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News Reactions/Comp Thing Flesh X-Press Interview: Ian Kenny, Karnivool ** Music: Guide to the 2010 WAMi nominees** Music: Empire Of The Sun (Groovin’ The Moo) Music: Sugar Army Music: Wamington Moments Music: Dillinger Escape Plan/ Lisa Mitchell Music: WAMi Business Conference Guide** Music: WAMi Business Conference Guide continued ** Music: New Noise

Love them or hate them, there’s no one quite like family. And every year the WAMi Festival comes along to unite WA’s extended musical family in one momentous celebration of song.

X-Press has been a part of the WAMi Festival and the greater WAM mission since its inception in 1985, and is mighty proud of WAM’s achievements over the last 25 years. The state of WA music has never been as formidable as today – a diverse scene that traverses the many genres but never skimps on sheer quality. As WA enters its renaissance, we couldn’t have picked a better soundtrack ourselves!

Speaking with X-Press, WAM’s Festival Director Sarah Norton says:“To me, the WAMi Festival really is about celebrating and showcasing everything that is special about WA music. The WAMi Festival has a profile within the broader community but it also serves as a catalyst for those people who are involved with, or fans of, WA music to take stock of what’s happening at the moment and check out new artists.

“As well as giving the industry and artists a pat on the back, the WAMi Festival is an important development opportunity for those wanting to further their career or networks. Whether it’s through coming to the WAMi Music Business Conference or just connecting socially with the industry people that are out and about during the WAMis, it’s all significant and a vital element of propelling the development of the WA music industry.”

From Wednesday, May 19 to Sunday, May 23, Perth and wider WA will be serenaded by both new talent and our more established greats throughout a huge program of concerts and events, including the legendary Saturday Spectacular in Northbridge and the WAMi Business Conference from May 20-22.

All you need to know about this year’s WAMis you’ll find in this, your X-Press WAMi Festival Edition.

And a big thank you to our brilliant photographer Otilee and the ‘WAMi family’ cover stars Tomàs Ford, Gennaia Febbraio (Brash And Sassy), Jerico Wallace (Boys Boys Boys!) and Todd Honey (Sugar Army) – you’re looking mighty fine. Now, it’s time to cut the cake… _JULIAN TOMPKIN

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Brendan Hanson and Sharon Wisniewski star in The Last Five Years

5 YEAR ITCH Metallica

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With Metallica’s show at Burswood Dome on Friday, October 22, selling out in the blink of the devil’s eye, fans of the noise-mongers will be heartened by the news that the awesome foursome have kindly extended their stay in P-town and will be rattling the Dome for one more date, on Saturday, October 23. The neighbours will be delighted! Tickets for this second show hit the market today, Thursday, May 13, at 9am through ticketek.com. au and are limited to four tickets per buyer. We probably don’t need to say get in quick?

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SPLENDOUR SPEAK

Indie pop songstress Laura Marling is getting geared up to perform at the sold out Splendour In The Grass festival over east, and while she’s in the country will be popping over to WA for one very special show. On Sunday, August 8, Marling will take to the stage of Capitol to perform tracks from her latest musical offering; I Speak Because I Can. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday, May 14, from the regular outlets.

It’s often said the greatest art is art created by a broken heart. And by all accounts Tony award winning composer Jason Robert Brown has struck gold with his beautiful, witty yet heartwrenching musical The Last Five Years. Starring local actors/performers Brendan Hanson and Sharon Wisniewski – and directed by Belinda Dunbar – The Last Five Years is the story of New York couple Jamie and Cathy, and charts the inception, evolution and eventual dissolution of their relationship over a five year period.

In a clever twist, Jamie’s story starts at the beginning of the relationship and Cathy’s at the end, charting the growth and demise of their love both from beginning and end. Having launched his career in musical theatre, Brendan Hanson left the genre in 2002 after “having played every character I ever wanted to play” to pursue more serious acting work. But, as he explains, when the script for The Last Five Years landed on his desk it was time to make his return.

“It’s such a beautiful story and so well written,” Hanson explains.“So when it came across my desk I got very excited. It’s the story – you get to spend an evening with, and get to know, these two people. There’s a development and exposition for the characters that goes beyond the usual veneer of musical theatre. It’s clever without being conceited. It’s genuine and honest; the people are flawed, but they are engaging. People will identify with both of the characters for their successes and failures.”

The Last Five Years plays DownStairs At T h e M a j f r o m Tu e s d ay, M ay 1 8 , t o Saturday, May 29, at 7.30pm. Tickets through bocsticketing.com.au.

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The 2010 WAMi Awards are held at Capitol on Thursday, May 20. Tickets $20 plus booking fee from www.moshtix.com.au. The full WAM Festival programme is available at wam.asn.au.

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Sally Seltmann

Formerly known as New Buffalo, Sally Seltmann is an intoxicating singer-songwriter who exudes confidence and joy in her musical offerings. Hot on the heels of the release of her latest album, Heart That’s Pounding, Seltmann will hit the road for an Australian tour that will see her perform for Perth crowds in July. Fans of Seltmann can catch the songstress on stage on Saturday, July 17, at the Rosemount Hotel. Tickets are on sale now from Heatseeker and other regular outlets.

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Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Lukie D carries on the tradition as one of reggae music’s finest singers and is respected all around the world.

He performs for one night only at So Fine Fridays at Impact Bar, on May 21 alongside DJ Nick Toth and with support from The Empressions, General Justice, Ricky Trooper and DJ TAT. We have two double passes to the gig up for grabs.

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Paul Greene is currently touring the nation and heading to Perth this next week. Catch him at Mojo’s on Thursday, May 13, to which we have three double passes up for grabs. Paul also plays at Redcliffe on the Murray, Pinjarra on Sunday May 16. His latest album Everywhere is Home is out now!

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This thriller interweaves the personal lives of a state prosecution investigator and a judge over a manhunt spanning twenty-five years. Retired criminal court investigator Benjamin, decides to write a novel based on an unresolved murder case, which still haunts him to this day. We have five doubles up for grabs to Luna Cinemas.

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Fish Tank is the story of Mia, a volatile 15-yearold, who is always in trouble, has become excluded from school and ostracised by her friends. One hot summer’s day, her mother brings home a mysterious stranger who promises to bring love into all their lives. Fish Tank is an original and unsettling tale for our age and we have ten double passes up for grabs to Luna Cinemas.

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Band Of Horses will be in Australia from July 22-29 and their new album, Infinite Arms is out on Friday, May 14. The guys won’t be making over to WA, but for fans we have 10 copies of their new album up for grabs!

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Front men for leading Californian pop punk bands Lagwagon and No Use for a Name, Joey Cape and Tony Sly are in Perth this month playing at Amplifier on Wednesday, May 19.

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Set in Venice, 1763, I, Don Giovanni follows writer Lorenzo da Ponte who is exiled to Vienna, and is introduced to the King’s favorite composer, Salieri, and a newcomer named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Eventually Da Ponte’s own nature and sentimental wanderings in Vienna inspire the composer, and lead to one of Mozart’s most bold and powerful compositions: Don Giovanni. An insightful period piece, we have ten double passes to catch this film up for grabs!

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A word to young girls heading out HEEL, B**CH on the town: forget the pepper spray and work on the size/sharpness of your heels. You never Dear X-Press, know when some b**ch who slept with your boyfriend is gonna rub you up the wrong way.

It’s all very well and good that some clubs and bars have banned glasses and replaced them with plastic cups, in order to reduce the In stitches (the laughing kind, not the incidence of nightclub-related violence (read: stiletto-induced kind), glassings), but what’s the point when the sassy Nedlands ladies of Subiaco’s nightclubs are just ripping off their stilettos and splitting sockets with their soles?

TIE THOSE KANGAROOS A 22 year old (let’s note that) faces DOWN, IT’S SPORT court in June for her assault of a woman with a stiletto in Subiaco’s Sapphire Bar. She left this Dear X-Press, chick (who did what to get her goat, we’re not sure, probably something pathetic like made Thank god the Shire Of Waroona has finally fun of her hair extensions) with a chipped sorted out its roo problem, shooting 60 roos tooth and a 3cm cut in her upper lip, needing on Wednesday night under a licence from six stitches. the DEC. I play at the golf course that the roos You have to admit though, it would were jumping into every damned day, and have been pretty funny to have been there. let me tell you, it’s a hell of a disruption when Imagine just standing around, knocking back you’re playing a round and a roo jumps out a champagne, then suddenly you hear a and startles your swing. The roos belong in the commotion, spin around, and witness some national parks, not the golf courses, and the deranged psycho rip off her diamanted high Shire has done the right thing to get rid of the heel and start bashing some woman in the face. strays. Now I can enjoy my golf game in peace.

A word to the Sapphire Bar: whatever you are paying your DJs/entertainment, save yourself Free of nuisance, the cash, because there’s still entertainment Preston Beach a-plenty to be had.

And to bars implementing plastic glasses: pffft you really think that’s gonna stop individuals on the rampage? If it’s not a glass, it’s gonna be a stiletto, a peanut bowl, a plastic menu holder, or maybe a wooden banister.

We’ve all seen the “no c*nt leaves” bar brawl scene in Trainspotting, right? You do what you gotta do.

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TAKING BACK SATURDAY

The WAMi Festival Saturday Spectacular takes over Northbridge, Capitol and Amplifier on Saturday, May 22, with its grandest show of talent to date. Here’s what you get just for being a West Aussie:

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Evergreen Terrace

GANG GREEN

Jacksonville boys Evergreen Terrace have pulled themselves back from the brink of oblivion with their fifth studio release, Almost Home. While Evergreen Terrace guitarist Joshua James is definitely not organisation freak, he admits he does enjoys life more when it has some sort of order to it.

It seems the powers that be delivered a thick middle finger to longstanding quartet over the past two years, and James is just starting to realise the gravity of the events that befell them.

“Jason (Southwell, bass) left the band, we almost died in a van wreck while on tour, two of us were framed for a crime we didn’t commit, our van was impounded - several times – and, of course, all the other collateral damage that comes with being on the road as much as we are,” he begins.“It was a very chaotic period for the band. All these events were pretty hard to swallow. In the end, we thought ‘…hey, we have the best job in the world’. So, as negative as everything was, it came out as a positive for us.”

But James is the first to admit there were some hilarious situations to come out of recording their latest album, Almost Home.“Jason Suecof mixed a little bit throughout this process, but the night before the album was due he did this like 15-hour mixing marathon,” James explains.

“We all went home to leave him to it but we made Craig (Chaney, vocals) stay – even though it was his birthday! But Jason had actually invited a few of the Deicide dudes to come around and hang with him, so he was pretty stoked. They probably made him wear black corpse paint or something.”

Catch Evergreen Terrace tonight, Thursday, May 13, at Amplifier with hometown mate Casey Jones. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY

NOT HAPPY PAM!

Glamorous comedienne Caroline Reid is air bound for Australia this August to give Aussies a good dose of her hilarious creation Pam Ann – the legendary airhostess from hell. Having just completed sold out seasons in UK and Europe, Reid will disembark the plane in Perth on Tuesday, August 17, promising to teach second rate air hostesses how the job is really done. Catch Reid on stage at the Astor; tickets are on sale now from BOCS.

SEND IN THE CLOWN

Triple J’s nutty and often absurd announcer, Sam Simmons will escape the confined space of the station’s recording booth for a comedic escapade across Australia this June. A master of all things silly, Simmons will bring his comedy show Fail to Perth, promising a night or riotous, random laughs. If you’re a fan of The Mighty Boosh or Look Around You, Fail Simmons is likely to tick all the right boxes, guaranteeing a great night of entertainment.

Catch Simmons doing his thing on Thursday, June 24, at the Astor.

Tickets are on sale now through BOCS.

RUDOLF THE RAP-NOSED ROCKER

The urban music scene has been waiting for a cutting edge hit maker with a rock pedigree to turn the page on the current musical landscape, and it would seem New York City native Kevin Rudolf has answered that call.

Rudolf’s hip hop imprint Cash Money Records will be releasing his second album, In The City, this June, showcasing streetwise, adrenalised punk aesthetics. And Rudolf brings his intense live show to Metro City on Thursday, July 15.

Tickets on sale from Friday, May 21, through Ticketek.

Following an eight year absence from the Southern Hemisphere, black metal rockers Mayhem will head Down Under to usurp the throne of darkness.

Consisting of Necrobutcher, Hellhammer, Csihar and Atilla, Mayhem will bring a swarm of musical destruction with them when they take to the stage of Amplifier on Sunday, September 26. Tickets are on sale now from moshtix.com.au and 78 Records.

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Elusive street artist Banksy

BANK ON IT

No doubt many are already familiar with graffiti artist Banksy, one of the first street artists to really have his work credited as ‘real art’ and have financial value and gallery credit attached to it.

His work can be seen in controversial locations: from the walls in post-hurricane New Orleans, to the Palestinian segregation wall in the West Bank. Yet, fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film.

Exit Through The Gift Shop, described as ‘the world’s first street art disaster movie’, sees Banksy become the prize catch of Thierry Guetta, a French shop-keep turned videographer who becomes obsessed with finding and filming the elusive painter. The film will be screening from Thursday, June 10, to Wednesday, June 23, at Luna in Leederville. For screening times, check out lunapalace.com.au. Decide for yourself whether the film’s events are for real or, as famous film critic Roger Ebert has commented, a “hoax”, which “adds to its fascination”.

A SOFT SERVE

Music magazine NME describes The Soft Pack’s music as having an “insectoid, pan-rattling, speedskiffle undercut”. That may very well be the most eccentric bit of music journalism we’ve come across lately, but we’re convinced nevertheless that The Soft Pack, a collaboration between Californian friends Matt Lamkin and Matty McLoughlin, are an act not to be missed. Throwing out a selftitled debut album earlier this year, they recently conquered the CMJ and SXSW festivals, not to mention touring with Phoenix, The Breeders and Wavves. Don’t miss your chance to see rock’n’roll at its most raw, unrefined and exciting when the Soft Pack play on Friday, July 10, at the Rosemount.

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BEAUTIFUL FLORENCE

We love her, and we know you do too! Indeed the leggy lass that is Florence + The Machine is making her way back to Perth after a stunning show at St Jerome’s Laneway earlier in the year.

Catch her at Challenge Stadium on Tuesday, August 10. Tickets go on-sale Friday, May 21, through ticketmaster.com.au.

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HIPSTER WITH HEART

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THE MUSIC AND THE MADNESS

After dumbfounding crowds at their CD launch in Melbourne this week, warped pop duo The Young Heretics are set to unleash their theatrical soundscapes, driving beats and dramatic pop compositions on audiences Australia-wide with their first full-band national tour. Having recorded their debut We Are The Lost Loves last year, funding and producing it themselves, The Young Heretics have surely come up with a bold and tantalising album, sure to shock anyone who hears it.

See for yourself when they hit the Prince Of Wales on Thursday, July 29; The Norfolk Basement on Friday, July 30; Amplifier on Saturday, July 31; and The Indi Bar in Scarborough on Sunday, August 1.Tickets through Moshtix and Heatseeker.

THE BRASS MONKEY

Miche Suite Screaming Life Bentman and Sipn The Autumn Isles The Words The Reserves

ALFIE

UTTER MAYHEM

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Sam Simmons

Born in Europe, and raised in New York, Alfred Malbello is a citizen of the world; a citizen who now calls Perth home. Malbello’s latest album Ciao Bella was 30 years in the making, inspired by the Malbello’s life on the road as a touring musician. To celebrate the launch of Ciao Bella, Malbello will perform old and new tracks at Ribaudo’s Ristorante in Como on Friday, June 11.

Tickets to the show include a three course meal so don’t delay; snag your ticket now from (08) 9367 7411. Pronto!

The Old Croak The FAIM! Project Generals and Majors Fear Of Comedy Loose Unit Blackmilk

7.30-8pm 8.20-8.50pm 9.10-9.50pm 10.10-10.55pm

Ex-frontwoman of hipster rock band The Jealous Girlfriends and awesome indie label XL Recordings’ latest signing, Holly Miranda makes fragile, feather light songs in a similar vein to Cat Power or Feist. Her album, The Magician’s Private Library, has been produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek, and the response to the album has been such that Miranda’s spent times of late supporting the likes of The XX, Friendly Fires and The Antlers.

Miranda drifts Perth-wards to play a show on Tuesday, June 8, at Manhattans Bar. Support from the wonderful Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke, as well as Rabbit Island. Tickets $25 (+bf ), through moshtix. com.au or $30 on the door. Doors open 8pm.

HICK-UPS

What’s taller than the average human with a penchant for fried chicken and rodeos? Six Ft Hick, that’s who! Hailing from Queensland, the chaps from Six Ft Hick have toured the world for close to 15 years, dragging their bruised and battered bodies from town to town to deliver blood, sweat and beers, not to mention music to their fans. This June, the Six Ft Hick lads will make their way to WA for a series of shows, including one at the Rocket Room on Friday, June 18, with support from Kill Devil Hills and at Mojo’s on Saturday, June 19, with support from Mongrel Country, Capital City and The Bible Bashers. Tickets are available from the venues.

NAT’S BACK

The Young Heretics

Natalie Gauci

Melbourne singer/songwriter Natalie Gauci is heading out of the recording studio and back on to the live stage later this month, showcasing new material via her supporting role to global superstar Patrizio Buanne. Buanne’s national tour saunters into Perth for two nights on Wednesday, May 19, and Thursday, May 20. To coincide with the Buanne tour, fans will be able to purchase an exclusive EP, I’m Ready, which will be available from the shows and via Gauci’s website for a strictly limited time.

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IAN KENNY A Double Life

As the frontman for two of Perth’s most legendary bands – Karnivool and Birds OfTokyo – Ian Kenny is something of an anomaly in the modern day music industry. With a staggering 11 WAMi Award nominations between his two bands, Kenny is at the top of his game.

Many vocalists in the volatile rock’n’roll world would be happy and even (more to the point) lucky to front two popularly successful and critical in the course of a career.

Ian Kenny does it simultaneously and, what’s more, neither of the bands he sings for falls into that doomed nether region known as ‘the side project’.

For Karnivool and Birds Of Tokyo are truly two jewels in the crown of heavy music in Australia. Perth-born and bred, they are quite understandably held in high esteem in their hometown and have both, on their distinct paths, gone on to become a commanding live draw not only on the East Coast, but throughout parts of the US and Europe, with equally solid album sales in those territories to boot.

Each is a distinct entity, musically and otherwise. Kenny formed Karnivool in his teens with guitarist Drew Goddard back in 1997 – hard work and some line-up changes followed but by the time the band’s debut album, Themata, was released in 2005, they were joined by the solidified crew of Jon Stockman (bass), Mark Hosking (guitar) and Steve Judd (drums). The long-awaited sophomore album, Sound Awake, was released a year ago and despite conjecture in various circles regarding the five-year gap between albums – not to mention ‘the Birds Of Tokyo factor’ – it has proved to be a door-opener internationally and quite the step-up here at home.

Karnivool were a monster presence nationally at the Big Day Out earlier this year and have since toured the US and Europe in support of the international release of Sound Awake. The band’s New Day tour brings about the end of the Sound Awake album cycle with a national tour that starts in Brisbane on June 23 and ends in Perth at Capitol on Wednesday, July 21.

Birds Of Tokyo, meanwhile, formed in 2004 when guitarist, Adam Spark, engaged Kenny’s services to record vocals on some songs that he wanted to use for publication rights. The results proved too good to part with and the pair then teamed with Tragic Delicate rhythm section, Anthony Jackson and Adam Weston. The band soon gained local attention with emphatic live shows and a self-titled EP release, followed by the single Stay, which received a WAM Song Of The Year nomination.

By early 2007, Birds Of Tokyo released their debut album, Day One, and the rest is something you’re reading about right now. The band became a Triple J staple, a Big Day Out alumni and a national touring treasure. Twelve months later they’d released their second album, Universes, and everything that had already happened, happened again… only bigger. Last year Birds toured theatres nationally with a string section on a hugely successful venture called Broken Strings, which spawned a live album of the same name. And right now, with a new single, The Saddest Thing I Know, ringing in ears all over the place, they are currently in London for a run of shows prior to a national single tour, and a third album not far from release.

For Kenny it is a fulsome existence, between the heavy, prog-rock base of Karnivool and the quickfire, melodic rock of Birds Of Tokyo.

Somehow he combines the demands of both with a sure-fire grip and a complete lack of ego.

By BOB GORDON You are in two very different bands, Karnivool and Birds Of Tokyo. Even within both there’s constant change – Karnivool’s second album, Sound Awake, was very different to the Themata debut even in spite of time and Birds Of Tokyo took on a mammoth project with the Broken Strings tour and album. That’s a lot of diversity for you to run with...

I do feel quite lucky because I’m enjoying every aspect of it. The idea of doing the strings thing allowed me to hear the Birds Of Tokyo’s music in a completey different way and in a new sort of colour. It was just such an enjoyable thing to embark on and it brought up its own challenges as well. It took about eight months to really put together and it’s showed another dimension to the band. And people on the tour loved it, it’s crazy. We were on the arseend of the record-cycle for Universes and were still pulling some decent numbers and people were loving it. It was great, man.

