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An artist’s impression of Perth in 2050
And from the ashes we rise. Having survived the most fearsome tempest since a couple of cows hitched a ride with Moses, the reconstruction effort is in full swing. In fact, X-Press just got off the blower with an insider over at the Australian Bureau Of Statistics who informed us that, not only are the storm survivors returning in droves, but Perth is on track to more than double its population by 2050 – 3.8 million sandgropers, up from 1.7 million today. “I am looking at the official statistics now,” our informant explains, “and it appears Perth’s population is finally on track to match its ego. We advise you invest in a terracotta tile company immediately and buy up land in Nilgen - this is gonna be big, baby!” As the capital of Australia’s fastest growing state, the Australian Bureau Of Statistics predicts that Perth will eventually sprawl from Lancelin in the north to a half way point between Mandurah and Bunbury in the south. To the east the city will reach as far as the Lakes junction in Perth hills, so the price of sausage rolls at the Lakes Roadhouse is predicted to rise in accordance with the destination’s new-found status as an urban metropolis. But the news is not all good, according to another informant at the Department Of Environment And Conservation. “We have grave concerns for Western Australia,” our insider tells us. “With the rapid growth of WA we have reliable data that predicts the state will buckle under its own weight and tear away from the mainland, left adrift in the Indian Ocean. “In response, for fear of losing WA’s tax revenue – imperative to the sustainability of both New South Wales and Victoria as first world civilisations – the federal government is covertly training an amy of WA exiles, headed by Alan Bond, Rose Porteous and Ben Cousins, who will be sent in to reclaim WA at any cost.” Our intelligence tells us Cousins is currently receiving training in the art of chemical warfare while Bond will head up the espionage division, and Porteous will captain (luxury) strategic air command. But relax Perth – that’s not until 2050. So until then, grab yourself another tinny and watch your shares in kit homes explode from your computer screen. _JULIAN TOMPKIN
Henry Rollins is a busy man. As a DJ, standup comedian, writer, actor and spoken word artist, Rollins barely gets a chance to pump iron – but that’s just the way he likes it. In 2010, Rollins’ busy schedule will see him stop off in Australia for a quick tour, with shows at the Astor Theatre on Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2. Rollins’ Frequent Flyer Tour will be a spoken word affair, focusing on travel – an occupational hazard! Tickets are on sale now from BOCS.
Neil Murray
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From his early days in the Warumpi Band almost three decades ago to a solo career that has seen him release 10 albums, Neil Murray is an Australian musical treasure. Touring in support of his new album, Witness, Murray is soon to return to WA. Catch him on Thursday, April 22, at Clancy’s Fish Pub, Fremantle; Friday, April 23, at the Quindanning Hotel; Saturday-Sunday, April 24-25, at Duckstein Brewery, Margaret River; and Tuesday, April 27, the Perth Blues Club, Charles Hotel.
HIGH TIMES
Think you can join WA’s own Tim & Jean as winners of triple j’s Unearthed High competition? Well then, read on! For those who have been living under a rock, Unearthed High is the nation’s biggest search for young musical talent. Once the winning band is found they will be flown to Sydney to record their song ready for play on triple j. As if that isn’t enough, triple j will also put on a wicked gig at the winners’ school, with support from British India. If you’ve got what it takes head to triplejunearthed.com/unearthedhigh. Entries close on Sunday, May 16.
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Sunny Coast freestylers Oka return to WA, spreading the infectious vibe of their latest album Oka Love. Oka play on Wednesday, April 14, at The Prince Of Wales in Bunbury; Friday, April 16, at Settlers Tavern in Margaret River; Saturday, April 17, at the Cottesloe Beach Hotel; and at the Railway Hotel on Sunday April 18, to which we have three double passes to giveaway. Winners will also receive a copy of their latest album, Oka Love.
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Looking for entertainment over the Easter long weekend that won’t leave your wallet feeling sorry for itself? Well, lucky you because Rockingham Shopping Centre has a special Easter treat in store and, best of all, it’s free! On Easter Sunday, April 4, DJ duo Canyons will get behind the decks, promising a killer set that will have shoppers tapping their toes and sales assistants spinning in the aisles. Set starts at 3.30pm. Rockingham Shopping Centre is located at 1 Council Avenue.
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SHINEY, SHY-ME
The grapevine tells us that on the eve of Brightblack Morning Light’s first Australian visit, founder Nathan Shineywater has announced that this will be the last Brightblack Morning Light tour and the debut of his new musical identity, Berry Shadows. How adorable! Catch Brightblack Morning Light at Mojo’s (before they change their name too) on Sunday, April 11. Tickets are now on sale from heatseeker.com.au.
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Never one to stand still, Australian country music star Troy Cassar-Daley has already had one sell out show this year, packing out the 2010 Tamworth Country Music Festival (with fellow country singers Kasey Chambers and Adam Harvey). And this comes after picking up his fourth career ARIA for his album of last year, I Love This Place. And now, this May, Troy and his boys will kick off the month at the Urban Country Music Festival in Caboolture, before joining us here in Perth for a few shows. Catch Cassar-Daley on Thursday, May 27, at Friends Restaurant (tickets 9221 0885); Friday, May 28, at Ravenswood Hotel (tickets 9537 6054); Saturday, May 29, at Divers Tavern in Broome (tickets: 9193 7888); and Sunday, May 30, at the Avon Bridge Hotel, Northam (tickets: 9622 1023). See one of Australia’s finest recording artists in the flesh.
Hailing from Iceland, where the winters are long and the summers are glaring, Svavar Knuter is a singer-songwriter with Nordic blood pumping through his veins. Knuter will escape the harsh climate of Iceland this weekend, making his way to Perth for a special show at Kulcha on Saturday, April 3. Doors open at 7.30pm, tickets are available on the door or online at kulcha. com.au. Kulcha is located at 13 South Terrace in Fremantle.
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Battling storm damage like the rest of us, Sugar Army take a break from creating their second album to set out on their In Control tour in July. Catch them here at home on Thursday, July 1, at the Indi Bar; Friday, July 2, at the Prince Of Wales in Bunbury; Saturday, July 3, at Amplifier; and Sunday, July 4, at Mojo’s. Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 15, from sugararmy.com.au, heatseeker.com.au and usual outlets and venues.
The early days may all have been about Slim Pickins, but The Scotch Of Saint James are all about the now and how to dominate it. They’ve been Unearthed by triple j, played the Big Day Out, rattled bars across the nation and now it’s all led to this moment: their Dave Parkin (Sugar Army, Karnivool, Snowman) produced debut LP, Vigilante Neck Tie Party. The said album is launched on Saturday, April 24, at the Rosemont Hotel with Philadelphia Grand Jury and The John Steel Singers. Dress: black tie.
Escape the family lunches and cheap Easter eggs this weekend by making your way to the Scotto for good drinks, great times and absolutely no screaming children. The Scotto kicks off the long weekend in style tonight, Thursday, April 1, upstairs at Defectors with the Jamaican Rum Fest; offering up fine rum, free stuff and tempting tropical cocktails. Saturday night boasts the final edition of Flying High at Defectors, with the Flying High DJs busting out indie rock, avant pop and everything in between. Downstairs at the Scotto on Saturday night you’ll find the official Death Disco Warm Up Party – with the Maz brothers promising a night to remember. Sunday night at the Scotto will see Anton Maz and Nick Sheppard present Back To Mono: Bless This Funk, a celebration of a genre close to many people’s hearts. Enjoy a lazy Sunday full of dub, dubstep, rare grove, funk, soul and all the rest from 5pm ’til 10pm.
DÂMNATION!
Fabulously at home on the highly-desirable LA label Stones Throw, Dâm-Funk made himself known with his debut 12” Burgundy City/Galactic Fun. Since then his album, Toeachizown, has been released digitally in five instalments, all of which featured different elements of his influences. During this time he’s rolled out a litany of mix CDs, but his self-described ‘Modern Funk’ style and his incredible live-PA style shows have seen him boost his star. So, here’s the swing: Dâm-Funk grooves into The Manor on Friday, May 7, with righteous support from Sour, Ben M, Rok Riley and Charlie Bucket. Tickets are $30 from heatseeker.com.au and Highs And Lows Stores, or $35 on the door.
DOWN TO BUSINESS
The good ol’ WAMi Festival keeps us on our toes, doesn’t it? Just as we finished brushing off the last of the Wamington crumbs off our jacket, the WAMis are back again for 2010, with the line-up for the Music Business Conference just announced. The WAMi Music Business conference is a chance to catch local, national and international speakers presenting at various panels and forums, sharing ideas and addressing the topics and issues confronting the music industry. This year you can catch USA’s Mary Elizabeth Carter, Director of The Underground Management; Rev. Moose, Vice President of Content at the CMJ Network; Dew Process Recordings’ A&R manager John Mullen; Stuart Coupe of Laughing Outlaw Records and Tom Lubin, the author of Getting Great Sounds: The Microphone. Registrations for the 2010 WAMi Music Business Conference are open now – head to wam.asn.au and sign yourself up for some enlightenment.
A LONGER LINE
Australian rock icons The Angels may seem eternal, but just not in May. The band’s WA visit has been postponed until September; keep an eye right here for updates.
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A BOUNTY OF BEAUTIFUL
They love a life on the road, and they’ve got enough great tracks to keep them packing out halls and pubs across the country time after time. We’re talking about The Beautiful Girls, who for over 10 years have travelled far and wide, gathering fans from across the globe, constantly evolving as musicians and mastering their craft. Their fourth studio album, Spooks, is being welcomed with one of The Beautiful Girls’ most ambitious tours to date – over two months long and spanning every corner of the country. The incredibly talented VidaSunshyne, who features on The Beautiful Girls new single 10:10, will be joining the line-up. Get Beautiful on Wednesday, June 30, at The Prince Of Wales, Bunbury; Thursday, July 1, at Metro Freo; Friday, July 3, at Settlers Tavern, Margaret River; Saturday, July 3 at Divers Tavern, Broome and Sunday, July 4, at the Mermaid Hotel in Dampier. Tickets for all gigs through heatseeker.com.au. With so many gigs to choose from, there’s no excuse for missing this talented troupe.
KING OF KEYS
The king of keys, Ricky Peterson, will tickle the ivories all the way to Australia this May, bringing with him a slew of incredibly talented performers. On his first ever Australian tour, Peterson will bring Paul Peterson, Billy Peterson, Jason Peterson-DeLaire and Sheila E along for the ride, promising a series of shows not to be missed. Catch Peterson and his band of merry performers at the Fly By Night Club on Saturday, May 22. Tickets are on sale now from the venue.
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Die! Die! Die!
Having spent 2009 performing sold-out shows in the UK, Europe and the US, and with respected media entity Spin.com stating that they’re one of the top 25 international mustsee bands, Die! Die! Die! is touring behind a new single, We Built Our Own Oppressors – the first taste of their forthcoming new album. Catch them at Amplifier on Wednesday, April 21. Tickets on sale now through Moshtix.
WORDS FOR SADNESS
On the eve of the release of their third album, the ever-evolving Birds Of Tokyo have announced their new digs at EMI Music. The creation of the new album took them from Sydney to Gothenburg to New York and with a new single, The Saddest Thing I Know, available digitally on April 23, the band are dusting off their touring boots for another national tour. Catch Birds Of Tokyo on Thursday, June 10, at Metro City with special guests, Midnight Youth. Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 8, from heatseeker.com.au, Star Surf Shops, Mills Records in Freo and Planet in Mt Lawley
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Arts Martial, 2009 winners of the Next Big Thing
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As the dust settles on the festival season it’s time for the new breed of up-and-comers to come forward and shine. For over a decade the Next Big Thing has been the platform for artists such as John Butler, Kerrieanne Cox, Snowman, Harlequin League, Fourth Floor Collapse, Project Mayhem and, more recently, Arts Martial – confirming itself as a rite-of-passage for WA bands with vision. Now’s the time to get back in NBT mode with the launch next Friday, April 9, of the 2009 Next Big Thing compilation CD at Amplifier. Headed up by last year’s winner, Arts Martial, with quality support from Tantrixx, Art In Algebra, Mister & Sunbird and The Kuillotines, both the launch and the CD will whet your whistle for the NBT experience once again. Doors open 8pm, $10 entry. Entries for the 2010 Next Big Thing, WA’s richest band comp, also open on Friday, April 9. Head to nextbigthing.com.au for details.
STATE OF THE NATION
If you’ve got a talent to share, and you’re a youngin’, why not consider taking a punt at the National Talent Competition, as part of National Youth Week 2010 celebrations? The National Talent Competition is an opportunity for young Australians aged 12-25 to showcase their talents by entering five talent categories: RockIT (music), WriteIT (literature), ShootIT (film), SnapIT (photography) and DesignIT (graphic design). There are some rad prizes up for grabs, too, including digital SLR cameras, notebook computers, home audio systems and hand-held cameras, thanks to Sony. For more info on National Youth Week and the comp, including applications, check out youthweek. com. Entries close on Friday, April 30.
Never heard of Mike Rosenberg? Well, cease that ridiculous behaviour right now, because this chap may well be the most unique voice to emerge from the UK in years. He’s played at all the desirable name-dropped festivals in Europe, not too mention One Movement in Perth last year. During the last six months he’s been on the East Coast and has sold 5,000 CDs in busking alone. Catch Mike Rosenberg on his way home to the UK via Mojo’s on Easter Monday, April 5, for Songs At Sundown from 2-6.30pm, along with Helen Shanahan, Julius Lutero and Bianca Jade.
OPERATION: FUN
After spending the summer getting crowds bopping at festivals all over the world, like Splendour In The Grass, Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds Festival, Queensland band Operator Please are heading on an Australian tour to let us hear some of the brand new stuff from their hotly anticipated sophomore album, Gloves (which hits us on April 23). The band’s debut album Yes Yes Vindictive, which we first heard way back in 2007, was, loads of fun, particularly the infectious hit single Just A Song About Ping Pong. This delicious quintet brings the party on Friday, June 18, to the Astor Theatre, with Perth’s own Tim & Jean playing support. Tickets through moshtix.com.au or heatseeker.com.au. Get your gloves on and get ready for some serious party power!
CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE We Could Be Heroes
Comic book adaptation Kick-Ass ticks all the boxes and hits all the right spots. An uncompromising adaptation, Kick-Ass is very much a movie of 2010 - a refreshing look at the onslaught of superhero movies the last decade has spawned.
Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass) & Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Red Mist)
With Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company behind it, Kick-Ass made a splash at this year’s South By Southwest and is sure to cause a wave when it hits our shores next week. Based on the popular Mark Millar comic of the same name, Kick-Ass follows the lives of some average dudes who decide to live out their superhero fantasies - powers or not. With the next comic series to be written in line with a new movie, the future of this franchise is looking very promising. Donning a red cape and mask for the role of anti-hero Red Mist, Christopher Mintz-Plasse talks sequels, shaking off the McLovin’ brand name and his father’s own comic book obsession.
By JIM DOWNES You were originally up for the role of Kick-Ass but ended up playing Red Mist, how did this change come about? When I auditioned for the film I did audition for the lead, but Matthew (Vaughn, director) told me that Kick-Ass should be more like an ordinary boy, while I had this certain charm, energy and this charisma that he liked, so he suggested Red Mist. I didn’t have to read for the part of Red Mist. He just gave it to me immediately there at the audition.
IT WAS PRETTY INTRIGUING WORKING WITH NIC CAGE. WE DON’T HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF SCREEN TIME TOGETHER, BUT JUST WATCHING HIM WAS AMAZING. HIS CHARACTER IS SO ABSURD IN THE FILM AND JUST WORKING WITH HIM WAS PRETTY INSANE FOR ME. Was Matthew very collaborative when you were forming the character on screen? Yes. Mainly it was all in the script though. But I think that he trusted me, because after all, I know an eighteen-year-old teenager who loves comic books better than Matthew would know an eighteen-year-old teenager who loves comic books. So I guess he just let me do my own thing with the character and it was very laid back and simple but it is something that I haven’t done before, so that was exciting. 12
Did you know the comics from the outset? Yes, I actually read the first comic. Well I got the script first and I felt that my dad would approve - he loves comics. And then I looked through my dad’s comics one day and he had the first issue of Kick-Ass, so I read the first one then. It is so bloody, so gory and totally up my alley and I just loved it. I went into filming after that and I guess the movie started when they were about four issues in, and then after that they wrote the script and the comics side by side which I felt was very smart. Mark Millar was very, very involved with this film. That’s why the movie is pretty much exactly like the comic. You’ve never done a film like this before. How did you get on with the stunt-work; were there any scrapes or mishaps? It does get very exhausting after a few weeks. You start getting harness rashes in a few weird places, which isn’t really fun. I have never done a film like this and it is exciting to challenge myself and see if I could do some stunt work. I am acting like it is such a hard job but really Chloe Moretz, an eleven-year-old girl, did 50 times more stunts than I could ever imagine. I really kick and complain about them and yet an eleven year girl is doing much more work than me. She is incredible. On set she said ‘Chris, I want to challenge you to a push up competition,’ I said, ‘Chloe, you are eleven’. But then she did about fifty push ups.
achieve that level of fighting skill, her character had never really been done on film before. Her being bad, aggressive, swearing that much and murdering that many people. I feel like the sense of reality, and then Hit-Girl herself, brings originality to the film.
I didn’t really have time any more for college, because I was already doing what I wanted to do.
Back then you would have started dreaming about what success might be. Three or four years on, is it how you imagined? Is there a moment or memory from the shoot Yes, although when you first set out that sticks in your mind? you are not used to it at all; people recognise It was pretty intriguing working with you on the street and it is very overwhelming. Nic Cage. We don’t have a great deal of screen You never had any attention on you before and time together, but just watching him was now everybody is looking at you and wants to amazing. His character is so absurd in the film and just working with him was pretty insane meet you. It is very surreal and mind-blowing at for me. You just have to trust him as an actor. first. Now, four years in, it is part of my daily life. It is like waking up and drinking a He is one of the best in the business and sitting there watching him do this insane Adam West glass of water. It is just going out and someone greeting you for your movie. It is pretty insane. impression just hoping, ‘Okay, it has got to work for the film!’. You are hoping that it is not going to be too bizarre and the crowds won’t understand So people still shout, ‘Hey McLovin’ on a daily basis? it, but it turns out to be genius. Yeah, and it is kind of difficult. I get Obviously your career took off with Superbad. ‘McLovin’ a lot, although I can’t hate it at all. Until then, how serious were you about an That’s why I am working now; it was that character. The part was very well written and I acting career? You never k now when you are am very grateful for that part but sometimes seventeen years old. For me I was still very young people come up to me and slap me on the and I was going to graduate high school and back and go, ‘Hey, McLovin, I’m buying you a shot!.’ move on to college, take acting classes in college Generally I must admit when they compliment and keep working up from there but it just all my movies, it is very nice. I hope that I get some happened so extremely fast after Superbad that for Kick-Ass. It rocks!
