t feel empowered. You aren’t at all an imposter. You deserve your position. It’s just that the Scorpio sun is unnerving you in much the same way that a scorpion can unnerve a lion. Face your feelings. Be the courage that you symbolise.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
Mars is mostly setting up harmonious and powerful outcomes. Though, he is opposing Chiron, the wounded healer. This implies that it would be best to know that your journey isn’t just a pragmatic one; it’s a journey of healing, wholeness and rehabilitation too. Know your cure.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
After a quiet patch, it is time to slowly open at least one eye, to the possibilities of interaction. You are nearly done with whatever needed to happen in seclusion. Have a look around for the interesting and appropriate people required, to fuel your next adventure. But don’t rush.
Scorpio 24.10/21.11
Mercury has entered. He/she, is both the trickster and the guide. You are in for an interesting time figuring out which is which. You’re charged up and on a mission. The success of this mission depends on being able to discern wisdom from the rampant excesses of your own mind.
Jenna Pippet, Babička
Taurus 21.04/20.05
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Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
Having spent time getting those roots down deep, the moment is coming for you to poke your head above the ground and be seen. Though your time on centre stage isn’t quite here, it’s getting close. It would be best to get prepared. Warm your engine. Be steady in aim and intent.
Art Pod is a new city-central art space located on Pirie St, which will host three artistic programs to allow artists to incubate, create and activate the city with their works. The Pod’s physical space, with floor to ceiling glass walls, lends itself to the public by creating a place to showcase exhibitions 24 hours a day, in the busy breezeway between the Town Hall and the customer centre. The current exhibition features digital artworks with a focus on family and genetic resemblance by Jenna Pippett titled My Mother’s Mother’s, Daughter’s Daughter. Pippett recently graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honours from ACSA, and has since been involved in several exhibitions. Jenna said the new work responds to items from her personal past. “I’ve titled the show My Mother’s Mother’s, Daughter’s Daughter, as the work kind of loops through three generations of women in my family: my grandmother, mother and myself,” she says. “The work draws upon the notion of things that get passed down through generations, be it genetic qualities or anecdotes.
Capricorn 22.12/19.01
Venus is moving close to Pluto. She’s not quite here but she’s getting near. Venus is of course love. Pluto in essence, is the garbage disposal unit in the sky. His job is to turn leaves orange and ready them to fall. As Venus meets Pluto, love goes through a seasonal cleanout. Trust it.
Aquarius 20.01/18.02
The whole huge issue of home, is at the forefront of your thoughts and feelings. Are you so full of ideals that nothing that is offered to you satisfies your expectations? At some point, life will ask you to choose between ideals and reality. Either choice is perfect, if embraced totally.
Pisces 19.02/20.03
Mars in Virgo is leaning on you. Putting it bluntly, he is saying – get on with it. The siren lure of the Pisces ocean, can easily lead to being becalmed. Float around in circles no more. Put what you know is real into practise. Shift the most important things to the top of your laundry list.
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As the moon slowly rises, you figure that it is by getting your hoofs on solid ground, that you will be best able to make your way through difficult emotional territory. Be pragmatic. Put in all the effort you need to put in, to see things to their completion. Be really thorough.
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WHAT: My Mother’s Mother’s, Daughter’s Daughter WHERE: Art Pod, 25 Pirie St, Adelaide WHEN: Until Tue Dec 3
Heather Faulkner, Rouge performs a monologue in her suburban Adelaide home, 2013
Aries 21.03/20.04
with Sudhir
Transit Lounge Held as part of this year’s Feast Festival, Transit Lounge engages with Adelaide drag culture and issues of self-presentation, performativity and the body. Curated by Vicki Crowley and Rosslyn Prosser, the exhibition features the works of Susan Bruce, Vicki Crowley, Heather Faulkner, Gertrude Glossip, Jessica Miley, Vicki Rich and Kathy Sport. WHAT: Vicki Crowley, Heather Faulkner, Vicki Rich & more: Transit Lounge WHERE: Kaurna Building, Uni SA City West Campus WHEN: Until Thu Nov 28
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Get Fit In Rundle Mall Until Fri Nov 22, Rundle Mall not only becomes a hub for shopping – but also for fitness. Hosting its inaugural ‘Get Fit For Free’ initiative, Rundle Mall fitness retailers including Fernwood Fitness, Luluemon Athletica, Anytime Fitness, Nike and Steven Kelly Dance Studio will be hosting programs and demonstrations to help city workers, residents and punters get in shape. The events will be held at the newly opened western end of the mall at the James Place intersection. And just in case you want to get something for summer while your endorphins are at an alltime high, you the mall’s retailers will be staying open until 7pm each night.