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Both Birds Of Tokyo and Karnivool are “IN TERMS OF clearly committed bands – recordings are PERFORMANCE THEY’RE extensive if not epic and both bands tour heavily. You never look as though you’re DEFINITELY TWO merely phoning it in. Are you constantly stretched?

DIFFERENT PARTS OF Absolutely, I am constantly stretched.

ME. I HOPE THEY COME It’s full on; I’m in the middle and I find myself turning to the left, then to turning to the ACROSS AS SEPARATE right then turning back to the left again. It is what it is.

THINGS BECAUSE BOTH What I do understand is that I’m BANDS ARE QUITE involved with two projects that are extremely hard working. The people I’m involved with DIFFERENT ANIMALS. in each band are highly motivated and they’re not scared of hard work. That’s what’s SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE attractive to me about it, because I work my I WEAR TWO HATS, ONE arse off, but we like to challenge that and we like to do things quite differently. I think HAT FOR ONE BAND.” people pick that up, they understand that the bands work hard to present themselves and trade, in timber flooring and staircasing, so my entertain in different ways as best we can. music was a part-time thing, but a very serious You’ve told me before that your mother’s thing. Then after Karnivool got a record under way and released and toured it, things kind of side of the family was quite musical...

She has a pretty musical family - changed at that point. her brothers and sisters sang and played in covers and blues bands. My parents had pretty In terms of self-perception too?

Absolutely, with the freedom of mainstream tastes... soul, rock. The radio was always on in the house. I had my own thirst for recognition towards an album or to a band, it allows you to do more of what you like; it. The first songs I heard on the radio were just like a magnet for me, I couldn’t get enough. therefore it allows you to be more of an artist.

You get to really express yourself more than It was the most enjoyable thing I could get my ears on. The first band I went nuts for as a you’ve ever had the chance to as a performer really young kid was Adam & The Ants. I loved and an artist. So in those terms it definitely some of that stuff. I was a little bit whacked did. (laughs).

Being that they are two differing bands, But it was Nirvana that turned it all around are there different mindsets for you when approaching or performing with Karnivool for you as a teenager?

There were some hair metal bands, and Birds Of Tokyo?

In terms of performance they’re but they were just added flavours. When I heard Nevermind it really stopped me. It really definitely two different parts of me. I hope made me pay attention. They’re definitely one they come across as separate things because of those bands I’m going to hold on to until both bands are quite different animals. my days are over. There’s something about Sometimes it feels like I wear two hats, one being at that age, and you’re in this influential hat for one band. Whatever it is, it’s working window, and in my time a band like Nirvana for me, because it’s keeping it interesting. It’s just a natural sort of thing. I guess if you were came along and it just set me up. a sports coach you’d have your cricket uniform and your football uniform. It’s seasonal.

When did you first become a singer?

I had a group of buddies in high school and we just started up a band out of There are so many bands out there, aspiring the music room. Lunch time was the most or otherwise. The odds on being in one exciting thing at school, really, and we just successful band are remote – does that wanted to play music. After high school I left fact that you’re in two astound you a little?

I don’t think you can plan for that. and made a conscious decision that I wanted to do music as huge as I could. So we started You can’t really prepare yourself for it. You just find yourself in it. It brings up its own Karnivool. challenges and you just find the means to So with Karnivool you fell in love with the deal with it. I guess the thing is; I’m part of two bands that are in demand for all the right idea and the actuality of doing this?

We spent so many years cutting reasons. It’s a good place, though. I consider our teeth in regards to exactly what band we myself pretty lucky sometimes. I’m doing what wanted to be. At the same time I was getting a I truly enjoy and I’m having a ball with it.

With both bands being in demand I dare say you can’t allow yourself to cruise...

Not for a while yet mate. I’m kind of committed to the project (laughs).

Is it hard to maintain momentum without going on some kind of autopilot?

I’ve got to be careful I don’t burn out. The last thing I want to do is stop enjoying what I do and ultimately stop creating what I think is good music.

Do you look after yourself? Do you have a regime?

I do, absolutely. I really take care of my voice, the mechanics of it and stuff. It’s important to me; I adore singing and I hate to sing like if I’ve had too many beers, it’s just not my thing. And again, it’s a physical job. The travel is physical, as are the shows themselves. I want to do what I do well, or as best I can, to keep my vessel in shape. It’s just the smart thing to do.

And I think upstairs, as well. I kind of know what I’m doing for the next 24 months.

So mentally, too, I’ve prepared myself for that as well. I think that’s really important and it’s the advice I’d offer to anybody who’s in this position – upstairs, in your headspace, prepare yourself for it because it’s pretty wild but it can get heavy.

Both your bands and the respec tive managers must be rather good at planning ahead. Is it a difficult co-existence?

There are some decisions that I have to make that ultimately affect both parties and that’s something I’ve accepted. That’s how it is, that’s the way it’s gonna be as long as these two bands exist. Things are worked out, it’s never too heated. It basically comes down to black and white decisions – if one band is touring then obviously I’m part of that. If the other project is recording, then I’m there… blah blah blah. It’s just really about windows and it’s something I’ve had to take on board. I have a really good relationship with both parties.

So, looking ahead, what are your visions and hopes?

I’m very keen as to what’s next for my musical endeavours. I’m always thinking, ‘okay we just did that, what else are we capable of?; I want to k now what the Birds are capable of on their next move and again I’m equally as curious as to what Karnivool’s next move will be. Right now it’s just a massive part of what I want to do, but who knows?

A couple of years from now life might throw something into the mix that completely turns it on its head. You never know dude.

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2010 WAMI AWARDS An X-Press Field Guide

For any local act, getting a WAMi nomination is a significant career boost, but with only one winner in each category, not everyone can win their cake and eat it too. With the votes now in, DAVID CRADDOCK surveys a selection of the public voted categories at this year’s awards to see who is in contention to bring home the gateau.

MOST POPULAR ALBUM Eskimo Joe - Inshalla John Butler Trio – April Uprising Karnivool – Sound Awake Sugar Army – The Parallels Amongst Ourselves

John Butler Trio

Given Eskimo Joe and John Butler’s tendency to cross over into commercial radio, you’d imagine a wider group of listeners would have heard their recent long players than Karnivool or Sugar Army’s. That said, Karnivool’s Sound Awake achieved hefty chart success, and with Sugar Army supporting them on the album’s tour – a throng of Karnivool fans would have been put on to Sugar Army’s tunes as well. With public voting tallied through the Perth Now website, it may come down to which band’s fans are passionate and dedicated enough to get online and click their boys to victory.

Boys Boys Boys! (photo David Craddock)

Emperors (photo: Mike Wylie)

FAVOURITE NEWCOMER Emperors The Jackards The Joe Kings Tim and Jean Emperors have received an impressive ‘band to watch’ spruik from Australian Rolling Stone this year, but surely with their legion of young, Facebook and internet savvy fans, electro-pop upstarts Tim And Jean will have the clicks and blog buzz behind them to take this one out. The band made impressive appearances at festivals like St Jerome’s Laneway and Southbound throughout the summer so are sure to have implanted their infectious tunes into many a listener’s ear. Impressive new blues rockers The Joe Kings may be a bit of a dark horse.

They seem to gig every second weekend, and through good old-fashioned hard slog, they’ll surely have developed plenty of fans north and south of the river.

MOST POPULAR LIVE ACT Boys Boys Boys!

Karnivool Sugar Army Tomás Ford What a mixed bag we have here. Boys Boys Boys! - a camp, twee, irresistible bundle of squeaky-clean pop fun taking it up to two nationally recognised rockers in Karnivool and Sugar Army. And as if that wasn’t divisive enough, Tomás Ford, the local one-man disco provocateur, who has made a name for himself with outrageously in-your-face performances, sits on the outside pulling his glitter caked finger at the other nominees in electro defiance.

Karnivool’s legendarily intense live show earned them this award at the 2007 WAMis but with Sugar Army’s recent high-profile gigs such as their Big Day Out performance have put them front and centre in front of the WA public throughout last year they could have the goods.

Gyroscope

MOST POPULAR ACT Birds Of Tokyo Gyroscope Karnivool Sugar Army

TOURING THIS WEEK

This year’s Most Popular Act award, a public voted gong, highlights the sheer volume of rock Perth has recently exported to the rest of the country. All four of these acts have received significant national radio play – with Gyroscope currently staging an assault on the airwaves with their fourth album Cohesion.

Perhaps the fact that Gyroscope’s new longplayer is fresh in the ear’s of the voting public may get them across the line, but Sugar Army, who have never won a WAMi, are sentimental favourites. Add to the equation the relentless popularity of Ian Kenny’s double-pronged Birds Of Tokyo and Karnivool attack, and this one is anyone’s guess. Pick your poison.

French Rockets

MOST POPULAR SINGLE/EP Eskimo Joe – Foreign Land French Rockets / Injured Ninja – 12” Split + DVD John Butler Trio – One Way Road Umpire – Streamers This category is particularly divided in terms of the profile and level of fame of the nominees.

Eskimo Joe and John Butler Trio are now, of course, nationally recognised pop-rock behemoths with ARIAs on the mantle, whereas the average Joe on the street may mutter ‘the French Umpire who?’. Critically, however, Umpire are highly regarded around town, with Streamers taking out last year’s WAM Song Of The Year.

The French Rockets / Injured Ninja release was indeed a banging little package steeped in broody, drone-y and prog-y gloriousness, but whether it received enough attention to knock the Eskies or the April Upriser of his perches remains to be seen. My money’s on Umpire – surely the Perth Now voters love a musical underdog.

The 2010 WAMi Awards are held and at Capitol on Thursday, May 20.

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EMPIRE OF THE SUN Emperor Reborn Two years after unleashing his kaleidoscopic Empire Of The Sun upon the world – including a stop at Bunbury’s sold out Groovin’ The Moo this Saturday, May 15 – Luke Steele is preparing for his next reinvention. He just has one problem: “My songs are horrible.” JULIAN TOMPKIN reports.

Empire Of The Sun Having just dropped a small fortune on a “chateaux” in his ancestral home of New Zealand, the irony is not lost on Luke Steele that today’s interview is taking place from his parents’ suburban home in Yokine.

But Steele’s is a career built on contradictions: the critics’ darling who couldn’t sell a record. The rock’n’roll boy-genius who seemingly sabotaged his own career by going electro. And now the next curve ball from the saga of Luke Steele: the global pop star who

threw it all in to go back to basics.

Speaking candidly on the eve of his Bunbury appearance, before preparing for the northern hemisphere’s summer festival season, Steele reveals that after this tour he will be retreating to his former incarnation, The Sleepy Jackson – the avant-garde rock greats who produced two of the most memorable albums to emerge from Australia in the last 10 years. But what’s more, Steele’s return to The Sleepy Jackson could sound the death

knell for Empire Of The Sun for good.

“It’s time to let it go – maybe it’ll just be the one album,” Steele begins of Empire Of The Sun’s debut album Walking On A Dream, which has gone on to sell more than half a million copies worldwide. “I am writing a Sleepy record now and that’s going to be the next album. I know how big the Empire is and I have been trying to write the next Empire record and it’s kind of like…Nick (Littlemore, co-founder) disappeared with (Pnau) making their next record and Donnie Sloan (co-writer) has disappeared, and it’s just become pushing something up hill.”

It’s been an unpredictable ride for Steele, from teen country-rock up-start to psychedelic genius and then electro pop perfectionist. Formed in the late-’90s, The Sleepy Jackson won eager plaudits the world over with two landmark recordings, 2003’s Lovers and 2006’s Personality – One Was a Spider, One Was A Bird. But when five star reviews failed to translate into record sales it appeared rock mythology had another lost genius to catalogue in the archives of broken dreams.

But hardly one for convention, Steele never lost sight of the greater powers at play and began two notable collaboration projects – one with Silverchair’s Daniel Johns (which has yet to see the light of day) and a fateful collaboration with Pnau’s Nick Littlemore. The Empire was born.

A handful of ARIA Awards and Brit Award nominations later (not to mention TV publishing deals as far away as Israel) and Steele is near-on a household name in Australia, and quickly climbing the ranks in the UK and US, where he recently collaborated with music’s über playmaker Jay-Z. “It couldn’t have happened at a better time, really… nappies cost a fair bit,” Steele laughs of his success, having recently become a father. “I have just had a lot of favour on my live lately. It feels like all of the hard work over the years of getting paid in a six pack and losing money, and having people trying to sue me and push me into the dirt… it’s all paid off.”

In the ultimate paradox, it’s taken the

long and arduous ride to the top for Steele to realise he belongs back where it all started, in no-frills rock’n’roll. He’s now begun work on what will be the third Sleepy Jackson album, a back-to-basics affair which he hopes to record in the US and release by the end of the year – all going to plan. And it’s a record that’s already testing Steele’s mettle in more ways than he could ever have imagined.

“IT’S LIKE GOD DISHED OUT A GOOD HUNDRED SONGS AT THE START OF THE ’60S AND THE BEATLES HAVE CLEANED THEM ALL OUT.” “With Empire I was a set designer, a dance music writer, a costume designer,” Steele explains of the superlative nature of Empire Of The Sun. “Now I have got back to songwriting and I don’t know where to start… my songs are horrible! I really am back to being 15 years old. It gets harder, as you’ve kind of used up all of the little tricks you learn from listening to The Beatles. And then you get that depression where you listen to The Beatles… it seems too hard to write anything as good as that. It’s like God dished out a good hundred songs at the start of the ’60s and The Beatles have cleaned them all out.

“You need to become punk rock and dangerous again. I got to a point where I was an accountant. The toys started suffocating the talent – you end up more of a computer programmer. It’s like ‘how did I get here? I started off playing real Hendrix and now I am playing MIDI Hendrix’.

“I have been reinventing myself for 15 years,” Steele concludes. “Empire’s changed the future for all – it’s raised the bar higher.”

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SUGAR ARMY The Sweet Smell Of Success Local rock act Sugar Army have been nominated for a staggering eight WAMi Awards, rounding out a particularly fruitful run for the band’s debut album The Parallels Amongst Ourselves. DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to frontman Pat McLaughlin, who reflected on the band’s career thus far.

Sugar Army Sugar Army have never won a WAMi Award, but with eight nominations this year, including Most Popular Act and Most Popular Album, surely the time is nigh.

The last 12 months have seen the band lift their national profile considerably with coveted appearances on the national Big Day Out juggernaut, an Australian headline tour in support of their 2009 debut, and all-important highrotation radio play on triple j.

“We just chip away, do what we do and just keep busy all the time,” frontman Pat McLaughlin reflects on the band’s recent purple patch. “I think just constantly being active and pushing forward, and always trying to do new things. We’re always quite ambitious in terms of writing all the time and trying not to make the space between releases too long, and to try and tour as much as we can. If you keep in people’s

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“WE’RE ALWAYS QUITE AMBITIOUS IN TERMS OF WRITING ALL THE TIME AND TRYING NOT TO MAKE THE SPACE BETWEEN RELEASES TOO LONG AND TO TRY AND TOUR AS MUCH AS WE CAN. IF YOU KEEP IN PEOPLE’S FACES IT STICKS A LITTLE I GUESS.”

faces it sticks a little I guess.”

Since forming in 2005, Sugar Army’s impassioned and high-energy live show has earned them a legion of local fans – an army if you will. The band formed, as is often the case, as a result of chance pub meetings, shared school mates and share-house acquaintances, but have slowly but surely developed into a nationally recognised entity.

“It was hilarious,” McLaughlin reminisces. “I remember the first time I went and watched Jamie, there was another guy playing bass, and Jamie had only just started playing drums. You could see there was something there; there was a spark with the way he was doing it, but he would go to do a fill and it would just fall apart.

I was sitting there going ‘wow – I dunno about this’.

When you look back now I’m glad I stuck with it.”

Five years on, and as a proudly independent band, the members of Sugar Army still hold down day jobs to subsidise their passion for playing music, but it is an unerring passion for music, and a strong work ethic, that keeps the band forging on – especially through gruelling national tours holed up in cramped Taragos.

“A year like last year was quite interesting because you’re not working that much and the band’s not really paying you, so it’s a matter of ‘how do I survive?’, but you figure it out,” McLaughlin explains. “It’s just something that we love. No one would want to be in this band if it was kind of half arsed. I don’t think we’d waste our time.There are four very committed members and a very committed manager [the band’s manager Steph Edwardes has also been nominated for a WAMi Management Award and there are always people around pushing the band and trying to take it forward. As long as that drive is there and as long as it’s still exciting we’ll keep doing it. If that drive is gone it’s over.”

The band’s collective resolve was recently tested when the space they were using to record demos for their upcoming album, bass player Ian Berney’s granny flat, was flooded as a result of Perth’s March storms. Despite their computer being found in a puddle of water, the band’s priceless musical blueprints were recovered.

“The computer we were using, which

was Jaime’s, was sitting in a puddle of water which is not a good thing,” the singer recounts. “He just didn’t touch it for a few days, and he got the dryer onto it and it worked! We’d been working for four to six weeks on those demos so we would’ve been pretty pissed if it hadn’t have worked.”

Despite their soggy scare, Sugar Army are back at work writing and developing their second full length album. Sugar Army fans will be interested to hear that, according to McLaughlin, the songs are sounding more akin to the band’s earlier material than Parallels Amongst Ourselves.

“We’re getting back to our earlier stuff in that it’s probably a lot more upbeat than Parallels Amongst Ourselves,” he explains. “We did a lot of experimenting on Parallels which was rad, but I think we’ve got a bit more of a clearer direction on where we want to head for the next record. It’ll be a lot more concise, up beat and to the point I think.”

And as for that swag of WAMi nominations? “It’s always nice to get praise from people,” McLaughlin says. “That’s never a bad thing.”

Sugar Army play at the WAMi Awards at Capitol on Thursday, May 20, as well as The Indi Bar on Thursday, July 1; The Prince Of Wales on Friday, July 2; Amplifier on Saturday, July 3; and Mojo’s on Sunday, July 4, on their In Control tour.

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WAMINGTON MOMENTS Look Back In Hunger The West Australian Music Industry Association’s famous WAMingtons are set to be handed out at Capitol on Thursday, May 20, as the Perth music community awards those who have excelled in the past year. DAVID CRADDOCK tracked down some notable past winners and asked: What is your favourite WAMi moment and what do the awards mean to you?

PAUL WOOD

(singer and guitarist, Red Jezebel and The Ghost Hotel): Andy Citawarman’s (Snowman) acceptance speech at the Becks Verandah a couple of years back. I can’t remember his exact wording but it was along the lines of “This is what you get, Dad,” then proceeded to launch the WAMington into Downsyde (Dazastah, right) the front row of the audience. A little dirty, but it still tasted good. Like every year, the WAMi DAZASTAH festival and awards are a good chance to get everyone together to congratulate each other (Downsyde): for a job well done. God bless WAM and God The favourite WAMi moment was walking in to bless WAMi season. a WAMi awards and heading straight to the bar.

Then I heard our song play and thought ‘okay... cool they’re playing our song, but I need a drink Bob Evans first.’ Then I started getting calls from people saying ‘you won the award and some random (a KEVIN MITCHELL house mate at the time) accepted the award on (Jebediah, Bob Evans and The Basement your behalf!’. That’s all I can remember. The rest is a blur! I’ve never been the type to accept trophies Birds): too well but appreciate the fact that the industry thinks you deserve recognition for your efforts. A Of course being the idealist that I am, I choose Red Jezebel (Paul Wood, second simple pat on the back from a fan is more than to believe that my greatest WAMi moment is from left. Photo: Peter Illiari) enough for me! yet to come, although as the years dwindle on by and I find myself increasingly devoid of recognition I also accept that this is probably a pipe dream. That being the case I suppose I would have to say my favourite WAMi moment was the first time I was a recipient of a giant cake as part of my efforts with the rock and roll group Jebediah. We won an award for Gyroscope (Rob Nassif, far right) something, (I’m a little sketchy on the details due to rampant drug use) and being the innocent little petals that we were in 1996 were ROB NASSIF Abbe May too embarrassed to take the stage to accept it, (drummer, Gyroscope): forcing our manager to do so. On reflection, this is quite odd considering what a precocious The WAMis above all else are a great time to ABBE MAY bunch of show offs most of us were. The share have some fun. It’s a great excuse for bands to (Abbe May & The Rockin’ Pneumonia): house I was living in at the time feasted on catch up with each other and get passionate this giant novelty sized cake for the next few about our awesome music scene! Headlining My favourite WAMi moment was when Tex days, which I was very grateful for, as we were the 2004 WAMi showcase at The Rosemount Perkins hosted last year’s award night and all on the dole and eking out a Young Ones-like was a really special moment for Gyroscope and called my name - I was outside smoking so I existence in a house that resembled a bomb to this day it’s still one of our best ever shows. missed it - but I know it was breathtaking. shelter.