You don’t have huge fight scenes like KickAss or Hit Girl, but you must have learned some moves? Kick-Ass and I have a fight at the end and I have these long nunchucks, so I had to train to learn how to use them for a week or two. I was pretty bad-ass actually. I can’t remember how to do them now but at the time I felt pretty full on! We were filming and fighting and they were rubber nunchucks but I swung one at Aaron and the end of it bounced off his shoulder and came straight back to my eyes. It split my eyelid open. It is funny but it hurt very badly and I lost a lot of blood. I think we had it on camera so that can be some authenticity for the DVD release! How would you say this comic-book movie differs from the blockbusters people have to come expect from the genre? First off, despite films like The Dark Knight and whatnot, you have never really had a superhero totally based in reality, especially not a bunch of teenage kids going out and fighting crime and not knowing what they are doing, getting hit by cars and just getting messed up. Also Hit-Girl while she isn’t based in reality, because no eleven-year-old girl could
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Standing On Death’s Shoulders Polish technical death metal titan Waclaw ‘Vogg’ Kieltyka is back under his original band’s moniker and is coming to Perth for a show at Black Betty’s on Tuesday, April 6. Recreating the outfit with all new members after personal tragedy struck in 2007, the guitarist tells JESSICA WILLOUGHBY why he was drawn to breathe new life into the Decapitated troop. Overcoming the death of a loved one is one of the most excruciating personal journeys a person can have in their lives. The purge, the blame, the sacrifice and, finally, the peace – each emotion becomes one in itself with the whole experience. For Decapitated lead guitarist Waclaw ‘Vogg’ Kieltyka, his trial was no different. In October 2007, the quartet’s tour bus collided with a truck carting wood in Gomel – not far from the border between Russia and Belarus. Vogg’s brother and Decapitated founder, drummer Witold ‘Vitek’ Kieltyka, died on November 2 that year at age 23. Then vocalist, Adrian ‘Covan’ Kowanek, survived the accident but remains in a coma due to the extent of his injuries. What had grown fast into a promising and bright future for these technical death metal masterminds was snapped in an instant, with the wreck and
subsequent hardship forcing the band to enter an indefinite hiatus. But two years after this horrific ordeal, something changed. Vogg found his ‘peace’. And, in doing so, decided that the next step of this process was to re-form the source of both his pain and joy – Decapitated. Pushed forward by a massive surge of support from fans and his family, he began looking for members to rebuild the four-man machine in early 2009. Sending a call out through the World Wide Web for musicians to fill the void left by Vitek and Covan, he was flooded by responses from people wanting to join him on his voyage of self-discovery. “Of course, it was a really hard decision to continue with the band,” Vogg explains. “But there was too much work – my brother’s work and Covan’s work – that I couldn’t let go to waste. Decapitated was
Decapitated
always, since I was 15, the most important thing in my life. Together my family and my girlfriend really kicked my arse for letting the band go. I know that it is not the same; we have a different line-up now. Some people think that’s not cool. But I have to do it; I have to try. I think I will be happier now that I have come to peace with
my brother’s death and I am moving on. The memory of the dead will still be alive. I think this band means something to some people. We aren’t the famous band, but we make sense to some people. And if I ever think the band is getting bad, then that will be the end of this experiment.” The next eight months were dictated by this pledge to find the bandmates that would proudly continue the Decapitated moniker. The first, and hardest choice, was Vitek’s replacement. Austrian Kerim ‘Krimh’ Lechner from former Thorns Of Ivy and Tone Intimacy fame was announced as the outfit’s new drummer in July last year. November saw vocalist Rafal Piotrowski (ex-Ketha and Forgotten Souls) and bassist Filip ‘Hainrich’ Halucha (ex-Unsun, Vesania, Rootwater and Masachist) complete the ensemble.
“I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT THE SAME; WE HAVE A DIFFERENT LINE-UP NOW. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT’S NOT COOL. BUT I HAVE TO DO IT; I HAVE TO TRY.” “The only one of the guys I actually knew personally before they became part of Decapitated was Hainrich,” Vogg tells X-Press. “He was actually with a band that was touring with us when we had the accident on the tour bus back in 2007. He helped me out a lot through the hurt period. It meant a lot to me; him being there. So it was a natural choice that I would ask him to join me in the reformation. I didn’t know Krimh or Rafal at all before. “It was pretty hard to choose a drummer and vocalist especially. I sat at home every day listening to recordings of musicians from China, Australia and Europe. Krimh I found via YouTube and Rafal I actually met on the street one day and asked him if he wanted to try out. He is a great talent. Then I invited all the guys in together for an audition. After we played I was 100 per cent certain I’d made the right decision. They are really cool guys, great friends and fantastic musicians.” Playing their first tour in three years in the UK two months ago, Vogg believes fans gave him the affirmation needed to keep the ball rolling. “I didn’t expect such a great response from fans,” he laughs. “The UK was a great place to start all over again because they have always been behind us there. It almost felt like they’ve been waiting for us to return for all this time. I’m very happy; I’ve made a good decision to get the band back on the stage. And we are so excited about all this travelling, especially Australia. This will be the second time there for me – I came in 2007 touring for our last album, Organic Hallucinosis (2006). But it will be the first time out there for the other guys. Very far away, Australia is.” So what does this mean for new Decapitated material? “We are just focusing on the tours now,” Vogg concludes. “I can say that we are probably going to record in January next year, if everything goes to plan.” 155 OXFORD ST LEEDERVILLE 9444 4056
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SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS Soul Sister Number One New York soul sensation Sharon Jones and her smooth backing band The Dap-Kings release their fourth album I Learned The Hard Way this Friday, April 2. DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to Jones about continuing to spread the sweet sound of classic soul.
up to me and said ‘hey, come and do this’ I’d say ‘alright I can come and do that’. I’m on an independent label but I’m not on a contract to say I can’t go and do something with someone else. Even if a record label paid me to come in – nobody would ever tell me ‘you can’t sing with someone else’. Kiss my butt!” Given the organic, relationship the Dap-Kings have created for themselves in their Daptone headquarters, it’s hard to see Jones creating music in any other way. They may make ‘thousands’ rather than ‘millions’ as the singer jokes, but they retain the feel, freedom and spirit so integral to good soul music. Through word of mouth alone, Sharon “You go to these big corporate Jones’ reputation as a dynamite front- things and they play you out the kazoot,” she woman is legendary. Her four album laughs. “But when you’ve finished playing you career with the Dap-Kings hasn’t been can hear a pin drop. When you’ve finished fast-tracked by MTV or commercial radio, they’re still talking. I’d rather sing to a place rather, every time the hard strutting, raspy with 50 people jumpin’ up, dancing, enjoying voiced soul sister rolls into a town for an me and enjoying themselves. arts festival or club show, gushing reviews “I’m not being told how to sing and and word of mouth calls of ‘you should what to wear and who to have. I don’t have have seen it!’ follow. this big entourage behind me of fakeness. For contemporary soul fans, a new We play our music and we enjoy what we’re Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings record is like doing instead of getting up there in front of a reliable old friend knocking on the door. thousands of people and being unhappy You know it’s going to be fun, exciting and about what you’re doing.” spontaneous – but there’s a familiarity and nostalgia there that stretches right back to artists like Marva Whitney or James Brown. “Everyone says ‘oh it’s magic’,” Jones says of the band’s sound, which is often attributed to the all-analogue Daptone studio where the group records the majority of their output. “But you could put anyone in there and they’re not going to sound like us. It’s not only the equipment and the way it’s recorded - it’s the musicians. Amy Winehouse did her stuff right there in our studio, then Mark (Ronson) took it back and hipped it up and modernised it with some digital stuff on there and changed the sound from that earthy stuff that we had. But that’s fine. “If someone came to me and said they wanted me to sing on modern equipment I’d do it. (But) whatever they do, it’s not going to sound like what we do. It’s not me - I mean it’s me altogether - but my thing is whatever comes from Daptone records and the Dap-Kings that’s us; that’s the musicians.” I Learned The Hard Way is a typically diverse Dap-Kings record. Touching on funk, soul and gospel, the album is as much about the quality and musicianship of the Dap-Kings as it is about Jones’ impassioned snarl.
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
“THIS IS OUR LIVELIHOOD – THERE ARE GUYS IN THE BAND WITH FAMILY TO FEED NOW… EVEN IF A RECORD LABEL PAID ME TO COME IN – NOBODY WOULD EVER TELL ME ‘YOU CAN’T SING WITH SOMEONE ELSE’. KISS MY BUTT!” “Singing in church and in choirs I think makes your voice stronger, at least with my voice,” Jones says of songs like Mama Don’t Like My Man, which point towards her childhood growing up in Georgia – which also happens to be the home state of soul brother number one James Brown. “Growing up in the south in gospel churches when I was a little girl, they didn’t have instruments so they used to stomp their feet and clap their hands. You know like oooooh (Jones lets out a hearty and redemptive wail)! That stomp sound is like a bass drum. Actually there were some boards I used to step up into the sound booth and we just recorded them. I just stamped and went ‘pop, pop, pop’ – and the singers were there clapping next to me.” Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ fiercely independent ‘keeping it in the family’ approach has earned Daptone a reputation as an independent success story. But, ever realist, Jones says she has no qualms about doing commercial collaborations such as Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes), a Dinah Washington and Brook Benton cover she recorded with Michael Bublé on his most recent album. “This is our livelihood – there are guys in the band with family to feed now,” Jones sassily snaps, in a jilted, raspy speaking style not dissimilar to her Georgia compatriot James Brown’s. “This is our gig – this is no plaything. We’re looking forward to this and living our life, so if a record company came www.xpressmag.com.au
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28 DAYS Re-Indestructible After calling it quits in 2007, Bacchus Marsh’s favourite sons 28 Days have reformed and are hitting the road once again, playingThursday,April 1,at the Dunsborough Hotel,Saturday, April 3,at The Rosemount and Sunday,April 4,at The Newport. JULIAN TOMPKIN reminisces with bassist Damian Gardiner.
At the turn of the Century you couldn’t avoid 28 Days. The band’s second album, Upstyledown, had rocketed to top position on the ARIA charts (pre-downloading, when a #1 album generally meant impressive album sales) on the back of ripper single Rip It Up – a violent explosion of hip hop infused punk that had the country jumping. That song would later go on to feature on the Mission Impossible II soundtrack and confirm 28 Days as Australian rock royalty,
28 Days along with Powder finger, You Am I and Jebediah. Less than five years later the band had all but disappeared, parting ways with their label Festival Mushroom in 2004 and staging a farewell tour in 2006-07. Fast forward to 2009 and a somewhat cryptic signal suggesting 28 Days were back in action was posted on their website – the release of a new demo. The fan pages started buzzing and pretty soon the speculation was confirmed: the band was back.
“Being together for more than 10 years, and playing as many shows as we did, it just got to a point where we had to take a break and work out what we wanted to do,” Gardiner begins, of the band’s demise. “(But then) Jay (Dunne, vocals) found a copy of a song that we recorded at rehearsal about two years ago and put some vocals on it – it sounded awesome, so we thought that we should see what would happen if we rehearsed again. We wrote another three cool songs and organised a show where we had a ball, and decided to try and write another album and play some shows.” Post 28 Days, both Gardiner and Dunne formed bands that Gardiner admits “didn’t really do much”. And it soon becomes clear he’s thrilled to be back with the band with whom he had a hit record and toured the world, and is currently recording a new studio album. “ We went into Sing Sing Studio with Richard Stolz (producer/engineer) and recorded five songs, one of which is Sing It To Me, that we are about to release as a single,” Gardiner says of the band’s new material. “It’s a very 28 Days sounding song, while the other four are harder and faster. Not too sure how the rest of the album will sound, we will just have to wait and see. “As long as we keep having fun, writing cool songs and just enjoying the ride, we will keep it going.”
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JIMMY HAWKE Echo Of A Rumour
Melbourne singer songwriter James Ratsasane (AKA Jimmy Hawk) has emerged from a sabbatical in Echo Park, Los Angeles’ famed artistic neighbourhood, with a stunningly ethereal and dreamy debut album. DAVID CRADDOCK reports. Occasionally an independent artist you’ve never heard of releases a debut album that grabs your ears and refuses to let go. Jimmy Hawk is that kind of artist. Most people outside of Melbourne will have no idea who this mysterious chap is - we sure as hell didn’t - but there was something about his balmy, summery, West Coast pop (think a softer and mellower version of The Byrds or The Sleepy Jackson) that made us want to learn more. Hawk’s debut album, Echo Park, was written after the songwriter broke up his old band The Rumours and took off to Echo Park, the bohemian Los Angeles suburb famed for once being Elliott Smith’s hood. After penning a swag of songs, Hawk brought them home to be recorded by Nao Anzai, an audiophile Japanese producer (now Melbourne-based) with a passion for classic synthesiser sounds and warm analogue production. “I’d met a bunch of people who were visiting from LA,” Hawk explains, of his stateside writing holiday. “I became interested in them, and I’d always been interested in West Coast music – people like Donovan and that sort of Californian sound of Tim Buckley. I just needed to get out of town and find a new vibe and some new inspiration.” An affordable diet of Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Johnny Burnette vinyl further fed Hawk’s creative urges. Setting himself a disciplined writing schedule, the songwriter soon amassed enough material to form what would become the Echo Park album.
Jimmy Hawk
“Over there vinyl is so cheap,” he enthuses. “You go into a music store and it’s literally four or five bucks. Here it’s maybe 10 or 20 from a recycled store. You just buy as much as you can and you take chances on people.” While breezy beaches and amber Californian sunsets have certainly rubbed off on songs like Born On A Mountain, it is Anzai’s incredibly evocative production, and his superb, warble-y keyboard quirks, that bring this recording to the next level. “When I listen to that song I get a feeling like you’re almost half asleep – sort of waking,” Hawk says of Born Of A Mountain. “It’s almost like where you’re staying up late and watching movies and you’re half asleep. I was trying to get that dream sort of vibe so I was able to collage lyrics in a more non-linear sense. I wanted lyrics that created imagery that was totally non linear and dream like. “(Nao) approaches the recording process on a conceptual level. What I mean by that is there isn’t one certain way he’ll record everything. It really depends on the vibe and the experience that the artist is trying to create on that record. He’s an older gentleman and he comes from the analogue era and it’s very rare to find people from that generation that are also clued up on how things are done today.” Hittin’ the town since 1985
PIERCED ARROWS Shadow Play
Oregon ‘power trio’ Pierced Arrows recently released their second album, Descending Shadows, through Vice Records. BEN WATSON spoke to bass player Toody Cole.
on traditional tape once more. “I don’t have any great aversion to (digital recording), but we just wanted to go in this time and go back to what we think has a little bit more grit to it,” Cole says. “It’s the difference between a vinyl record and a CD version of something. And I just happen to like (vinyl) better. (Digital’s) just bit more sterile. It tends to round off stuff and, especially vocal-wise, there’s a lot more presence that tape happens to capture that Best known for their 20-plus years digital does a good representation of but together with Dead Moon, who released doesn’t come through as effectively. 16 albums in that time, Fred & Toody Cole “For us, we kind of like it restricted are living the life that many find difficult and doing stuff with no effects, no reverb, or, indeed, impossible. Married in 1967, no this no that. You know, we like it kind of the couple have combined life as a couple honest and raw. There’s a lot of options out with a life playing edgy, stripped down there – I think you really needed to grow up rock’n’roll in a band together. with that technology, and want to deal with “You know, it’s the perfect scenario it and use it to the fullest. There’s too much for us,” Toody Cole says happily “We’ve been of it that we don’t understand; that’s why we playing together since we were doing The Rats (circa 1980), which was a punky kind of keep it basic!” And it seems, at last, to be paying band – a punk pop kind of band. And then almost 20 years with Dead Moon, and now off for the band. With a US tour featuring South By Southwest, and a UK appearance almost three years with Pierced Arrows and we’ve always enjoyed working together. It’s at Pavement’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival just been a natural thing. We like being on just over the horizon, it’s safe to say that we’ll be hearing plenty more from Pierced the road together. Indeed, as a musical pair the Arrows in the near future. couple can draw a line straight back to those times, with Pierced Arrows’ sonic output differing from Dead Moon only subtly. That band’s drummer, Andrew Loomis, has moved on and has been replaced with Kelly Halliburton-whose father played with Fred Cole back in the 1970s. “[Pierced Arrows is] a bit of a transitional band from Dead Moon, but there’s a little bit of that flavour in it,” Cole offers. “We’re planning on inter-mixing a lot of stuff, especially with this second album – doing a lot more kind of old skip beats. Do a bit more complex things in the music than what was happening with Dead Moon. We’ve been together for three years now so we’re kind of deviating it into our own sound, which is excellent.”