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Here’s the list of activities that you can take part in, so get your kit on and get to the mall. Mon Nov 18: 5-6.30pm – Zumba and Body Combat by Fernwood Fitness Tue Nov 19: 5-6.45pm – Yoga by Lululemon Athletica Wed Nov 20: 5.30-6.30pm –Weight Training and Core Strength Demonstrations by Anytime Fitness Thu Nov 14, 21: 5-7pm – Stretching and Endurance Testing and Nike CBD Run Club by Nike Fri Nov 15, 22: 5.30-6.15pm – Dance classes and exhibitions by Steven Kelly Dance Studio
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Nike Air Pegasus At Nike Adelaide To help you “earn your wings” and achieve your fitness goals, Nike Adelaide have landed the new Nike Pegasus+ 30 range. With over thirty years of technology behind them, the Nike Air Pegasus’ offer a sleeker, more fitted shoe than its predecessors. And, coming in a variety of colour combinations, running need not be dull any longer. Nike Rundle Mall &Nike Marion – nikeadelaide.com.au.
B&O Launch New Wireless Speakers Far from a gimmick, the new range of wireless speakers from boutique technology innovators Bang & Olufsen offer extraordinary performance to match their aesthetic. Besides the obvious ease that comes with having crisp sound without any pesky cables, the range has three unique designs and an improved wireless standard. While perhaps a bit pricier than other trusty hi-fis, these bad boys are justifiable based just on their artfulness, let alone their function. bang-olufsen.com.
Round She Goes Market Adelaide’s trusty pre-loved vintage and designer markets are back – and just in time to help you re-stock the gaps left by a spring clean out. With over 50 stalls solely dedicated to women’s fashion, jewellery and accessory makers as well as a pop-up nail salon by Picnic For Tea, Round She Goes only comes along a couple of times a year, and this may be your last chance before Christmas to make the most of it. This time around, there’s a stallholder called Tamar Veritay who has been collecting vintage wedding dresses to sell in order to raise money for her friend’s cancer treatment – so if you’re in the market for your ‘something old’ for your big day – perhaps Veritay has just what you need. WHAT: Round She Goes Fashion Market WHERE: German Club, 223 Flinders St WHEN: Sat Nov 16 COST: $2 INFO: roundshegoes.com.au
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DVD Reviews
Bad Education: Series One Roadshow / MA / 172 mins
AAA A more cheerfully naughty and try-hard unPC series than the recent, more traditional and somewhat similar Big School, this BBC Three offering almost dares you to like our ‘hero’ Alfie (co-creator and co-writer Jack Whitehall), a hopeless, boozy, puerile history (sort of ) teacher at Abbey Grove High who painfully pines for the cause-friendly Miss Gulliver (Sarah Solemani) and has endless trouble with basically insane Headmistress Pickwell (OTT Michelle Gomez pretty much reprising her role from the fondly-remembered Green Wing, only with more eye shadow and Hitler jokes). While some of the unknown kids here are strong and amiable throughout (including Kae Alexander as Ying, the Chinese student who hates Alfie and curses him bilingually, Nikki Runeckles as horny Chantelle, Layton Williams as out-and-proud Stephen and Ethan Lawrence as gormless foil Joe), Whitehall is too often just plain annoying in a part that he, of course, co-wrote, and which proves even more intolerable than the dreaded David Walliams in Big School (no mean feat). A second season is on the way, so may I please be excused, sir?
Man Of Steel
Parkland
This Is The End
Warner / M / 143 mins
Roadshow / M / 90 mins
Sony / MA / 107 mins
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Superman’s an extremely difficult character to film as he’s so perfect, but director Zach Snyder gives it a postmodern go anyway, and the result’s a revision that could alienate mainstreamers, purists and fanboys alike. In an extended Krypton sequence, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and Lara (Ayelet Zurer) have a child during a coup by General Zod (Michael Shannon), and before the destruction of the planet the tot’s sent to Earth while Zod and Co are banished to the ‘Phantom Zone’. Things turn non-chronological as we cut to Kal-El (Henry Cavill) as he recalls his youth with human parents (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane), his grappling with his powers and his life as a shadowy 33-year-old, and how he must emerge as an Earth defender when Zod turns up to rave on about Krytptonian vengeance before opting for FX destruction. With serious changes (KalEl’s an unwilling hero like Spider-Man and lives off-the-grid like Wolverine), this builds to a final third of scenery-smashing action that proves incoherent – and, eventually, rather dull too.