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JAE LAFFER (frontman, The Panics): My favourite moment was our first WAMi win at the awards out the back of the Hyde Park, which we used to call Jurassic Park because of the crowd they would get. I used to love it in there and they’d let us record stuff on the grand piano in the daytime. It was a good time and it felt like things were starting to happen for us, it was great to get noticed at the time. I also remember seeing some of my first gigs during the WAMis when they used to have a lot of all ages shows. I was still in school up in Kalamunda and remember coming down and seeing the Rosemary Beads, who I used to love, as well as The Early Hours and Yummy Fur. It was great to discover the scene and the WAMis helped with that. I even volunteered at the WAMi office as a teenager, and I remember Drew painting some giant flowers for some WAMi shows one year ages ago. You see we’re really lovely chaps!

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN

LISA MITCHELL Smoke & Mirrors

Capitol Punishment

Lisa Mitchell has charted a rare course from being an Australian Idol finalist in 2006 to the critically-acclaimed recipient of Proving themselves the masters of reinvention with their the 2009 Australian Music Prize. DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to latest release Option Paralysis, The Dillinger Escape Plan Mitchell about her upcoming Australian tour which includes will be making their way to Perth for a night at Capitol this a Perth date at The Astor on Sunday, May 16.

Sunday, May 16. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY chats with founder, Due to the Icelandic volcano, Lisa Mitchell is guitarist Ben Weinman. stuck in Hamburg at the time of our interview.

“I’ve never exactly been comfortable making a Dillinger record,” Weinman begins, of the ethos behind The Dillinger Escape Plan. “Comfort is not the essence of what our music is about.

Music, or any other art form, should be about pulling yourself out of your element. Really draining yourself of every facet that can be used towards the art.

“When something is that consuming, it eats you up from the inside out. That’s one of the great things about Dillinger; we know it could end at any moment. One member could hit a sour note and that’s it for us. I guess that’s what it’s like, being basically married to five guys.”

Weinman could literally be referred to as the last man standing. As the founder and only original member left in the quintet, he has seen his fair share of trials and tribulations that only comes with being a member of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Laying claim to a dozen musicians over four demanding full-length recordings, a mirrored amount of equally transgressive EPs and an unyielding drive to pushing the boundaries of touring logically – it is a feat in itself to hear Weinman’s influence still as the one constant throughout this group’s 13-year career. Though each album has brought a different set of issues, according to this guitarist.

“Ire Works (2007) saw me injured, which was really difficult especially in the touring department, and other founding member Chris Pennie leaving in a bad way,” Weinman says. “But we then picked up Gil (Sharone) to fill in while we scoped around for our new drummer for our latest, Option Paralysis. Dillinger has some pretty big shoes to fill in the drum department; always has. I will admit; it took some time to get Billy (Rymer) to get up to speed with the Dillinger vocabulary, so to speak. But he caught on faster than we thought

he would.

“Billy is a seamless combination of both of our prior drummers’ styles, so it actually worked out prefect for us. Though, once again, the whole situation is so different for us because he is still so young and developing his style. He is literally growing with us and that’s what we wanted, instead of someone who is already set in their ways.”

Working their own label, Party Smasher Inc, in conjunction with French counterparts Season Of Mist to bring out Option Paralysis in March this year, Weinman points to the tumultuous period surrounding Ire Works as a necessary evil.

“Ire Works was definitely a bridging record for me,” he concludes. “It was our first step towards full independence. There was an introduction to a lot of new elements, like using piano and electronic elements in our writing. But it was also a day by day process because we didn’t actually know if we could continue with Dillinger, considering all that we’d been through. With Option Paralysis, we made things more varied and lived our lives a bit more. And it shows.”

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Given the city’s place in pop mythology as a training ground for acts like The Beatles, it’s a rather apt place to be speaking to the young Australian artist who, since the release of her 2009 debut album Wonder, has seen her star rise immensely.

“We’re in the red light district - it’s pretty skanky,” Mitchell says of her predicament, which involves checking volcano reports and waiting for an opportune time to skedaddle. “We’re not in it – but we’re very close… there are a lot of really good bars and things in this area as well. I kind of thought I’d see more skanky-ness than I am seeing.”

With an appearance at last year’s Glastonbury Festival in the UK, and some steady touring throughout Europe to promote Lisa Mitchell Wonder, the 20 year-old songwriter has spent a considerable amount of time in 2009 spreading interesting to see whether her recent travels seep her talents outside of Australia. Whilst Wonder into her follow up album. saw Mitchell painting picture perfect and quirky “I travel so much and undoubtedly it vignettes of the world out her window, it will be influences me,” Mitchell says.“The sheer amount of new things, new places and new ways of life. The different people and all these stories that you hear.

“THE SHEER AMOUNT It’s a constant stream of new thoughts and things OF NEW THINGS, NEW you haven’t explored before. It’s very inspiring, it’s just constant. It’s an incredible way to live.”

PLACES AND NEW WAYS Mitchell is an avid journal writer and says OF LIFE. THE DIFFERENT that most of her songs stem from these jottings.

While she penned most of Wonder with a piano or PEOPLE AND ALL THESE guitar in hand, she says her new touring schedule STORIES THAT YOU HEAR. means that her songwriting is increasingly done on the run.

IT’S A CONSTANT STREAM “At the moment it’s quite rare that OF NEW THOUGHTS AND I sit down with the guitar and come up with something while I’m playing” she explains. “I think THINGS YOU HAVEN’T that’s usually due to being in a transit kind of EXPLORED BEFORE. IT’S situation. So I feel like I’m always writing on the trains and getting it out that way rather than it all VERY INSPIRING” being conceived at the piano or on the guitar.”

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WAMi MUSIC BUSINESS CONFERENCE continued DAY 2 – FRIDAY, MAY 21 09:15-10:15 TOURING REGIONAL WA THE GASCOYNE Presented by Country Arts WA This year’s regional panel focuses on the Gascoyne region in WA’s north west.

Have you ever considered touring your act/s to some of WA’s most unique tourist destinations? Featuring the main centres of Exmouth, Coral Bay, Carnarvon and others, the Gascoyne has unique challenges, but also its own opportunities. What acts work in these centres and why? Join a panel of experts who have experience living in, working in, booking or touring acts in the region and learn how to avoid the pitfalls and make the most of the Gascoyne touring circuit.

an intimate and exclusive live interview with Eskimo Joe’s Joel Quartermain and Stuart MacLeod in front of the WAMi Conference audience.

14:15-15:00 DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS - A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ISRCs What are International Standard Recording Codes (ISRCs)? How does an artist allocate an ISRC to a track? If you re-release a track do you need a new ISRC? What about remixes? This masterclass will answer these questions and more, plus teach you how to acquire and use them in practice.

Facilitator:

Jeremy Newman, Fremantle Records Matthew Johnson, Walking Horse Records

Gareth Stuckey, Gigpigplet Productions Abbe May, Singer/songwriter

Moderator:

Paul Bodlovich (CEO, WAM)

17:00-18:00 NETWORKING FUNCTION Presented by Empyrean Function Centre

DAY 3 – SATURDAY, MAY 22

Scott Mesiti

15:15-16:15 SONG OF THE YEAR LIVE JUDGING

10:00-12:00 BILL ME FESTIVAL PITCH PANEL Watch as acts from around Australia receive feedback on their suitability for a slot on top music festivals such as Peats Ridge Festival, One Movement, Southbound and more in front of a live audience.

Moderator:

Stephen Green, Stephen Green Consulting Scott Mesiti, Festival of the Sun Damian Cunningham, Peats Ridge Festival Caroline Moore, Apollo Bay Festival Bruna Chiovitti, West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots, Southbound, One Movement For Music

Panellists: Watch a live simulation of a WAM Song of the Year judging panel. The judges Moderator: Paul Bodlovich, CEO, WAM will assess 10 tracks submitted at the WAMi Panellists: Cole Bishop, 14:30-15:30 NATIONAL TOURING PANEL Conference, provide feedback on the songs and Cole Bishop Management When are you ready to tour select one winner. The winner goes straight to the Leslie Lee, key Gascoyne region Grand Prize category of the 2010 WAM Song Of nationally?

How does national touring fit Indigenous contemporary music into the artist’s career plan? How do you The Year competition. consultant put together a successful tour?

The panel Sarah Trant, Community & 12:00-13:30 PRIZE PRESENTATIONS & will discuss these questions and other issues Moderator: Paul Bodlovich, CEO, WAM Regional Arts, DCA CLOSING PARTY Clive Hodson, relating to touring interstate, plus stories from Judges: Nigel Bird, WAM Regional Shock Music Publishing the road.

Officer The WAMi Music Business Conference takes Peter Barr, RTR FM place at The Empyrean Function Centre.

Rachael Dease, Composer; Singer/ Moderator: David Hyams, 10:00-11:00 COLLEGE & COMMUNITY Registration is $120 individual, $200 for songwriter Band leader, Producer, Composer RADIO PANEL bands (includes 4 passes). WAM members Scott Mesiti, Sonicbids; Festival Presented by Australian Music Radio Airplay Project Panellists: $90 (individual), $140 for bands. Registration 16:20-17:00 THE GREAT DEBATE – of the Sun; Cross Section (Amrap) forms and full program available from I SHOT THE SHERIFF: DOES LIVE Damian Costin, Premier wam.asn.au.

So you want to get your music Harbour MUSIC INCREASE VIOLENCE? played? This panel will explore what radio programmers and DJs are playing and why, how do you service radio effectively and on a budget, what are the new ways to get music to radio stations and which radio format (college, community, etc) should you be targeting and why.

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Moderator: Peter Barr, RTR FM Panellists: Rev. Moose, CMJ Network Angelica Calcagnile, CJLO Radio Montreal Brooke Olsen, Amrap Stuart Coupe, Laughing Outlaw Records; FBi Radio Dave Cutbush, RTR FM 10:30-11:15 SYNCHRONISATION MASTERCLASS Synchronisation is an integral area of music usage for both recording and publishing. With the fall in physical sales of CDs, writers and performers are looking at other ways to market, promote and generate revenue from their craft. Clive Hodson shares insights into this important component of music business and gives tips on the areas to embrace and also avoid.

Facilitator: MC:

Clive Hodson, Shock Music Publishing Sarah Norton, WAMi Festival Director

11:30-12:30 SONGWRITER TALKS Presented by APRA

Join Abbe May, Roly Skender and Justin Walshe as they perform their songs live and share insights into their songwriting process.

Moderator: Maryelizabeth Carter, The Underground Management 11:30-12:30 PRODUCER’S PANEL Join James Hewgill and a panel of world-class producers as they discuss the role of the record producer, how to choose the right producer for your project and tips on maximising the artist-producer relationship.

Moderator: James Hewgill, Producer Panellists: Tom Lubin, Engineer/Producer Noah Shilkin, Sonic Lolly Gareth Stuckey, Gigpiglet Productions Rob Agostini, Soundbaker 12:30-13:30 NETWORKING LUNCH 13:00-17:00 SPEED DATING SESSIONS Register at Conference HQ for today’s Speed Dating Sessions.

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STEREOFLOWER It’s Alright, It’s OK, Satellite Commander.

Naïveté, unbridled energy, and an unabashed e n t h u s i a s m t o p l ay with conventional song structures identify The Chaos as the type of album usually deployed by an upcoming band ready to make its mark in a terribly crowded music scene.

What’s strange about this is that the Futureheads have had four albums with which to make their mark, the first of which was universally lauded as one of the best punk debuts of recent years – even though its pièce de résistance was a Kate Bush cover.

After spending two albums trying to surpass the heights of that debut by trying (and failing) to perfect the fusion of punk and powerpop ballad, it seems the band has admitted defeat, slinking meekly back to the tried-and-trusted music making formula of their first album in an attempt to recreate some of their initial success.

The band’s decision to revert to their original sound on The Chaos only serves to confirm the fact that when The Futureheads play to their strengths, channelling everyday miseries into manic energy, they are at their best, evidence of which lies with standout tracks Stop The Noise and The Connector.

The Chaos certainly proves that The Futureheads still have the exuberance, aptitude and get-up-and-go to produce the short, sharp and shocked tunes which characterized their 2004 self-titled debut.

The debut LP from local act Stereoflower finally whirs to life - opening with the starting of machines and the beating of a heart. After this quick prelude, Satellite Commander confidently swings into single The Cocaine Bebop, a terribly infectious pop song with a bite. There is no denying the talent of frontman and songerwriter Alex Elbery - St. Clement’s Day is as good as any song in the genre, with lyrics that stay with you.

The roots of the band are in Elbery’s masterfully written alt-country songs. The blazing guitar solos and hooks from guitarist Rufus Marmaduke and the strained, lo-fi synths help keep the modern sound. Drummer Doctor Blythe has no showy rolls, just rhythm where it’s needed and her backup vocals adds a pleasant contrast to Elbery’s rasped voice.

Perth based Tim Sherry (from local act Blackmilk) produced and mixed this monster, along with Elbery himself and Laurie Sinagra, and the job is beautiful. The raw energy that is Stereoflower’s live act has been tamed by Sherry and focused into something surprisingly accessible. The charm to this release is its feeling of completion. Each song masterfully moves into the next, showing off moves that are usually reserved for a band into its third release.

By any band’s measure, whether Perth bred or not, Satellite Commander marks the start of a very promising career.

_JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Forgiveness Rock Record

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San Diego’s As I Lay D ying have finally written a record that lives up to the hype.

It has been a while since we have heard a peep from these metalcore titans. Three years, in fact, since they left us on a high note with the Grammy-nominated An Ocean Between Us. They have gotten decidedly more ‘metal’. This is the move that makes this album, by far, their best release yet.

This evolutionary shift that takes place between their sophomore effort and The Powerless Rise poses the juncture: where did this sheer brutality come from? All the usual nuances are in the kitty. Nick Hipa’s trills and hook-laden approach is there - and choppier than ever.

Melodic, sung choruses are also in tow and the Tim Lambesis magic is full-scale, developing an even lower vocal range – a growl that climbs right from the back of gutturals.

Sure these are the norm, but Lambesis is the key to this puzzle. His time with side project, Austrian Death Machine, can be felt throughout – bringing a more crushing and technical flesh to the main stronghold of the As I Lay Dying songwriting fort.

Spunk/EMI

THE GRENADIERS Songs The Devil Taught Us

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

It’s been five years since the band that wanted to make pop records while remaining true to their post-rock roots have made an album as Broken Social Scene. So, with the Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning vanity projects out of the way, attention can now be turned to the superstar collective’s new full length Forgiveness Rock Record.

Reverting back to the broad and seemingly random approach they used on 2002’s You Forgot It In People, where each song bears little resemblance to the one before, Broken Social Scene have reclaimed everything that made them so unique and untouchable... and at times have bettered it.

World Sick sees Broken Social Scene hone the knack of maintaining pop sensibility without toning down the cascading guitars or chorus of vocals. Andrew Whiteman’s slightly more angular Art House Director is awash with brass and maintains the standard, and with members of Metric, Stars and Feist singing on Sentimental X it is more like a festival line-up than a song.

Justin Peroff sounds like he’s been playing drums since he was in the womb, with a bigger bag of tricks than Felix. His dual drum _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY kit attack on the instrumental Meet Me In The Basement is a highlight.

Broken Social Scene must have done something pretty naughty to be working this hard for forgiveness. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

Casadeldisco Records/Shock

Rhino/MGM

South Australian rockers The Grenadiers have earned critical acclaim already from triple j-ites like Richard Kingsmill, and have possibly released one of the best Australian albums of the year this far. A big call, but Songs The Devil Taught Us is one damn exciting record.

The Grenadiers set the tone of the album immediately with the thumping Abandon Ship introducing us to Jesse’s distinctive growl.

Their relentless hard rock/punk fusion is littered with inspiration from their heavy metal upbringing and some obvious Queens Of The Stone Age grooves deal up solid riff after riff.

Much should be said of Jesse’s commanding vocals driving the aggression of the album, especially on the stand-out Old Uncle Scratch.

Like the devil he clutches at your inhibitions and tears them out leaving you with no option but to scream along with him.

The three piece pump out an impressive amount of noise and use the limitation of a single guitar to make simple yet memorable music. A subtle narrative of the devil’s influence is woven through tracks rife with sin, the lyrics seemingly possessed to deceive lost souls.

So take their advice with caution: ‘Let the music swallow you whole/It doesn’t need a moral to do something good for the soul’.

This soundtrack can almost be seen as a best of the 1980s. Going from INXS to Talking Heads and Salt ‘N Pepa, there is a taste of every ‘80s genre. The instant flashback that is New Order’s Bizarre Love Triangle is a no brainer and no ‘80s collection would be complete without True by Spandou Ballet.

There isn’t much to say about a soundtrack from a movie set in the prime of 1986. The tracks on here have been kicking around since at least then, with the exception of a new remix of Public Enemy’s Louder Than A Bomb. There is also the brilliant cover of Let’s Get It Started, taken straight from the memorable scene in the movie, where Craig Robinson plays a song from the future at a party. Similarly for Rick Springfield’s Jessie’s Girl, sung by Robinson, though on this song I think the original would have been better.

With ‘80s parties still being planned (the ‘90s isn’t quite old enough yet), this CD would certainly be an easy fix for a mix CD. Whether that is worth the price of a new CD is questionable, with fans probably better off purchasing single track Let’s Get It Started online and putting together their own mix. _TOM VARIAN

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Wow! Far too often in one’s role as niche punk guy, a reviewer will work his way through his pile of CDs, composing interesting things to say about records which sound much the same as other records that have been recorded before by far more talented bands. Not so in this case!

Not to suggest that The Once Overs aren’t derivative of The Cramps, because they definitely have that element; but the truly demented vocals of Sammy Allen, combined with the clean Sonics-ish, surf-informed guitar of Nick Noodle leap all over the stereo like the soundtrack to drinking vodka and orange on a bouncy castle.

Yep, despite the deceptively-bland band name, this bunch of Melbournites take all the best parts of proto-punk and the most interesting elements of punk rock and mash ‘em together. It’s a crazy surf/horror/jungle adventure. Little wonder they’ve wowed the likes of Wally Kempton (Even, The Meanies) and played a bunch of kick-arse shows in less than a year of existence.

Production wise, this sounds like a debut EP - there’s a certain minimalist element to it - but as far as songwriting and pure energy goes, it’s a kick-arse collection of battered gems.

Can’t wait to hear more!

Wons Phreely, a solo artist who has recently been signed to Ivy League records (who include Cloud Control, The Mess Hall and Youth Group on their eclectic roster), has a knock-kneed kookiness, and over-verbose style that has evoked comparisons with Elvis Costello.

The World Has A Bank Account, a new single to be released on iTunes on May 18, welds a classic, jerky, toe-tapping pop song to a chassis of drum beats, samples and weird and production quirks and sends the whole thing whizzing down a hill in gay abandon. It’s like I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea being covered by Gorillaz in a disco.

P h re e l y ( w h o s e re a l n a m e i s apparently Justin Wonsley Snowball) rapidly spits out cheeky and intelligent lyrics about a wild night out with enough intrigue and mystery behind them to get you coming back for a second listen.

Tasty.

Key Track: The World Has A Bank Account _DAVID CRADDOCK

_BEN WATSON

YOU AM I Deliverance

PERIPHERY Selftitled

Myspace.com/youamiofficial

Roadrunner/Warner

If Meshuggah had a little sister, it would be Periphery. That’s not to say that Periphery are a girly band for nancy-pants, but they essentially take the extremities that Meshuggah have all but patented, and sprinkle all kinds of sugarysweetness over the top, creating a sound that ticks the box for those who like it brutal, and creates intrigue for those open-minded enough to give something different a try.

Sure, there are some parts that sound heavily influenced by Meshuggah, but they don’t necessarily sound like Meshuggah. Tracks like Jetpacks Was Yes and Icarus Lives highlight why Periphery have become such a hotly talked about band, by combining neck-breaking riffs with progressive song-writing elements, namely actually using chord progressions and having a singer that actually sings.

Had Periphery chosen to have a singer who only screams, then these progressive elements would not be as prominent, as it is essentially the melodic vocals of Spencer Sotello that separate Periphery from the pack. Having said that, Sotello’s vocals do often sound, at times, obviously assisted by AutoTune.

Whether Sotello can replicate his performance on the record live is questionable, but given that they’re playing at Capitol this Sunday, May 16, you can be the judge.

It’s a question that can bring the best of friends to fisty cuffs: what is the greatest You Am I album? While the band’s 1993 debut Sounds As Ever is widely considered their iconic statement, with 1995’s Hi Fi Way close behind, it was 1996’s Hourly Daily and 1998’s #4 Record that saw Tim Rogers and co. finally achieve measurable success. 2001’s Dress My Slowly was a commercial failure by comparison and set a tone that saw 2002’s long-forgotten classic Deliverance literally tumble from the radar quicker than it arrived.

Deliverance is a timeless work that echoes The Stones’ 1972 southern-rock masterwork Exile On Main Street. With a voice cured on whiskey and cigarettes but a heart at peace, Rogers takes cues from his more lyrical and emotive solo records to create what remains to this day the band’s most soulful recording. Things would soon turn dark for Rogers, but Deliverance captures a rare moment where joy and genius came together.