“I DON’T HAVE ANY GREAT AVERSION TO (DIGITAL RECORDING), BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GO IN THIS TIME AND GO BACK TO WHAT WE THINK HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE GRIT TO IT.” No sign of things slowing down for this pair then – the efficiency is almost as enviable as their longevity. “Conceptually, [the second album’s] sort of been what Fred happens to be writing” Cole says. So it’s not like we have a concept that we go into – it just kind of follows the lay of the land, more or less. “Besides that, the first LP we put out on our own label, Tombstone Music, was recorded digitally. The second we went back into the studio and recorded on tape. Basically we did it live off the floor, just overdubbing vocals and a few guitar tracks. (We) put this one out on Vice Records and we are going to see how that’s going to go; especially since they have some distribution in Australia and we would love to be able to come back again. And it just helps to have a record available to people on a wider basis than it has been before.” Being on Vice Records – part of the larger Vice conglomerate, which features their notorious magazine, publishing, clothing and even a nightclub – puts Pierced Arrows on the same roster as The Streets, Bloc Party, Death From Above 1979 and Black Lips. Not bad company for an underground act from Portland. “This is the first project we’ve done with Vice,” Cole explains. “It’s kind of a combination on DIY, plus dealing with the label. So it’s kind of been a combination and so far it’s worked out very well.” Indeed, the stripped-back DIY feel is something of a constant in the band’s work. This new album was recorded in a small studio in Portland called Buzz Or Howl, with Stan Wright, a friend of drummer Kelly’s who has recorded many of the local punk acts. Importantly, the studio’s 24 track
Pierced Arrows
HOODOO GURUS Purity Of Essence
THE POOR Round 1
Sony Music
Riot Entertainment
While many greeted their return to the fray with 2004’s Mach Schau album, the tide of momentum seems to have been kinder to the Hoodoo Gurus for the release of their ninth LP, Purity Of Essence. Indeed, it seems as though this is the comeback album. Purity Of Essence sees the band team again with producer, Charles Fisher, who manned the studio for the Gurus in the early salad days of 1983’s Stoneage Romeos and 1985’s Mars Needs Guitars. He clearly knows the flow of the band well, and while this line-up is as strong as ever, it’s not via a mere meat-and-mashedpotatoes means. Singer/songwriter Dave Faulkner really is more diverse than the garage pop his main acclaim has derived from. Rather than trade on hooks reminiscent of that that’ve worked in the past, he honours himself and the band with songs that take them a step forward. While there’s a lot of heritage in what the Hoodoo Gurus do, it ain’t about nostalgia, which is what separates this band from many of their contemporaries still attempting to do the rounds. Like now. _ BOB GORDON
Straight out of the tropics, 1980s Darwin pub rockers The Poor toured the world, released a couple of albums, scored ‘most added track on US Rock Radio’ for their single More Wine Waiter Please, recorded some tracks with the late (great) Billy Thorpe, then promptly disappeared for a decade. Now, out of nowhere, a tour with WASP and a brand new album: Round 1. To be honest, it’s not a terrible comeback, but it is a little underwhelming. Straddling the fence somewhere between punkinformed hard rock and straight-up pub rock, it’s a sometimes bitchin’, but often awkward mix. Round 1 hardly qualifies as an album, either. Only seven of the 11 tracks are fresh outta’ the can. One is a B-side from 1998, and the three Billy Thorpe-related tracks are clearly marked ‘demo’. Essentially what we have here is a glorified mini-album. I can imagine there are people out there who would think this band is legendary. But, is it just nostalgia? It feels like The Poor are back at the beginning. They’re certainly not doing anything different to what they were 15 years ago, but there are moments when they shine. _BEN WATSON
FIELD MUSIC Field Music (Measure)
CARRY NATION Like A River Does
Spunk/EMI
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Sunderland siblings Peter and David Brewis became unhappy when their band Field Music became victim of the artistic constraints of being labelled an ‘indie band’. As a result they put their band aside for three years to work on other projects. With a renewed sense of enthusiasm for working together, they have made up for lost time with the recording of the mammoth twenty song double album Field Music (Measure). Breaking the mould this time out, the siblings have pooled a swag of influences from Led Zeppelin to Fleetwood Mac. The increased focus on guitars is evident on the riff heavy Each Time Is A New Time and the delicately plucked Precious Plans. The Brewis brothers also cover the same psych pop territory as Andy Partridge lead XTC during the ebb and flow of tunes such as Measure. There is no Oasis style infighting here as the Brewis brothers are in perfect harmony. Field Music (Measure) is a welcome and unexpected return. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
J e s s i e Wa r re n h a d dreams of being a dolphin trainer but that was put on the back burner when the long trips to her educational institution led to plenty of time for songs to be penned in trusty notebooks. Taking the name Carry Nation, and recording in Brisbane’s Old Museum, Like A River Does was birthed. It doesn’t take long for Carry Nation to show its credentials when supple plucked guitar strings, a pensive voice and tasteful cello give All I Need the same ingredients that signalled Holly Throsby as one of the scene’s brightest talents. Carr y Nation take a minimalist approach to their folk-y art with Breaking Glass barely raising a sweat and Aimy being a particularly sparse outing. Warren can up the ante though as Respect Your Elders is more immediate and melodic without sounding out of place. At times Warren’s tones are reminiscent of Lisa Mitchell, only more mature, more vulnerable and with much more to say. Like A River Does could not be a better introduction to the impressive singer songwriter. Anyone who pens a murder ballad titled Phil Spector is well worth a listen or two. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
Black Motorcycle Club Beat The Devil’s Tattoo
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS I Learned The Hard Way
Co-Op/Shock
In their last few albums, Black Rebel Motorcycle C l u b ’s f o r m u l a h a s remained largely unchanged. They look out into the bars, highways and swamps of the American south, suck in the roots, and then repackage them with a snarl-y, garage fuzz. Their output has also had a particularly masculine and hip grinding swagger. It’s the aural equivalent of Elvis’ lip twitch or Dirty Harry reaching for his gun. Dangerous, broody and cocky. It was therefore interesting to hear that Leah Shapiro, the sometimes touring drummer from Danish rockers The Raveonettes, would be joining the gang. Would the elegant Dane cool these hot blooded San Franciscans? Tracks like Conscience Killer suggest the answer is no. These tracks are thick, sludgy and driving in the vein of 2007’s Baby 81 or even the band’s debut. Elsewhere, there are a heap of roots-y tracks reminiscent of BRMC’s magnum opus Howl - the spiritual, chain-gang stomp of the title track being a case in point. Like Wilco’s recent self-titled album, this release is a bit like a ‘best of’ in that it draws equally from all aspects of the band’s career to form a succinct whole. There’s the familiar moments of brilliance, but six albums on, fans might be wanting something new. If you’re new to the band, however, this is a very good ‘BRMC 101’. _DAVID CRADDOCK
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Given Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ reverence for analogue recording and classic soul sounds, they’re not the kind of act that are going to surprise you with an unexpected hip hop excursion or synth odyssey. They’re trusty and dependably old school. I Learned The Hard Way doesn’t break the mould with plenty of triumphant horn action from the Dap-Kings and impassioned wailing from Ms Jones. Tracks like Mama Don’t Like My Man show a slower, stripped back, gospel-y side to Jones that is very appealing. Glockenspiel and string laden opener The Game Gets Old is ridiculously sexy and smooth, which is a bit embarrassing given that Jones is the same age as my mum - but, hey, she got it. The title track, however, is the album’s shining moment with its funky flutes and Bond theme-esque theatrics. If ever there was a soul singer cut out to give impassioned life advice, Jones, a former prison warden, is the one. Powerful and determinedly ‘real’ this record is a joy to listen to - if not only to hear Jones telling her fellas where to go. _DAVID CRADDOCK
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ooey Deschanel looks have some sort of harmed life. She is a keable and talented tor, married to one of the finest pop writers n the planet and is cute as a button to boot. that’s not enough of a resume, when she ams up with indie wunderkind M. Ward (as he & Him), the pair effortlessly craft tunes at Phil Spector and George Martin would sell andmothers to get their hands on. You can imagine that if Deschanel has ny regrets it is that she was born in the wrong ecade. Volume 2 continues her homage to the unds of classic ‘70s AM radio with light and eezy production and Deschanel’s soothing oice. Volume 2 is a step up from their debut th Don’t Look Back having Brill Building appeal spades. M. Ward’s vocals are underutilised, ut when he trades verses with Deschanel on a ver of NRBQ’s Riding In My Car it is one of the bums high points. Last week may have seen Perth perience one of the most destructive storms recent times, but Volume 2 is the perfect undtrack to brighter skies.
Kabul Dreams bill themselves as “the first rock band in A f g h a n i s t a n ”, a n admirable pitch indeed. Their sounds may not be particularly cutting edge but playing western music in a post-Taliban Afghanistan is still apparently a very risky thing. Formed in 2009, Sulyman Qardash (guitar, vocals), Siddique Ahmed (bass) and Mujtaba Habibi (drums, make upbeat indie pop tunes with shades of The Arctic Monkeys and Oasis on Can you Fly and even Green Day in the sappy power balladry of This Night – certainly not the kind of sounds you’d expect to come from war ravaged Kabul. According to a report from the BBC, the band, who are made up of ex-pats from Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Iran, decided to form the group to give the Afghan youth a message of community. Given that they sing in English, the whole world can now enjoy their gutsy efforts. Key Track: Can You Fly
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pon first listen, Crime In ereo’s I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone ppears to be a record with tremendous depth. hat is because upon first listen, nothing ally grabs you, and the album seems full of mosphere and subtlety, rather than solid ngwriting. Upon further listens, this subtlety ves way to a hollow, empty shell of a record at is severely lacking any substance. The most disappointing thing about WTTDYTS is that it reeks of potential. It is an bum that almost depicts the sound of missed pportunities. Rich in character and sonic exterity, this aural achievement is undone by e lack of any core song structures. The ebbs nd flows that hint at dynamic success never ach their full potential, and what is left is a llection of songs that fail to hit the mark. Songs such as Drugwolf and Exit Halo ovide some relief, but in the end, they are not nough to counterbalance the emptiness strewn roughout the rest of the record. I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone nds up being like a game of pass the parcel th no prize at the end. Whilst you’re ripping f sheets of newspaper, you’re excited at the ought of getting to the centre, but when you et there and discover there’s no surprise at the nd, you feel ripped off.
The absolute holiest of holys in early ‘80s American hardcore. Unveiled in 1982 on cassette-only, hardcore fanatics agree Washington DC’s Bad Brains self-titled album captures the fire of a band that were way ahead of their time – in every sense. Unlike many other blooming HC acts from this era who consistently pushed the point of this music being more about the passion (as basically none of them knew a thing about their instruments before this point), this bunch of highly-religious, African-American Rastafarians damn well knew how to play. Coming from jazz-rock fusion origins, they were the first band to view both punk and reggae as complementary – both politically and musically. Jumping seamlessly from Dr Know’s blistering riffage in Pay To Cum, to the cooler dubs of I Luv I Jah, back up to climatic heights with Attitude – Bad Brains are still regarded as possibly the greatest HC band of all time and who am I to dispute that. Key Track: Banned In D.C _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY
_GEORGE GREEN
HE TRIFFIDS Wide Open Road: he Best Of he Triffids
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David McComb was ill with us one needs wonder what he’d make of all of this. After sbanding The Triffids in 1989 – the group that’d lfilled his musical ambitions for more than a ecade – McComb had admitted defeat. He had ent the formative years of his short life crafting a and set to cross over into some tangible success, nly to watch it all slip away faster than anyone uld have ever predicted. McComb went on to ork on some notable projects before his death in 999, but none as fervidly significant as The Triffids. First the re-issues of the studio albums, en the biographies, a book of McComb’s oetry, the A Secret In The Shape Of A Song live erformances (which next week make their way Europe) and now, finally, a comprehensive box t and, this, a single CD greatest hits collection. If one thing is clear, it’s that The Triffids e finally getting their just deserves. Those ready captivated by McComb’s brilliant and ooding odes to darkness and light need no more oselytising. But for those unfamiliar with WA’s eatest songwriter, there is no better place to start an this – 18 songs that take you from a teenage edroom in Peppermint Grove to the bright lights a London stage and back into the darkness of a elbourne house. As with Cloudstreet, every single West ustralian should own a Triffids’ album. It’s our rthright.
After two of the most lyrical and searing films of the 1980s, you might be wondering whatever happened to director Roland Joffé. The Mission (1986) was poetry in motion, a lovingly crafted tale of two men (Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons) finding their souls in an unforgiving but beautiful landscape. The Killing Fields (1984) was a heart-wrenching account of a country falling apart and the role of journalists in the ensuing atrocities. Awards and kudos were heaped on Joffé and then he either had the worst luck of any director in Hollywood or he opted out of the whole thing. After an uncredited stint directing 1993’s Super Mario Bros with Bob Hoskins he spent the ‘90s and noughties directing a few forgettable films – uplifting India-set drama City of Hope with Patrick Swayze, Gary Oldman/Demi Moore love affair drama The Scarlet Letter and the French aristocracy intrigue of Vatel. Bizarrely, he then joined the torture porn movement, directing Elisha Cuthbert in the 2007 exploitation shocker Captivity. Joffé has two films in the works that look like a promising return to the sweeping, blood-soaked historical sagas of his early career. He still attracts some enviable talent to his projects, but time will tell if audiences keep ignoring him. For now we’ll have to make do with his decidedly low output.
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Thursday 8 April ARTBAR Und� �e Stars
Paul D�psey Acclaimed singer songwriter Paul Dempsey will launch this year’s ARTBAR season, under the stars outside at the Art Gallery of Western Australia amphitheatre, Perth Cultural Centre, on Thursday 8 April 2010. Doors and Gallery exhibition open for viewing from 5.30pm Tickets: www.bocsticketing.com.au or call 9484 1133 For ticket and event information visit artgallery.wa.gov.au/ArtBar ARTBAR – where music, comedy, food and drink, people and art come together. ARTBAR is an 18+ event. Food and drink available for purchase. No BYO.
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Though Katy Steele now calls New York home, the Little Birdy frontwoman is a Perth girl at heart, which she’ll demonstrate when she heads back to WA for a special solo show this May. Armed with only her voice, guitar and keys, Steele will take to the ArtBar stage at the Art Gallery Of WA on Thursday, May 27, to share her unique voice and beautiful songs with a home crowd. Previous ArtBar events have sold out in record time, so if you’d like to catch Steele when she’s in town, be sure to purchase tickets ASAP from BOCS. To find out more about ArtBar head to artgallery.wa.gov.au/artbar. Victor Rubilar
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Cut & Paste issue 9 featuring artwork by Creepy
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The folks from Cut & Paste are gearing up to release their ninth issue onto the streets of Perth, promising a DVD packed full of awesome interviews with musicians, artists and everyone in between. Issue 9 features chats with Gyroscope, Nick Oliveri, The Inspector Cluzo and artists Creepy, Martin Wills and Timothy Rollin. To launch the edition in style, Cut & Paste will take over The Bird on William Street in Northbridge on Friday, April 30, with sets from the Scotch Of Saint James, Ta-Ku, Rekab, Dub Dirty Jam Band plus heaps of hi-jinks including live art from Creepy, Rollin and Wills. Doors open 8pm. For more on Cut & Paste check out cutandpastedvd.com.
Argentinean performer Victor Rubilar will attempt to break his own world record this weekend as part of the colourful Fremantle Street Arts Festival. Rubilar is a master in the art of soccer ball manipulation and will attempt to beat his own record for ‘most consecutive rolls across the head completed without stopping’. Don’t miss out on Rubilar’s live world record attempt today, Thursday, April 1, at 11am at Cicerellos in Fremantle.
SUNDAY SALSA
This Sunday, April 4, the Fly By Night in Fremantle will get hot and steamy, thanks to the Perth Salsa Expo. The event will bring together Salsa schools from around WA to party and dance together under one roof. Kicking off at 7.30pm, the event will feature free dance lessons, DJ sets and performances from top Salsa dancers. Tickets are only $20 online at flybynight.org and will be available on the door for $30.
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It’s common knowledge that liquor licensing laws in WA are conservative at best, which is why members from the Perth entertainment industry will rally on Wednesday, April 7, to discuss the future of Perth’s nightlife scene. Perthour is a free initiative that encourages discussion about the development of Perth every month; and in April, Perthour will tackle the topic of nightlife in Perth. Held at Tranby Hall in the Wesley Centre on Murray Street, the event will ask questions such as ‘does our current liquor licensing legislation go far enough?’ If you have an opinion on the subject the organisers of Perthour want to hear from you – register your interest online at perthour.futureperth.org. The April 7 event will kick off at 5pm, with the first speaker on at 5.45pm. Seats are limited so if you’re planning to head along be sure to register first to secure a seat.
Polo may well be one of the world’s oldest sports but few West Australians have had the chance to experience a thrilling Polo match live. All of that is about to change because Polo In The Valley is headed to WA, promising to bring the excitement and elegance of a traditional Polo match to Perth. On Sunday, April 18, Polo In The Valley will take over Duncraig Stud in the Swan Valley for a day of sun, sport and sophistication. Tickets are on sale now from eventix.com.au.
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Six months after releasing one of the finest albums of 2009, Paul Dempsey whips around the country one last time to celebrate the release of his Bats EP, before heading to the US for the remainder of the year. Catch him at Artbar at the Art Gallery Of WA on Thursday, April 8, Settlers Tavern in Margaret River on Friday, April 9, and the Fly By Night Club on Sunday, April 10. It’s often said that the greatest form of flattery as a musician is when another artist covers your songs. Paul Dempsey, for one, regularly pays tribute to the songs racking up ‘favourite’ status on his iPod – a recent example being MGMT’s Time To Pretend, which he’s regularly been playing on tour. So, as one of Australia’s greatest songwriters to emerge in the last two decades, it’s perhaps little surprise a similar tribute has been bestowed on the man many consider this country’s flag bearer of intelligent, heart-wrenching melody. Indeed, bundled onto an EP with Bats – the latest single to be released from Dempsey’s successful debut solo album Everything Is True – are covers of his songs by Claire Bowditch and Oh Mercy; Out Of The Airlock and Ramona Was A Waitress respectively. “It’s gratifying,” Dempsey begins. “It’s just more interesting – it’s more like being a fan of someone else’s music, because they’ve made it into something more of their own than anything resembling the songs I wrote. Both versions are less like covers – they are more like complete reinterpretations or a remix, which is far more interesting and cool than just having someone do a straight version of a song. “I initially felt a little strange about approaching people to do versions of the songs. I kind of said, ‘it’s a great idea and obviously I’d love to hear the results but I kind of don’t want to be involved’. And when I heard the results it was cool. You don’t think too much about how it reflects on you, you’re just too busy enjoying how different it is.” Being different has become Dempsey’s trademark. Mistakenly bundled with the post-grunge boom that gave a leg up to so many Aussie bands in the late ’90s, Dempsey quickly set about differentiating himself from the pack, steering his band Something For Kate on a collision course with the intelligent lyrical melancholia of Leonard Cohen coupled with the stadium rock-pop smarts of Pearl Jam. Founded in 1994, Something For Kate
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has since recorded five studio albums, taking out 11 ARIA Awards and multi-platinum sales along the way. But, on the insistence of fellow SFK bandmates Clint Hyndman and Stephanie Ashworth (who is also Dempsey’s wife), Dempsey decided to take on the challenge of a solo album. Released in August 2009, Everything Is True is Dempsey’s most profound work to date, both lyrically and musically. And its success is vindication for its provocateurs Hyndman and Ashworth, with whom Dempsey is currently working on new SFK songs. “I am tempted to say I feel lucky,” Dempsey concludes of the album’s success. “I feel incredibly lucky but then I stop myself and ask myself if I really believe in luck. I don’t know what it is. It’s so unpredictable – people make good and bad records every week and it has little to do with the perceived quality of the record. Great records get completely passed over every week. The whole thing is such a huge and strange beast that you just don’t think about it… you just make the best record that you can and hope that it’s going to be well received.” _JULIAN TOMPKIN
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KICK-ASS With No Power Comes No Responsibility him take a beating without feeling it and almost as much metal attached to his bones as Wolverine. This is where its ethos of ‘no powers’ starts to wane, in the comics he had no powers at all, but in the movie’s case his damaged nerves give him a power of sorts, not really necessary and only there to ease the idea of this guy taking lots of beatings into the minds of the average movie watcher. Trying to forget being a hero, Dave goes back to being nobody. But after a few introspective scenes he is out again, Kick-Ass 2.0. Saving a man from a beating in front of a diner of people with camera phones, Kick-Ass becomes a youtube sensation - the first real superhero. As Dave’s alter ego grows in popularity (ie: thousands of Myspace friends and millions of Youtube hits), he starts to get used to the life and even starts seeing his high school crush. On a mission for his crush, Kick-Ass bites off more than he can chew. With guns pointed at his face, Dave is rescued by the real heroes of the movie, Big Daddy (Nic Cage) and Hit Girl. Chloe Moretz is just flat out Kick Ass amazing as the 10 year old Hit Girl - a girl brought Directed by Matthew Vaughn up by a father looking only for vengeance. Home Starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Aaron schooling her in firearms and how to take a bullet Johnson, Nicholas Cage, Chloe Moretz to the chest, the dynamic between these two characters makes for some hilarious scenes. KickFilm goers may know Mark Millar from last Ass gets caught up in the middle of the blood feud year’s Wanted and most may wish to forget that between Big Daddy and villian of the piece Frank experience. But the dude knows comics; he has D’Amico, forcing him to step up or step out. penned many of the recent Marvel Comics smash Without a doubt, Kick-Ass, in comic hits and has been credited for helping plan the and movie form, is all about fan service. It is template for the next few years of Marvel Studios self referential, takes jabs at the comic industry projects. So it’s no surprise that his 2008 comic and panders to the ultimate comic book fan's Kick-Ass had the movie rights sold to it before the fantasy - being a superhero themselves (and first issue had even printed. And it’s also no surprise fucking their high school crush behind the that this movie, like the comics, is just downright cinema). Fans of the comic will notice alterations awesome. to the characters and some slight plot changes, Aaron Johnson plays Dave Lizewski, but on the whole it is very faithful to the source a lower rung high school student unnoticed by material. Not quite the almost obsessive shot his peers and his crush. A major comic book fan, for shot Sin City but much more faithful than he one day decides to just do it and become a Wanted. More slapstick has been brought into superhero. And why not? Well the opening scene the characters, especially Chris ‘McLovin’ Mintzshows why not - super powers just don’t exist. Plasse’s alter ego, Red Mist. But that’s not to say Dave reasons that to be a hero he the gore has been toned down. Scenes with Hit just has to stand up where others won’t, help Girl remain blood filled and remind you this is someone in need and not just look the other way. not your daddy’s Spiderman, although some of So, ordering a bunch of supplies online (namely the high school scenes may make it feel that way. a green wetsuit and batons), Dave sets out on Strikingly a perfect balance of comic the streets under the moniker Kick-Ass. But on book geek culture and mainstream appeal, this is his first attempt at doing the right thing he gets one adaptation that should please all of its fans the cold hard reality of a knife in his guts and the and hopefully the start of a new franchise. front bumper of a car to his face. After months in recovery he is left with damaged nerves that let _TOM VARIAN
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possibly tolerate the murder of the ones they love (the murder-rate is constant) she hightails it to Palermo to meet with prosecutor Paolo Borsellino. She brings with her the many diaries she kept from the ages 12-15; full of complete detail given Another great biographical tale comes to the she lived in a Mafioso environment. When details Lotterywest Festival Films season, in keeping with of her handwritten musings check out, the police the impression left by Skin some weeks back. finally have the means to severely damage the It may be odd that a Mafioso tale mafia in Sicily, but not before a lot more violence features a female lead who is the hero in the piece, has occurred and the lives of perhaps more people but then again truth has always been stranger than than ever are endangered. fiction. This is a tale based on the life of Rita Atria, While Atria’s family have criticised a 17 year-old Sicilian girl who appeared before the film (and typically it does take things out an anti-mafia trial in 1991 in order to avenge the of context in order to transform into a piece of death of her father and brother, but coming to a cinematic entertainment), on its own terms Sicilian realisation that it was justice, overall, that needed Girl is a powerful experience. Much rides on the to be served. shoulders of Veronica D’Agostino, who gives a It was headline news (certainly in sometimes overwrought performance, she treads Europe) at the time but the viewer needs no realistic lines between hot-headed and vulnerable, previous historical insight into the story, in fact it especially when she comes to the realisation that will add to the entertainment value if you have no her father and brother may not have been the idea at all. Either way, Sicilian Girl is an affecting saints she’d once dreamed them to be. film. Rita as a young girl is doted on by her father, The end seems unbearably predicable, Don Michele, who is part of La Cosa Nostra. She but that’s more a real life outcome coming to the views him as a kind man, who fixes problems for fore. Things apparently changed in Sicily as a result the community who adore him and respected by of Atria’s actions, but one wonders how much was the Dons of the other Mafiosi families. only on the surface. When he is assassinated by another family, however, Rita’s idyllic childhood comes to _BOB GORDON an end. With her brother she swears revenge on her father’s death but, a few years later, as they The Sicilian Girl screens at the Somerville prepare this vengeance, he is also killed by the Auditorium from Monday-Sunday, April 5-11, same crime family. and Joondalup Pines from Monday-Sunday, Desperate, broken-hearted and at a April 12-18, as part of the Lotterywest Festival loss to understand how the village she lives in can Films season.