Rushed to DVD to coincide with the forthcoming 50th Anniversary of JFK’s assassination, Peter Landesman’s first film as writer and director follows the chaos in and around Dallas’ Parkland Hospital just before, and for a few days after, the shocking event back in late November 1963. A series of characters are studied: Dr Charles Carrico (Zac Efron) and Head Trauma Nurse Doris Nelson (Marcia Gay Harden), who tried desperately to save the President; a group of journalists (especially Ron Livingston’s James Hosty), who in the aftermath wonder if they could have prevented the killing; several Secret Service types, including appalled superior Forrest Sorrels (Billy Bob Thornton); Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti), the man who filmed Kennedy’s death and became unwillingly famous forevermore; and, most interestingly, the immediate and horrified family of Lee Harvey Oswald ( Jeremy Strong), particularly his bewildered brother Robert ( James Badge Dale), who doesn’t doubt Lee’s guilt, and mum Marguerite ( Jacki Weaver), who loudly insists that her son Lee was a framed spy and a genuine American hero. And, if you must, insert conspiracy theories… here!
Drawn from the short Jay And Seth Versus The Apocalypse, this unlikely comedy, co-written, co-produced and co-directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is a guilty pleasure indeed, in which an army of stars play ‘themselves’ amusingly and grotesquely. ‘Jay Baruchel’ visits ‘Seth Rogen’ in LA and attends a party at a mansion belonging to ‘James Franco’ in which we also find ‘Jonah Hill’, ‘Craig Robinson’, coked-out ‘Michael Cera’ and others, all improvising as horrible versions of themselves. When an apparent earthquake turns out to be the beginning of the Biblical Armageddon, James, Seth, Jay, Craig, Jonah and an outrageous Danny McBride are trapped and at each other’s throats, with elaborate gags about severed heads, urine-drinking, demonic rape and Emma Watson (cool as ‘herself ’) thrown in to nicely preposterous effect. Revelling in all the bad language and gruesome humour you’d expect from this crowd, Rogen and Goldberg’s improbable brainchild is one of the year’s most extreme comedies from Hell.
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Boston Marriage
Carry A Big Stick
The 1999 three-hander, which is about two women at the turn of the 20th century who are in a relationship that may or may not involve intimacy (known as a Boston Marriage), will feature Bronwyn Ruciak, Genevieve Williamson and Cheryl Douglas (pictured from left to right) and is under the direction of Geoff Brittain. “It’s a bit funny how it’s come about,” Brittain explains, “because Bronwyn had already started on Boston Marriage with Butterfly Theatre but were in need of a director. And I’d just come back from overseas after three years away from Adelaide and was looking for something to do. So I was asked if I’d be interested. “It was unusual for me, as the director, to not be involved in the casting process,” he continues. “And I must admit that I wasn’t all that familiar with Boston Marriage until I read the script when it was handed to me. But it was the kind of play I like as it’s full of strong characters and being a Mamet play it’s also really well-written. “It is a well-known play although it’s not staged all that often – I think State Theatre
Tim Ferguson / Hachette
Former Doug Anthony Allstar, Ferguson’s autobiography reveals a fine writer and a true survivor, as he faces life with multiple sclerosis beyond his 50th birthday. Amusingly chronicling a youth spent continually moving house with a nevertheless happy family, we then leap into his earliest work as an ‘actor’ and performer, his meeting with Richard Fidler and, later, Paul McDermott in the arse end of the world that was Canberra in the ‘80s, and his huge success with the aggressive DAAS trio. It’s here that he felt the first symptoms of what he would later realise was MS (he isn’t diagnosed until page 238), although he ignored them and kept on partying - as he, reportedly, still is. MDB
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As part of Feast, the annual queer cultural festival that runs until Sun Nov 24, Butterfly Theatre in conjunction with Burnside Players are presenting American playwright David Mamet’s play Boston Marriage.