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_GEORGE GREEN

THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS Spooks Die!Boredom Records/MGM

‘It seems like we’ve been on this journey for way too long’ croons Mat McHugh on 10:10, a mindset which I can’t help but feel is a telling reflection of the latest offering by Sydney reggaefolk outfit The Beautiful Girls.

Musically, there’s nothing wrong with Spooks, the music is tight and the band’s signature sound – bubbly coconut-infused lyrics, carefully controlled brass instrumentals and clean guitar lines – remains unchanged.

The problem is that there’s nothing particularly new or interesting, to be found on Spooks. Not only does the band seem to lack musical direction beyond the obvious decision to produce ‘more of the same’, but they also seem to lack the desire to say anything new, and, as a result, it is difficult to draw any deeper meaning from the album.

Even the unusual choice to sample Phil Collin’s ‘80s pop-rock anthem In The Air Tonight in Rockers! (Downtown Upstyling) fails to warrant more than a preliminary listen.

That being said, fans of the band’s earlier albums are unlikely be disappointed by Spooks – it’s standard cruisy, summery, easy-listening Beautiful Girls fare.

However, like being stuck in the backseat of the family car on a road-trip across the Nullabor, I suspect Spooks may be just too complacent and too boring to make this a musical journey that new listeners will want to take more than once. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD www.xpressmag.com.au

Last month saw the announcement of a forthcoming Leonardo Da Vinci film, thanks in no small part to the box office response to Guy Ritchie’s take on Sherlock Holmes. It will recast the titular engineer, inventor and artist as a rollicking action hero solving crimes and mysteries in 15th century Europe.

In the same way, Ritchie portrayed Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) and Watson (Jude Law) as a pair of rough and ready street fighters, as ready with swords, fists and more explosives than probably existed in London at the time as sharp deductive reasoning to solve crimes.

Like the lovechild of Conan Doyle and Michael Bay, it’s a CGI roller coaster ride of spills and thrills under Ritchie’s direction.

You’ll find it either a thrilling new take on the eponymous detective hero or another literary institution skewered by the disrespect of the Hollywood machine.

Also out this week is a film that went nowhere at the US box office called The Fourth Kind – and yes, it is related to Spielberg’s timeless 1978 alien contact film.

With mockumentary elements, the actors act out ‘recreations’ of the events surrounding a mass of disappearances in a small Alaskan town, abductions attributed to UFOs.

Up In The Air (Paramount) Zombieland (Sony) The Fourth Kind (Roadshow) Sherlock Holmes (Roadshow) _DREW TURNEY 27

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THE JOKE’S ON JIMMY

Jimmy James Eaton possesses an uncanny ability to make people laugh both at and with him; which is exactly what he’ll do later this May with his brand new comedy show, When Jokes Strike Back. In this Wild West Comedy Festival show, Eaton will turn stand up on its head to determine what holds more power – the joke or the person telling the joke. Comedy fans will find Eaton doing his thing at the Astor Theatre from Wednesday, May 26, ’til Saturday, May 29; all shows are at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale now from BOCS.

Lock up your mothers and grandmothers because Michael Bublé is headed back to Australia for two special shows in March next year. Bublé will croon his way to Australia for his Crazy Love Tour, leaving hordes of screaming middle-aged women in his wake. A Grammy Award winner, Bublé has sold 25 million albums worldwide thanks to toe-tapping original tracks like Kissing A Fool, Hold On and Haven’t Met You Yet, in addition to old-time classics such as Save The Last Dance For Me and Fever. Fans can catch Mr Bublé on Friday, March 4, at the Sandalford Estate in the Swan Valley or on Sunday, March 6, at the Sandalford Estate in Margaret River.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 28 from Ticketek.

Australian online boutique Style Palace is on the hunt for a Style Palace Princess to be the face of their campaigns for the year ahead. The search is now on nationwide for a beautiful lass to be crowned the Style Palace Princess for 2010, following in the footsteps of former winners Lara Cameron and Chloe Rose Ball. The Princess will receive a $1000 wardrobe from Style Palace and will be flown from Perth to a secret location to take part in a Style Palace photo shoot and fashion parade. The folks from Style Palace aren’t looking for a model, they’re hunting for a fun loving girl who is bright, enthusiastic and loves Australian fashion design.

Think you’ve got what it takes to win the crown? Then head to stylepalace.com.au for more info and entry forms.

BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

Ever wondered what Satan might experience when going through a mid life crisis? Chances are you haven’t but Perth comedian Jeff Hewitt has! As part of the Wild West Comedy Festival, Jeff Hewitt will present audiences with How Satan Got His Groove Back, a hilarious show about the Prince of Darkness experiencing a mid life crisis. Joining Hewitt on stage in this hilarious pentagramtastic spectacular will be Perth comedy veterans Werzel, Natalie Lewis, Michael Burke and Laura Davis. Season kicks off on Thursday, May 20, and runs ’til Saturday, May 22, with shows at 9.15pm each night at the Astor. Tickets are on sale now from BOCS.

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This Friday, May 14, the Fly By Night will be converted into a shrine for the worship of contemporary arts and performance for the No’Vel Cabaret Carnaval. The Carnaval follows a group of escaped psychiatric patients who come together to dance, sing, mime and get their burlesque on. The evening promises to be tongue in cheek and full of dark humour, perfect entertainment for a stormy autumn night. Tickets for this odd yet amazing show are on sale now from BOCS or through the venue on (08) 9430 5976. Doors open at 7.30pm.

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REV. MOOSE Balancing Acts

TAKEAWAY TUNES

Rev. Moose is the Vice President of Content of the CMJ Network as well as Editor-in-Chief of the influential CMJ New Music Report. He will be moderating the WAMi Conference which takes place from Thursday-Saturday, May 20-22, at The Empyrean Function Centre, Northbridge.

CMJ (College Music Journal) is a prime mover and selector of new music in the US, with its New Music Report and annual CMJ Music Marathon festival held in New York each October.

According to Rev. Moose, any past reflection goes hand-in-hand with what the forward plan is about.

“CMJ was very early to the online world but it took us quite some time to properly use the space,” he says.“A lot of what I’ve personally done over the last five years has been to develop the CMJ brand into an online destination (www.cmj.com). We’ve done a great deal of expansion into that realm including the reasonably new addition of CMJ TV, our partnership with the Canadian broadcaster AUX TV. Recently, we’ve made the commitment to convert our consumer print publication into a digital download compilation available only to subscribers, and are currently in the process of an overhaul to our trade offerings.”

It would seem that being the Editor-InChief of a magazine such as the CMJ New Music Report puts Moose in good stead for moderating music conferences, as it’s all important to ensure a variety of opinions are heard and that everyone keep on track.

“I suppose that depends upon how well I do my job as an editor or a moderator,” Moose qualifies. “Being at CMJ has given me a great vantage point to understand the many different facets of the entertainment industry.

I’m in a great position to evaluate trends from a reasonably unbiased point of view as not only do I have my in-house staff, but I also rely on CMJ’s proprietary college and community radio airplay charts to ascertain which trends and artists should be garnering more attention... or less, as is often the case.

“Often times the hardest part about any panel is to make sure one person or topic doesn’t monopolise the conversation. Then once you get past that hurdle it’s about keeping the conversation interesting. Nothing is more boring than hearing someone drone about something that has little to no relevance to anyone in the room. On the flip side of that, there are plenty of occasions where people attend a panel to get a

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very specific piece of information. It’s important that the moderator balances both the advertised description of the panel with that of the needs of the audience.”

What is the most important information passed on at events such as the WAMI Conference?

“There are few things more important than contacts,” Moose states. “Certainly the quest for knowledge is the driving factor behind attendance but the networking opportunities are the most valuable component of events such WAMi. An artist could assemble an entire team - including management, marketing, booking and record labels - if they take advantage of the opportunity to do so. WAMi is created simply to give artists access to the tools, information and contacts to progress their career.”

Moose states that he’s looking forward to “having Tim Tams for breakfast” on his visit, but it’s clear that it is music that is his lifeblood, with a curiosity that will not diminish.

“You know when you’re walking down the street and you’re staring at someone from behind thinking you know exactly what that person looks like then you catch a quick glimpse of their face and find out you couldn’t have been more wrong but sometimes you completely called it?” he posits. “Music is a lot like that.” _ BOB GORDON

KISS MY CAMERA Lights, Camera, Action!

Kiss My Camera entry by Daniel Grant

Kiss My Camera is on display at the Western Australian Museum in the Perth Cultural Centre from Wednesday, May 19, ’til Saturday, July 10, touring regionally in 2011.The Western Australian Museum is open 9:30am to 5pm every day except Wednesday, and entry is free.

The West Australian Music Industry Association Inc, aka WAM, is presenting its highly popular Kiss My Camera exhibition for the second year at the Western Australian Museum, as part of the 2010 WAMi Festival which celebrates all things local music.

The exhibition, which invites professional photographers, fans, music lovers and photomedia artists to submit their images of Western Australian bands or locations, was a runaway success in its inaugural presentation last year, drawing crowds of over 60,000. All images fitting the criteria of a Western Australian musician or event are considered, including live shots, portraits, press images, fan material and photo-media works.

WAMi’s Festival Director, Sarah Norton, says the idea for Kiss My Camera sprouts from WAM’s vision of developing the WA contemporary music industry by giving the community the opportunity to communicate with local content and music, without necessarily going to a venue.

“Kiss My Camera is the perfect answer for members of the community looking for an introduction to Western Australian music, and the WAMi Festival,” says Norton.

Norton believes that much of the popularity of Kiss My Camera, in both visitor numbers and submissions, is partly due to the www.xpressmag.com.au

fact that anyone can now cheaply and easily take a photo of their favourite band or musician and have it published online. “In the world of web 2.0, everyone is a publisher, so people are now looking for ways to move to the next step and have their work printed and exhibited for the general public.”

“We received around 450 submissions for this year’s Kiss My Camera, and the division between professional and non-professional photographers is about 50/50,” explains Norton, who also curates the exhibition. “Of the 450 submissions, the 40 very best and most diverse are printed and exhibited, with eight more featured on a DVD that is looped on a television alongside the printed works.”

The 38 finalists, who include some regulars from the pages of X-Press, are: Adam Rule, Amy Vinicombe, Anni Fordham, Anthony Tran, Beau Mitchell, Brian Ward, Bridget Turner, Cam Inniss, Chris Rigoni, Christine Lee, Chad Taylor, Courtney McAllister, Dan Bedford, Dan Laidlow, Daniel Grant, Daniel Njegich, Danielle Evans, Gareth Anderson, Gemma Rule, Jacinta Matthews, Jake ‘Dr Green’ England, Janusz Strzelecki, Jarrad Seng, Jordan Shields, Julian Morley, Lisa Businovski, Luka Dickmmann, Marianne Symons, Matt Field, Matthew Reid Tompsett, Mike Gray, Peter T.Clarke.

Shannon Spicer, Shaun Ferraloro, Stuart Sevastos, Toni Wilkinson, William Buck and Zoe Walker.

Every visitor to the Kiss My Camera exhibition has the opportunity to vote for their favourite, with the overall winner receiving a People’s Choice award presented by Sony Music. _DAVID GEOFFREY HALL

The newest addition to the culture precinct:

The Chimney A fave amongst locals.

Felicity Groom by Lisa Businovski

Instead of dropping into Northbridge to pick up some tasty Asian tucker this May, opt for a different kind of takeaway – one that has no MSG but plenty of musical flavour… Love Is My Velocity’s Takeaway Tunes.

Kicking off next Wednesday as part of the WAMi Festival, Takeaway Tunes will see the folks from Love Is My Velocity convert the space at 54 Lake Street into a pop-up shop focusing on all things local music; showcasing local music labels, merchandise, bands and art inspired by the thriving WA music scene.

Love Is My Velocity’s Katie Lenanton sheds some light on the initiative. “We were just developing what we did with the Bank Notes studio last year but we had to find a new location because unfortunately all the EPRA properties are being renovated at the moment.

So we managed to slot in next to a bottle shop on Lake Street and the name Takeaway Tunes is just a play on the general vibe of that area.”

In addition to showcasing merchandise and local music labels, Takeaway Tunes will offer the public an opportunity to sit in on live recording sessions; recordings that will then be placed online available for free download.

“There will be a whole heap of people recording; Eleventh He Reaches London are kicking off the launch event, then the Benedict Moleta band, The Ghost Hotel, Schvendes, The Tigers, Taco Leg, The Bank Holidays, Hayley Beth and The Owls will record. We’re making recordings an after work event so sessions will go from 6-7pm and 8-9pm.”

Though there will be plenty of music on offer at Takeaway Tunes, the initiative aims to please both the eyes and the ears with Sleeping With The Band; a visual arts exhibition of musician portraits printed onto pillow cases.

If you love local music but can’t quite bring yourself to become a groupie then Sleeping With The Band will tick all the boxes; allowing you to take home a print of your favourite WA muso to snuggle up to on cold autumn nights. Head in to Takeaway Tunes to check out portraits such as James Baker by Larissa Boyd; Josh Fontaine by Freya Poulsen; Felicity Groom by Lisa Businovski; Sam Scherr

by Natalie Davis and Abbe May by Gemma Weston.

This May, avoid the greasy Salt and Pepper Squid on offer at the many Asian restaurants in Northbridge in favour of tasty visual and aural delights served up fresh by those cool kids at Love Is My Velocity. _EMMA BERGMEIER

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HARRY BROWN Pensioned Avenger

Harry Brown

The gang members that Harry preys Directed by Daniel Barber Starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, upon are portrayed as completely inhuman and irredeemable, capable of the most Liam Cunningham, David Bradley depraved and evil acts without batting an There’s nothing wrong with the youth of today eyelid. In the world of the film there can be no that a hollow-point round to the brainstem compromise with these latter-day droogs, and can’t fix. That, boiled down to the basics, is the it falls upon Harry to mete out justice when central thesis of this British revenge thriller. the ineffectual police force can’t stem the tide Caine’s titular character draws on long-buried of violence. There’s no equivocating on the skills, learned as a marine in Northern Ireland, morality of Harry’s actions; he’s presented as to wage war against the ‘chav’ hordes that have simply doing what needs to be done, more terrorised his council estate and murdered his pest exterminator than murderer.

Harry Brown has drawn comparisons best friend Leonard (Bradley).

His arc echoes that of Charles with Gran Torino, sharing as it does an Bronson in the vigilante classic Death Wish aged protagonist haunted by his wartime as he slowly embraces his inner violence, experiences and forced to confront violent picking off gang members while trying to youth culture. But that’s where the comparisons avoid the suspicions of investigating officer D.I. end. While Eastwood’s film ultimately refutes Frampton (Mortimer). The added wrinkle is that the notion of violence as an agency of Harry is, of course, an old man, which generates redemption, here violence is the answer; the an interesting tension as we wonder if he can root causes of crime and violence are ignored handle the physical strain of his nocturnal in favour of reductive, black and white morality.

Ultimately, Harry Brown is a naive predations.

Director Barber mounts the picture and cowardly film, content to paint its world handsomely enough, depicting a drab world of in broad strokes and present complex issues grey skies and blank concrete walls, and Caine in the simplest possible terms. If, as it has brings his usual skill and charisma to the role, been called, it’s an urban Western, it’s of the showing us a man whose capacity for violence kind where the Indians are mindless savages is contrasted by the fragility brought about by who must be exterminated for the common advancing age. It’s a shame, though, that such good. While it’s great to see Michael Caine in a an interesting creation is not supported by a leading role again, it’s a shame that it comes in better script. The film purports to be shining a a film that, when all is said and done, basically light on the various issues confronting Britain’s promotes fascism. underclass, but it offers no solutions save _TRAVIS JOHNSON terminal violence.

Angus Sampson put in quick cameos. There’s Directed by Daina Reid Starring Brendan Cowell, Yvonne Strahovski, enough charm on screen, and they’re dealt enough one-liners by the script to keep the Peter Helliar and Peter Dinklage. flow of laughter fairly constant, and the film Given the chequered history of Australian wisely steers clear of the oddball antics that have cinematic comedy, you’d be forgiven for not plagued Australian comedies for far too long.

When all’s said and done, I Love You Too wanting to risk the price of a movie ticket on this, the first film penned by perennial Rove is a film of modest but earnest ambition, and it offsider Peter Helliar. Really, who wants to roll more than achieves its goals. What we have here the dice on what could be another You And Your is a neat little relationship comedy, heavy on Stupid Mate? The thing is, the litany of cinematic charisma, light on offense, with enough depth of sins that precede it do I Love You Too an injustice; characterization to keep the audience intrigued.

Helliar and veteran television director Reid have If it can break out of the local-film ghetto, it put together a solid little rom-com that is more should do well. than a step above the usual local fare. _TRAVIS JOHNSON True to its genre roots, the story is fairly simple: three and a half years into a relationship with English rose Alice (Strahovski, late of TV’s Chuck), gun-shy Jim (Cowell) still hasn’t managed to drop the L-word into conversation. Alice, understandably enough, dumps him, although dropping him on his birthday twists the knife a bit. The rest of the running time is devoted to Jim’s quest to man up, look deep in his heart, search his true feelings, and say, well, the title of the film.

What lifts I Love You Too above the countless similar films that have preceded it is Helliar’s attention to character and motivation.

Every character has deep misgivings about their romantic prospects. Jim isn’t just afraid of commitment because he’s a shallow man-child, but because of a tragedy in his past. Archetypal best mate Blake (Helliar) ticks all the boxes on the chubby comedy relief checklist, but he also harbours a bittersweet self awareness, and even ostensible dreamgirl Alice has fears of being left on the shelf. However, easily the best character is Peter Dinklage’s undersized urbanite Charlie; having inadvertently been dragged into Jim’s predicament (Jim, drunk and forlorn, passes out in Charlie’s car after failing to steal it) he brings both dry wit and deep pathos to the proceedings.

But enough of the rom, let’s look at the com. Helliar and Dinklage pretty much steal the show in that department, particularly the latter, who seems to be constantly asking himself why he’s allowed himself to become involved in this mess, and they’re supported by a slew of antipodean talent in smaller roles.

Aussie screen legend Steve Bisley pops up for two scenes and neatly steals both of them, Travis McMahon blusters as Jim’s well meaning I Love You Too boofhead brother-in-law, and Hamish Blake and

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Directed by Anand Tucker It’s soon discovered that the winged Starring Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, creatures, led by the menacing Gabriel (Kevin Durand from TVs Lost), are after the unborn Adam Scott child of the waitress. Solution? Michael brings Remember back when we were all at the delivery date forward, hoping whatever highschool and we’d, usually out of either sheer comes out aids in preventing the end of the desperation or blatant laziness, ask to copy world.

Stewart may have rounded up a a school mate’s assignment? If you changed enough of it, and switched up the structure, mighty fine cast for his flashy apocalyptic you’d usually get away with it, but if you simply actioner but he just doesn’t know what to do with them (it should be a crime to hire handed in a Xerox, you’d busted big time!

When director Scott Stewart handed and not use Dennis Quaid to full effect) – the Legion into Screen Gems it’s a wonder the characters, not unlike the audience, simply studio chiefs didn’t take a pair of scissors to the get about waiting for something to happen! thing - it’s a brazen copy (but one seemingly And see if you can remember one memorable scanned on an old photocopier that’s quickly characteristic about any of them after the flick!

Writer/director Stewart has worked running out of ink).

What do you get if you take the first exclusively in the visual effects field until now hour of (Kathryn Bigelow’s unforgettable ‘80s – and it shows. The man definitely knows how vampire pic) Near Dark, the better bits of (The to make things sparkle on screen, but has no Christopher Walken-starring ‘Evil Angels’ flick) idea how to write – he could muster up no The Prophecy, and the core essence of the better than a clumsy, tiresome screenplay that Terminator? Why a mighty familiar and terribly features the most unlikeable and uninteresting lazy bit of fluff that Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson bunch of characters this side of a nightclub’s and Paul Bettany’s agents will likely be asking back-entrance – let alone shoot and structure IMDB to cut from their listed filmography in the a picture.

It was always going to be been years to come.

Stewart and Peter Schink’s lazy script there-done that, but that doesn’t mean Legion is set largely in an outback diner where, a couldn’t have at least been entertaining. In group of strangers band together to fight off order of that to happen, Stewart and Schink a group of evil angels (God has lost his faith in needed to cut out the fatty slab of character development (look, they’re uninteresting humanity, you see, so he’s sending his winged people – we get it!) that bogs the film’s first pals to destroy us). The only hope for the group, reel down, ramp up and commence the action which includes the down-on-his luck diner earlier (by the time the angel feud kicks in most owner (Dennis Quaid; here for the paycheck), will have lost interest in the picture), and splice his morose son (Lucas Black), a dejected in some religious undertones – believe it or not, patron (Private Practice’s Kate Walsh), a gung- it never even touches on them. ho passer-by (Tyrese Gibson), and a pregnant Legion needed its wings clipped waitress (Friday Night Lights’ Adrianne Palicki) before it could fly.

- is the archangel Michael (Paul Bettany; too _CLINT MORRIS good for this material).