There’s nothing like a nice cold glass of cola. But two glasses? Three glasses!? Now that’s when the beverage starts to lose its appeal, and, as I’ve experienced on many an occasion, nausea can sometimes set in. Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks’ sweet but blatantly sappy romance novels are the cinematic equivalent of a bottle of soft drink – you can appreciate their sweet taste but just one is usually quite enough. Unfortunate then that Last Song, the latest cinematic take on one of Sparks’ books, is being released hot on the heels of another of his, Dear John. If the American author ’s stories were vastly different – like Robert Ludlum’s or Stephen King’s are – then it wouldn’t matter so much, but the fact of the matter is, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Nights In Rodanthe, Message In A Bottle, Dear John and now, Love Song, are as similar as home-brand Twisties are to the real thing. Besides the fact that they’re all set on the coast of North Carolina, Sparks’ stories always feature star-crossed lovers who are out to thwart the odds in an effort to remain one, and they also always kill off one of their major characters by film’s end. Without saying who in Last Song dies, I will say this, you see it coming a mile away – and though the movie would probably be lost without it (women will flock to the film knowing they’ll be shedding tears at someone’s on-screen funeral by film’s end), it would be nice to see Sparks use a little imagination when it comes to advancing his plot and structuring his stories. Even his fans must surely be getting a little tired of his laziness when it comes to telling stories. Sparks wrote Last Song especially for Miley Cyrus – in fact, he penned the screenplay before the book. It’s the first time he’s done that. And right up front, Miley told him he wanted the flick to be of the same ilk as A Walk To Remember and The Notebook. And it is – story-wise, anyway. Cyrus plays seventeen-year-old Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Miller, a troubled darklyclothed, pro-piercings music genius who is forced, along with her younger Jonah (Bobby Coleman) brother, to spend the Summer at her estranged father’s (Greg Kinnear) beach house. Though dreadfully nice, and keen to make up for lost time, Dad can’t get through to his troubled daughter. While he stays home repairing a stained glass window for the local
Last Song
church with his youngest, his daughter’s off at the beach hanging with some local hooligans, and soon enough, Will (Liam Hesmworth), a pretty-boy Volley-Ball player whose desperate to catch Ronnie’s eye. Eventually, of course, Will causes a change in Ronnie – a change that starts to affect her relationship with Dad. In terms of Sparks’ adaptations, The Notebook is the best (followed closely behind by A Walk To Remember which, like this, also featured a young musician; in its case, Mandy Moore in the lead role) largely because of Nick Cassavettes’ determination to make something less fluffier and more meatier than the film might’ve been in another less-skilled filmmakers hands. Where Last Song loses out to The Notebook is in the acting stakes – one’s seen better performances from a side-show carnival stilt-man than they will in Julie Anne Robinson‘s film. Firstly, Miley Cyrus (unlike Mandy Moore) is no actress. She’s wooden, she’s unconvincing, and she spends most of this movie either pouting or austerely staring in the distance. She’s at her best when she’s mute – as she is in a couple of essential scenes where she’s playing the piano. Young Bobby Coleman, playing her on-screen brother, is also a distraction. Their scenes together especially tarnish the flick; taking away all the good that Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear (always fab – even in rubbish!) and Kelly Preston do. _CLINT MORRIS
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM AND PARTY WED APRIL 7 from 7.00pm (film at 8.00pm)
A Bollywood themed evening of colorful dance catchy music and special treats. Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani - Rajkumar Santoshi’s Bollywood romantic slap-stick comedy - love can make you do strange things! Starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. Tickets $30.00 (price includes* Indian
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Now at LUNA OUTDOOR - ONLINE PROGRAMME AND TICKETS: www.lunapalace.com.au “Unforgetable! Contender for the “worst movie ever made”. See it at a latenight screening where you can hoot with derision among a like-minded crowd” Filmcritic.com
Described as “The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies” the latenight cult phenomenon is now coming to Perth
starring MICHAEL NYQVIST (As It Is in Heaven) and NOOMI RAPACE NOW SHOWING at LUNA LEEDERVILLE and LUNA ON SX
Thur to Wed (exc Fri): 11.45am, 3.00, 6.00, 8.50pm Fri: 12.00, 3.00, 6.00, 8.50pm
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The Room has garnered a massive cult following, selling out sessions across the US, leaving audiences stunned and wondering "how can so bad, be so good?"
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164 JAMES ST. NORTHBRIDGE 9227 1771 Based on Stieg Larsson’s worldwide best-seller
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HELEN MIRREN JAMES McAVOY PAUL GIAMATTI and CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER as Tolstoy
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MY ONE AND ONLY (M) Thur to Wed: 1.45 (no 1.45 Sun) & 8.30pm A SINGLE MAN (M) Thur & Mon to Wed: 11.20am, 3.50, 6.15pm Fri to Sun: 3.50 & 6.15pm PALACE BALLET SERIES: The Royal Ballet’s production of SWAN LAKE in HD Fri: 12.00 Sat: 11.30am Sun: 1.00
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Based on Stieg Larsson’s worldwide bestselling thriller
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“Tommy Wiseau [is] one of the most unusual looking and sounding (with an unidentifiable Eastern European accent)leading men ever to grace the screen” Variety
98 STIRLING HIGHWAY, NEDLANDS 9386 3554 ESSEX ST FREMANTLE 9430 5999 LOCHEE ST, MOSMAN PARK 9227 1771 (Paradiso) THE LAST STATION (M) WINNER OF 6 ACADEMY AWARDS incl BEST PICTURE HELEN MIRREN Thur to Wed (exc Fri): 11.30am, 1.45, 6.40, 8.50pm Fri: 12.00, 2.20, 6.40, 8.50pm (M) Thur to Wed: MICMACS Thur: 10.00am (seniors), 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, Tonight: 8.00pm (Doors 6.30pm) 12.20, 2.30, 4.40, 6.50, 9.00pm 8.45pm Fri to Wed: 11.15am (no 11.15 WELCOME (M) GEORGE CLOONEY MERYL STREEP Fri),1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 8.45pm Thur to Wed: 11.00am (no 11.00 Fri), From the Roald Dahl story EMMA THOMPSON 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 8.40pm THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (M) Thur to Wed (exc Fri): 4.10pm Fri to Sun: 8.00pm (Doors 6.30pm) Fri: 4.30pm Thur to Wed: BRAN NUE DAE (PG) GEORGE CLOONEY JEFF BRIDGES 11.00am (no 11.00 Fri), 1.15, 6.15pm Thur to Wed (exc Fri): 10.40am EWAN McGREGOR KEVIN SPACEY COLIN FIRTH (No Screening Fri) JULIANNE MOORE A THE HURT LOCKER (MA15+) Thur to Wed: 1.00 & 8.20pm WHO STARE AT BROTHERS (M) Thur to Wed: 10.45am (no 10.45 Fri), Thur to Wed: 4.15 & 8.20pm 4.20, 6.20pm Mon to Wed: 8.00pm (Doors 6.30pm)
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INSIDE THE TOWERS Spaced Inside The Towers is on display at the Grey Door Gallery, located at the rear of the Claremont Hotel, from Friday, April 9, ’til Monday, April 19. Opening night kicks off at 7.30pm. While growing up in Perth, Martin E Wills escaped the mundanity of day-to-day life through the realm of science fiction, feeding on episodes of Battlestar Galactica, and finding nourishment in the wide world of comics. Though the recent hail storms left Wills’ car looking like Edward James Olmos’ face, nothing can shake his love of the sci-fi world, a love which he demonstrates in his latest exhibition Inside The Towers. Ahead of the opening of Inside The Towers, Wills caught up with X-Press to talk concubines, graphic novels and geekery. The third installment in Wills’ Territory Twelve series, Inside The Towers examines the bureaucracy of an alien world, focusing on political characters from a universe far far away. “The new stuff I’m doing is mostly character portraits, not so much my highly rendered science fiction landscapes”, Wills says of his latest exhibition. “I’m going for a stylized block-colour approach which is new for me; it’s mostly come from doodles I’ve been drawing at cafes.” “One of the big features of the show will be six character portraits of really effeminate men with big pompadours and strange physiques. The way I’m thinking of it is that they’re the concubines of the high councilors in this world. “At my last show I experimented with some circular canvases so I’m doing that again.The main character portraits are on circular canvases – the circle lends itself to a classical composition.” A self-confessed geek, Wills drew inspiration for Inside The Towers from graphic novels, steering away from his traditional painting
Inside The Towers by Martin E Wills
style for a more design oriented approach. “I grew up on science fiction and comic books, so I draw from all of that. What I’m trying to do with this show is something more graphic than I normally do. My usual works are a bit more painterly but the works in this show are more ‘design-y’. There will also be some of my old stuff in the exhibition as well, which people may not have seen because the pieces have only been exhibited once. So people who haven’t seen my stuff can get a full taste of the Martin E Wills experience,” he says with a chuckle. If the response to his previous two solo shows is anything to go by, Inside The Towers is bound to attract a large, diverse crowd of art fans. “The response to the previous exhibitions was really good. Last year I was in about seven shows but I’ve only done two solo shows.The response to my solo shows was really good considering I didn’t have a profile yet - at my first show I sold nearly everything.” Whether you’re a fan of Star Wars, a devotee of Firefly or a purveyor of all things sci-fi and other worldly, Inside The Towers is sure to satisfy your inner geek. _EMMA BERGMEIER
TOM GREEN WORLD STANDUP COMEDY TOUR Greenday Tom Green will take to the stage of the Octagon Theatre in Perth on Tuesday, April 6, at 7.30pm. Bookings can be made through the regular outlets. touring I stopped, and then I did a radio show which turned into a TV show which turned into a movie and then I had a web television show. And since doing the show on my website tomgreen.com, I’ve had a lot of comedians come on my show, so when the people on Myspace asked me to do the New York comedy festival, I thought it was the perfect time to write a show... and since then I’ve been touring it, and I’ve been having so much fun. It’s been a great time.” This tour will also represent Green’s first trip to Australia, something that he positively brimmed with excitement about. “I’m really excited to be coming to Perth and Australia for the first time in my life. It’s so interesting that there’s this culture that’s so similar to what I know, yet so different, on the other side of the world, and to be going there to do stand up is going to be great.” Green has also issued a challenge of sorts to the people going to see his show. “I’m going to be reading some books on Australian History. I plan on knowing more about Australia than any Australian. I’m going to challenge people to quizzes about Australian history. People in the front row better know their Australian history.” Green’s first stand up experience has clearly been a good one, yet beyond mere entertainment lies a deeper, more sublime experience for Green. “It’s been almost cathartic because I’ve had people come to the show to celebrate the work that Tom Green I’ve done over the last fifteen or sixteen years. Tom Green is having a great time, and he’s And I’ve even had a whole bunch of people feeling great. Speaking to him ahead of come out and celebrate Freddy Got Fingered, the Australian leg of his inaugural stand which wasn’t well received by critics to say up comedy tour, Green made sure of my the least. I should have expected it, because I knowledge of this fact. After 15 years of made a weird movie, but at the time it wasn’t television, movie and radio madness, Green is a pleasant experience, and to have people finally returning to the thing that he’s always come that really got it really means a lot. And it’s been great.” wanted to do. For those expecting a “scripted” “This is my first ever stand up comedy tour. I’ve wanted to do it my whole stand up show in the vein of most touring comedy specials, Green will be providing life. I started it really young but then when the rap group I was involved in started something quite different. “There is... a lot of improv. Every show I’m getting more risky, taking a lot more chances with it, and 155 OXFORD ST going off script a lot more. So much of the LEEDERVILLE 9444 4056 show is about the way I interact with the live audience. There are some elements that are WIN A really standard to stand up but there are also INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010 TRIP TO INDIA! things that are weirder that you’ll have to Look for an entry form when you come to a Bollywood session. come to the show to see. A big thank you to Travelcorp Green also left some instructions and Thai Airways for his Perth audience. “Bring a video camera, International. I’ve got my video camera and after the show FINAL WEEK! - Uplifting Bollywood blockbusters that
VISUAL ARTS Another Story, Fremantle Ar ts Centre, 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle. Pingyao is a small city in regional China, known for its commanding city wall and its international photography festival. On display as part of the FotoFreo Festival, Another Story is a snapshot of a China undergoing incredible change. Exhibition features photographs by Ji Zhou, Li Xiaofei, Lu Yanpeng, Ma Liang, Qin Wen, Song Jing, Yang Rui and Zhao Yongsheng. Exhibition runs ’til Thursday, May 20.
PERFORMANCE The Swimming Club, Playhouse Theatre, Pier Street, Perth. Six young people from around the world, including two UWA students, spend one glorious summer together on a Greek island in 1983. Fast-forward to 2009: these footloose and fancy-free types have turned into successful and driven people who are juggling careers, families and mortgages and are grappling with middle age. Season opens on Saturday, March 27, and runs ’til Sunday, April 18. Bookings can be made through BOCS. The Uncanny by Jessica Davis
The Uncanny, Juicebox Creative, 24 Angove Street, North Perth. Evoking confusion, photographer Jessica Davis aims to disambiguate ideas of separation and attachment in relation to objects that both attract and disturb us, in The Uncanny. A part of the FotoFreo Fringe Festival, The Uncanny draws on psychoanalytic theory of repressed desires, the nfantile experience and the maternal, interrogating the recurring emotions of rejection and hysteria. Exhibition is on display (only on weekends) ’til Sunday, April 11.
urst, PICA, James Street, Northbridge. Burst, Grant Stevens combines a trilogy of cent works: If Things Were Different, Crushing nd Really Really. The works oscillate between he personal, fanciful and utterly romantic, o the abrasively cynical and generic by mpering with tropes of Hollywood film, dvertising and bad daytime TV. Exhibition runs ’til Monday, April 5.
h l o e m Po é t i ca, P I C A , J a m e s S t r e e t, orthbridge. nown for her delicate castings of small plants nd insects, Sarah Elson has conceived her ost expansive body of work yet, Phloem oética; consisting of three new wall works ith cast and resin-coated clover prickles, nsy flowers and curled eucalyptus leaves as ell as an ambitious tailor-made installation r the space. Exhibition runs ’til Monday, April 5.
ties Are Like Oceans, Wolfe Lane, Rear 321 urray Street, Perth. yrus Cornut’s FotoFreo Fringe exhibition, ties Are Like Oceans, explores the place of uman beings in cities that are increasingly haotic and where modernity takes over aditions that have been established over me. Exhibition runs ’til Tuesday, April 13.
A Sense Of Place: Naturally, Kidogo Art House, Mews Road, Fremantle. During the official United Nations International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, internationally renowned ethnobotanist Tony Cunningham will exhibit A Sense Of Place: Naturally, an exhibition celebrating plant species and marine life native to Western Australia. Exhibition runs ’til Wednesday, April 14.
Cats, Burswood Theatre, Burswood Entertainment Complex, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood. Andrew Lloyd Webber ’s internationally acclaimed musical Cats is finally making its way to Perth, bringing with it a fantastical set, a magnificent score and dance and song numbers not to be missed. First staged in 1981, Cats boasts a cast of 53 performers, a live band, and a stellar reputation for impeccable production. Season opens on Tuesday, April 13, and runs ’til Tuesday, April 27. Bookings can be made through Ticketek.
Mamma Mia, Burswood Theatre, Burswood Entertainment Complex, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood. Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s enchanting tale of family and friendship, George Ward Tjungurrayi, Linton and Kay Mamma Mia, unfolds on a Greek island paradise. Fine Art Gallery, 299 Railway Road, Subiaco. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest Born about 1947 near Kiwirrkura in Western to discover the identity of her father brings Australia, George Ward Tjungurrayi first three men from her mother’s past back to the painted for Papunya Tula Artists in 1976. island they last visited 20 years ago… George paints the sacred and secret Tingari Season opens on Saturday, June 5, Cycle, using a webbing of dark ochres in a and runs ’til Sunday, July 18. Bookings can be strictly delineated, geometric style, reminiscent made through Ticketek. of the sand and body painting of the Western Desert. Rock The Ballet, Regal Theatre, Hay Street, Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, April 18. Subiaco. Direct from New York comes Rasta Thomas’ Rock Silence, Fremantle Prison, 1 The Terrace, The Ballet starring the Bad Boys of Dance. Rock Fremantle. The Ballet is a fusion of classic ballet technique Perth-based photographer Brad Rimmer blended with the excitement of musical theatre, presents an evocative recollection of growing hip hop, ballet, tap, contemporary, gymnastics up in rural Western Australia, capturing and more. Performances take place on Tuesday, the quietness of the environment and its June 29, and Wednesday, June 30. Bookings can inhabitants in Silence. be made through Ticketek. Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, May 16.