Burnsidey & Butterfl Players tan by Robert Duns
Company last did it about 10 years ago in Adelaide,” Brittain adds. Brittain, who is also working with Stirling Players on a production of Hannie Rayson’s Inheritance to be staged early next year, was heavily involved in the Adelaide theatre scene for many years before venturing overseas to teach drama to Chinese students. “It was a very interesting experience,” he reveals with a laugh, “because the Chinese have a very different concept to drama compared to what we have. They are very much into copying directly from their own masters rather than giving something a new interpretation and presenting it some other way.” Boston Marriage, which is full of double
entendre, nuance, assignation and wicked dialogue, is being staged at The Wheatsheaf Hotel. “It will work really well as a theatre venue,” Brittain says. “It’s almost like an intimate theatre setting which is great when you are presenting a play with only three actors in it.”
WHO: Butterfly and Burnside Players WHAT: Boston Marriage (Feast Festival) WHERE: Wheatsheaf Hotel WHEN: Thu Nov 14, Tue Nov 19 and Wed Nov 20 at 8pm
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Your guide to the student experience
with Claire Foord
Love To Rock? Join The ARMI What ARMI? The Australian Rock & Metal Institute, here in Adelaide, is Australia’s first rock, metal, music and voice education facility. People of all ages get their rock on at the institute and strive to fulfil their dreams while gaining inspiration from teachers who are active in the music industry. Becoming a professional musician and recording artist, solo or band, is the hope and dream of many. Connie Broome of ARMI: “Some of our students have even had the opportunity to jam on stage with famous guitarists, such as Paul Gilbert, and more recently, Joe Satriani”. Current student Joey Graham raves about the institute. “I’ve been going to the ARMI since the beginning of the year and I’ve got to say, best decision I ever made,” he says. “I’m studying metal vocals with Mitch Brackman – this guy is a life saver,” he says. Graham was drawn to music from an early age, fascinated by its “ability to invoke a feeling within people, to remind someone of a place they’ve been, something they’ve seen or a moment in their life”. At 14, Graham began searching for his instrument of choice. He tried saxophone, drums and keyboard and found he was a cracker bass guitarist. Graham joined the band Roadhaul as bassist, and when they asked him to take vocals too he thought it would just happen naturally – but apparently not the case! Graham says after suffering “mind-blowing throat pains and headaches from poor technique, I decided it was time to get some lessons,” which is where ARMI came in. Graham says his weekly lesson is “the highlight of my week, they do their best to help me achieve my goals. It’s just a warm and welcoming place to be, I usually don’t want to leave.” At ARMI, students of have access to topof-the-range equipment to play with and the institute has a range of activities on offer for whatever your passion may be; instrument, voice, recording, music business or even teaching. Graham says that ARMI “saved me from completely destroying my voice,” and gives his hot tip: “If you want lessons in anything metal, get down to ARMI. You won’t regret it.” If you want to check out the talent, ARMI’s end of year show featuring students, bands, teachers and special guests will be held at Governor Hindmarsh on Sun Dec 15 from 12pm – 4pm. Tickets will be available at the door. People wanting to join the ARMI can call 8211 9119. Bookings are by appointment, or check out their website at armiofficial.com.
20 Percent Off Need a cut, colour, style or keen for a new do? Gusto & Flair are the new kids on the block and are giving you 20 percent off your first visit to their ‘hair-meets-art space’. Just mention where you saw this deal and you’re good to go. Visit 227 Waymouth St, Adelaide, or contact them gustoandflair.com.au or 8211 8882.
Dress-Up To Win Held over the Supanova weekend, the Madman Cosplay Competition is for individual and group Cosplayers to strut their stuff and show off their masterful costumes to win. More info at madman.com.au/cosplay
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DZ Deathrays
y with Jimm
Byzantine
PINS
Northern Lights
Girls Like Us
(I Oh You)
(PIAS)
There’s going to be one thing that separates the legion of house party bands to have emerged in the past five years: those that know they’re a fad, and those that don’t. DZ Deathrays, with a prophetic sense of foresight, take a left turn on new single Northern Lights, sounding a lot more ‘serious’ than previously. It still grates with the serration of The Walkmen, only now the Brisbane duo deliver their trademark intensity with a sackful of gravitas and pathos. Their mates might still be party favourites, but DZ Deathrays will be playing stadiums before long if they keep this up.
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Broken Bells Holding On For Life (Sony)
At first Broken Bells appeared to be nothing more than a fling. The partnering of indie demigod James Mercer with super-producer Danger Mouse seemed like a jolly good, although ephemeral, romp in the sack. Three years after the release of their self-titled debut album and Broken Bells are ready to go again. Holding Onto Life contains all of the hefty beats, slick synths and seductive falsettos you’d expect from a sparring by these two, with none of the messy aftermath.