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THE BACK-UP PLAN Baby Love

Directed by Alan Poul Starring Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’Loughlin In computer speak, a Back-Up Plan would likely involve replicating something - and if all goes well, you won’t be able to spot the difference between the master and the copy... unless, of course, you encounter a problem with the burn.

Jennifer Lopez’s The Back-Up Plan has, for the most part, copied countless other romantic comedies successfully enough - but unfortunately it encounters a write error about half-way through.

Though far from original and featuring dialogue so woeful Bic may demand the screenwriter return his biro, director Alan Poul’s fluffy ‘baby’ comedy does exactly what it ostensibly intended to do (for the most part) – and that’s make innumerable, easily-pleased female cinemagoers giggle, sigh ‘awww’ and shed ducts of delight for its slightly-too-long 106 minutes. If a film that manages to evoke some kind of emotion from its target audience is considered a success,

then slap a highly-recommended sticker on the poster, by all means. Those looking for something a little meatier, and something that’s actually going to push the fledgling movie industry forward, will likely attempt to peel that sticker off.

Zoe (Lopez) has finally achieved her dream of being a mother – or at least she will in nine months. But, wouldn’t you know it, on the day the Manhattan Pet Shop owner successfully conceives twins through artificial insemination, she also meets the potential love of her life – goatcheese salesman, Stan (Australia’s Alex O’Loughlin).

Of course we know what’s coming next: fate will see that Zoe and Stan keep running into each other, Zoe will wrestle for the next hour or so as to whether to tell her new beau that she’s pregnant, Zoe and Stan will break up and make up several times before finally ‘getting it together’, and there’ll be lots of cutesy moments for Zoe’s little pooch Nuts to work his magic on the impressionable audience.

Yeah, you don’t need to know what‘Final Draft’ is or to have read some William Goldman to know how The Back-Up Plan is going to play out.

To say The Back-Up Plan is Jennifer Lopez’s most appealing film to date doesn’t

The Back-Up Plan say a lot... Or does it? You see Lopez hasn’t been tolerable for years, not since the print industry decided to crown her snapparrazi target #1 and she decided to use her arse, not her acting ability, to sell her films and music. In fact, Lopez has been off her game for years - not since say Money Train (1995) or the underwhelming but well-performed Selina (1997) has she even attempted to hit a home run. At least with this little effort, the girl doesn’t overplay it, overdo it or seem to gaze at an autocue. The Back-Up plan is a very vanilla movie – but, and you can’t say this about the girls’ last few

MUSIC INDUSTRY REUNION NIGHT

For Those About To Rock The Music Industry Reunion Night takes place again at the Charles Hotel, on Sunday, May 23, from 5pm. Entry is a $10 donation with proceeds going to Support Act and future charity events.

Celebrating the heritage of the WA music scene, the Music Industry Reunion Night was first staged last year and saw a rare combination of West Australian musicians come together to remember past glories and celebrate the eternity of music.

Where else could one have witnessed, in the same gathering, the likes of The Stems, Dave Warner, Del Roio Brothers (The Boys), V-Capri, Saracen, Kim Salmon & James Baker, Guitar Gods (Graham Greene, John Meyer, Jamie Page) and The Perth Blue’s Club Allstar Band on the same stage… then or now?

The Stems and V-Capri alone were akin to getting Johnny Rotten and Sting to sit down next to each for a meeting. But as time proves, music is all about good times and a good time was indeed had that evening.

And so it is that the Reunion Club reunites again as part of the 2010 WAMIs. This year it is at the Charles Hotel which is an appropriate choice, given the venues long tenure as a live music forum. From the beer barn days of the ‘80s, to the local and touring acts that ventured through in the ‘90s and the Charles’ more recent tenure as the home of the Perth Blues Club, it is a place that continually acknowledges both the history and the future of music in Perth.

This year sees a new gathering of esteemed WA musicians, all performing a short set for old time’s sake.

Company Of Men features Brett Keyser and Wayne Green. The leader of Innocent Bystanders, Keyser was seen as something of a local Bruive Springsteen, his lyrics inspired those who spotted in them glimpses of their own life and his songs fired up plenty of good times in the pubs. In this rare live appearance he is joined by

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efforts, at least it resembles, well, a movie – and a watchable one at that.

I understand that there’s an audience for these kinds of films – and you watch, women of all ages will flock to this one in its first few days of release – but the better it does, the more likely Hollywood will be stray away from producing riskier, more ambitious projects (like say The Ghost Writer or Watchmen or Greenberg) and keep churning out the same join-the-dots fluff – because, quite simply, they’re an easy sell. _CLINT MORRIS

Wayne Green, a stalwart rock’n’roll identity.

The Neptunes are not the worldfamous teaming of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, but the people who used the name first, right here in Perth, through the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. Featuring Jamie Parry, Greg Hitchcock, Ricky Mason, Robbie Findlay and Martin Moon, this band spawned out of the ‘80s paisley pop era of Perth music and took it to the beach. Pedigree! This is serious fun.

Several members of Allegiance will convene for a performance at the Music Industry Reunion Night. Conrad Higson, Jason Stone and Glen Butcher will no doubt deliver a serve of intensity the band were infamous for. Allegiance absolutely owned the early ‘90s and are arguably the greatest metal band ever to come from Perth, if not Australia.

The Rookies were a main-stay of hard rock in the late ‘80s, mostly with a diet of covers but with originals to boot. Led by the charismatic Tom Tapping they were a one-stop-shop for a good night out back in the day.

Playing on their home turf, the Perth Blues Club Allstars will be well-tuned for this occasion. What can one say about a lineup that includes Bob Patient, Paul Daley, Russel Smith, Richard Leach, Roy Daniels and Ace Follington?

That’s a whole lotta blues-based treasure right there.

The Music Industry Reunion Night is also an important occasion as it is now the annual presentation event for WAM Half Of Fame inductees. This year the WAM Hall Of Fame welcomes legendary blues exponent Matt Taylor into its hallowed corridors.

“I’ve been in WA since 1973 and started playing all the venues from about 1976,” Taylor told X-Press Magazine this week. “It’s been very good to me, and I’ve been proud to be part of the industry.”

With his band, Chain, Taylor has been a huge influence on music in this country (consider that the Australian Blues Awards are referred to as The Chains). His hit song, I Remember When I Was Young, has become part of our cultural fabric. Congratulations Matt Taylor, it is truly welldeserved.

So there it is, a night that is sure to be long-remembered. Honour the past and you will improve the future. _ BOB GORDON

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X-PASS Movie Madness Back in nineteen-dickety-two (or thereabouts), heading to the cinema to watch the latest ‘talkies’ only cost a bag of sand and a wink, but these days a trip to the movies can be an expensive affair. The folks at Movie Masters, Ace and Grand Cinemas are keen to even the playing field for modern movie goers, offering up some great deals for X-Press readers.

Simply cut out the X-Pass from this week’s edition of X-Press and present it when purchasing tickets for Robin Hood, Prince Of Persia, Streetdance 3D, A-Team, Get Him To The Greek, Toy Story 3, Grown Ups, New Moon, The Karate Kid, Predators, or Knight and Day, to take advantage of great special offers.

Every time you purchase a ticket to one of the aforementioned films, your X-Pass will be stamped and once you’ve collected five stamps you’ll receive a free movie ticket and the chance to win $10,000; three stamps will get you a free medium coke and every time you present your X-Pass at the Candy Bar you’ll receive a free upgrade on your drink and popcorn.

Not sure which flick to watch first? Here’s a rundown of some of the blockbusters on offer…

Robin Hood (release date: May 13) Starring Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Cate Blanchett and Danny Huston.

In 13th Century England, Robin Hood and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal Robin Hood symbol of freedom for his people.

Street Dance 3D (release date: May 27) Starring Charlotte Rampling, Nichola Burley and Richard Winsor.

Sparks fly as the world of street dance and ballet collide in Street Dance 3D, the vibrant, uplifting and ground breaking 3D movie. Whilst training for the UK Championships, a street dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers in return for a free rehearsal space. With no common ground and passions riding high, the two groups of dances realise they need to find a way of working together to compete at the Championships.

Grown Ups (release date: June 24) Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider and Salma Hayek.

Prince Of Persia (release date: May 27) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley and Steve Toussaint.

Grown Ups is a comedy about five friends and former teammates who reunite years later to honour the passing of their childhood basketball coach. With their wives and kids in tow, they spend the 4th of July holiday weekend together A-Team (release date: June 10) at the lake house where they celebrated their Starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton championship years earlier. Picking up where they ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel, left off, they discover why growing older doesn’t Patrick Wilson and Gerald McRaney. mean growing up.

An epic action-adventure set in mystical lands, the Prince Of Persia sees a rogue prince reluctantly join forces with a mysterious princess. Together they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the ‘Sands of Time’ – a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

The A-Team follows the exciting and daring exploits of Hannibal Smith and his colourful team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit. Going rogue, they utilise their unique talents – and eccentricities – to try and clear their names and find the true culprit.

Get Him To The Greek (release date: June 17) Starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand.

Aaron Greenberg gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: fly to London and escort a rock god to the Los Angeles Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour. As the countdown to the concert begins, one intern must navigate a minefield of London drug smuggles, New York City brawls and Vegas lap dances to deliver his charge safe and, sort of, sound.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (release date: July 1) Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.

Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

Predators (release date: July 8) Starring Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga and Walton Goggins.

Knight & Day (release date: July 15) Starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

A mercenary reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realise they’ve been brought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are cold-blooded killers – human ‘predators’ that are now being systematically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.

During the glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure that is Knight & Day, nothing and no one – even the now fugitive couple – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth versus trust.

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LEAP YEAR

The creators of the beloved Toy Story films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favourite gang of characters in Toy Story 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives? In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future.

The Karate Kid (release date: July 8) Starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

Twelve year old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother’s latest career move has taken them to China.

Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying, but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre’s feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, and kung fu prodigy, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts ‘the karate kid’ on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a kung fu master.

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THE LOSERS Comic Effect

Luck Of The Irish

Leap Year

Directed by Anand Tucker Starring Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott Might Barbara Streisand be right - do Oscars carry a curse? It’s becoming more and more common to see an Oscar winner follow his or her awardwinning performance up with a series of films that, well, nobody is much interested in. It’s as if the Academy places the ‘winners’ on top of a hill, and as soon as the spotlight dulls, quickly pushes said statue-holder down it.

Hollywood’s been playing snakes-andladders for years now : Guba Gooding Jr works exclusively for Blockbuster video these days; Renee Zellweger’s last couple of flicks went DTV, and as we speak Kevin Costner’s latest is about to premiere in someone’s lounge room.

It’d also seem, as Gary Busey (Oscar Nominee for The Buddy Holly Story who will now pretty much work for a 6-inch Meatball Subway) and Eric Roberts (nominated for his wonderful turn in Runaway Train; he’s only now, two decades later, rejoining the big boys in the likes of The Dark Knight and The Expendables) will attest to, that the curse doesn’t bar those that have merely been nominated for an Oscar.

Amy Adams threw her best basket to date a couple of years back with a bravura turn in the independent dramedy Junebug. Her performance as a naive, slightly dimish pregnant woman was undoubtedly one of the finest performances of the year – if not the decade.

Shortly after Junebug, and a preceding Oscar nomination, Hollywood caught ‘Adams fever’. The wholesome Southern girl found herself in bigtime studio flicks like Enchanted, Charlie Wilson’s 34

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Toy Story 3 (release date: June 24) Starring the voice talent of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenburger and Ned Beatty.

War, and Doubt – the latter of which caught the Academy’s attention again, earning Adams a second Oscar nomination.

But that was two years ago, and like fellow southern sweetie Reese Witherspoon, it’d seem Hollywood seems to have quickly ran out of uses for Amy Adams... But maybe there’s such a thing as an RDO (rostered day off) in Hollywood?

And if so, hopefully Adams took hers off for the dreary Leap Year. One would hate to think the talented actress would actually choose to do this!?

Needless to say, Adams is the best thing in this lazy, seen-it-all-before two-hander about a young American woman, Anna (Adams) who rushes to Ireland to propose to her long-time beau, Jeremy (Adam Scott, Step Brothers). Oh, what’s the rush? You see, Irish tradition has it that on February 29, leap day, a woman can propose to a man; because Jeremy hasn’t proposed to Anna, the bubbly redhead’s charged herself with the task of scheduling a wedding.

As to be expected, Anna gets to Ireland and soon realizes she’s chasing the wrong man.

The right-man, of course, is the local lout (Matthew Goode, Watchmen) who’s been paid to help the Yankee locate her man.

Adams is as adorable and likeable as ever, but as Victor Frankenstein will attest to, not even a good mind can save a hideously-bad experiment, and it’s the same here – Leap Year is way too dumb for its ostensibly smart and savvy headline act. I’m baffled why the actress actually chose to do this – if she did; maybe Universal had her under contract and decide to excise the option?

I’m making it sound awful, but it is... this is just tragic – the script is not only tedious, it’s a complete rehash of every other similar-themed picture but more so, the leads look as bored as a pyro in a forest fire. One can only imagine part of the attraction for Adams and Goode was getting to go to Ireland for a couple of months, because, well, there’s likely nothing else the cast would’ve taken away from this thing other than pretty postcards and a mass of scenic polaroids.

There’s no other way to put it – Adam’s latest film is an out-and-out stinker, the kind of film that could ruin a blossoming career overnight. But hopefully the cute-as-a-button actress realizes her mistake and is making moves to rectify before it’s too late. _CLINT MORRIS

Directed by Sylvain White Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Oscar Jaenada, Zoe Saldana, Jason Patric What a fitting title for a movie that, despite its talented cast and crew, was always going to be a runner-up. Sort-of a diet version of The A-Team, The Losers plays a bit like a compilation album performed by a local orchestra - it combines the best bits from previous similar-themed releases but lacks the power and punch of the original artists (in this case, Jeffrey Dean Morgan substituted for George Peppard, Idris Elba standing in for Mr-T, and Chris Evans doing his best Dwight Schultz).

Based on the comic strip of the same name, The Losers tells of a bunch of singularlydifferent (well, of course) mercenaries on the hunt for the crime lord who left them for dead.

It’s all very much in the ‘if there’s nothing better on tonight, I suppose we’ll watch this’ variety with the film offering little surprises, and, quite sadly (considering its fine ensemble cast), no real redeemable characters.

While in Bolivia on a top-secret mission, our government-subsidized heroes - Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Jensen (Chris Evans), Roque (Idris Elba), Pooch (Columbus Short) and Cougar (Oscar Jaenada) - watch as a helicopter of rescued kids (they weren’t supposed to be there, but the guys manage to flee them to safety – or so they think – fairly quickly) is blown up by an unforseen missile before their very eyes. The culprit is the mysterious Max (Jason Patric) who is quietly and calmly working via walkie-talkie.

“That was supposed to be us,” they say as they inspect the carnage of the exploded chopper. The guys rip off their dog-tags, throw them into the flames, and walk off – just as the film’s title explodes onto the screen (a’la a Marvel comic book movie – lots of inked offerings over stout lettering). Yep, they’re now The Losers.

Stranded in Bolivia with no passports or money, and assumed dead by the outside world, the Losers plot their revenge against the mysterious ‘Max’ (who, they can only guess, is CIA special forces black-ops) – but, of course, they’re going to need help. That’s where Aisha (Zoe Saldana from Avatar), a sexy insider who just happens to know who and where this ‘Max’ is, comes in.

This film adaptation of yet another barely-known comic isn’t a bad flick, in fact there’s

some great moments in there, but considering it’s more than capable cast (Jeffrey Dean Morgan was so wonderful in Watchmen, another film take on a comic, and Jason Patric is usually quite brilliant), its talented base of writers (Peter Berg of Friday Night Lights and The Kingdom fame being one of them), and not to mention prolific ‘action movie vet’ producer Joel Silver shepherding the thing, one expected The Losers to be a little more than a patchy mild distraction.

Producer Silver should’ve known better than to put this before a camera before they could nail down a consistent tone – is it a comedy? Is it satire? Or is it a missing in action-esque action movie? Most of the cast play it straight but Jason Patric seems to think it’s a comedy, essentially playing the Jack Nicholson version of the Joker in a Christopher Nolan helmed Batman movie - and make sure the scenes without something exploding or gunfire offered as much punch as those that do. Silver’s a pro at doing action flicks where story is just as important as the stunts - but rather than have director sit and study his Lethal Weapon or Predator, he ostensibly threw director Sylvain White the keys to the machine and let him press whatever button whenever and with whoever he chose.

White, best known for his patchy dance drama Stomp the Yard, does an okay job of handling the film’s apt supply of action scenes, but fails to ground the film in any kind of reality, let alone give the audiences a reason to care about his films central heroes.

The Losers is a perfectly okay movie, but with the long awaited big screen adaption of The A-Team only a month or so away, I know which unruly-unit actioner I’d be buying tickets for (and which one I’ll be waiting for DVD to check out). _CLINT MORRIS

The Losers Hittin’ the town since 1985

VISUAL ARTS

The Clean House, Playhouse Theatre, Pier Street, Perth.

Matilde has moved to the United States after her parents – the funniest couple in Brazil – literally died laughing. She is hired as a livein maid by Lane, a successful doctor who values order in every aspect of her life. But cleaning proves to be a thoroughly depressing occupation for Matilde, who would much rather spend her time concocting jokes in the tradition of her beloved parents.

Season opens on Saturday, May 29, and runs ’til Saturday, June 19, Bookings can be made through BOCS.

Black & Blue, Greenhill Galleries, 6 Gugeri Street, Claremont.

Paul Lacey creates works with evocative imagery, engaging a sense of the surreal through his faultless rendering of light and colour, physicality of the stark and haunting landscapes, and his traditionally theatrical settings.

Exhibition runs ’til Thursday, May 20.

Lost Soles, Central Institute Of Technology gallery, corner Aberdeen and Beaufort Streets, Northbridge.

Perth artist Ben Mitchell has been searching the landscape for the truth for years. He hasn’t spotted it yet but he did find a huge array of discarded footwear instead, scattered on roadways far and wide. Lost Soles is the result of that search.

Exhibition opens on Thursday, May 20, and runs ’til Saturday, May 29.

Legacy, Perth Galleries, 92 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle.

Portrait/figurative artist Rachel Coad presents her second solo exhibition Legacy, which reflects on human emotion and relationships. Legacy is a twofold exhibition; a series or clusters of large scale soulful paintings of anonymous every day European people taken from old photographs collected whilst rummaging through antique shops and slightly altered to allow a new identity to emerge.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, May 30.

Make It Happen, Little Creatures, 40 Mews Road, Fremantle.

Photographer Alexandre Schoelcher invites Perth to join him on a photographic journey through Ghana, Nepal and the Phillipines in Make It Happen. Featuring images that capture scenes of day to day life, Make It Happen encourages viewers to hop a plane in search of adventure.

Exhibition runs ’til Monday, June 7.

In Transience, Riseborough Estate Gallery, Lot 21, Mooliabeenie Road, Gingin.

West Australian emerging artist Stuart McMillan’s exhibition In Transience, deals with the contemplative experience of being in a world of constant transience. Exhibition showcases a selection of McMillan’s paintings, drawings and prints, plus recent installation work.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, June 27.

Pierre Bismuth, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle.

Academy Award winning artist Pierre Bismuth is packing up and heading to Fremantle for an exclusive screening of this cult film, an exhibition of his visual arts, and to share the stories he has collected over his expansive career.

On Sunday, May 23, Bismuth will introduce a special screening of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. The film will be followed by a Q&A with the artist; the man whose idea spawned the storyline

Witness, Blue Room Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge.

Ujamaa and The Blue Room present Witness, a theatrical production that explores concepts of justice, reconciliation and communication through a process of improvisation and group devising. The project examines an encounter from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission where a white interpreter must document and tell the story of a black activist and victim of torture.

Season runs ’til Saturday, May 22.

Bookings can be made through blueroom.org. au or by calling (08) 9227 7005.

Baby Owl In Pine Needles by Emma Hack

Spirit Of Place, Elements Art Gallery, 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith.

Spirit Of Place is Western Australia’s first opportunity to view the work of Emma Hack, internationally acclaimed body illustrator and photographer. Emma’s work ranges from beautiful transformations of the human form into landscapes and exotic sculpture, to elegantly intricate camouflaged figures melting into handpainted or wallpaper backgrounds.

Her detailed designs can take up to 19 hours to create.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, May 22, and runs ’til Sunday, June 6. that’s become a modern classic.

On Wednesday, May 26, Pierre Bismuth opens at Fremantle Arts Centre. An exhibition comprised of two works, Bismuth deploys humour to disorientate the viewers’ understanding of cultural forms like print media and film.

Exhibition opens on Wednesday, May 26, and runs ’til Sunday, July 18.

Hatched 2010, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, James Street, Perth.

Exclusive to Perth, the Hatched National Graduate Show provides an unparalleled opportunity for talented art school graduates to present their work in a professional gallery context alongside that of their national peers. Bear witness to these brave contemporary pioneers as they head into new artistic territory with their extreme but thoughtful mix of expanded drawing and painting practices, soft architecture and aural environments - amongst other eye, mind and ear-bending aesthetic experiments.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, June 13.

happenings. Above all else, he loathes personal development seminars. Forced into a flurry of team building sessions and effective communication workshops, Harry’s body, mind and soul are publicly dissected - to the comedic delight of audience members. Devised, written and performed

by Allan Girod, When Harry Met Harry is the hilarious story of one man’s struggle to come to terms with his existence by confronting his demons.