COMEDY Tommy Tiernan, Perth Concert Hall, 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth. A fearless force of energy, Irishman Tommy Tiernan is one of the few comics to take his audience on a genuine emotional journey elevating the soul through rich, honest laughs. Tiernan has an instinctive way of crafting words to bring his anecdotes to vivid life and make the jokes truly resonate. Performance takes place on Tuesday, April 13. Bookings can be made through BOCS. Reggie Watts, Fly By Night Musician’s Club, 1 Holdsworth Street, Fremantle. Reggie Watts began his career as a singer in various bands in the early 1990s. Then he started being himself: crazy and absurd; and people laughed. In his unique stand up sets,Watts’ subjects range from ancient history, technology, magic, spirit elves, dragons, mythology and theology to pop culture. Performance Takes place on Friday, April 23. Bookings can be made through the venue on (08) 9430 5976. Untitled Movement and Tulipa & Vanitas, Turner Galleries, 470 William Street, Northbridge. Two beautiful and darkly poetic photographic exhibitions will be showing at Turner Galleries this month as part of the FotoFreo Fringe Festival. In Untitled Movement Simon Obarzanek observes the physical movements of people pushing through the space around them in a city. Dutch photographer Annet van der Voort presents Tulipa & Vanitas, an exploration of life and death, featuring a modern take on still life painting from Holland’s ‘Golden Age’. Exhibition runs til Saturday, April 10.
Untitled Movement by Simon Obarzanek
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he Alliance Français French Film Festival wrapped p its 2010 season on Tuesday, May 30, with a pecial screening of Gainsbourg: Je T’Aime… oi Non Plus. Cinema goers were treated to a ointreau Blush Cocktail at the screening, before dding adieu to the festival for another year. Rob & Nadia
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There’s a new kid on the block on Queen Victoria Street in North Fremantle, with clothing store Violet Pilot recently opening its doors. Nestled on the same strip as Flipside, Mojo’s and Mrs Brown, Violet Pilot is a gorgeous boutique with wares too good to walk past. Wander into the store to discover a treasure trove of fashionable treats for lads and lasses, with plenty of home-grown designs available, including offerings from Ant!podium, Stiff, Plonk, Indigo, Halsinky, Totomoto, Rummage, and many, many more! As purveyors of all things beautiful, the lasses at Violet Pilot also love visual art, so they’ve transformed the upstairs of their shop into an intimate art space available for hire with no commission fee! For more info on the art space, contact Freya on 0400 007 584. Next time you’re in Freo be sure to visit Violet Pilot at 261 Queen Victoria Street, it will have you in a tail spin.
Live Winter 2010
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The mornings are getting colder and the humidity level is dropping – hoorah, it seems autumn has finally arrived! Just in time for the cooler months, Live has released its collection for winter, featuring faux fur, luscious leather, denim and lashings of accessories. Whether your look is preppy, glamorous, casual or edgy, Live delivers with a huge range of labels including Nobody, Lee, Ben Sherman, Anise, Reign, Bluejuice, Blessed Are The Meek, Lucky 13, and hundreds more. Now’s the perfect time to update your wardrobe for winter; for trends, ideas and inspiration, be sure to pick up a copy of Live’s Style Insider, available at any of their many stores. To find your closest Live head to liveclothing.com.au.
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Today, Thursday, April 1, marks the 50th anniversary of the Dr. Martens boot – an icon that has become synonymous with music and fashion thanks to notable rock icons choosing to sport the boots both on stage and on camera. Initially conceived by Germany’s Dr. Klaus Maertens in collaboration the Griggs Shoe Factory in England, Dr. Martens were created to provide quality footwear that looked good and felt comfortable to walk in. Funnily enough, Dr. Klaus came up with the idea for the air-cushioned sole (that’s lasted the test of time) after injuring his foot in a skiing accident. For over 50 years both workers and rockers have opted for the Dr. Marten boot as shoe of choice; demonstrating the longevity, comfort and adaptability of this design. To celebrate their 50th, the folks at Dr. Martens have released a special limited edition range of shoes, focusing predominantly on the 1460 and 1461 styles. Whether you’re a brickie or lead singer, you won’t want to miss out on these special Dr. Martens; but you’ll have to get in fast because only 1460 boots and 1461 shoes (per colour) world-wide have been produced. To find out where you can get your hands on a pair of Dr. Martens head online to drmartens.com. _EMMA BERGMEIER
Dr. Martens circa 1990
The Who’s Pete Townsend sporting Dr. Martens in 1975 (Photo by Graham Wiltshire/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Limited edition 50th Anniversary 1460 Dr. Martens
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Take a vacation to Hawaii’s coolest Bar in the CBD! The Hula Bula has been mixing up the rum delights for the past five years, in a fantasy bamboo and palm jungle. Elegant discjockeys mix up the tropical tunes from Wednesday to Saturday, providing a lush backdrop of Bongolia to tap your toes to. Shuts 1am on weekends for that late night rum fest. Hula Bula
BURLESQUE BABY
Burlesque Baby opened back in 2007, and since then has become the place to shop for lovers of silver screen sirens, modern pin up and retro fashions. Stocking everything from steel boned corsets, leopard print dresses, killer heels, lingerie, swimwear and hosiery, as well as things you wouldn’t expect.You can shop online at burlesquebaby.com.au or in the flesh at 567 Wellington Street. Burlesque Baby is now open on Sundays.
GILKINSONS
After the roaring success of last year’s ball, Gilkisons is throwing a bigger and better ball in 2010. It will be held in a newly designed glamorous marquee down on the Perth foreshore overlooking the Swan River. Sumptuous three course buffet with drinks is included. To top off this extravagant night there will be a full sized dance floor with all your favorite music to dance the night away. Tickets available from Gilkisons Dance Studio or online. Tickets are $150 per person, or a discounted rate of $140 per person for table bookings of ten.
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Nestled on Hay Street next to Burberry and the new Wesley complex, Pulse is well known for its fabulous Australian and international clothing labels and accessories; including brands it has stocked for over a decade. In store now is a great Burlesque Baby collection of new winter looks, plus plenty of footwear and accessory items for the cooler MAME winter months ahead. Labels on offer at Pulse Mame Clothing began its existence in 2004, and include Pepe Denim, Mavi, Fine, Mimosa, Maiocchi, since that time they’ve established themselves as and Blessed Are The Meek, to name a few. Along the place to go for dark fashion and gothic styles. with these desirable fashion clothing labels is the Serving the Goth and Goth curious alike, Mame is a iconic Brazilian shoe brand Melissa, plus Catherine great place to pick up something with a twist. The Manuell bags, travel luggage and wallets and shop is packed with dark delights ranging from the Mogil leather shoes. Pulse ‘Modern Urban’ is slightly different to very unusual! The staff won’t tucked away in the corner behind the Duty Free bite and are happy to help fit you out in what ever store, however once discovered, customers never you need. Open everyday but Mondays; look for forget, constantly coming back to be delighted by the skeleton at the black gates at 575 Wellington the unique and desirable items on offer. Street.
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After an absence from the spotlight for a few years, where he took stock of things, re-invented himself as a techno DJ and studied up on his studio skills, Fergie is back. He tells ALFRED GORMAN that life’s got him “by the balls.” In the last few years he’s been prolific with a string of well received releases, an international itinerary of epic proportions and his fledgling Excentric label was named by Carl Cox as the ‘label of 2008’. It’s taken him awhile to get back there, but Robert Ferguson seems to be in a high spirits these days, and his enthusiasm is infectious. “I was always very focused and knew that I wanted to be a DJ, and here I am over a decade later still doing what I love… happy days! I have seen music trends come and go but I think the music that is around today is the best I have ever heard or played. I have to say I am in the happiest place I have ever been in musically, it’s got me by the balls. I feel inspired by it and excited by the prospect of just getting stuck right into it all… can’t get enough of it!” Fergie’s story and rise to the top is one dreams are made of – a high school drop out in
Northern Ireland, the precocious teenage raver had a passion for hard house and quickly traded his books for decks. He was fortunate enough to be noticed and taken under the wing of the late, great DJ Tony De Vit, who exposed Fergie to the world of UK clubbing in the late ‘90s where he was in his element, partying as hard as the tunes he played. A charismatic Irish rogue, he also landed his own show on Radio 1 and quickly rose to the top of the scene, and was hailed as ‘the future of dance music’ and other such hefty laurels. “One of my earliest memories is queuing up for the Hellraiser raves at Ulster Hall in Belfast in the early ‘90s to see and hear Coxy perform. I still love listening to those old mixes and I can still recall the build up of excitement. I must have been around 14 at the time and had just been introduced to dance music. I had never heard anything like it before and I couldn’t get enough of it… I still can’t.” “I left school at 13 and pestered the local promoter to give me a job at the club, cleaning up, but I didn’t care because he let me play on the decks. I had to stand on a milk crate so that I could reach the decks! Eventually I got to do the warm up set! Then it just so happened that Tony de Vit was playing at the club one night and heard me play. He invited me over to England and introduced me to the club scene - I really appreciated his guidance and advice.”
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Bentman and Sipn
BENT ON BENTMAN
Cutter DJs at the last Flying High
FLYING THE COOP
MC Able
Ever since the balcony and upstairs bar opened at the Flying Scotsman, it’s been the place to hang out on the weekends, partly thanks to the great entertainment available on a regular basis. The Scotto’s popular Saturday nighter, Flying High, a night of indie rock, classic rock, avante pop, dancefloor shakers and cheeky party faves with a regular cast of RTRFM DJs, is coming to an end. Bid adieu to the night in the biggest party to fly high, with DJs Sarah Tout versus Meri Fatin, Chris Wheeldon versus Ryan Sandilands, Jack Midalia versus Dennis Gedling, Dave Owen versus Angie Boyce and, at midnight, Cutter versus Jamie Mcdonald. Saturday, April 3, Flying Scotsman (Defectors). Doors open 8pm. Free entry.
COMMUNITY COUP One of The Community stalwarts, Able, moved to Melbourne earlier this year, but is back for one week only, to grace Perth audiences with his ridiculously unique rhyme style at The Velvet Lounge. The Community Resurrects represents a new era for this Perth-based collective, which will include new merchandise, new events and a new website (www.thecommunity. com.au). Joining Able is Diger Rokwell, DJs Silence, Miranda Menzies and Mr.Starks, and The Community Jam Band are ready and roaring to entertain you all night long. Saturday, April 3, The Velvet Lounge. Doors open 9pm. Gold coin donation.
After spending the last five years developing their own unique sound and stage show, Perth’s own hip hop heavy-weights Bentman and Sipn are ready to release their first album, The Return Of. Mixing social commentary with gritty battle rhymes and backed with a melodic and upbeat flavour, they have created an album for all to enjoy. In recent times they have supported Wiley, Phrase and The Kottonmouth Kings, and are now about to headline their own show to celebrate their album release. Guests include M-Phases (who will also be launching his album), Illy, Hunter & Dazastah, BYP, The Anonymous, Broken English, Freekstyles, JR & Shroomz, Optamystic and The Apprentice. Sunday, April 4, The Rosemount, North Perth. Tickets $22 plus booking fee from Planet, Mills and 78 Records. Doors open 4.30pm.
Maelstrom
MAESTROM MANIA In a French market flooded with nu-skool and tearout, Joan Mael Peneau, AKA Maelstrom, has managed to masterfully define his own place in the sound spectrum – a unique harmony heralded as the bridge between French electro and party breakbeat. Maelstrom’s talent earned him the title of ‘Best Breakthrough Producer’ in the 2008 Breakspoll Awards. Maelstrom’s sound is unashamedly French and freakin’ cool – described as bouncy, skippy 4/4, breaky, choppy and mashed-up. Catch Maelstrom tearing apart Ambar on Friday, April 23, with support from Tee El, Marty McFly and Philly. Tickets $20 on the door ($10 for Loyalty Card holders). Presales available from www.boomtick.com.au.
Dâm-Funk
DÂM TASTY
187 Stirling Street Perth
Oliver Huntemann Phil Kieran (LIVE) Seth Troxler Villa × Sat April 3
Tickets: $37+BF. VIP $45 from the Boomtick SHOP! Available from Planet Video, Mills, 78s and Moshtix Outlets (1300 GET TIX) and online from the Boomtick SHOP, moshtix.com.au and inthemix.com.au
Whether you’re a disco-boogie aficionado, a Beat head, a hip hop kid or a hipster, chances are you’ve heard of, and love, Los Angeles’ Dâm-Funk. First hitting the scene in 2008, he’s since become one of Stones Throw Records’ busiest artists, putting out enough material to give Madlib a run for his money! His Toeachizown album has been released digitally in five instalments, he’s thrown out a beat tape as part of Stones Throw’s Rhythm Trax series and he’s remixed the likes of Red, Baron Zen and experimentalists Animal Collective. Dâm-Funk’s live show takes in both his impeccable DJ mixing style as well as a live, PA-style, that includes vocals and keyboards, showcasing both the original material he writes and records, and the records which have inspired him. Get down to the mad sounds of DâmFunk at the Manor on Friday, May 7. Support from Sour, Ben M, Rok Riley and Charlie Bucket. Tickets $30 from www.heatseeker.com.au and Highs & Lows, or $35 on the door (if not sold out).
IN BRIEF... Democrac y Sundays a r e f a s t becoming the most anticipated nights of the year, featuring huge acts in intimate rooms. The Buenos Aires-born Hernan Cattaneo is set to take us on a three-hour journey through deep, tribal and progressive in the next instalment of Democracy Sundays on Sunday, April 25, at Ambar. Support from Progress Inn and Mono Lisa. Tickets $35 plus booking fee from www.boomtick.com.au. Don’t miss the next edition of Heavyweight Soundz, featuring a few legends of drum ’ n’ bass plus some hot new talent. Moving Fusion, Uman and MC Lowqui are on the evening’s platter. Friday, April 23. Metro City, Northbridge. Limited tickets $45 plus booking fee through www.loadeddice. com.au or $55 plus booking fee through Moshtix. The flagship artists on Loefah’s label Swamp81, Kryptic Minds, are known for their ability to unleash fearsome sub bass assaults that lead listeners into an edgy otherworld. Catch these dubstep producers, presented by WattHz and Organic, at Bar
FERGIE
THE YOUNG EXCENTRIC
Mike Koglin
It’s hard to believe that another month has passed us by, yet there is still so much more to come for the growing trance and progressive scene here in Perth. With the Easter weekend upon us, there seems to be an abundance of shows on offer, however the pick for local punters would easily be the Slinky 3D Vision Tour at Metro City, tonight, Thursday, April 1. With acts including the legendary Mike Koglin, David Forbes, Claudia Cazuca and Melbourne transplant Dr Willis, the billing alone is impressive. However, just as appealing is the 3D aspect of the event. Melbourne clubbing icon Slinky will be providing the first 500 people through the door with Slinky 3D glasses, with a 3D live spectacle in store! Kenny L and myself will be supporting the event. To ensure you don’t miss out on a pair of 3D glasses, make sure you’re down early! Doors open at 8pm, with limited door spots available. DJ superstar Eddie Halliwell will be joining us at the ever popular Villa Nightclub for Fire it Up on Friday, April 16. Eddie, who has been a firm fixture on the biggest events to visit Perth, including numerous appearances at Godskitchen, Summadayze and Future Music, will be presenting Fire it Up by himself with support from myself, locals Sketchism & Jackness, Kenny L and more. Perth’s affair with Eddie over the years should see this one become a sell out tickets are available now from Moshtix (www. moshtix.com.au). Perth hard trance fans will be pleased to hear that Sean Tyas will be appearing at Rise for his Tytanium Sessions Tour on Friday, April 30. Tyas, who was in Perth for Trance Energy last year, proved to be extremely popular with his back to back set with Simon Patterson. With recent remixes and releases of artists including W&W and Super8 & Tab, he is sure to be one act not to miss in the coming months. Also making an appearance at the Rise is upcoming superstar Ashley Wallbridge, alongside Brisbane’s TyDi for the Global Soundsystem Tour on Friday, May 7. In the world of releases, one man continues to have a stranglehold on the DJ world. Eric Prydz’ recent release RYMD 2010 (under the alias ‘Pryda’, on his own record label Pryda Recordings), is a hugely deep, progressive track. However, the track has trancelike qualities in its huge build ups and drops, and consequently is my tune of the month. Those wanting to listen to RYMD and more of the latest trance and progressive tracks can download Jason’s monthly show, The Jason Creek Podcast, from iTunes or from www. jasoncreek.net.
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But after some time he grew tired of the hard house scene and its lack of innovation, so by the mid-naughties he began to look elsewhere for inspiration and found himself immersed in the thriving techno scene. But for someone who had risen to the top in one scene, he found it hard to re-establish himself as a credible techno producer, but with some hard work and persistence, he’s landed on his feet. “To be honest, when I started putting out productions, people didn’t really support my stuff, as it was just looked on as ‘Oh Fergie is trying to make techno’. Changing my music was one of the biggest challenges I have faced, as it was such a drastic change it took a long time to re-establish myself – it’s taken the best part of 10 years. It has been a great journey with lots of ups and downs but it gave me a great sense of fulfilment, as I was leaving everything I had built up to try something new.” It’s not surprising his tastes have changed af ter all this time, music was different back then, and more importantly, Fergie was different back then – for a start he was a lot younger (though he’s still only 30!) – so it was just a natural progression. “Yeah, I think people forget that when I started getting gigs in the UK I was still very young. I think as you get older your musical tastes change, I know mine did, and as a DJ I have matured, that’s all there is to it. I have a passion for all types of music, from country and western (I love Johnny Cash) to rock, soul and electronic music, which plays a massive part in my life today. To say that I will never play hard music again would be presumptuous. If I play a three or four hour set, I still like to kick the arse of it, but that’s all part of the journey.” After leaving Radio 1 a few years back Fergie had some time to reassess what he wanted to achieve,“When I left Radio 1, I took a step back and for the first time in years I thought, ‘What do I want to do next? What am I really excited about?’ I started going to college to do a music production course, and took time out to finally pass my driving test and really started to focus my creative energy on producing my own sound.” “To be honest I wasn’t that interested in music production in the past, I was more suited
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to being down the pub. It was a combination of doing the music production course, hooking up with Dave Robertson [his production partner, Reset Robot] and just wanting to take DJing a bit further and have another string to my bow.” As far as his Excentric label goes, he’s been working up to the release of his first artist album. “I’m not putting much new stuff out as I’m working on the album, but I have signed a few Marco Bailey tracks to the label and Gregor Thresher will be putting some stuff out. Over the past few years I have just wanted to get lots of singles and remixes out there but I feel now is the right time for me to do an album. It will be very dancefloor oriented with some twist and turns along the way.” Despite DJing for over a decade, it’s only in the last few years Fergie has embraced technology in his live set up, “I started off experimenting with Seratto Scratch, then Traktor 3 and now Traktor Pro, which are great to use, but I always felt that there was something missing. It wasn’t until my computer crashed a few times and I had to use my CDs that I realised what I was missing was the whole ‘hands on’ experience of mixing and just going for it with the CDJs, EFX and mixer. It was like a breath of fresh air for me and I honestly think that the crowd are more into what you are doing if they can see what you are up to.” After a long absence from Perth, Fergie flew by last November to give us a taste of his new sound, and those lucky enough to witness it, were treated to a storming set, that wound up with him playing for an extra couple hours, back to back with the locals. And the man’s back in town to help us see in the long weekend, “Haha, yeah I had a good night as I always do in Perth, and I’m looking forward to coming back as Oz has always been a great place for me to go.” FERGIE MOTION [EXCENTRIC MUSIK] THURSDAY, APRIL 1 @ SHAPE
MAINROOM THURSDAY
Pasha’s Kitchen,
The Big Man cooking up Meaty Beats.