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The Head And The Heart Let’s Be Still (Sub Pop/Inertia)
AAAAa This album could not come at a better time. Amid the hustle and bustle of the this time of year where minutes turn to hours, hours to days, and days to months, The Head And The Heart are sending a message and sending it strong: Let’s Be Still. Just for a moment.
Even if you are still for the entire moment of listening to this album, take some time for yourself, for your little toes to rest and your cochleae to be caressed. Seattle is the place, the bearer of great things, and The Head And The Heart are no exception to the rule. These guys are an absolute gem of this humble city. Since the summer of 2009, life for the six-piece has spiralled upward like an upside-down soft serve machine. The record is full of chirpy melodies but simultaneously curling with grounded rhythms that bring you back to earth. The words are full of layered wisdom, twisted lessons and beautiful stories. It proves these guys are not just another indie band from Seattle; these guys are a band that will blow your mind and alter your world, ever so slightly, in the best way possible. Sharni Honor
All-girl Manchester alt-rock band PINS rock out in their latest album Girls Like Us. The UK femme outfit provide mean vocals and an attitude to boot. Their apathy drips from every track, with the sometimes-slow riffs building with each angrily slurred chorus. They’re everything you would imagine an all-lady Sex Pistols to be, with the dynamic fourpiece going down a little smoother than many modern day punk bands. Think an edgier, more upbeat The Pretty Reckless with a delightfully playful side. The standout track of the album, I Want It All, not only sounds divine but is also a contender for a spot on the modern day woman’s soundtrack, wielding a message of sexual freedom and equality. The femme foxes fall down in the overuse of instrumental interludes and in the song Velvet Morning, where the track involves poorly delivered spoken word. However, the grunge goddesses cannot be stopped and manage to regain their flare in the slower, stompit-out good track Howlin’. Katie Bryant
Silver Tides (Independent)
Major League remains one of the most underrated comedy movies of the ‘80s. Perhaps taking their lead from this fact (although probably not), Brisbane outfit Major Leagues have hit yet another homerun with Silver Tides. There’s no disguising Major Leagues’ fondness for nostalgia here. The guitars are dripping with Jesus & Mary Chain-like reverb and the melodies hark back to the sweetness of ‘60s pop. This should be enough to take them from the bleachers to the big league.
Bombay Bicycle Club Carry Me (Caroline)
You’re going to hear the word ‘experimental’ bandied around a lot with mention of Bombay Bicycle Club going forward. Carry Me might be out of step with the rest of the London band’s output, but it’s hardly a revolution in pop. The heavy percussion, off-kilter synth riff and juxtaposition of calm and chaotic call to mind recent Everything Everything or Phoenix albums, while the underlying groove reads from The Maccabees’ manifesto. Less an experiment than an extension of what’s come before.
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Beyoncé & Iggy Azalea Entertainment Centre (Review by Miranda Freeman)
AAAAA It’s been a while since Adelaide has been so excited by the prospect of a concert, but Beyoncé’s Mrs Carter World Tour rolling into town seemingly did the trick. Australian-born MC Iggy Azalea warmed the stage early in the evening, getting the crowd into the mood with sassy rap vitriol in breakthrough singles like Bounce and Work. Then it was time for the Queen to make her entrance. Opening her set with Run The World (Girls), Beyoncé, flanked by her all-female band and dancers, quickly began to interact with the manic crowd: “Y’all ready to have a good night? Say heeeeeyyyyyy Mrs. Carter,” she beckoned, all the while wearing an expression that can only be described as sheer cheek. Once satisfied with their roars, she rewarded the crowd with Baby Boy, Diva and Naughty Girl. “You’re a bad girl and your friend’s bad too,” she mimed for Party, waggling her fingers in jest at fans while being fanned with feathers. Why Don’t You Love Me saw her go tête-è-tête with a pair of twin dancers, while a grand piano
Reviews // Quick Ones
Gossling
Dream Theater
Harvest Of Gold
Dream Theater
(Dew Process/Universal)
(Roadrunner/Warner)