Season opens on Wednesday, May 12, and runs ’til Saturday, May 29. Bookings can be made on (08) 9227 7005 or online at blueroom.org.au.

D.N.A., Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hammersley Road, Subiaco.

From UK playwright Dennis Kelly comes the WA Premiere of DeoxyriboNucleic Acid – D.N.A., an uncomfortable picture of the horrors and mysteries of the adolescent world. Written for the National Theatre Connections Festival in 2007, D.N.A. examines a group of teenagers that do something bad, really bad, then panic and decide to cover the whole thing up. But when they discover that tragedy brings harmony to their otherwise fractious lives, When Harry Met Harry, Blue Room Theatre, will they be ready to put things right?

Season opens on Wednesday, May 53 James Street, Northbridge.

Harry is a creature of pedantic ritual. Same 12, and runs ’til Saturday, May 22. Bookings routine, same people, same places, same can be made BOCS.

PERFORMANCE

FILM The Rape Of The Sabine Women, Astor Theatre, 659 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley.

The Rape of the Sabine Women, the internationally and critically acclaimed high definition video by artist Eve Sussman and The Rufus Corporation will be presented at The Astor Theatre later this month, thanks to the folks at PICA. Sussman’s lavish film re-interprets the Roman myth whereby Romulus arranges a festival as a guise to offer up the unmarried Sabine women to the Roman Soldiers, ensuring the growth of the Roman population.

Screening takes place on Tuesday, May 18, at 8pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from pica.org.au.

The Imaginings Of Shelly Love, King Street Arts Centre, King Street, Perth.

UK artist Shelly Love has won awards around the world for her subtle and uniquely choreographic dance screen works. Running parallel to Shelly’s art practice has been her career as a director of video clips for independent bands and singers such as Lady Hawke. This program celebrates the breadth of her career spanning the past 12 years.

Shelly Love will be present at the screening to introduce and discuss her work.

Screening takes place on Wednesday, May 19, at 7.30pm. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from pica.org.au.

Reeldance Australia & New Zealand Awards, King Street Arts Centre, King Street, Perth.

Australia and New Zealand’s finest examples of dance on screen will be on display in coming weeks. Come and support the WA finalists: San Sebastion (James Welsby) and Motel Deception (Nancy Jones and Chrissie Parrott).

Screening takes on Friday, May 21, at 7.30pm. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from pica.org.au.

STRIKE A POSE Fashionistas from Australia and abroad flocked to Sydney last week for the 15 th annual Rosemount Australia Fashion Week. A huge contingent of West Australian designers shared their collections with RAFW’s style hungry audiences, including Carly Hunter, Aurelio Costarella, Story By Tang and Ae’lkemi.

Photographs by Emma Bergmeier

Ae’lkemi

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Carly Hunter

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Aurelio Costarella

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THE WAMI AWARDS Golden Years Situated somewhere between the TV Week Silver Logie and the Sandover Medal, the Golden WAMi is the crème de la climactic moment in each year’s WAMi Awards.

The WAMi Awards have their own roundabout history, and the prize gong for Contribution To The Industry has been subject to this topsy-turvy turn-of-events. The direct lineage of what we know as the WAMi Awards goes back to the mid-’80s and the West Coast Rock Awards. This was a time, of course, when the original-versus-cover bands debate what at its zenith, but the West Coast Rock Awards notably accounted for both sides of the street.

On one occasion in 1985, the awards night was held at the Muso’s Club (formerly Beethoven’s and these days known as Amplifier) and later broadcast - later being the operative word for the time of night it was shown - on Channel 7. This says something for the decline of Western (Australian) civilisation in terms of either (a) local music appreciation or (b) commercial television’s radar on local culture.

Let’s hear it for (b). What a plan.

During this time the golden gong was awarded to some people who have really had a long-term influence on the local music industry. The likes of Dave Warner, X-Press Magazine publisher Joe Cipriani, then-to-befuture-Baby-Animal Suze De Marchi and radio stalwart Steve Gordon (for years fronting 96FM’s Aussie Rules show, always featuring local acts amongst the national luminaries).

In 1991 the awards had become known as the West Australian Music Industry Awards (WAMI!), with WAM by this time being an official organisation and all. The awards night was held at Metropolis Fremantle and the Golden WAMI was won by David Gerard, Editor of long-running fanzine, Party Fears.

Acerbic at the best of times, David was openly disgruntled by the very existence of such gatherings and his acceptance speech goes down in WAMI history. Well, referring to the room of industry-beings as “pigfuckers” would, really. His recollection of the event and the aftermath is there to see at davidgerard.co.uk/pf/17/06someti.htm. We’ve not seen such passion for years.

The following year Michael Dwyer, then editor of X-Press Magazine and, I must acknowledge, this writer’s mentor, took home

Golden WAMi nominees Aarom Wilson, Dave Cutbush, Andrew Ryan & Peter Barr (Pic: Lisa Businovski)

the trophy. A gentleman and a scholar.

By 1994, there came to be the unusual notion of WAMi Awards and Kiss My WAMi Awards being held in the same year, the latter being staged to rail at the notion of awards in music (hence the presentation of cakes as opposed to trophies), yet also mark the rising young talent on the Perth music scene, as soon-to-become WAM Executive Director James Nagy felt that the awards event had become too old-school and didn’t represent what was really happening at original venues from week-to-week.

S o by 1 9 9 5 , w i t h N a g y i n t h e Director’s seat, the old WAMis were gone and the Kiss My WAMis were the new standard.

The inaugural Kiss My WAMi-era Golden WAMi was won by Richard Lane, who had long emerged as the Keith to Dom Mariani’s Mick in The Stems (thanks General Justice) and released several compilation CDs through his label, Idaho Records, at the time.

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The years from ’96 onwards saw Perth music media identities dominate the award – yours truly, RTR FM’s Mark Genge and RTR FM itself won the award a couple times each, and beloved music matey Brett Rowe took out the 2000 gong for his work at the time for Hype Magazine.

I must say the 1995 cake was basic, yet scrumptious; the 1999 one was literally a land of chocolate delight, created and indeed presented by Miss Maude - whom I came to refer to, simply, as Maude. However she never called and I never returned again for lasagne (w- salad) lunch at her City Arcade establishment. Still, I’d like to thank you Miss Maude.

The last five years or so has seen a collection of real get-goers receiving the gong. Luke Rinaldi of Sweetmate Promotions (2003 and 2006), outright good-guy/muso/ WAMI regional officer Nigel Bird (2004), beloved RTR station figure-head/breakfast

host Peter Barr (2007-08) and former Perth International Arts Festival Contemporary Music Manager and long-time Perth music treasure, Kristy Pinder (2009).

Which brings us to this year and the nominees therein. Let’s have a lookee...

Peter Barr – The RTR icon is a two-time winner and a tireless Perth music supporter. He woke me up every Thursday morning at 7.25am for three years. He is the most prominent face on the local music scene and that’s saying something for a guy who works on radio. I love him and he cooks up a mean breakfast every week-morning, but frankly, now that we’ve got the recipe...

Dave Cutbush – Cutter is soon to cut loose from RTR, but his endless efforts in promoting local music are second to no-one. You just know his new touring/ promotions venture, Life Is Noise, will follow suit. Seemingly inexhaustible and has a new look every year. He’s a music Nazi, but he has a Schindler list.

Andrew Ryan – Rhino is the multifarious surprise of the last decade.

Some 13 years on Adam Said Galore is still performing; he’s booked gigs for all manner of original music venues; fronted the goshdarn tantalising Fall Electric; is guitarist for Felicity Groom & The Black Black Smoke; is RTR FM’s Out To Lunch Wednesday presenter and founded the arousing coolperthnights website. One morning in early 1998, I looked out the window to see him stumbling down my driveway. By the time I got off the phone and went out the front, he was off, somewhat unreachably, down the street. It’s been like that ever since.

Aarom Wilson – Mr Wilson has been around the traps as a broadcaster, writer, DJ and good-natured rabble-rouser for the better part of a decade. As Editor of Drum Perth he was, until my January retirement as X-Press Magazine Editor, my opposite number, so a fair bit of banter’s gone on between us, but has always ended in a hug, another drink, or in him breaking an elbow (the latter having nothing, physically, to do with myself.

Honestly). He’s a good egg and many know it.

Good luck boys. May the best man win and when he does, may he toast a lady who doesn’t work in the media. _ BOB GORDON

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Central Institute of Technology specialises in the training and education of artists and designers. This is reflected in the courses and teaching philosophy and especially in its policy of employing practicing artists and designers as lecturers.

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SAE Institute Perth is holding an Open Night on Friday, May 28, from 6pm-9pm. Come along and tour SAE’s recording studios, film and media facilities and find out more about their courses.

SAE has produced graduates who have gone on to win Oscars, Grammys and ARIA, AFI and WAMI awards; with three out of four nominees for the 2009 WAMI Producer/ Engineer of the Year being SAE Perth graduates.

The eventual winner for the fifth straight year was SAE graduate Dave Parkin, of Blackbird Studios.

If you dream of a career producing music for a international act or working on a film set, SAE can make that dream become reality.

For more information contact infoperth@sae. edu or visit www.sae.edu. Or better still, head to the Open Night!

If you’re aged between 16 and 60 and looking for a head start or a new beginning, the Careers, Education & Employment Expo is for you.

The Expo is recommended for high school students, recent school leavers, parents of junior school students looking at senior school courses of study and mature age students. The event aims to demystify career options for students at a time of the year when they are choosing their upper school subjects or are preparing to apply for entrance to tertiary institutions.

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Kaila Riley pulls no punches when it comes to explaining how the West Coast Academy for Aboriginal Sport, Health and Education (AASHE) has kick-started her career. The 23-year old mother has been named West Coast Institute of Training’s Student of the Year for her commitment to a Certificate II in Sports Coaching that she says has changed her life.

“Before taking this course I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” Kaila says. “Not only have I gained a qualification but I’ve learnt skills such as Sports Nutrition and First Aid. I used to be very shy but now I have the confidence to take a leadership role.” Kaila impressed her lecturers with her determination and enthusiasm whilst juggling motherhood and her studies.

Since qualifying Kaila has worked as an Aboriginal & Islander Education Officer at Greenwood Primary School. She also runs the Active After School program for the Australian Sports Commission.

Kaila is continuing her education by studying a Certificate III Education Support at West Coast Institute of Training. “The more knowledge I have, the more opportunities I’ll get,” she says.

Kaila’s message to others who are considering the Sport Coaching course is to take the opportunity. “Don’t let it pass you by,” she said.

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Fresh from the Caribbean to the clubs, it’sWAM Best DJ nominee Rex Monsoon. DANIELLE MARSLAND cracks open a discoflavoured coconut with this local lad.

Here is a riddle for you all. Who am I? I was there when the gods invented disco and sunshine. I look great in gold sequinned blazers and even better in hand knitted jumpers. You can often find me wearing a fish skeleton or safety pin in one ear and black spectacles, a look I always polish off with a big, toothy grin.

I have a penchant for warm, African tribal music, summery disco jams and Polynesian field recordings. You might have seen me playing any of the above music over the past five or so years at Sexy, at Cassette, at the Artrage festivals... I spun my stuff when chk chk chk !!! and Hot Chip played at The Bakery and was up on the Becks stage supporting HEALTH a month or two back. I’m a big supporter of the local scene, doing a weekly disco-flavoured show on community radio - I once even DJd for the Lord Mayor when a piazza opened.

I am…(Polynesian drum rollllll) Rex Monsoon! And I just got nominated for my first WAM award for Best DJ. Well technically, I’m not Rex Monsoon, but I spoke to Monsoon recently about his nomination and I needed an introduction, the alternative being launching straight into Rex saying “I’ve gotten pissed at the WAMi parties a few times, but I’ve not been nominated for anything yet.”

“I was shocked more than anything,” shares Monsoon of discovering the news of his first WAMi nomination, “I didn’t expect it. I think I’ve been a bit quieter lately in terms of my club DJing, I’ve been focusing on the quality of the event over the quantity of events played. I was also honoured, especially because the other nominees are really well known, popular guys, and they’re all really good too. It’s good to be sitting at the same table as them.”

The first person Monsoon told was longtime friend/Perth musician Abbe May, whom, Monsoon shares a “soulmate like” connection with. “I first met Abbe at a gig and when I walked in the room we both had this magic beam of light between us that’s never broken.We both really appreciate what the other person’s into: she listens to the blues, which is really dark and more narrative. Whereas the stuff I listen to is really bright.”

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BREAKS BOYS GO BONKERS FREESTYLERS/Skool Of Thought Villa, Highgate Saturday, May 1, 2010

MAINROOM THURSDAY

Pasha’s Kitchen

THE BIG MAN COOKING UP MEATY BEATS

FRIDAY

Time Tunnel

BRINGS YOU CHAMPION TUNES FROM ROK RILEY, JOE 19 AND GUESTS

SATURDAY

TRANSMISSION

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 DJs Missile & Greg Packer

DEFECTORS

The legendary duo of Aston Harvey and Matt Canter are the original b-boys of breaks, fusing electro with hip hop and ragga vibes alongside nu-skool beats; always adapting to take on new sounds and blend them in with their old skool roots. They haven’t visited us for awhile and they always know how to rock the party. And with a new EP out and album on the horizon, it’s looking like busy times ahead for the Freestylers.

It was a sold out night at Villa, and it was a great place to be on a chilly evening, packed into a pumping club, filling every nook and cranny of the multi-level venue.

In support was Against The Grain head honcho, Skool of Thought, himself a Brighton breaks legend now residing in Aus. He got the room well and truly primed with a block-rocking set of breaks, and around 1.30, Freestylers stepped behind the decks, kicking things off with a bang. Often playing separately, it was great to see Harvey and Canter side by side, both ripping it up together on the CDJs. New track, This City featuring NZ’s MC Tali went down a treat with its melodic vocal followed by a massive wobbly dubstep bassline, which then blended into a mix of their big commercial hit, Push Up. Major Lazer’s huge Pod De Floor got the room jumping, including Cantor who was going nuts behind the decks, while Harvey showed off his turntable skills,

If you like horns, Stevie Wonder, and shakin’ ‘til you can’t shake no more, you pretty much can’t go wrong with Detour. Hailed as the ‘funkiest band in the West’, Detour take charge of the late night crowd at hip downtown jazz club The Ellington this Friday night. Danny Martin leads a super hip nine-piece band through a repertoire that ranges from D’Angelo to Donny Hathaway.

Friday, May 14. $15 from 11.30pm. Tickets via ellingtonjazz.com.au or on the door. See you cats there.

The Beat Suite with Micah, Sharif Galal and Ben Mac. 9pm Free Entry

SATURDAY

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a night of house/ Deep House/ Disco/ Tech House “FORE” Featuring James Francis, La Gooch, Nina van Dyke & James A. It’s Free Entry and all kicks off at 9pm.

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FRIDAY

WEDNESDAY

a huge rewind of Tarantula. Consummate performers, they destroyed the dancefloor with a superb selection of bass heavy party tunes. Even Aha’s Take On Me made it into the mix, before they wound it up with a big vocal tune around 3.30am. The boys are back in town.

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Perth’s essential Free”N”Funky Sunday Sesh. Rare Groove, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Afro Beat.

With Dj’s Gareth Richardson, Ted Schlechte & Death Disco’s Anton Mazz. 5pm Free Entry

The Freestylers (pic: Stereo Velvet) scratching over Fatboy Slim’s Star 69 and Blue Monday, before some Daft Punk led into one of their own tracks that started it all – the classic nu-skool breaks, electro-jam Drop The Boom, followed by Don’t Stop, just like on We Rock Hard.

Another barrage of barnstorming breaks followed, including the ludicrously fat and dirty Doorly Dubstep remix of Bonkers and a nod to their mates Pendulum with

Shapeshifter

Klute

BEATS & BLOOD

MIGHTY FINE

Fresh off the back of debut album The System Is A Vampire, the illustrious Shapeshifter comes to Perth. For over a decade, the musicians in Shapeshifter have worked on their own brand of soulful drum ‘n’ bass, working outside the system to create uncompromising and unstoppable electronic rhythms. Known for their incredible energy and power on stage, Shapeshifter now step up to the plate of bringing their new album to the stage for audiences to experience live. Pull shapes on the ‘floor with the Shapeshifter guys as they play a live show on Saturday, June 12, at Villa.

Tickets through heatseeker.com.au.

Jamaican dancehall music has well and truly made itself at home in the heart of Northbridge. So Fine Fridays at Impact bar features a rotation of some of the finest dancehall acts from all over the globe. This Friday, May 14, catch Zimbabwe original Gridlox, Kenyan DJ Zoom and DJ Tutomath repping from Zambia to the UK right down to W.A. The Empressions are your gracious hosts for the evening. Free entry before 10pm, $10 thereafter. The party’s in swing all the way ‘til 2am.

PROPHETIBLE TIMES A unique and creative force in drum ‘n’ bass, Klute has put out releases with the very best of labels, including Metalheadz, Hospital, Shogun and his own Commercial Suicide imprint. Music for Prophet is the sixth full length album from Klute, and sees him focusing on the kind of classic sound he does best, making an album with broad appeal: think My Bloody Valentine, Beach Boys and Giorgio Moroder. To celebrate the new album, Klute’s ready to smash out a set in front of P-town audiences at Rise on Saturday, June 12. Door sales from 9.30pm.

WITH PERTH’S #1 TRANCE DJ, JASON CREEK

THURSDAY

The Outer Limits presents Ambrose Chapel (QLD), Jane Harris, Erasers, Mystic Eyes & DJ Anthony Williams. Doors Open 8pm

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With May well and truly here, Perth trance fans have a lot to look forward to in the following month. First and foremost, Godskitchen Special Winter Edition featuring Markus Schulz, Gareth Emery, and Roger Shah, has sold out of pre-sale tickets and is now onto the final ticket release. To ensure you don’t miss out on the biggest club show of 2010, secure your tickets now from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com.au).

The month of May also sees Perth featuring not one, but two locally focused trance and progressive nights. The former of the two is Ascension at the Rise on Friday, May 21. Featuring locals including DJ Travis, Joe Benger, GT Watson, Dylan Curtis, and myself, it will bring a wide variety of sub genres of trance and progressive to the Rise. Following Ascension is Amon Vision at Bar Open on Friday, May 28. Both nights are already looking to be a huge success, a great sign for the local trance and progressive scene in Perth.

Also appearing at Rise in May is Steve Helstrip, or as most of you know him, The Thrillseekers. Steve, who hasn’t been in Perth since his appearance at Godskitchen in 2008, has been busy with a number of releases including his recent on Armada titled Savanna. With a significant number of high quality releases to his artist name, including the iconic track Synaesthesia, he is sure to appeal to both young and old fans. Those wanting to see the Thrillseekers can catch him at the Rise this Saturday, May 15.

Hot news for Perth punters is the return of a number of prolific DJs in the coming months. The first of many is tech trance superstar Simon Patterson, who will be touring with the just as popular S i e d Va n R i e l f o r t h e t o u r i n g e v e n t Airport in July. Equally as impressing is the news that rising superstar Richard Durand will also be on Australian shores at the beginning of September to promote his new In Search of Sunrise compilation.

All three acts should prove to be popular when they tour, all having equally impressive responses at Trance Energy last year, and Durand and Riel blowing the roof off at Ambar this year at Planet01. All three have had impressive releases and appearances since they were last in Perth, with the trio playing at the world’s premiere trance event; Trance Energy Utrecht. In addition to his appearances, Patterson’s releases Taxi and Miss You debuted at number one on the Beatport trance charts in recent months.

In the world of releases, one artist who continually releases productions that standout from the rest is Jaytech. His recent remix of We Love Machine produced by the ever popular Way Out West, fuses Jaytech’s tech influence with the iconic Way Out West sound we are all familiar with. Those wanting to listen to We Love Machine and more of the latest trance and progressive tracks can download my monthly show The Jason Creek Podcast from iTunes or from www. jasoncreek.net.

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REX MONSOON REXUALITY

Monsoon, who describes his aesthetic as “escape, warmth, holidays, tropical” and considers “toucans” and “waterfalls” to be his personal emblems, will be familiar to many for his eclectic and personality-rich DJ sets around town.

Monsoon sheds some light on his DJ style, for those who still remain virgins to the Rex Monsoon experience.

“My style’s fairly eclectic, [in a set] I veer from calypso to Soca, to synth pop and New Wave.

There’s also lots of post-punk material. As long as the feel of the set is unified, and nothing jars too much, it’s OK.” Monsoon is never “swayed by how popular something is” in his music selections, later sharing that his main advice to up ‘n’ coming DJs is to “never follow trends”: “I don’t listen to anything in the media, I don’t listen to the radio or watch TV. However, what I’m listening to is always evolving - I think there’s some songs that I still play out that are favourites, but I’m constantly hunting down new stuff, from recommendations and tracing the roots and influences of artist, and listening to new stuff.”