SATURDAY
TRANSMISSION
Official Death Disco warm up party Perth’s essential pre club night for discerning music lovers bringing you indie, electro, rock, punk & club classics with Andrei Mazz 8pm Free Entry
SUNDAY
$10 Pizza & Pint special with Nathan J, Chris Wright and The Nisbit.
WEDNESDAY
UNI-QUE
$10 jugs kicks off at 8.30 with DJ Gav Wharton
DEFECTORS (UP-STAIRS) THURSDAY
Jamaican Rum Fest
7pm till late a funky reggae party, with samples galore of Jamaica’s finest rum, free stuff to give away and cocktails to suit the occasion and it will all be soundtracked with aninfectious rocksteady beat.
SATURDAY
The last ever Flying High
Indie Rock, Avant Pop, Classic Rock and Party Faves with RTRs Sarah Tout Vs Meri Fatin, Chris Wheeldon Vs Ryan Sandilands, Jack Midalia Vs Dennis Gedling, Dave Owen Vs Angie Boyce & Cutter Vs Jamie MacDonald. Free Entry 8pm
SUNDAY
“Back to Mono” presents
BLESS THIS FUNK
with soul brothers Anton Maz (Death Disco) and Nick Sheppard Perth’s essential Free”N”Funky Sunday Sesh. Rare Groove, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Afro Beat. 5pm Free Entry
WEDNESDAY
Beat Route records presents
TWIST
featuring Agent 85 plus special guest DJs spinning vintage vinyl. Garage, Indi, Powerpop, Ska, Surf, Psych, Rhythm & Soul. Free Entry.
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BONOBO Black Sands GOLDFRAPP Head First SCUBA Triangulation SHAPESHIFTER The System Is A Vampire SHARAM JEY In My Blood VARIOUS MOS Anthems: Electronic 80s VARIOUS Late Night Tales: Cinematic Orchestra SEJA We Have Secrets But Nobody Cares JUSTICE & KAOS Theme Music VARIOUS Mista Sanova Presents Warn The Nation
THURSDAY
Open decks featuring:
Bren, AMC, Takedown brothers, Sistym & Katten, KurtOX. Register your interest at www. opendeckssessions.com.au
SATURDAY The Community celebrates the return of Able (Melbourne) with Diger Rockwell, and Dj’s Silence, Miranda menzies, Mr Starks & the Community Jam Band. 9pm.
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DAVE CLARKE PRIMAL SOUNDS
PHIL KIERAN
GENRE WUNDERKIND
The ‘Baron Of Techno’ has been carving up dance floors across the globe for the past two decades. GLEN CANNING managed to catch up with UK born Dave Clarke as he put the finishing touches on his new home in Amsterdam. He has remixed the likes of the Chemical Brothers and Depeche Mode and his tracks have appeared on no less than 206 mix albums: it thus comes as no surprise that Clarke’s music has been the driving force of techno for the past two decades. Clarke begins by sharing his thoughts on the evolution of techno in this time. “I think some of the innovators that helped a lot of it and helped shape it had brilliant ideas of science fiction and the future but I think some of those are actually scared of the future and still play with vinyl and still play with hardware and don’t want to move on and I think other people have really taken it onboard and I honestly believe what has driven the technology through to DJing has been people mostly from techno.” Growing up in a dysfunctional family forced a young Clarke to forgo university ambitions but as he explains, his future seemingly just had the one career option. “Music was the only thing in my life I could get together so it was the only thing I could ever spend time on. I just had to do what I had to do and follow through. I feel very blessed and very lucky that I’ve come through with 2025 years of doing music and actually surviving off it! I feel very blessed but I feel like I obviously
didn’t have any other choice!” Clarke’s fiery reputation with the media is well documented and he is more than happy to discuss its origins. “Actually it’s a well documented distaste for the UK media! The UK media seem to have some sort of second or third agenda that was always hidden and then they try to actually use it to propel their own career which is why if you actually look on Archive 1, there’s a list of people I have thanked but one of them has a big black line through their names and that was one of the journalists that basically tried to use the agenda like when I was signing through to Deconstruction, he was saying ‘yeah, you’re going to sell out, you’re going to all of a sudden start working with Kylie’ and yes I was offered to work with Kylie but it’s just not my thing, so I crossed his name out and from then on the UK media became aware that I was aware of them and I think they weren’t that happy about it.” With Creamfields fast approaching, Clarke has already received offers of knickers being thrown on stage if he plays his remix of Phat Planet. But as he explains, it’s not the first time. “It’s actually happened to me a couple of times, I’ve had girls’ knickers thrown on stage, it’s quite a strange thing. It sort of reminds me of
Irish producer Phil Kieran’s music is not about“club trickery”, or creating a “heavy feeling in your gut”, but more concerned with “weight” and “heart”, as RZ discovers.
Dave Clarke
Tom Jones but they’d be gussets not knickers!”. Clarke explains that adulation also comes in other forms. “I’ve had a few people come back to me and say that the remix I did of Hot On Heels Of Love was fantastic for having sex to sitting on top of a washing machine on full pelt. Different strokes for different folks, huh?” Indeed. DAVE CLARKE SUNDAY, MAY 2 @ CREAMFIELDS, CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS
It has been years and years that Phil Kieran has spent developing and fine-tuning his skills. And now it has culminated in the superb studio LP Shh. No less, it comes on the equally brilliant Cocoon Recordings – the techno imprint founded by the coolest German on the planet, Sven Vath. And with it, the Irishman has hit the proverbial jackpot. Not only is he frequently credited for pumping out the hottest tunes, from genres as far and wide as minimal and house, but he is equally adept on stage, performing in an intimate club or a massive festival. Whether techno is his greatest love or not is irrelevant - it is his ability to incorporate elements from hardcore, dub, hip hop and early electronica that’s earnt Kieran the respect of fans and colleagues alike. The album too, features quirky vocal stabs and samples, some future thinking glitch and undertones of techno that captures the sonic depth possessed by the producer. In all, his desire was to produce an album that was at home not only in a club, but also in the car or in the bedroom. So chuffed then is the Irishman, that he opens the interview with “it’s more albums and more madness!” And he goes on with this: “I like to live life a little bit through the madness in all of that. Right now, I’m just getting into the final stages of rewiring my studio; and tying to get a lot of the analogue stuff working again. Of course the album took up a fair chunk of my time in the last year and that record was released a couple of months ago and it’s out on Cocoon Records.” Indeed, he claims that the inherent idea behind it was to make a record that wasn’t just a whole bunch of Phil Kieran tracks – and mainly because all of that stuff is readily available. An extensive discography almost requires any album effort to experiment a little, perhaps be a little indulgent. He even digresses for a moment with a tinge of cynicism and humour thrown in, “Gee, I almost talked about myself in the third person just then! But the album is not supposed to be just a collection of tracks. I wanted it to provide a flow for the music with heart and soul rather than just a heavy feeling in your gut.”
Phil Kieran
“While there wasn’t specifically a plan, I wanted something with weight and not just club trickery through it. In hindsight you sort of say there is room for improvement; but you put try to put everything into whatever that you do. I’ve always been into doing things like that. Since it’s my first album, I’ve kind of understood that it’s not about doing anything in particular; but after doing punk rock it was fresh and it’s exciting to do something new and it was invigorating and exciting for me as well.” The album isn’t the only thing that has been keeping him busy in the studio either. “I’m working on a mix album and I’m going to have some remixes coming out soon as well. I’ve also got about five singles finished but I haven’t even picked the labels yet - I’m still choosing the labels we will release those on. But you know, I always have these ideas out there; I think there is always enough work happening to keep me going for two or maybe three years! There is so much work and not enough life to do it in!”. Finally, the lad is coming back to Australia for trip number three. Except this time, the trip will be a little bit special. “Yes, I’m coming back,” he says. “But I’m actually coming out for about five weeks! So I hope to get a bit done while I’m down there. I’ve got dates around the country and I actually really love it down there. There is kind of this dilemma of being so far away from home but there is also the idea of visiting people on the other side of the world, which is cool.” PHIL KIERAN SATURDAY, APRIL 3 @ VILLA 34
Hittin’ the town since 1985
SHOWTEK
social commentary. With sixteen more tracks to follow Showtek unleash a chaotic fusion of poundin bass, mind-bending synths and a continuou eruption of raw energy with the twisted grindin guitar making Rockchild one of the highlights o one fierce album. It’s fast, it’s frenetic and it’s in your fac
Analogue Players In A Digital World [Central Station Records] When it comes to hardstyle, Dutch duo Showtek are the group on everybody’s lips, not least due to the four awards they received at the recent Hard Dance Awards. In addition to the ‘Best Track’ award for World Is Mine, Analogue Players In A Digital World won ‘Best Artist Album’, leaving one with high expectations for this; the lads’ third artist album in three years. There’s no easing in gently. The F-Track opens proceedings; despite its simplistic rhythm, the powerful vocals really instill an aggressive
HE KNIFE/ LANNINGTOROCK/MT IMS
on the nerves a little, but the Kelly Rowland-le When Love Takes Over has a certain sense of diva fabulousness to it, while Kid Kudi’s Memories pure pop bliss. It will be intriguing to see whethe Guetta could still hold his own in an extende club set. Meanwhile, One Love is classy, wel produced pop music that one wouldn’t actuall mind hearing on the radio.
Scoff as the purists may, One Love may very well be the tipping point where dance music busts through and conquers the untouchable US market. Frenchman David Guetta already had a rock-solid career as a house DJ/producer, and while last year he might have flung himself over the line to become fully-fledged pop star, in doing so he’s embraced a level of popularity that’s mind boggling. Arguably, he’s paved the way for a whole generation of underground artists to potentially do the same. The key to this success is partly the A-grade posse of pop stars he managed to assemble for One Love: Akon, Will.I.Am, Black Eyed Peas, the list goes on. Whatever the case, he deserves credit for crafting a sound that has truly cut through. Sexy Bitch might have grated
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DAVID GUETTA
ANGUS PATERSON 3.5/5
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representative for electronic music by consistently breaking RISE NICK SKITZ Probably the down underground barriers most consistent iconic Australian and delivering new cutting dance brand around, Nick edge music. Don’t you’re your Skitz’ Skitz Mix series has been chance to party with the man wowing fans since the early ‘90s. himself! Support from Flex, Aarin Boasting 33 Aria top 10 albums, F & Darren J. 10pm - 3am. Early one #1 ARIA Single and four top bird tickets are only $15 at www. 20 singles to his name, Skitz shapebar.com.au, or more on the plays what the crowd wants door. and that’s why Skitz Mix is still rocking it after just shy of two Ambar – Roller After Party decades. Catch Nick at Rise Philly Blunt/ Tee El/ Deflo/ Roller tonight, supported by Rousa and Crew Simon Barwood. $10/$5 before Bar Open (Upstairs) – 11pm for members; $20/$10 Playground – Bishop/ Ogden/ Mr before 11pm for non-members. Joe/ Rikache/ Mushy/ Ez-Pz Doors open 9pm. Bar Open (Downstairs) – Control – Scott D AMBAR ROLLER AFTER PARTY Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed - DJ Get the long weekend off to a Die Wrekt Vs Pope good start with the Roller party, Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ always a night of mayhem Wrighteous that goes through ‘til the wee Club Bayview – DJ Ryan hours. On the cards tonight is Club Marakesh – DJ Al funk maestro Tee El (‘Best New Connections – DJ Kitty Glitter/ Talent’ at 2009’s PDMAs), Force Ash Baroque Majeure’s breakbeat expert Deville’s Pad – Mr White/ Mr Philly Blunt, Roller regulars Dart, Blonde Devo and Kent, not to mention Double Lucky – The Soul Train – drum ’n’ bass sensation Deflo. Adam Kelly/ Cee/ Mark/ Clint W/ $10 from 10pm! Warren 10 Eve – Lady Gaga after Party - DJ METRO FREO BAG RAIDERS Tony Allen Bag Raiders have been killing it Flying Scotsman (Main Room) of late, with their massive track - Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Shooting Stars still getting heaps Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – of radio play. The Raiders have Jamaican Rum Fest been busy rocking dancefloors Flying Scotsman (Velvet at all the major festivals and Lounge) – Open Decks Session – doing a slew of remixes for the Bren/ AMC/ Takedown Brothers/ likes of Kid Sister, Headman, Sistym/ Katten/ KurtOX the Midnight Juggernauts and Foundry - DJ Ricky K.I.M. Meanwhile, signed to the Geisha – Tizer/ Dan Da Silva uber cool Kitsune label, Beni has Library - DJ AZ-T/ DJ Fiveo/ DJ been smashing clubs around Jimmy Phatz the country and remixing Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda artists like Tiga, Digitalism and Llama Bar – Run Rabbit Run Fischerspooner. Bag Raiders and Craig Hollywood/ FKN MIDAS/ Beni come to Limelite at Metro Mickey Juice Freo for a monster of an Easter Metro City – Slinky 3D - Mike show. $15 prior to 10pm, and $20 Koglin/ David Forbes/ Vandit/ thereafter. Doors open 9pm. Claudia Cazuca/ Armada Couture/ Dr Willis/ Freefall/ High SHAPE (HABITAT) FERGIE Salt Contrast/ Kenny L/ Jason Creek cover star Fergie’s free flow Metro Fremantle – Limelite of original productions and Bag Raiders/ Beni/ Zelimir/ Mel remixes are being consistently B vs Maxwell supported by the likes of Sasha, Mojos – Hunter Album launch Digweed, Dubfire, Laurent – Hunter/Verdikt/Defyre/Nick Garnier, Miss Kitten and Slam. Sweepah/Kunning Stunts He continues to be a global Mint – Club Retro – DJ Chris
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▶ FRIDAY 02/04 Good Friday
▶ SATURDAY 03/04 VILLA OLIVER HUNTEMANN/ PHIL KIERAN/SETH TROXLER Infamous Melbourne club night, The Likes Of You, comes to Perth for one night only tonight, boasting a couple of top international players. First up is Oliver Huntemann. Oliver Huntemann’s concrete roots can be traced back to early techno. Like so many of his colleagues, his route to techno took a tour through electro and rave. With remixes for Underworld, Chemical Brothers and Depeche Mode under his belt, his collaboration with Dubfire (Deep Dish) in 2008, led to the creation of one of the biggest dance tracks of the year. Joining Huntemann is Seth Troxler. Seth’s DJ career started in Detroit in 2002 at the age of 16 as a frequent DJ at Detroit club The
Works. Today, he’s responsible for some of the world’s finest and most intuitive dance cuts. Also on the line up is Phil Kieran (flip back a few Salt pages for the lowdown), and local Aarin F. Tickets $37 plus booking fee from Planet Video, Mills, 78s and Moshtix Outlets, or online at moshtix.com.au, boomtick.com. au and inthemix.com.au. Doors open 10pm. RISE DJ FEMME/LADY LAURYN Adelaide’s DJ Femme has played and rocked the dance floors of some of the hottest nights, clubs and music festivals around the country with her slamming electro style. A blonde bombshell that loves to party, DJ Femme is never short of entertainment value! Meanwhile, MC Lady Lauryn has total command over the mic. Magnificent as a vocalist, she always brings incredible stage presence. Check out both these magnificent ladies 0f dance at Rise tonight, supported by Greg Packer, Xsessiv, Rousa, Steven Tranzor and Daze. Rise members $5 before 11pm, $10 thereafter. Nonmembers $10 before 11pm, $15 thereafter. Doors open 9.30pm. Ambar – Japan4 – Fdel/ Prizzy/ Philly Blunt/ Ben Mac/ Len Bones Amplifier – Pure Pop – DJ Eddie Electric Bar Open (Downstairs) – The Medici – Artista/ Chiari/ Vinae/ De Mech Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol (Downstairs) –Death Disco – Death Disco DJs Capitol (Upstairs) – 80s Classics – DJ Ryan Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clink- DJ Cheese Club Bay View – DJ White Label/DJ MC Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Deville’s Pad – Claudio Romero Double Lucky – Adelpha Manda Power
Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve – Eve Resident DJs Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) – The Community Resurrects – Able/ Diger Rokwell / DJ Silence/ Miranda Menzies/ Mr.Starks/ The Community Jam Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Flying High – Sarah Tout Vs Meri Fatin/ Chris Wheeldon Vs Ryan Sandilands/ Jack Midalia Vs Dennis Gedling/ Dave Owen Vs Angie Boyce/ Cutter Vs Jamie Mcdonald Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Official Death Disco Warm-Up Party – Andrei Mazz Geisha – Joie –Scotty Blackman/ James A/ Adam Kytka High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Impact Bar – DJ Abstar Leederville - DJ Loco Ren Library - DJ AZT/ DJ Fiveo/ DJ Jimmy Phatz/ DJ Zeke/ DJ L Street Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Llama Bar – VJ Zoo/ DJ Rueben/ DJ Tony Lopez Manhattans – Rhythm Train – JO19 Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – DJ Rockabilly/ DJ James MacArthur Niche – DJ Manda Power/ Cee/ Adam/ Kelly/Josh D Newport– Degraff DJ’s Norma Jeans – DJ Dwayne Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount – DJ Meezy / Jordan / Reuben Queens Tav – DJ Gear Rocket Room – DJ Brett Rowe Rise – Revolution – Femme/ MC Lady Lauryn/ Greg Packer/ Xsessiv/ Rousa/ Steven Tranzor/ Daze Rubix – DJ Pascal Sail & Anchor – DJ Shannon James Sapphire Bar – Filthy Gorgeous Shape - Illya Cooper/ Terry Waites/ Ben Jam/ James A/ Flex/ Neil Viney South St Ale House – DJ Jay Stamford Arms - DJ Anaru Tiger Lil’s –Ben Sebastian/ Adam Kelly The Brighton - Philly Blunt/ Creek/ eSQue/ Kill Dyl/ Mad
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▶ SUNDAY 04/04 LIBRARY FICTION The first of a long string of Long Weekend Parties, the Dorcia crew team up with party boy Jus Haus? unleashing Fiction. Hitting you with a casual dress code of sneakers and tees, the party demons take control of the Library to throw you a re-education into looseness and general well being. Brace yourself for an assortment of dirty easter bangers from an allstar cast featuring the likes of Jus Haus?, Scott D, Yon Jovi, Master Dash, Moe Steez and Time Travel Agent. Lace up those kicks, throw on your party face, grab that insurance cash and get down, it’s the Easter weekend rager not to missed. Doors open 9pm. $15 on the door. BAR OPEN DJ PINCH Dubstep heavyweight DJ Pinch has been bringing the dubstep sounds to the Bristol masses since 2004 in the form of his Context and Subloaded club nights. Working feverishly to establish the sound, he has helped to make the area synonymous with dubsteppers the world over. Pinch’s original productions are highly sort after – in fact, his tune Dub War was featured in the film Children Of Men. Pinch runs the successful Tectonic imprint, and has released reputed artists such as Loefah, Skream, as well as bringing new signings to the table, such as Cyrus and 2562. Don’t miss your chance to catch what is likely to be a monumental set when Pinch plays for Organic
RTRFM ‘Four O Clock Classic’ Full Frequency Party Connections, Northbridge Friday, March 26, 2010 A celebration of the popular segment on the RTRFM club music programme, Full Frequency, the ‘Four O Clock Classic’ saw Perth’s club music community come together to raise money for this much loved local music station, and have a damn great night at the same time. Upstairs on the Connections’ Rooftop Terrace, punters chatted and sipped beer under the stars whilst a great selection of soul, funk and hip hop came from the direction of the decks, care of Ben M, Rudy and more. Inside, things were turned up a notch, as the likes of Dan The Man and Massiv Trav guided a nostalgic dancefloor through one club classic after another, all expertly mixed and spun with enthusiasm. The gig marked Dan The Man’s last outing for RTRFM (he now moves to Melbourne to work for sister station RRR), and, from the smiles and cheers coming from the crowd, it was evident this much loved member of the Perth DJ community will be sorely missed. 36