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A voice as distinctive as Gossling’s can get a little grating, but she has balanced the tightness of her vocals with boundless and loose instrumentals on Harvest Of Gold. The deep, thrumming sound of first track Big Love is positive, but soon it becomes clear that Gossling is short of ideas. Her compositions are repetitive: again and again her pointy vocal style is mellowed with low-pitched, lumbering synths and guitars. Muted is fine, but it isn’t stimulating. More rhythmic tracks Never Expire and Accolade are standouts. One particular song has to be mentioned – the plodding Vanish. It responds to the rape and murder of Jill Meagher. ‘Too soon’ is a concept that Gossling clearly struggles to comprehend. “I was affected by the fact that we saw some of her last moments. It was good it was put out there, but it also felt wrong, intrusive,” she says. Of course, there’s nothing “wrong, intrusive” about capitalising on Meagher’s death through music, because that’s art. Please. Continuing in poor taste, she follows Vanish with Challenge, the most upbeat track on the record. Choices, choices. Tactlessness aside, Gossling’s record is precisely what people will expect from this singer: startled vocals, bottomless drums and breezy background music. Ilona Wallace
Dream Theater have been trucking around for a long, long time. Their latest self-titled offering is – check it – their twelfth to date, and the second with (relatively) new drummer Mike Mangini. While I personally find that the presence of founding member and former drummer Mike Portnoy is still missed in the feel of the songs, there’s some good stuff on here nonetheless. The album opens with promise, with three-minute opening track False Awakening Suite serving effectively as a dramatic introduction to the album’s single, The Enemy Inside. No complaints with this song or with third track The Looking Glass – both are catchy, well written rock-metal blends layered with that amazing Dream Theater technical prowess that we know and love. However, the rest of the album falls considerably short of this mark, with the next five tracks being, well, forgettable. Closing track Illumination Theory holds some interest, but the epic, 22-minute length will probably sway some away from it. As a whole, the new album feels less heavy and rather more progressive than previous works like 2009’s A Nightmare To Remember. Big fans of the band will doubtless like this one, but others should pick their songs with care. Brett Neuling
solo lead the way for 1+1, Beyoncé lying atop in that infamous sapphire bodysuit before being whizzed to the middle of the crowd via harness trapeze for the second half. Beyoncé’s energy throughout the set surprised many, with the frontwoman at one point plucking a crowd member’s phone during Irreplaceable to greet the caller on the other line: “This is a first, we got FaceTime going on right now. Nice to meet you!” Despite sounding a little husky, she still had plenty of gusto left for one of her most demanding vocal performances - Love On Top. Apparently so did the neighbouring fans, who, in the most pertubing moment of the night, started diving like sailors on a sinking ship for her sweat-sodden towels... but let’s move on. After a mass singalong for Survivor, Beyoncé zoomed back over on her trapeze for a mashup of Countdown, Crazy In Love and her tribalinfused newie Grown Woman. Wrapping up her set with Single Ladies and the inevitable belter Halo, the night ended with a tear-inducing sing-along to one lucky fan who’d caught Beyoncé’s eye with her ‘birthday girl’ sash. Never before have I witnessed so many females screeching in absolute adoration of a pop singer, but now it makes sense. This is the Queen we’re talking about after all. Bow down.
The John Steel Singers Everything’s A Thread (Dew Process/Universal)
AAAa Not deviating from the bursting, unrelenting sounds of their debut Tangalooma, The John Steel Singers’ sophomore release is exactly what you’d expect from the band. With frenetic, inyour-face falsettos, clunky piano, layered effects and crashing drums, Everything’s A Thread is the musical equivalent of a child with ADD. Cleverly bookended by winding, alien-like mini intro Needle and eerie outro MJ’s On Fire Again, the album in its entirety is a force to be reckoned with. However, amidst the chaos there is some refuge. Happy Before is undeniably catchy - jangly guitars and a wobbly rhythm paired with chant-like vocals make it a clear standout. Other notable tracks include the fast-paced, bass-heavy Lambs and the swirling mass of sound that is the title track, which would be a complete mess if not for perfectly placed Beach Boys harmonies. Everything’s A Thread is a 40-minute noise hurricane. But somehow, it works. Rather than coming off as sloppy, poorly produced or aurally confusing, the messiness gives it a certain charm that you can’t help but be drawn to and, subsequently, execute seizure-like dance moves to. Bella Fowler
Lester The Fierce Lester The Fierce EP (True Music)