Monsoon’s love of music first began as a young whippersnapper raiding his mum’s cassette tape collection,“I remember Mum playing Blondie and Grace Jones. I remember liking that Robert Palmer song…I remember lots of music videos as well, on Saturday mornings. One of the first things I really liked was Bjork – Big Time Sensuality and Violently Happy, For a kid I guess that was pretty really stimulating to watch. The first time I really started getting into music was as a teenager, and it wasn’t electronic, it was real dirge-y, slow, crashing, post-rocky sort of stuff.”

A stint with a roommate who owned a set of vinyl decks saw Monsoon playing around a little, and despite the fact that today, Monsoon DJs on CDJs, vinyl still plays a massive part in his life. “I still buy heaps of vinyl – it’s such a warm format to listen to, I especially like things that were made around the time vinyl was really popular as the tracks were made for vinyl. One of the great things I picked up recently on vinyl was Tom Tom Club it’s awesome.”

Monsoon co-hosts weekly RTRFM dance music programme Pocket Disco, crediting his co-presenter, Petro [Bourgeois Bogan, Sexy, Pin Up!] as being the first person to encourage Monsoon to DJ in a public setting. “Petro came

Rex Monsoon (Photo: Tom Cramond) over to my house several years ago. At that point I was into a lot of obscure electro pop and synth pop, and there was a lot of stuff Petro didn’t recognise and he said I should go and play it for people. A month later Sex Panther started doing their Dagger This nights at the Velvet Lounge, so I started DJing there, then Cassette [mid-week dance night, circa 2007] started…it was all just a really natural progression. It’s good, you get to know what to play and what not to play. When I started I was playing Liars…with the territory you learn, you know.”

For sure, there’s plenty of restrictions on a club set depending on the night and the crowd, but, given the opportunity, what would be Monsoon’s dream set? “It would be a three hour odyssey,” answers Rex, “starting with maybe some Polynesian stuff first…chants and things, there’s really good field recordings out there. Then I’d

slowly start moving towards something that was more unified, more party town. Ideally, I’d want to tell a story, have a destination in mind. And hopefully a live Samba band in the background.”

He’s not joking, folks.

A three hour odyssey sounds pretty rad to us! With this in mind, we ask Monsoon what are the impediments in place in Perth’s scene that prevent more ‘outside the box’ type nights from happening. “There’s not a lot of willingness to embrace change or try something new in Perth,” says Monsoon. “What I’ve never been able to understand is a lot of pubs and clubs leave their venues closed on a night where anything could be in there. I think that from the people that own venues need to open up and embrace it, new different music is happening all the time and there are different people who want to go out and listen to it.”

Continues Monsoon on his hopes for the Perth dance scene: “I’d like to see loads of small nights popping up, where like 40 or 50 people will go, and that’s judged as a good night.

I’m really comfortable in environments like that. I think there’s a bit of a push to do little disco nights in Fremantle at the moment, at X-Wray café, and the East End Lounge. People who are listening to different sort of stuff should know that it’s so easy to start a groundswell. The Sexy nights [Monsoon played the first ever Sexy and is a regular] started as a kind of ‘let’s get a couple of mates to come down and play what we like’, and now it’s become an institution.”

Much like Monsoon himself, no?

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Zulu mondegreen; Burundi drumming excites Dusty teenagers.

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LOVE TO LOVE THE WAMIS

The Perth dance and electronic music scenes are not overlooked in the WAMis, with a number of categories set aside to honour important players in Perth’s dance music scene.

DANIELLE MARSLAND checks on with a couple of the dance/electronic nominees, as well as sharing our tips for the win!

The contenders:

What was the first thing you did when you found out about your WAM Award nomination?

I leapt 6ft in the air and punched the sky, yelling,“YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH Tomás Ford HHHH!”.The weird thing was, I didn’t return to the last year and Salt thinks we’ve got ourselves a ground for a whole minute. shoe-in for Best Electronic Act. Go fkn mntal when he performs at the Kiss my WAMi Saturday Spectacular, Saturday May 22, at Capitol.

CHARLIE BUCKET (Best DJ nominee) The Lowdown: In the movie Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket had the golden ticket that opened the doors of Wonka’s empire and it seems Perth’s Charlie has the golden ticket to Perth’s dancefloor empire. Thursday to Sunday is filled up with resident DJ spots around Perth for Mr Bucket – Devilles, Tiger Lils, The Manor, The Leederville, The Rosemount – you name it, Bucket’s playin’ it.

Prediction: Charlie’s sheer workload alone stacks the odds pretty high in his favour to take out the Best DJ gong. Not to mention the fact that his groovy and soul-laden sets have certainly persuaded more than a few punters to ‘get up offa that thing’ this past year.

You are nominated for Best Electronic Act and Best Electronic producer. Which award would you rather win, and why?

I will probably freak out if I get either of them to be honest. It’s really nice to have the local industry turn around and high five me like that.

What was the first thing you did when you found out about your WAMi Award nominations?

TOMÁS FORD (Best Electronic Producer, There was a lot of champagne, and Best Electronic Act, Most Popular Live Act there was a bit of man-hugging with Laith from nominee) Tyranocorp that perhaps got a little too out of The Lowdown: Ah, Tomás Ford. Star control. of many a face-lick and crotch rub on the live show circuit. In Salt’s opinion, this local Who do you think should win the Best DJ producer and showman is an asset to Perth: category?

How many gigs, roughly, do you think you DJ how many cities in Australia do you know that Tricky, since they’re all quality. ShockOne’s have their own Abominable Disco Snowman? sets are devastating and Polygon still wipes me out in one Perth year?

Prediction: Tommy’s recent Disco every time I hear it. But when Rex Monsoon drops I have eight residencies a week, but sometimes I do more. But on average, eight gigs a Bunker shows were a runaway success, so his one of his slowly erupting disco set I find myself week. So, give or take, I play 416 gigs a year. Damn, madcap antics are fresh in everyone’s minds. entirely unable to control my movements. So I’m Throw in a national tour with the Big Day Out going to go with him. no wonder I’m always tired!

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ShockOne (pic: Chris Rich) SHOCKONE (Best Electronic Producer, Best DJ nominee) The Lowdown: When Annie Mac, of BBC Radio 1, calls your track “the biggest drum ‘n’ bass tune out”, you know you’re onto a good thing. Perth producer Karl Thomas has been on a meteoric rise to fame this past year, with his track Polygon, from The ShockOne EP, positively eating up the airwaves.

Prediction: After winning Best Tune Of The Year, Best Broken Beat Producer and Best Drum ‘n’ Bass DJ at the recent Perth Dance Music Awards, we’re putting our money on Karl for the Best Electronic Producer win.

What was the first thing you did when you found out about your WAMi Award nominations?

I was surprised! I think I considered telling all my friends to vote for me, then I realised it was an industry voted award…

What do your WAMi nominations mean to you?

It’s nice to be recognised for your efforts.

It’s great to be part of what is an amazing industry we have here in WA. Do you have any hot tips for the dance categories at the WAMi awards?

In the producer section, I really like what Naik is doing, the guy is making some great music.

In the DJ section I really couldn’t pick, we are all so different, it would be a hard one to judge.

Trilby Temperley (pic: Jasper Cook) TRILBY TEMPERLEY (Best Electronic Producer nominee) The Lowdown: Music runs in the family for Perth electronica whizkid Trilby, whose brother plays in Eskimo Joe. Trilby busies himself playing in two bands – deep dance/electro jazz act The Cloud Kollektiv, and She Selexx (with singer Jasmine Yee), a band self-described as “Cocteau Twins mixed with gay disco”.

Prediction: Trilby’s a hard worker with bucketloads of talent. Our ‘Shock’-ing verdict is that he might not take the gong on this particular occasion, but is sure to do big things in time to come.

You are nominated for Best Electronic producer.

Is this your first WAMi nomination?

I have been nominated a few times in different groups I have led - Cloud Kollektiv won two song contest categories in 2008. I haven’t been nominated individually before.

What song of yours do you recommend Salt readers check out, and where can we hear it?

It’s Little By Little featuring Samanta Ray with Paul Hines on guitar. (Available at cloudkollectiv.com).

NAIK (Best Electronic Producer nominee)

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The Lowdown: Not only did Naik spend a heap of time in studios last year in Perth and Sydney, laying down his debut album, as well as gigging throughout the year at various venues around Perth, including stints supporting The Gaslamp Killer and People Under The Stairs. He rounded out the year by scoring the #5 spot in respected music industry figure Dave Cutbush’s Top 10 Albums Of 2009.

The Prediction: Naik’s sweet beat treats and contribution to the local scene have make him a definite contender in the Wamington heats, as does Cutbush’s thumbs-up. But if not, if he spends this year working on raising his profile, Naik should fare very well at next year’s WAMis. What does your WAM nominations mean to you?

Receiving this sort of recognition from the musical community here is an enormous self confidence boost and has motivated me to focus more of my time on music. It also means when I’m out to dinner with partners at my girlfriend’s law firm I won’t fob off my musical endeavours as a trivial hobby…”I’m a WAM nominated musician, I’ll have you know!”

What’s a recent track of yours that you think Salt readers should check out?

Check out Zootrip, which can be heard on this year’s Kiss My WAMI compilation Hittin’ the town since 1985

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THE THRILLSEEKERS SHOOT TO THRILL

CLIVE HENRY KUNG FU FIGHTING!

One-time Peace Division member and Circo Loco regular Clive Henry plays Exploding onto the UK trance scene way back in 1998, The Thrillseekers in Perth this Friday. RZ takes five with the master of groove-driven house. have enjoyed a decade of phenomenal success. Despite the plural nature of the name, there is only the one man responsible for The Thrillseekers’ Justin Drake and Clive Henry have a justifiable growing list of accolades. GLEN CANNING caught up with Steve Helstrip, claim on electronic music. Their Peace Division project established a legacy in the world of EDM. as he prepared for his long awaited return to Australia.

Henry, initially daunted by the idea of a split, later succumbed to his more traditional life – he continued to tour and spread the peace message from his studio and years on, he hasn’t looked back. In a recent chat, Henry reflects with us on that point in time in his life.

“I wasn’t sure if it would impact me negatively. At first I thought it was because after 12 years of writing together virtually every week for up to nine months of the year it was like wow, what’s going to happen now? But I have used the experience for the better and it hasn’t affected my work in the slightest.”

So how did this fairy tale begin? Clive explains: “I got into music from an early age; it was after getting bought Carl Douglas’ Kung Fu

Clive Henry Fighting on 7 inch! I then got into early electro and hip-hop and started collecting records. And from that point things basically evolved into house music. As I say, I love anything that’s got some depth - soul, funk and originality. Be it techno, house or whatever - I don’t care what it is. I just try to be as open-minded as I can musically.”

Years on, Clive continues on his original path – everything is done with an open mind; there is no formula. Rather it is about being progressive and relevant. Clive continues: “my aim now is to make a comfortable life from all of this for my family. I have two kids who are quite creative so I want them to have more of a chance to do well than I did at their age, so that keeps me focused and motivated. My girlfriend has been a big driving force and influence in making me keep focused too.

“Musically Dyed Soundorom, Jamie Jones and Soul Clap are people that are really inspiring me right now - and have done for quite a while!”

CLIVE HENRY FRIDAY, MAY 14 @ DEMOCRACY, AMBAR, PERTH

In what could only be described as a dream beginning to his career, Helstrip’s first single Synaethesia sold over a million copies. But as he explains, the expectation for a repeat success has never been far from his mind.

“It would be fantastic if every record I’ve ever produced was able to rival the success of Synaesthesia and obviously I will always hope for that to be the case, however I’m thankful for the career opportunities the record brought me and I know that if I put my all into every single production I will be able to sit back and be proud of the end result.”

2010 has so far been a relatively quiet one for The Thrillseekers but as Helstrip reveals, he has been far from idle.

“Well actually, my new single Savanna has recently been released – however, you’re right to think that there hasn’t been as much come out of the studio this year. I’ve basically spent over six months creating my Live Xtreme show where I have taken 10 of the biggest tracks from my career and brought them up to date for 2010, so I can perform them live on stage whilst having much fun with different instruments and FX. So really that and the touring has consumed every bit of time I’ve had. However, there is a collaboration with M.I.K.E coming out very soon, amongst many other surprises for later on this year.”

Helstrip is quick to offer his view of the sweeping changes he has experienced in his twelve year career.

“The music has changed massively over the decade more and more we are noticing a crossover between all the different genres. Over the last few years more minimal, progressive and electro sounds have crept into the trance scene which I think is absolutely brilliant. For music to evolve it needs to diversify, and to do that it needs to experiment with different styles. So now we have a broader selection of sounds and sub genres than ever before which can only be a good thing.”

Where some artists lose their passion as time progresses, Helstrip is a beacon of enthusiastic optimism as he explains where he derives his inspiration.

“It’s got to be all the fantastic people I meet and the crowds I play for around the world!

There is no better experience than playing a record that means so much to you in front of an awesome crowd which just ‘get it’, if you know what I mean.”

It seems like an eternity since The Thrillseekers last graced our shores, but Helstrip concludes with a sincere salute to our party scene.

“Australia has got to be one of my favourite places in the world. I have only the best of memories from my previous visits and am eager to go back every single chance I get. The crowds are amazing the parties are always epic and there seems to be such an amazing atmosphere wherever you go!”

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SO FINE FRIDAYS Impact Bar, Northbridge Friday, May 2, 2010 Jamaican dancehall music has well and truly made itself at home in the heart of Northbridge.

So Fine Fridays at Impact bar features a rotation of some of the finest dancehall acts from all over the globe. Last Friday saw a sassy set of characters gather to get down at Impact, hitting the dancefloor to the tunes of local dancehall DJs, including Australia’s first ladies of dancehall, The Empressions.

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SPLITTING ATOMS Drum ‘n’ bass heavyweights Noisia released their debut album, Split The Atom, last month. TILMAN ROBINSON speaks to Nik Roos of the Dutch trio.

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Trance Energy 2010: Mixed By Sander Van Doorn [ID & T/CENTRAL STATION] 2 0 0 8 w a s a b i g y e a r f o r S a n d e r Va n Doorn, a year that included winning Best Breakthrough DJ at the International Dance Music Awards. It comes as no surprise that ID & T approached him not only to provide the Trance Energy Anthem for 2010, but also to mix the compilation CD bearing the same name.

Va n D o o r n h a s co m p i l e d 2 1 tracks that surge and pulsate throughout the album’s entirety, often skir ting the boundaries of trance and delving into the darker sounds of tech trance and electro. In opening with the dark, rhythmic track Daisy, Van Doorn announces emphatically that the train has left the station.

Each and ever y track has been chosen and mixed into an exact sequence to maximise the album’s impressive impact.

From Tiesto’s vocal track Escape Me, to Laidback Luke’s mind bending remix of the System F classic Out Of The Blue and the driving, uplifting melodies of Bart Claessen’s Elf: this is pure, unadulterated ecstasy!

This is one smoking hot album - it should come with a warning label.

One of the most highly anticipated drum ‘n’ bass albums of recent years has been the debut of Dutch trio Noisia. Considering news of Noisia’s album Split The Atom first hit as far back as 2008, it has been a long wait for fans.

“It just took us a really long time to put together something we were happy with and collect all the tracks that we wanted,” explains Roos.“We spent a lot of time procrastinating and a lot of time coming up with ideas that didn’t end up working.”

The album itself, however, speaks volumes not only for the high level of production but also for the versatility of the group. Equal parts electro-breaks and up-front drum ‘n’ bass with down tempo interludes in between, Split the Atom is an aural journey with the unmistakeable Noisia sound. The foray into different genres is not a new direction for the band, just an extension of their output, as Roos explains.

“We’ve always made that sort of stuff. There’s no single dominant genre on the album…I guess we just didn’t have that much

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drum ‘n’ bass lying around [when choosing tracks for the album] but it’s still the music that we make the most.”

The group is cautiously approaching a live show though the traditional ‘band’ formula that so many live drum ‘n’ bass acts have followed will be avoided.

“I don’t think we’re going to be going in the ‘band’ direction like Pendulum,” muses Roos.“I think it would be more comparable to Daft Punk or Justice or Deadmau5 maybe. That’s something we want to explore but the key word is explore.

We’re still in a phase of theorising what it could be.” Technical limitations of a ‘live band’ aside,

Noisia are also keen to involve the audience in a complete audio/visual experience.

“What we like about it is that it has a strong visual element,” continues Roos.“We want to see how much we can involve people in the feeling of music being created on the spot, not just played. That’s a challenge. We don’t want to be a band and we don’t just want to have Ableton running and stand there while some massive stage gimmick is happening. We’re somewhere in between and we’re not really sure where that is yet.”

But this is all in the future and Split the Atom is the present. Boasting collaborations with the likes of Foreign Beggars and Amon Tobin (who Roos describes as “an incredibly nice guy”), Noisia’s labour of love catapults them to the top of the drum ‘n’ bass game. Self-produced and self-released, the trio actively refused all types of major label support opting instead to push it through their own labels, Vision and Division records.

“We don’t need a massive PR machine behind our music and it’s not really something that will do our music a lot of favours either,” Roos concludes. “It’s not a matter of getting our music out to as many people as possible. It’s more the kind of music that people will find themselves.”

Split The Atom is well worth finding with rumblings of a major tour on the cards, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready when Noisia hit our shores.

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GLEN CANNING 5/5

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Split The Atom [Vision/Division/Stomp] The debut album from Dutch heavyweight drum ‘n’ bass trio Noisia is a tour de force of beats and basslines that sets a new standard in many different genres. With such a diverse range of tunes, it’s hard to see how anybody could not like it, regardless of their musical leanings.

Electro/breaks tracks such as Split The Atom, Machine Gun and Red Heat flow seamlessly into drum ‘n’ bass tunes like My World, Shellshock, Thursday and the amazing Sunhammer. In between these sit the most surprising parts of the album; short down tempo/grime tracks that have obviously been taken from the cutting room floor and were never developed into full tracks. Funnily enough, some of these are the best tracks of the album.

It’s hard to fault an outfit that is so obviously way ahead of the game in so many different genres. Split The Atom, with its inclusion of new and old music, sets a new bar in quality of production and originality of ideas not only in drum ‘n’ bass but in breaks and grime. Boasting collaborations with the Foreign Beggars and Amon Tobin this will surely be a strong contender for ‘album of the year’ polls worldwide.

TILMAN ROBINSON 5/5

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with a dubstep mix for those that like their music melodic and Bird – First Electric Thursday – Naik/ moody. Mono Lisa and Sardi Ben Taaffe/Nathan J/King John ill/ round out the line up. The perfect warm up for any Friday night, Taku (live) enjoy cheap drinks, mad tunes Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed Civic Hotel (The Den) – DJ Messy and great company at Lokal. Free Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ entry.

Wrighteous LEEDERVILLE HOTEL (FUNK Club Bayview – DJ Ryan CLUB) – AFRODISIA’S 1ST Club Marakesh – DJ Simon BIRTHDAY After eleven fantastic Ellington Jazz Club – Detour evenings at Mojo’s, Afrodisia Eve –DJ Tony Allen makes a new home at The Funk Flying Scotsman (Main Room) Club, kicking things off with a giant Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Flying Scotsman (Velvet first birthday celebration tonight.

Lounge) – The Outer Limits - DJ Think epic – there’s going to be a giant, 13-piece Askari Afrobeat Anthony Williams Orchestra on stage, Charlie Bucket Foundry - DJ Dura on the decks, and tropical dancers Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda spread around the floor showing Mustang – DJ Giles everyone the moves. On high Niche Bar - Indulge rotation will be Nigerian Afrobeat, Newport – DJ Shannon Fox Ivory Coast Afro Latin, Ethiopian Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford jazz and more warm, Afrobeat Onyx - Avicii inspired sounds. Take home the Paddy Hannans - Crazy Craig Players Bar – Neon Lights - DJ vibes care of a special mixtape available on the night from Charlie Samuel Spencer Bucket. $10 or $5 for members.

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The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ DJ ROCKET ROOM ILLY With his Serge/ DJ Don Migi single Pictures landing in at #66 The East End - DJ Midfield The Queens – Weekend Warm-up on Triple J’s Hottest 100, Illy checks The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth into Perth to celebrate as part of The Shed – DJ Andy his Pictures 2010 tour, before he Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin heads down to a sold out Groovin’ The Moo on Sunday. A special edition Long Story Short Acoustic Ù FRIDAY 14/05 CD (prepared by DJ Joyride) will VELVET LOUNGE EXPERIMENTAL be available exclusively at the FUTURE AMBIENCE Isolation’s show, featuring acoustic takes on Travis and Koe host the return some of the most popular songs of a series of improvised music from Long Story Short, as well as performances, with tonight’s bonus track Where Is My Mind, edition inspired by the cult classic Illy’s contribution to Triple J’s Like Fritz Lang film, Metropolis. The A Version. Tickets $12 pre-sale film will be projected on a screen through moshtix.com.au and $15 whilst Travis Betts, Koe Soleil, Dean on the door. Support from Perth’s Anthonisz and Yaeger Mora utilise own hip hop luminaries Bentman minimal electronic percussion and & Sipn. Doors open 8pm. a various array of sound sources to provide an improvised soundtrack Amplifier – DJ Shannon Fox/ DJ for the film, with a set following Jamie from DJ Craig Hollywood. Doors Ambar – DJ Zinc/ M!SPR!NT/ Oli/ open 8pm, free entry.

