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CALENDAR JUNE ALIX PEREZ – Friday 25, Chinese Laundry ERPHUN – Saturday 26, Chinese Laundry OPERATOR PLEASE – Saturday 26, Metro Theatre DISCONNECTED: ROBERT HOOD – Saturday 26, Plantation OZI BATLA ALBUM LAUNCH – Saturday 26, Annandale Hotel JULY GIGI BAROCCO – Friday 2, Candy’s Apartment DJ SEGA – Friday 2, Chinese Laundry MISTA SAVONA – Friday 2, Beach Road Hotel MISTA SAVONA
THE LIKES OF YOU: STEPHAN BODZIN, HUGO – Saturday 3, Arthouse Hotel AIRPORT: SIMON PATTERSON, SIED VAN RIEL – Saturday 3, Gaelic Theatre PURE IVY: HOOK N SLING – Saturday 3, ivy DROP THE LIME – Saturday 3, Chinese Laundry GIGI BAROCCO – Saturday 3, Lot 33 RIP-THE-RUNWAY: LIL KIM, JUELZ SANTANA & SKULL GANG, CHINGY – Friday 9, Sydney Entertainment Centre TRANCE NATION: TYDI, MARLO – Friday 9, Home NERO – Friday 9, Chinese Laundry DIAFRIX, OZI BATLA, NIKKITA – Friday 9, Oxford Art Factory CUDDLE PUDDLE: KID KENOBI, KATO & ANNA LUNOE, RO SHAM BO, HOOPS, DIZZ1, TONI TONI LEE & MORE – Friday 9, Oxford Art Factory GODSPEED: NEOPHYTE, TOMMYKNOCKER, BEHOLDER – Saturday 10, Metro Theatre PURE IVY: JAY SEBAG – Saturday 10, ivy ADULT DISCO: FLIGHT FACILITIES – Saturday 10, Civic HARVARD BASS – Saturday 10, Chinese Laundry HARVARD BASS – Sunday 11, CBD Hotel, Newcastle HARVARD BASS – Thursday 15, Transit Bar ALL-4-ONE – Friday 16, Metro Theatre STOLEN RECORDS GALA BALL: KOOLISM, THUNDAMENTALS, OZI BATLA, THE OPTIMEN, DAILY MEDS, PHATCHANCE & MORE – Friday 16, Gaelic Theatre PURE IVY: ANNA LUNOE – Saturday 17, ivy AQUASKY – Saturday 17, Chinese Laundry REDLIGHT: ALEXKID, MARTIN LANDSKY – Saturday 17, Plantation KEVIN RUDOLF, SHONTELLE – Sunday 18, Enmore Theatre SPIT SYNDICATE – Thursday 22, The Harp, Wollongong SCUBA LOGISTICS – Friday 23, Chinese Laundry SPIT SYNDICATE – Friday 23, The Cambridge, Newcastle
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MORE LA ROUX news. She (they?) has put together the second instalment of Renaissance’s Sidetracked series, taking the baton from Hercules And Love Affair. Those with their hand fi rmly attached to their chin will no doubt st roke furiously when they see Freur’s Doot Doot on the tracklisting – Freur of course went on to write such anthems as Born Slippy, Two Monhts Off and Scribble under another name... ALSO FROM RENAISSANCE comes the latest edition to the longrunning The Masters Series, this time with Hernan Cattaneo subtitling his twodisc set Parallel. With Day and Night discs you know what to expect, but the best part about the warmup disc is it sounds just like a big run of Hernan prog rollers slowed down – and finishes with Sigur Rós’ enchanting Svefn-G-Englar to really blow minds... LOLCATS STILL RULE, but we don’t think we’ve seen one on an album cover yet – until now. Take a big bow Klaxons for some truly st unning work involving a cat in an ast ronaut suit. Oh, and the album’s called Surfing The Void and it’s out 20 August and we don’t think they’re too far away from our shores... TRON LEGACY IS confi rmed to be making a big play at this year’s ComicCon (basically an epic nerd convention in San Diego). Th is is either going to be amazing or a complete disaster...
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FACE PAINTING Aust ralian hip hop soloists Phatchance and Coptic Soldier are teaming up for another Face Paint Event at the Oxford Art Factory on Friday 6 August, this time rolling the invite out to an all-ages audience. Supports from fellow I Forget Sorry artist Johnny Utah (with DJ DNL), The Dyno-Mics, DJ Akouo and Blasé. Tickets available from iforgetsorry. com for $16.90. Coptic Soldier’s debut EP with Miriam Waks The Sound Of Wings is available now through iTunes.
MELTANNANDALE PARTNERSHIP Melt already brings a taste of the eclectic to Kings Cross but with the Annandale Hotel team taking care of bookings from here on in, things are only going to get more interesting. They aim to bring their vast experience to the 200 capacity room, upgrading the stage and PA to see its full potential as a live venue reached – not excluding all important facilities for DJs.
R&B REVIVAL 90s R&B fans will be hard pressed to forget All-4-One, the Los Angeles based super group who lashed charts with hits such as I Swear and So
Much In Love. The band make their Aust ralian debut in July alongside Brisbane based four piece Kulcha, and Blackst reet’s Chauncey Black. Tickets to the Friday 16 July gig at The Metro Theatre available now for $55 + b/f from metrotheatre.com.au.
CALLING FREESTYLE RAPPERS Cast ing agency A Cast Of Thousands are currently on the hunt for a freest yle rapper to feature in a new program. Candidate needs to be Sydney based, aged 18–25 and would ideally have skills behind the decks. Details of the project are understandably under wraps for the time being but if this sounds like you, send a portfolio, samples and/or a resume to wendy@acastofthousands.com.au or call Graeme de Vallance on (02) 8411 1048.
SPACED INVADER Canadian electro house artist Hatiras may not have the massive profile of his countryman Deadmau5 but with plenty of remixes and productions under his belt, he’s certainly hot property in local DJ circles. While a Sydney date is yet to be confirmed, the exrave promoter will be performing at Pang in Canberra on Friday 2 July and the Grand Hotel in Woolongong on Saturday 10 July. Spaced Invader Re-
VOID has a well earned reputation for being one of Sydney’s best bass nights and they’re going the whole hog with a UK Bass Special on Friday 25 June at Phoenix Bar. Crooked Sound System are presumably covering the whole gamut of genres while the rest take on dubstep/oldskool (Farj), jungle (Mark Pritchard), grime/ dubstep (Swindle), hardcore breakbeat (James Daak) and future garage/UK funky (Preecha). $10 on the door.
SHWAYZE TOUR POSTPONEMENT Illusive Entertainment regret to inform fans that Shwayze’s Friday 18 June appearance at Home Nightclub was post poned along with several other dates of his Aust ralian national tour. The lineup including Cisco Adler, The Knux and DJ Jason Smith will remain for rescheduled tour dates which are expected to be confi rmed within the next few weeks. Patrons are advised to retain their tickets until the announcement is made.
EXTRA METALLICA DATES It was obvious that tickets to Metallica’s World Magnetic Tour would sell out in moments and if you missed out, you’ve got another chance. The band perform a fourth show at Acer Arena on Saturday 18 September, tickets go on sale from 9am Friday 25 June through Ticketek.