AAAA Lester The Fierce commits to her artistic vision in this EP, her haunting and forceful vocals resonating with the listener. The folksy femme fatale is local talent at its best, exploring themes of love, death and the natural world in five punchy tracks. As an artist, her sound is reminiscent of her hometown of Melbourne – a killer collage of alternative and abstract pop. The EP is well produced and the opening track Howl will steal you away with its tactile vocals, captivating lyricism and killer chorus. The final track, Volcano, is equally as magnetic, with the song having more of an instrumental emphasis. Destined for greatness, Lester The Fierce is an enchanting vocalist and versatile musician. Katie Bryant
Active Child Rapor EP (Spunk)
AAAa It seems like an eternity has passed since the radio ubiquity of Active Child’s harp‘n’falsetto number Hanging On. While lacking in an earworm of the virulence of this 2011 breakthrough single, the Los Angeles-based artist’s new EP Rapor sees him flexing his muscles. Where his debut album You Are All I See sometimes strayed, the new EP maintains a tight, polished focus throughout. Grossi ups the tempo and intensity on Subtle, while on the grandiose Silhouette he enlists the vocal services of pop starlet Ellie Goulding (an apparent fan, having covered Holding On on her last album). Rapor is a considered exploration; a whistlestop tour of emotive, textured poptronica. Jimmy Byzantine
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Dan Raw/Tim Hampshire Launch
Hidden Intent Debut Album Launch
Anchorhead is a local independent record label and online store and on Thu Nov 14 they are presenting the Adelaide leg of The Dan Raw/Tim Hampshire Brown Note Split Volume 2 Release Tour at the Grace Emily. On the back of a successful split release earlier in the year, Dan and Tim decided to keep the love and the good times flowing and go against the norm by releasing a trilogy of split releases. Along with Heath Anthony and Des’ Mini Band, come help celebrate the second release with some booze, friends and everything that goes along with them. Doors from 7pm.
Hidden Intent’s sound is a throwback to the old school days of thrash metal, drawing profound inspiration from early Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Coroner. The band has gone on to complete a South-East Asian tour, spent a year thrashing on the Adelaide metal scene, trekking over to Melbourne and being the last band in history to play at the Squatters Arms, but now the band are finally set to release their debut album Walking Through Hell. Presented by Never Neverland, the launch is on Sat 16 Nov at Enigma Bar and features an all-star cast including Imminent Psychosis, Harlott and Skyhammer. Tickets on the door for $10.
Timberwolf Single Launch
Creative Grind TV Launches
Timberwolf has recently released his brand new single Grace and is set for a national tour, kicking off right here in his hometown. Timberwolf is the performing alias of Chris Panousakis, a 22-year-old who spent the best part of 2013 touring the country and gaining a solid underground following, including recent support from triple j. His debut EP Man & Moon has enjoyed rotation on multiple radio stations around the country and this week he was named a triple j Unearthed Feature Act for Grace. He’s set to play at Jive on Fri Nov 15 with friends Bears With Guns, Tanya Batt and Maggie Rutjens. Tickets available through Moshtix and on the door.
Creative Grind is a new TV series premiering on Channel 44 this Sat Nov 16 at 7pm. It endeavors to take an in-depth look at an artist’s life, from all the fun, laughter, jokes and frustration that exist across the artforms of guitar making, airbrush art, surfing and music. The series will kick off with a feature on Matt Jonas (voted the #1 Airbrush Artist in Australia), Mischka (Michael Diko) and the band, The Gavanaught. A number of local bands will also appear in the series as background music and the song listing can be found via the series Facebook page. Time to tune in!
Kelshy EP Launch
iHeart Album Launch
Kelshy play Soursob Bob songs as they are supposed to be — in a high intensity rock band. On Sat Nov 16 the band are preparing to launch their third EP, Suddenly And Soon. The fivepiece features Soursob Bob himself on vocals, Emma Luker on violin, Matt Kelsh on guitar, Linton “Superbass” Johnston on keys and Jason Sifis on drums. The release is already available available on iTunes, Spotify and Rdio, but you can get your hands on the first physical copies on the night. Doors are at 8pm with Goldstein opening up. You can preview the band’s favourite track from kelshy.bandcamp.com
No, we’re not referring to the internet radio platform, the iHeart we’re referring to is the husband and wife duo who never fail to deliver powerful rock tunes! This Sat Nov 16 at the Exeter they’ll be launching their new record. A staple act on the ThreeD Radio charts, the band assures us that this Saturday night is going to be “HOT! DAMN HOT!!!!” Kicking off with Shipwrecked In The Dessert at 9:30pm, they’ll be closing out the night from 10.30pm.