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and WattHz tonight. Support from Rekab, Vishnu, Proximity Effect and Ylem. Presale tickets $20 from Planet Video. DEFECTORS BACK TO MONO BLESS THIS FUNK This Easter Sunday join with all the true believers in ‘the house that funk built’ at Sunday nighter Back To Mono. Anton Maz (Death Disco) and Nick Sheppard pay homage to the gods of all things soulful and funky, laying down heaps of fun filled tuneage to keep the good times vibes rolling and to help you work off that excess Easter chocolate on the BTM dance floor. Doors open 5pm. Free entry. Ambar – Breakers Revenge Tour -Kid Kenobi/ Micah/ Marty McFly Bar Open (Upstairs) – Organic & Watthz – Pinch/ Proximity Effect/ yLem/ Rekab/ Vishnu Bar Open (Downstairs) – Zoo – Space/ Manchyld Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bayview – DJ Pete Double Lucky – DJ Mario Travelli Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – Pheonix – Birdie/ Don Migi/ Skooby/ MC Jex Fly By Night – Perth Salsa Expo - DJ Cristian/ DJ Dante/ DJ Agee Ortiz/ DJ Marlon/ DJ Suave Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) – Back To Mono – Bless This Funk - Anton Maz/ Nick Sheppard Flying Scotsman (downstairs) - Nathan J/ Chris Wright/ The Nisbit Geisha – Fork – Biaich/ M!spr!nt /Andrew Ogden/ Miss Tokyo Library – Dorcia - Jus Haus/ Scott D/ Yon Jovi/ Master Dash/ Moe Steez Mint – Boy Bands Vs Girl Bands – Adrian/ Matt Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny L Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys Paddo - DJ PDS Paramount – DJ Morgan/ DJ Jordan Players Bar - DJ-Udas Rosemount - M-Phazes/ Bentman/ Sipn/ Hunter & Dazastah/ BYP/ The Anonymous/ Optamystic/
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▶ MONDAY 05/04 Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – DJ Birdie The Paddo - DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy
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▶ WEDNESDAY 07/04 Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Captain Stirling – DJ Ricky Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / Rueben Double Lucky - Dirty Elegance Art Attack – DJ Select Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Eve – Déjà Vu Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Uni-Que – DJ Gav Wharton Flying Scotsman (Defector) – Twist - Agent 85 Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Manhattans – Massiv Trav Mint - Open House Party – DJ Matt/ DJ Adrian Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen Niche - DJ Frankie Button Paddo - Ben Merito Paddy Hannans – DJ Craig Rosemount – DJ Shannon Fox The Clink – Spin FX The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Eastern – DJ Jinx The Queens – Wriggle on
▶ THIS WEEK
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Fergie Thursday, April 1 @ Shape
Foreign Beggars/Noah D/Trolley Snatchers Friday, April 8 @ Ambar
Bagraiders/Beni Thursday April 1 @ Metropolis Fremantle Slinky 3D/ Dr Willis/Mike Koglin/ David Forbes/Claudia Cazuca Thursday, April 1 @ Metro City Tonight Only/ Kissy Sellout/ HiJack/ Solo Thursday, April 1 @ Villa Roller After Party - Philly Blunt/ Tee El and more Thursday, April 1 @ Ambar Nick Skitz Thursday, April 1 @ Rise Seth Troxler/Oliver Huntemann/Phil Keiran Saturday, April 3 @ Villa Helena Saturday, April 3 @ The Warehouse, Broome The Likes Of You – Oliver Huntemann/ Phil Kieran/ Seth Troxler Saturday, April 3 @ Villa DJ Femme/ MC Lady Lauryn Saturday, April 3 @ Rise Kid Kenobi Sunday, April 4 @ Ambar Pinch Sunday, April 4 @ Bar Open Nom De Strip Sunday, April 4 @ Cottesloe Hotel Bluntman/ Sipn/ M-Phazes Sunday, April 4 @ Rosemount
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Hard Wars - Episode XV Friday, April 9 @ Rise
Helena/ Snob Scrilla Friday, April 23 @ Metropolis, Fremantle Heavyweight Soundz – Bad Company/ Moving Fusion/ Uman Friday, April 23 @ Metro City NEW
Maelstrom Friday, April 23 @ Ambar
Sunday, May 2 @ Claremont Showgrounds NEW
Dam Funk Friday, May 7 @ The Manor NEW
DJ Hyper Friday, May 7 @ Ambar
Bass Kleph Saturday, May 8 @ Villa Urthboy/ Jane Tyrrell/ Elgusto Friday, April 23 @ Mojos; Saturday, April Illy Fresh Produce – PDS/ Ogden/ Darcy/ 24 @ Prince Of Wales, Bunbury; Sunday, Friday, May 14 @ Rocket Room Kill Dyl/ Brockman April 25 @ The Rosemount Friday, April 9 @ Ambar Miami Horror NEW Friday, May 14 @ East End Bar Pioneer DJ Block Party Loot & Plunder Saturday, April 24 @ Kosmic Sound, Saturday, April 10 @ Ambar The Slew Osborne Park Friday, May 14 @ Rosemount Hotel Broken Toy/ Jon Doe Kryptic Minds Kutz Saturday, April 10 @ Gilkisons Dance Sunday, April 25 @ Bar Open Saturday, May 15 @ Shape Bar Studio Hernan Cattaneo NEW Groovin’ The Moo feat. Empire Sunday, 25 April @ Ambar Trent McDermott Of The Sun, Miami Horror, Bag Saturday, April 10 @ Rise NEW Raiders, The Slew, Muph & Plutonic, Liberate – Matt Hardwick/ Solarstone/ Signum/ Steve Strangis Funkoars, Illy, Ajax, Yacht Club DJs, Talib Kewli/ Jean Grae Killaqueenz, Space Invadas + more Sunday, April 25 @ Rise Thursday, April 15 @ Villa Saturday, May 15 @ Hay Park, Bunbury NEW Russ Dewbury Eddie Halliwell James Zabiela Sunday, April 25 @ Devilles Pad Friday, April 16 @ Villa Thursday, May 20 @ Villa Tom EQ General Midi Oxia Friday, April 30 @ Ambar Friday, April 16 @ Ambar Friday, May 28 @ Geisha Sean Tyas Grant Smillie We Love Sounds – Underworld/ Friday, April 30 @ Rise Friday, April 16 @ Metros Freo Crookers/ Steve Aoki/ Tiga/ Felix Da Housecat/ Laidback Luke/ Joachim DJ Falcon Canyons Friday, April 30 @ Metropolis Fremantle Garraud/ Proxy/ Zombie Nation/ Friday, April 16 @ East End Bar Felix Cartel/ Thomas Von + more NEW NEW Sunday, June 6 @ Supreme Court Phace Ben Keen Gardens Friday, April 30 @ Shape Friday, April 16 @ Rise Godskitchen - Markus Schulz/ Freestylers/ Skool Of Thought Supafest – Akon/ Kelly Rowland/ Gareth Emery/ Roger Shah Saturday, May 1 @ Villa Pitbull/ Sean Paul/ Jay Sean/ Eve + Friday, 11 June @ Metro City more Creamfields feat. Steve Angello/ NEW Sunday, April 18 @ ME Bank Stadium Operator Please MSTRKRFT/Lifelike/Riva Starr/Ferry Corsten/LMFAO/ Dave Clarke/Marco Friday, 18 June @ Astor Theatre Redshape V/Dirty South/Kid Sister/Oh Snap! more Friday, April 23 @ Geisha Chris Sorbello Friday, April 9 @ Metropolis Fremantle
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The Rosemount continues to show its love of original music with the announcement of live bands every Thursday from April 8, which will be presented by WAMi-award winning music website Space Ship News. The launch night will feature The Scotch Of Saint James, Wolves, Papa Vs Pretty (a Sydney act who are here on tour with Paul Dempsey), The Sun Orchestra and Modularman. Doors open 7.30pm and entry is only $8.
ROCKET ROOM
Thursday’s are becoming a regular addition to Rocket Room’s weekly happenings. Tonight, Thursday April 1, sees a metal meltdown with five bands bleeding through to Black Friday from 8pm to 3am featuring Pale As Ashes, Desolate, Devastator, The Laws Of Attraction, Lacrymae and Advent Sorrow.
RAILWAY HOTEL
Break the Good Friday pub draught on Saturday, April 3, when the Railway Hotel hosts the rock trio of Day Of Kings, Writhe and The Foof for some Easter Saturday rock action. Doors open 8pm and entry is $10 at the door.
MOJO’S
Saturday, April 3, at Mojo’s sees Tomás Ford Launch his Loudspeeka Cassingle as part of the Disco Wonderland two stager. Also playing this ecstatic night are the absurdly danceable Transients, Brash and Sassy, Diger Rokwell, D’Cypher, Rex Monsoon, Noistruct, the Gizzards and Future Frog. Entry is $10 from 8pm.
Kick off your long weekend with the best local music around! Tonight, Thursday, April 1, radio darlings Harlequin League are tearing themselves away from recording their debut album to play a very special headline show. They will be joined by dark indie rockers Wolves, sonic travellers Modularman and the Kinksian charms of SonPsilo Circus. With a public holiday conveniently falling the next day, there’s no excuse not to partake of this scrumptious musical feast!
DEFECTORS AT THE FLYING SCOTSMAN
On Sunday, Apr il 4, Back To Mono presents Bless This Funk with soul brothers Anton Maz (Death Disco) and Nick Sheppard. It’s Perth’s essential Free ‘N’ Funky Sunday Sesh presenting rare groove, ska, rocksteady, dub, funk, soul, reggae and Afro beat. 5pm Free Entry
CAPITOL
Make this Easter long weekend one to remember and hit up Capitol this Saturday! Death Disco, will be turning its amps up to eleven, courtesy of our legendary resident DJs the Maz brothers. Venture skyward to Capitol Upstairs to hear the best tunes of the ‘80s spun by DJ Ryan. And of course, after midnight you can always head through to Pure Pop in Amplifier, where Eddie Electric plays the best indie pop in town. All this for only $10! Doors 10pm.
FLY BY NIGHT
On Thursday, April 1, Fools Gold, Fremantle Records’ premier release party happens on April Fools’ day with Hand Stands For Ants launching their EP along with Sneaky Weasel Gang, Sugarpuss, and The Witness. On Saturday, April 3, Eostre Festival hits the Fly with Jeff Martin & J Cortez, Dave Mann, Jaimi Faulkner, VJ Zoo and a big Easter bunny egg hunt. On Sunday, April 4, Perth Salsa Expo showcases Perth’s elite dance academies’ most talented dancers. Come early for a free salsa dance class. On Tuesday, April 6, Dublin-born Imelda May showcases her rare kind of raw talent and timeless glamour.
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ITSY BITSY TEENIE WEENIE The Deen Friday, March 26, 2010 The grand final of The Deen’s 12th Annual Homemade Bikini Competition proved to be one of the hottest events of 2010 so far, with eight girls competing for the covetable title. With the rules of the competition stating that no textile, garment or thread could be used in the construction of entered bikinis, competitors had a difficult task, but each managed to create something unique and eye-catching. The judges had a huge task in picking the winners for this year’s competition; however, the crowd’s response made it obvious who would be taking out the prizes… In third place was Jae Edwards with her bikini called ‘The Lifesaver’, made out of life saver lollies. In second place was Angel Keeley wearing a design by Natalie Whitby called ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend’ which was made out of diamante necklaces and bracelets. And finally in first place, taking home the huge $5000 cash prize was Tiffany Baker in her design called ‘Oriental Cocktail’, made from cocktail umbrellas. As the designs get better and the stakes get higher, next year’s competition looks set to top the charts.
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STORMY WHITEWASH THE DEAD WEATHER / Street Chant Metro City Monday, March 29, 2010 It is hard to fault a band created by a man who oozes charisma from every pore. Yes, this is motherfucking Jack White we are talking about. The man with the midas touch. Coming full circle from the White Stripes garage-blues days - taking a nod to the democrat in him a la Raconteurs - Mr White has now finally ventured into the deep, dark crevice of The Dead Weather, an area we always knew he would bloom in. A meagre one-album discography with this outfit was not enough to keep White from showing his new beast to the world, followed by his swampy gang - the decadently throbbing Alison Mosshart (The Kills) on vocals, oddball guitarist Dead Fertita (Queens Of The Stone Age) and, of course, fellow Raconteur Jack Lawrence on bass. Sheets covered the sizeable drum kit, White’s new abode, giving the stage an almost attic feel which was perfect for the night’s openers, Street Chant. The two lasses and one lad had certainly travelled far from their hometown in Auckland and, although relatively unknown, it was easy to see why they were handpicked for the evening. This band could have been White when he was 12, rocking out in his bedroom - raw, undiluted and pure-pubescence. So we were greeted by the Dead Weather on their last date in Australia. As four bodies emerged in the dark, a back-wall banner dropped to reveal a gothic logo more suited to Norwegian black metal scene than anything related to indie origins. Launching in to the upbeat tidings of 60 Feet Tall, it was easy to see this night was going to be all about feeding off the White-Mosshart electricity. The chemistry between them was a pisspot of smoldering tension. The gritty Hang You From The Heavens saw Mosshart get into the rhythm of the eve; sauntering around the stage, eyes seductively covered with her flowing locks for most of the set. A bundle of exaggeration and vocal tics, the lady is not the best songstress but her attitude brought a slather of venom that left every single person hanging on her every word. But not without anticipation every time White jumped from behind his kit towards his guitar, only instead to towel himself down. White finally made his way to the front with guitar
A SLIGHTLY CROWDED HOUSE West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots Festival Fremantle Park Sunday, March 28, 2010
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The Dead Weather (Photo: Ami Vinicombe)
in hand to sing cheek-to-cheek with Mosshart before whipping out a blistering solo - as is only customary. Coming out for a short encore featuring I Cut Like A Buffalo and Treat Me Like Your Mother, let us hope that this quartet see the light - there is too much going on with this ensemble for it to be just another side project. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY
West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots festival traditionally has a reputation as the laid back ol’ Freo hippy of the summer festival circuit. Given that the Esplanade’s Norfolk pines provided such a perfect backdrop to the cruisy event, the move to Fremantle Park this year, may have taken many by surprise. As is to be expected with any change of venue, there appeared to be teething problems at this year’s festival, with crowd bottlenecks in the area between the Big Top and Theatre Stage causing many a squishy, nose-meets-stranger’sarmpit, moment. Food lines seemed unreasonably large as well, which might prompt next year’s punters to bring along extra camembert and crackers. The blanket and picnic basket vibe seems to be what the new main stage area is now geared up towards, and in the new venue’s natural amphitheatre, it seemed to work well. The new theatre stage, however, didn’t seem to cope as comfortably with crowd numbers (apparently 21, 000 for the whole festival) during sets like John Mayall’s where people had to jostle on the fringes for a peek at the legend. However, it is for music, not longawaited Bratwurst, that people come to these events, and as always, this year’s line-up delivered the rare opportunity to see a handful of bonafide legends alongside some intriguing lesser known acts. With Crowded House topping the bill and a ridiculously good guitar trio in Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal and Jeff Beck – this had to have been one of the strongest line-ups ever. The festival had sold out by the time seven-piece Los Angeles group Ozomatli hit the Park Stage. Kicking off with some early crowd favourites such as City of Angels and Can’t Stop,
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trademark grandpa hat, Guy delivered sprawling and solo filled renditions of songs like Hoochie Coochie Man with more theatricality than you could poke a stick at. A definite festival highlight. Hasidic Jewish reggae artist Matisyahu attracted a diverse crowd to the Big Top, where he was backed by Brooklyn band Dub Trio. He won the crowd over early with a powerful performance of Youth, the title track from his highly successful 2006 album, which flitted between spacey reggae and heavily distorted rock (although Matisyahu’s head banging attempts were restricted by his yarmulke). Proving to be to be a compelling performer, he moved seamlessly between soulful singing, intricate raps, and reggae vocals delivered in impeccable Jamaican patois. Matisyahu’s performance may have reflected the multicultural face of modern music, but over in the Theatre Stage Nashville bluegrass and country outfit Old Crow Medicine Show delivered a hootenanny as old as the hills. Raucous, expertly played, and a hell of a lot of fun, the band injected some southern charm into to the festival. People of all ages danced along, with the lads cheekily informing us that it’s “important to get your daily does of banjo”. Banjos were also a blazin’ on the main stage as John Butler staged a Blues ‘N’ Roots comeback with a new album, and a new trio, in tow. The ‘Freo-vibe’ of this festival has always been perfect for an artist like Butler. Like the event itself, he may have headed in a ‘bigger’ more populist direction, but he’s lost none of his political outspokenness or groove. The anthemic Revolution worked particularly well on the big festival stage as did an impassioned Johnny’s
John Butler (Photos: Lisa Businovski)
they impressed a decently sized audience with their hip hop infused Latin grooves. Over on the theatre stage, John Mayall charmed a packed out tent with his iconic brand of white man English blues. Of all the legends on the bill, Mayall was one of the saltiest, but the chops are still there, which is obviously what people had crammed in to see. In the Big Top Taj Mahal offered another peek into a long gone era. Mahal’s playing was expressive, playful and dripping with the ‘feel’ so revered in blues players of his ilk. But it was his hilarious double entendres and overt sexuality which made him so entertaining to watch. In one song Mahal seemed to work his way through the whole family – daughters, mothers and grandmothers – whilst plenty of talk of back doors and ‘coming to daddy’ spiced up his other material. The Theatre Stage was full for Los Angeles folk rock group Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros’ infectiously joyful performance, which kicked off with Janglin and 40 Day Dream. Despite a slightly chaotic live show, heavy on improvisation and featuring numerous breakdowns for each song; their set was well received with the most rapturous applause saved for triple j favourite Home. Back on the main stage Buddy Guy charmed and grinned his way into the hearts of the crowd with a fantastic set of his blues standards. Looking suitably relaxed in a full tracksuit and 40
Gone. Even stacked up against familiar favourites like Betterman, Butler’s powerful new material sounded a notch above. New York gypsy punk rockers Gogol Bordello whipped up a raucous response from the crowd despite starting 20 minutes late on the Big Top. They kicked off an incredibly intense performance worthy of their reputation as one of the greatest live acts in rock music, with percussionist Pedro Erazo crowd surfing and standing precariously atop a steel drum held up by the audience while the group performed 60 Revolutions. Gogol Bordello frantically spazzing out while Crowded House serenaded the masses was a fitting end to this diverse event. Delivering all of their hits as reliably, and as note-perfect, as that well worn C90 tape everyone once had in their glove box, the band provided moment after moment of warm and fuzzy ‘hug your partner’ moments. Neil Finn is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest pop songwriters and if the their echoes of Better Be Home Soon were anything to go by, the crowd agreed. Sure there were some kinks with the new layout, but if Southbound and Laneway are anything to go by, Sunset Events are adept at ironing out the bugs and delivering a better experience year after year. Stay tuned. _DAVID CRADDOCK, JOSHUA HAYES Hittin’ the town since 1985
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FORD FINDS MOJO
Disco provocateur Tomás Ford will be launching his new Loudspeeka cassingle as part of Disco Wonderland, a two stage event to be held at Mojo’s on Saturday, April 3. Joining Ford on a very groove worthy line-up is Brash And Sassy, The Transients, Diger Rokwell, D’Cypher, Rex Monsoon, Noistruct, The Gizzards and Future Frog. Entry $10 from 8pm. Ford will also play at City Farm with Adelaide act Supermarket as part of the Kinetic Carnival on Good Friday.
Jeff Martin The Morning Night
FAIRYTALE LOVE Adrian Hoffman of local indie pop band The Morning Night is about to embark on a European tour with The Triffids. DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to Hoffman about singing with his idols and recordingThe Morning Night’s debut album with Ricky Maymi. Joining your favourite band on stage is the kind of daydream that has consumed tennis racketstrumming teens for generations. But for Adrian Hoffman, the frontman of local act The Morning Night, that dream became a reality when he was asked to join The Triffids during their Dave McComb tribute performances at last year’s Perth International Arts Festival. But Hoffman hasn’t woken up in a sweat to find that it was all a glorious hallucination. If anything the ‘pinch yourself’ moments keep coming. In April the modest and affable local songwriter will join the Triffids on their European tour of the A Secret In The Shape Of A Song show. Later in the year he also plans to launch his own band’s debut album which was produced by Ricky Maymi of the Brian Jonestown Massacre (who has also played in the recent Triffids shows). “I think Dave McComb’s songs are just so timeless,” Hoffman says of how a Gen-Y kid such as himself came to love a band so far removed from his own generation. “More and more people are hearing about him and getting into the songs. I think they’re just getting bigger and bigger. If I spoke to a friend of mine five or
six years ago, I don’t think they’d know, but now they’d say ‘oh yeh I know Wide Open Road’. People are just taking more notice, they’re really digging it. The songs really are timeless.” Indeed, a whole new generation of music fans are sure to be turned on to the Triffids’ music with the upcoming release of Wide Open Road, a new ‘best of’ to be released by Liberation on April 16. Hoffman’s upcoming European jaunt with the Australian musical icons will include a show at the Barbican in London, as well as performances in Belgium and Greece. He will also play a solo show in London backed by Maymi on guitar, and his father Shaun Hoffman, of Perth band No Flowers No Wedding Dress, on drums. And as for that new Morning Night album? “I reckon it’s totally different. I guess it’s a lot more mature,” Hoffman says. “This has been a totally different experience – it’s been like being at a rock school for a couple of months with Ricky – getting guitar, bass and drums lessons as well as learning how to record.”
A GOOD EGG
Canadian gypsy rock specialist Jeff Martin has always had a dark, broody and mysterious side to his songwriting, so it seems rather apt that he be fronting the Eostre Festival, a mystic event set to take place at The Fly By Night Musicians Club on Saturday, April 3. Joining Martin and his Armada band mate J Cortez on the night will be WA favourite Dave Mann, Melbourne songwriter Jaimi Faulkner and video artist VJ Zoo. “Eostre is in reference to the Goddess of spring and the changing of the seasons and the Fly wanted to create a festive atmosphere over the long weekend to celebrate our spiritualism with music and fun,” event organiser John Reid explains. “The Fly crew get into symbolism and mysticism and there is no better way in my opinion to celebrate a spiritual weekend with music - especially with three of the best singer songwriters around.” Things have been busy in the Jeff Martin camp of late with The Armada recently playing at WOMADelaide and mixing now underway on their Live In Sydney DVD / CD release. A National tour of Australia has also been announced including a string of gigs in Perth from April 3-5 (see tour trails). “Dave and Jaimi have both played with Jeff Martin on a few tours so they know that there might be an opportunity for everyone to jam on stage later in the proceedings,” Reid says of the other acts performing on the bill. “Dave and Jaimi will be doing a set together, and also a solo set each. Jeff and J may have a few guests but this is all dependent on the gods.”
Eye Spy
MY LITTLE EYE
Eye Spy are releasing their first single, Shuffle, after seven years of gigging in the Perth music scene. The band will be joined at The Rocket Room on Sunday, April 3, by The Floors, The Old Croak and The Shallows. The band features a number of seasoned musicians who have been involved in The Panda Band, Astronaut, The Funk Club House Band and Wormhole.
BACK ON THE PROWL
After a well received performance at this year’s Laneway Festival swamp foursome Cat Black will claw their way back on stage for a gig at the Norfolk Basement tonight, Thursday, April 1. Joining the band for this intimate show are Abbe May and The Growl. Doors 8pm.
CLIMBING THE WEBB
Emerging local songwriter Ryan Webb has had his song Midnight Drive go through to the fourth round of UK songwriting contest International Festival 4 Stars. The song is in the top three entrants of the Singer/Songwriter category and is now open to public vote. Members of the public can help Webb across the line by voting at festival4starslive.com until April 17.
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A WARMER WINTER
Russian Winters have strung together a quality line-up to help them introduce their new single She Knows at Amplifier on Saturday, April 3. Young Revelry, The Jackards and The Veescars will support the band as they launch this lighter, warm, synth-laden track. The first 100 people through the door will receive a limited edition copy of the single. Doors 8pm, tickets $12.
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YOU’VE GOT TO BE JOE KING
Perth blues rockers The Joe Kings continue their hard-gigging assault on Perth at the Indi Bar on Sunday, April 4, with a prestigious support slot with Canadian gypsy rocker Jeff Martin. The band’s recently released debut album has been garnering some good press so head on down to see what the fuss is about.
GOIN’ GILBERT
Finger-picking impresario Gilbert Whyte is returning to Perth (he left us for NSW about a year ago) for a couple of shows. Whyte will play at Mojo’s on Thursday, April 8, with fellow Fremantle folks Eva McGowan and Claiborne. Entry is $5 from 7.30pm. Whyte will also join Ben P. Matwick and Aiden Varro for a Going Solo performance at The Moon on Wednesday, April 7. www.xpressmag.com.au
POP TIME BOMB
Funtastic local pop act Boys Boys Boys! are launching their new film clip for Ticky Ticky Boom on Friday, April 9, at The Rosemount. Sabre Tooth Tigers, Brash And Sassy and Simone And Girlfunkle are also playing on what sounds like a ridiculously fun night out. The clip has been directed by 2005 WASA Young Filmmaker Of The Year Winner Ben Young, who pitched to the band an idea they couldn’t refuse – a Flashdance inspired dance invasion of a lonely man’s lounge room. David LeMay, who has been involved in clips for Brash And Sassy and Sugar Army was also involved as director of photography. “It’s about the number one Boys Boys Boys! fan and how his fantasy of being in the band becomes a reality,” Young explains. “So I guess what you can expect from it is something that’s light, fun, a little stupid and that hopefully captures the party-vibe of the band. “I showed it to my house mate for the millionth time the other day and he was like ‘dude, did I just see a giant prawn dancing around in the background?’. So yeah, we wanted to make something that was really visually stimulating that hopefully the audience could get something new out of with each watch.” Tickets for the launch are $12 from 8pm.
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JOIN THE LEAGUE
Harlequin League are taking a break from writing new material for their forthcoming debut album to play a show at Amplifier tonight, Thursday, April 1. Broody indie rock act Wolves, Modularman and SonPsilo Circus are also on the bill. Entry $10 from 8pm. 41
ORIGIN
Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Not In Kansas Anymoreâ&#x20AC;Ś Kansas death metallers Origin are set to pulverize, making their Perth debut this month alongside Polish greats Decapitated. Hitting Black Bettyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Tuesday, April 6, guitarist and vocalist Paul Ryan talks about why boredom breeds the most extreme music. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY reports. So after a decade, vocalist James Lee has left American technical death metal outfit Origin. With no reason given as to why this epic parting-of-ways occurred, it was time X-Press got to the bottom of this conundrum when we chatted to founding member and lead guitarist Paul Ryan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First and foremost, if people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting along it is not fun to produce music with someone you argue with all the time,â&#x20AC;? Ryan says, matter-of-factly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And, to be honest, by the end the only time James and I would get along would be on the stage. James is a total monster; a complete party animal. Not that it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fun to have him around at times. He was a great vocalist. But I wanted to be a bit more serious and professional about the band. The friendship was just over between us and it was time to move on. I guess itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just one of those things that happens in life. We had a good run though.â&#x20AC;? But this is not the first fatality to be claimed by the incubus Origin has become. About 12 line-up changes between 11 musicians have been concocted since this crew first reared their ugly heads from the depths of Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garage in 1997. Some claimed the music was too brutal to sustain, while others just found the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regime altogether too demanding. Yet, despite all this disruption, the beast inside this posse grew. And it got hungry. The latest to join the Origin ranks has been announced as Mica Meneke, who
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some might remember from The Faceless fame. And just in time, it seems, to put the finishing touches on album number five. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mica has been a friend of ours for about eight years,â&#x20AC;? Ryan explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Faceless opened for us a few times, so we had a fairly good idea of what his vocal style was like. He just slotted right in really. But the great thing is that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never played out of North America really; so he is pretty damn amped (laughs). And also, another good point to mention is that Mica gets to start with us on a clean slate. James hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contributed anything to our next albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s material. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been left wide open for Mica to stamp himself on the release, which is exactly what we wanted.â&#x20AC;? With the upcoming recording predicted for release early next year, Ryan was not giving away too much about the next extreme direction Origin would take musically. But he did dabble in the lyrical content. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our last album Antithesis (2008) was about killing to breed peace,â&#x20AC;? he concludes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think this release will focus on what will happen in the aftermath of a virus. We will try to put a different spin on things. Kind of a lame hypothesis, but we like to retain the mystery about our material until it gets out there (laughs).â&#x20AC;?
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PEEL ALEHOUSE Lips McConague PLAYERS BAR (Mandurah) The Damien Cripps Band PRINCIPAL MIRCO BREWREY Chris Murphy PUBLICAN BAR Open Mic RAVENSWOOD HOTEL The Reefers REDCLIFFE ON THE MURRAY Dave Mann Jaimi Faulkner Scott Nicholas Gabrielle Harter SAIL & ANCHOR The Recliners SETTLERS TAVERN (Margaret River) Kev Lymm SEVENTH AVE BAR Good Karma SOVEREIGN ARMS Ivan Ribic STAMFORD ARMS Bill Chidgzey SWAN LOUNGE Goodnight Tiger The Unbelievable Truth Streetwize Birdcage SWINGING PIG Glen Davies 2 Tenors THE BOAT Clayton Bolger THE COURT Lady Penelope THE GATE The Other Guys THE SAINT Howie Morgan THE SHED The Healys Renegade THE WANNEROO Chris Gibbs UNIVERSAL Retrofit VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Matt Milford WOODVALE TAVERN Ryan Carbray
The Jackards, Saturday at Amplifier ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jeff Martin J Cortez IMPACT BAR Groove Karaoke INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Ben Pettit MOJO’S Mike Rosenburg (Early) Helen Shanahan Jules Lutero Bianca Jade Open Mic Night (Late) MUSTANG Marco & The Rhythm Kings PADDO Gang Of Three THE DEEN Plastic Max And The Token Gesture
TUESDAY 06.04
CHARLES HOTEL Dave Mann Jaimi Faulkner Ivan Zar Bag Of Snakes COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL The Mad Agents ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Russell Holmes Trio FENIANS James Wilson FLOREAT HOTEL Open Mic Night FLY BY NIGHT Imedla Day
JB O’REILLY’S Open Irish Session LLAMA BAR Sweetest Taboo LUCKY SHAG Howie Morgan MOJOS Dave Gillam Kontraband 3 piece Dilip N The Davs MOUNT HELENA TAVERN Open Mic Night MUSTANG Circus PADDO WEDNESDAY 07.04 Brown Study Band Gombo BAR 120 Ol Bouginvillea Felix Trav & Jay BLACK BETTY’S PADDY HANNANS SideFX Airbag BENNY’S PUBLICAN BAR Howie Morgan Open Mic Night CAPTIOL Tunesmiths New Found Glory ROSEMOUNT Hit The Lights Silent Republic Fireworks Milknurse COTTESLOE Art In Algebra BEACH HOTEL Kirsty Keogh’s Open The Strobes SETTLERS TAVERN Mic Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ SPICE LOUNGE CLUB Thierryno Logic THE MOON CAFÉ EURO BAR Gilbert Whyte Ben Pettit Ben P Matwick FENIANS Aiden Varro Cranky FOUNDRY UNIVERSAL Vdelli Strutt INDI BAR X-WRAY BAR Dave Mann Scott Nicholas Jaimi Faulkner Gabrielle Harter IMPACT BAR Open Mic Night LLAMA BAR Karin Page MOJO’S Demi Monde Still Fire Jack Action PERTH BLUES CLUB Dave Mann Jaimi Faulkner Ivan Zar Bag of Snakes MUSTANG Danza Loca Salsa
APRIL 2010 Sat 24th
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Eastern Hotel Midland (beer garden) Ph 92501930
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Fly By Night Club Fremantle
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RICHARD CLAPTON One of Australia’s foremost singer songwriters
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THURSDAY The Brown Study Band
POW- EVERY WEDNESDAY AT THE PADDO THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY APRIL 7 FEATURING
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MONDAY 05.04 BAR ORIENT James Wilson CHARLES HOTEL The Retrosonics
Milknurse, Wednesday at The Rosemount
LOCAL ORIGINAL MUSIC AT THE PADDO – WEDNESDAYS AT AMPLIFIER BAR
BEX OPEN MIC NIGHT SATURDAY
VDELLI SUNDAY
JEFF MARTIN WEDNESDAY
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GUITARIST WANTED Versatile lead player. Inf Hendrix, Prince, Kravitz. Must have huge amition and sting stage presence. Call Ron 0420 601 311. KEYBOARD PLAYER WANTED for Alt.Pop/ TripHop/Electronic cover band Inf: Zero 7, Air, Thievery Corp, Royksopp, Lily Allen, Bic Runga. Call Melanie 0438 771 128 KEYBOARDS WANTED for working 6 piece cover band. 96fm playlist. Easy going, committed members. E-mail: info@rocketband.com.au. Or call 0410 596 418 after 5pm OPEN MIC NIGHT every Thursday night at Indi Bar. Just call Bex on 0404 917 632 OPEN MIC NIGHT every Tuesday at Impact Bar, Northbridge. All welcome. Phone Nick 0438 451 215. SINGER WANTED to join guitarist, bass and drummer into indi rock originals. Ex-Ledfoot Nancy. Phone Rob 0417 956 985. WANTED Top 40/Triple J bands. Able to travel to the country. Female vocalist band member an advantage. Focus Promotions - 9272 4144. WANTED BASS PLAYER Orig/cov rock show. G’n’R, Led Zep, AC/DC, Deep Purple. Gold fields tour soon. Www.myspace.com/panrockandroll. 0415 280 407. WANTED MUSICIANS Enthuiastic and talented vocals, trumpet, trombones, piano for big band. Phone Chris 9302 5423.
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DJ SERVICES WANTED professional DJ’s for corporate events. Also DJ’s for country venues. Focus Promotions 9272 4144.
EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING DO YOU KNOW WHAT A ROADIE IS? Have you got any background in AUDIO, LIGHTING or BACKLINE? Are you looking for CASUAL work in the entertainment industry? If that sounds like you contact Events Personnel Aust. On 08 9361 5005.
FOR SALE P.A. & GUITAR FOR SALE H.K. Lucas (Max) $3500. Eric Clapton custom, blue with case, paper work $3800. Phone 0421 133 340.
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ALAN DAWSON’s WITZEND RECORDING STUDIO Professional quality albums or demos, large live room, experienced engineer, analog to digital transfers, mastering.Ph: 0407 989 128 ANDY’S STUDIO International multi award winning songwriter / producer. No band required. Broadcast quality. A songwriter’s paradise. Ph 9364 3178 ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH FOR LONDON? Fr e e a p p r a i s a l s b y p r o d u c e r, 2 0 y e a r s working in London. Great studio also availablearrangement and production help included if required. Call Jerry on 0405 653 338 / 9362 2252 www.jerichomusic.com.au AVALON RECORDING, MIXING AND MASTERING STUDIO- BIBRA LAKE 32 track, 2 live rooms, running Pro Tools and Logic, Avalon and Joe Meek pre amps and compressors, vintage analogue effects, plus the latest digital plug ins. Vintage amps and key boards, valve mics plus more. Call Tony 0411 118 304, avalonstudios@bigpond .com BRING YOUR MUSIC TO LIFE Experienced producer for singer/song writer. No band required. Call Solo Studio 9330 6168 or mob 0419 794 683. CUSTOM BEATS, BACKING TRACKS Production & mixing. Studio specialising in Pop, R’n’B & Hiphop. goldustconstruction.com 0408 097 407 CVP Digital, Protools, Recording and Mastering. Productive environment, songwriters welcome. Session musos available. Ph 9349 9365,Yokine area. www.clearviewproductions.com.au MILLAPEDE PROJECTS APRIL & MAY SPECIAL $110 live demos. Four songs with vocal overdub with experienced engineer. Call 0402 134 772 or jase@millapede.com. RECORDING MIXING MASTERING PRODUCING Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764 R E CO R D I N G , M I X I N G O R M A S T E R I N G with WA’s largest collection of tube recoring equipment. Classic analog tape recorders combined with the very latest audiophile digital converters. Record your band using the worlds finest Analog and digital rock’n roll equipment at Poons Head Studios. “Today’s sound with vintage soul”. www.poonshead.som / Ph 9339 4791 REVOLVER SOUND STUDIO Ph 9272 7505. www.revolverstudio.com.au STUDIO INNOVATIONS Tel: 08 9437 2151 One of Perth’s finest recording studios, south of the river. www.studioinnovations.com.au
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