Ben Mac/ Kill Dyl Bar 138 – Lokal (see above) BAR 138 LOKAL – TEKNOSCAPE Bar Open (Upstairs) – Playground SESSIONS Teknoscape links arms – Pow!/ M!sprint/ Danny/ with Lokal for the first Teknoscape Rickache/ Ogden/ Oli/ Joby sessions gig, featuring DJs from Bar Republic – The Last Horror the TS forums. Proceedings start Shop - The Sure Fire Midnights/DJ at 6pm with a slew of local talent, Tyranny/DJ Bloodyskull followed by Dave Frayne serving Basement On Broadway – Friday up a delicious mix of tek house Therapy – DJ Urban Tiger flavours. Devo continues the fun Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick

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Tomas Ford (late) – see above Rosemount Hotel – The Slew/ Naik/ Squidink Rubix – Gene Bourne/ Kenny L Sail & Anchor - DJ Anaru Sapphire Bar – SuperFly South St Ale House – DJ Jay Stamford Arms - DJ Janic The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – DJ Birdie/ DJ Nano/ DJ Serge The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Manor – Katalyst The Queens – DJ Rueben The Republic – Pin Up! - Francesco Pilling/ Cluedo Pierres/ Amnesia/ Muv & Larry The Shed – DJ Andyy Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Joby / Alex K Toucan Club – DJ Armee Windsor – Dj Riki and Ray Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Villa – Steamworks - Ajax/ Bag Raiders/ Killa Queenz/ Shazam/ Jus Haus?/ Audageous

Ù SATURDAY 15/05 MOJOS FESTA DO RITMO! Now for something a little different - get ready for a night packed with great performances and awesome music care of the Beleza Samba School. Yamileza and special guests Andressa and Yannick guys will be putting together some varied samba dance routines to show you throughout the night. Plus some of the grooviest cats in town in a Samba band spectacular! Not to mention plenty of tasty delights from Beleza’s very own Mikeleza and Kafmaron, who will be dishing out wicked percussive beats and Kreol cuts specifically designed to get the crowd moving. Get down early – the last one sold out. Doors open 8pm for $20.

MANHATTANS UNSTOPPABLE GLUE This little Vic Park nightspot has been hotting up in recent weeks under new management, and with news that a new indie dance night is ready to kick off every Saturday, things look only to get more exciting. The launch of Unstoppable Glue tonight will feature disco expert Fkng Midas on the decks, together with Boy Crazy Stacey (Sexy), Mickey Juice, Lightseed and Ben Edit. The night will feature many styles of tunes ranging from the dubstep of

Burial to the classic pop of Beach House. Tonight will double as a listening party for Tame Impala’s debut album Innerspeaker, with free copies being given away to the best dancers. Boogie down in Vic Park! Free entry.

Ambar – Japan 4 – Fdel/ Tee El/ Ben Mac/ Mono Lisa/ Micah Amplifier – Pure Pop – DJ Eddie Electric Bar Open (Downstairs) – Love Saturdays Launch Party - Kenny L/ Richie G/ Kastel/ Gene Bourne/ Jus Haus/ Riki/ Paul Scott Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Black Tom’s – Revival - DJ Trevor Hutchison 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 Civic Hotel (Backroom) – DJ Red Club Bay View – VIP Saturdays – DJ Ryan Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Devilles Pad – Disco Mama - Joey Valdez/ Mama Cass Dusk – Flashback – DJ Benny c/ DJ Josh Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve – DJ Don Migi/ Skooby/ Tony Allen Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Lucid Dreaming FORE - James Francis/ La Gooch/ Nina van Dyke/ James Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Transmission – Andrei Mazz Geisha –Joie – DJ Tizer/ T-Box/ Johnathon Livingston 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 – Unstoppable Glue – FKNG MIDAS/ Micky Juice/ Lightseed/ Ben Edit/ Boy Crazy Stacey (see above) Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Metro City – Australia’s Hottest Dance Crew Finals - Angry Buda/ Matty S Mojos - Festa Do Ritmo! - Beleza

Samba School/ Yamileza/ Andressa/ Yannick/ Mikeleza/ Kafmaron Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – DJ Rockabilly/ DJ James MacArthur Niche – DJ Manda Power/ Cee/ Adam/ Kelly/Josh D Norfolk Basement – DJ Paul Malone Norma Jeans – DJ Dwayne Onyx - DJ Kayper Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount – DJ Meezy / Jordan Queens Tav – DJ Gear Rocket Room – Mercurial Sound System/ Hooks For Hands/DJ Brett Rowe Rise – The Thrillseekers Rubix – G. Martin Sapphire Bar – Filthy Gorgeous Shape – DJ Kutz/ Rekab/ Dr Space/ Pickles South St Ale House – DJ Jay Stamford Arms - DJ Anaru/ DJ Janic Tiger Lil’s –Adam Kelly/ Charlie Bucket The Brighton (Upstairs) – Micah/ Kill Dyl/ eSQue The Deen - DJ Birdie/ DJ JJ/ DJ Tony Allen The Saint – DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andy The Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig Toucan Club – Samuel Spencer/ Mr President Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Villa –Mampi Swift/ Ic3/ Invictus/ Affiliate/ Access/ Fusion/ Sempy b2b Dvise/ MC Pugz/ MC Losd Windsor – DJ Ray / Jinx

Ù SUNDAY 16/05 Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bayview – DJ Pete Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – Industry – DJ Birdie/ MC Jex Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Back To Mono –Gareth R/ Ted Schlecte/Anton Mazz Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) - Nathan J/ Chris Wright/ The Nisbit Impact Bar – Soul Night Out – Nick Alexander Kulcha – DJ Aswon Metro City – Vampire Weekend Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ

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Ù WEDNESDAY 19/05 WAAPA SLOW RELEASE RECORD LABEL LAUNCH Slow Release is a record label based at ECU. Established last year, the label releases music by staff, senior students and visiting artists to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and is run by third year students. Tonight, Slow Release Music presents an upcoming release by Japanese sound artist, Kouhei Harada.

Kouhei works specifically with the program Max/MSP to manipulate field recordings, instruments, and effected sounds. The EP is a spell bounding array of flickering digitals immersed in warm sonic waves of concrete sound and acoustics. The exciting multi-track release is called Augapfel and will be available for your own personal download in the coming weeks. Doors open at 5pm, with performances by Shoeb Ahmed (ACT) and Jarryd Theodore at 7.30pm. Entry is free. For more info on the label, check out the website: slowrelease.waapamusic.

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UWA GUILD TAVERN CAMPUS DJ COMP Be a part of the National Campus DJ Comp (formerly Future DJ Comp) for your chance to collect some sweet prizes and get great exposure in the industry.

All gear will be supplied for the competitions including mixing gear, vinyl and CDJ decks. All you need to bring is your own headphones and tracks. Each DJ will be able to play a ten minute set. To register, hit up www.aaca. net.au/ncdjc. Spectators should definitely get down and check out this feast of new DJ talent! Doors open 3pm.

Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Captain Stirling – DJ Ricky Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / Rueben Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Double Lucky – Dirty Elegance Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Eve – Déjà Vu – DJ Don Migi/ Skooby Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Uni-Que – DJs Missile/ Greg Packer Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Twist - Agent 85 Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Manhattans – Massiv Trav 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

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Sampology Friday, May 28 @ The Manor

Birds Of Tokyo Thursday, June 10 @ Metro City

DJ Lord Friday, May 28 @ Shape

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Magic City feat. Zany Friday, May 28 @ Rise

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FRIDAY MAY 28TH

Don’t miss the weekly line-up of local bands playing each Wednesday at the Paddo. On Wednesday, May 19, the Spitfires are playing as part of the WAMi festival along with Tracksuit, Arons Crusade and Matt Larsen. Bands start at 8pm, free entry.

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This Friday, May 14, is Punk vs Hardcore at The Den featuring Vanity, Chainsaw Hookers, The Others, The Proletariate, Break and Castle Bravo (Doors 7.30pm). On Saturday The Backroom comes alive with the combined CD Launch of Mhorgl and Wardaemonic supported by Naetu and Nails Of Imposition (Doors 8pm). Be one the of the first 25 people through the doors on each night and win a double pass to the Premier Preview Screening of the remake of Nightmare On Elm Street.

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Spaceship Thursdays continue at The Rosemount and this Thursday, May 13, is a cracker. WAMi award nominees The Joe Kings and Abbe May join forces for a night of bluesinspired rock ‘n’ roll. Support comes from local singer songwriter Timothy Nelson. Doors open 8pm, and entry is $15.

Thursday Open Mic nights are hosted by the delightful Bex Night. On Friday, May 14, regular rockers Vdelli play, while Saturday, May 15, sees the long awaited return of The Volcanics with special guests The Floors. Sunday, May 16, is a jam packed night of rock ‘n’ roll with local blues ‘n’ roots guru Andrew Winton hitting the stage.

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Exciting new entertainment starts on Tuesday, June 1, when JB’s will be playing double feature retro movies on the big screen with free popcorn! Keep watching the J.B. O’Reilly’s advertisements in X-Press or join the pub on Facebook for more info. Irish Trad Sessions are also coming back to J.B.’s – re-commencing Wednesday, June 2. Come along, bring your instrument and a smile and join in for some musical wonderment. Enquiries should be directed to Shane Corry on (08) 9382 4555 or oreillys@iinet.net.au.

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ROCKET ROOM

Next Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15, Rocket Room lends a hand to the WAMi weekender with 10 bands over two nights showcasing the best local delicacies and sweet treats that the live original scene has to serve up. No wonder Rocket Room has been nominated in the Most Popular Music Venue category at this year’s WAMis!

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City / The Tigers / Apricot Rail Apricot Rail kicked off soon after, showing off a polished set despite their absence / Felicity Groom from the scene for much of this year. Absence The Rosemount Friday, May 7, 2010 They say that the end of one thing marks the beginning of another and such was the case on Friday night as Dave Cutbush celebrated the end of his five and a half year reign as Music Director of RTRFM and simultaneously launched his new touring and events management company Life Is Noise. Assembling the finest collection of local musicians since the Cutbush-curated In the Pines last weekend, the bill read like a list of WAMi nominations.

Felicity Groom (nominated for Best Female Vocalist) kicked off the night in solo fashion and she slowly began to draw people in from the beer garden with her magnetic voice.

She played some of her very early songs and was then joined by the mercurial Andrew Ryan

seemed to be a bit of a theme as The Tigers took to the stage and proceeded to blow people away with their jagged, quirky and often beautiful set. With frontman Chris Cobilis (a nominee for Best Instrumentalist) in full flight, it left people wondering where they’ve been for the last six months.

Capital City then rocked their way through an unrelenting set before another missing band Adam Said Galore took to the stage to round out the night. The reformed trio had the crowd mesmerized from the start, with Andrew Ryan showing exactly why he currently holds a Best Guitarist nomination, and why this band are perpetually one of Perth’s most exciting live acts. In a largely instrumental set, they held the gaze of the entire crowd except for those individuals who chose to close their eyes and let the music wash over them.

Adam Said Galore (photo: Lisa Businovski)

Most of the bands had some words to thank Dave Cutbush for his hand in the development of great local music, something that has been recognised in his nomination for two awards this year, the Individual Media Award and the prestigious Golden WAMi. Fellow Golden WAMi nominee Andrew Ryan wished him luck and Capital City frontman Sam Scherr repeatedly declared him to be ‘alright’, despite his grey hair and a desire to beat him at AFL Dreamteam.

If there was one disappointing feature of the night it was that the bands

WAY OUT WEST DAY OF THE DEAD The Devil Rides Out / Arts Martial / Datura Fly By Night, Fremantle.

Friday, May 7, 2010.

Fremantle’s Fly By Night Musician’s Club is a fantastically malleable venue, a cavernous hall where anything is possible. Tonight, for the Day Of The Dead EP launch, the stage was decked out with innumerable props and a galaxy of visual treats, partially concealed in the twilight to the rear. In front of the stage, a runway protruded out a good ten metres into the area where a crowd would doubtless soon amass. It was not going to be an ordinary gig.

Indeed, as the doors opened at 8pm and the first punters rolled in, the psychedically-named Datura hit the stage with a set full of rollin’ blues grooves and four to the floor rock. The fact that the stage was so prepared for the later onslaught by

the headliners meant that all the support bands tonight were forced to set up toward the front of the stage, a fact that exaggerated and enhanced the already iconic chest of drummer Warren Hall, but that didn’t seem to faze the band at all. Word must go out to the sound crew at the Fly By Night, as the sonics tonight were, for the most part, perfect.

Suffering, unfortunately, for the fact that Datura went way over time, Arts Martial performed a short-but-sweet set. Still smarting from a touch of hipster backlash following their In The Pines performance last week, they performed a gimmick-free effortless set which highlighted their true strength: their songs. Instantly recognisable tunes from go-to-woah, Arts Martial’s oeuvre sounded tight-as over the Fly By’s brilliant PA, which helped to highlight the dynamism of their guitar work. A few yobbo mates abounded in the crowd - the evening was picking up pace.

If only there was a way to make The Devil Rides Out as huge-sounding and exciting as they should be. The bass, drums, and Andrew Ewing’s ridiculously awesome stoner guitar are

Day Of The Dead (photo: David Craddock)

flawlessly tight, while Joey Kapiteyn’s vocals sat, unfortunately, just a little too high in the mix. But if only there was a way to make those guitars more overwhelming and truly smash the senses.

No matter though, the band smashed their way through their set, and while Kapiteyn seemed a little uncomfortable confined to the small stage area, he made first use of the Fly By Night’s runway, throwing himself about and literally bending over backward. A solid set.

By the time Day Of The Dead took

sometimes struggled to compete with the party going on outside. But then with such quality acts including Diger Rokwell, Ben Taaffe, Sardi, Rok Riley and Massiv Trav on the decks in the beer garden, people could hardly be blamed for soaking up the beats outside.

All in all it was a fitting farewell for a man who has played such a key role in the industry for many years now, while at the same time being an exciting glimpse at the role Life Is Noise will play in the future of the Perth music scene. _STACY GOUGOULIS

the stage for their headlining show, there must have been upwards of 350 or 400 people in the 500 capacity Fly By Night. With tickets around $30 a pop, this is not only great economics, it also highlights the popularity of a band who have seemingly spent years eschewing the usual pub and club haunts in favour of epic tour supports of bands like The Stray Cats. And they really have learned from the best. This was a totally professional concert experience, highlighting the relentless Mexican-death-cult surf guitar of Ben Frichot.

‘Twas all about the little things for Day Of The Dead: from the cacti, skeletons, and giant death mask on stage; to the videos of dancers, highway drivin’, and any number of things that played constantly on the huge screen behind the band. A badass psychedelic tiki-bar feast, the audience were enthralled and kept themselves moving throughout while Frichot made great use of his catwalk and the performance space.

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SHADES OF GREAT SCHVENDES / Felicity Groom And The Black Black Smoke / The Wednesday Society / Minute 36 Rosemount Hotel Saturday, May 8, 2010

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While there may have been several problems with Schvendes’ Lay The Noose/Shades of Grey EP launch, the music certainly wasn’t one of them.

Opening the night was the very young, and very humble, gothic-folk trio Minute 36 who seemed wholeheartedly gracious to have been given the opportunity to support ‘one of their favourite bands’. Singing songs about zombies and unrequited love, with a good dose of grossout humour dished out in-between, it was truly a shame there weren’t more people present to enjoy the addictive acoustic riffs and rhythmic drumbeats of Minute 36’s downright fun quirkrock.

Next up were The Wednesday Society, with a mix of sounds almost as eclectic as their hairstyles (side-swept floppy fringe, bowl cut, Jesus hair with black fedora & gorilla fuzz – in case you were wondering) and a musical originality evident from the first strikingly raw keyboard chords.

Then came pint-sized pocket-rocket Felicity Groom, with backing from her band of Black Black Smokes, who promised ‘I’ll drink for you/ If you drink for love’ to which the audience was only too willing to oblige. Groom began the set with an angelic disposition, clutching her autoharp as she performed beautiful harmonic vocal progressions underlain by a violin lament. A couple of songs later she was the quintessential rock goddess, thumping a tambourine with a drumstick as she stomped across the stage.

After a short break Schvendes finally took to the stage, playing a varied selection from their previous records, as well as enticing fans with the first taste of songs from their forthcoming fulllength album. As anyone who has seen Schvendes play will know, watching lead singer Rachael Dease is, frankly, half the fun. The definition of gauzy prettiness with her shock of red hair and boozy-cowgirl temperament, she commands the stage with such a vivid presence it’s hard not to be consumed by her.

The emphasis of the band’s performance was placed squarely on their best musical feature: Dease’s honeyed-twilight voice - which melted under the repeated, lissome-fingered acoustic guitar arpeggio during Shades of Grey. ‘We all love a bit of Grease don’t we?’ joked Dease as she launched

into a cover of You’re The One That I Want, which surely would have made John Travolta himself blush, as she transformed the cheesy karaoke-hit into a smoky ode to feverish sexual desire.

Schvendes then welcomed a three-piece brass section, taking a sharp turn into the absinthe ether as drums, skulking bass, and a wafting trumpet evoked a righteously sinister air.

Unfortunately some problems with music blaring from the beer garden made it difficult for the band to keep in time, but they persisted with amazing integrity, faces contorted in concentration as they thrashed it out for finishing track Lay the Noose.

But perhaps the most unfortunate fact was that there weren’t more people at this gig to enjoy a truly outstanding performance by one of Perth’s premier bands. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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TOMÁS FORD Into The Disco Bunker Electro cabaret provocateur, and solo artist, Tomás Ford finds himself in esteemed company as a nominee for Most Popular Live Act at this year’s WAMi awards. DAVID CRADDOCK was granted a peek into Ford’s home and studio space to see where the madness and electro frivolity begins.

The heaving, bombastic rock shows put on by Karnivool and Sugar Army make these band’s obvious candidates for a Most Popular Live Act WAMi. But nestled alongside these local rock behemoths in this year’s nominations, sits soloist Tomás Ford, a truly unique performer whose avant-garde and provocative electro-punk show, is more akin to performance art than your everyday pub performance.

“In all the forms of performance and different things I’ve ever done it’s always been about wanting to create an intensity with the audience and a connection,” Ford says between sips of tea in his kitchen, trying to explain exactly what it is he does, “Jumping on the bar and on people – it’s just another way of creating an intense connection with people.

“I tend to think of it as an electro show where I’ve added these layers of performance on top. I think if I present myself as a performance artist lots of people in Perth, or Australia in general, would kind of freak out. They’d expect Laurie Anderson or something… it’s kind of weird. It’s a mismatch of all these things that I’ve done before and I’ve ended up streamlining them into this one show.”

Although Ford is constantly changing the structure of his shows, a typical show can involve anything from flickering computer monitors held by the performer, self-constructed haphazard lighting rigs, a variety of hand-made (and usually sequined costumes, croon-y cabaret moments, and the delivery of scratchy, fuzzy and banging dance tunes such as Loudspeeka – his latest ‘90s rave inspired release. A show may

dinner jacket he’s donned for my tea visit. “But most of the time, especially these days, I try and avoid that… What I do isn’t something that’s supposed to be horrible and that people should hate. It’s supposed to be wake people up a bit and everyone has a bit of fun. It’s like ‘this weird fucked up thing that happened to you at the pub’.”

While his shows may appear haphazard, shambolic and improvised, Ford’s background as an actor (he studied theatre at university and performed to-hand comedy theatre shows) means that each and every performance is actually meticulously planned out.

“I do go through and do a plan before I go,” Ford says, digging a gnarled blue run sheet out of a box in his small studio space. “I plan out my costume changes and roughly where I want the audience to be and - this is wanky because I used to be an actor - but I like to plan where my character’s emotional journey is as well.”

In fact, if Ford’s studio is anything to go by, planning and organisation seems to be (ironically) one of the legendarily spontaneous performer’s strong points. Behind the computer where Ford edits and creates his music and film clips is a huge timeline dotted with plans for his upcoming second album release, tours and plans to visit international music conferences.

“I find it really exciting that I’ve been able to get this critical mass in Perth where I don’t know if I could do that in another city,” he reflects. “People know roughly what I do and there’s almost a collective vibe amongst promoters where it’s like ‘yer lets put on Tomas Ford and freak people out’.”

RUSH IN AT THE NINTH MINUTE

Fools Rush In, Chasing The Ninth, Further Earth and Minute 36 will line up at the Rosemount on Wednesday, May 26, for an eclectic night of spookiness, rock and indie pop. Entry $5, from 8pm.

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even end with Ford demanding the audience bugger off to leave him in the venue in peace.

“When people get really offended and freaked out by the show it can be good - some people need to be freaked out by that kind of stuff,” he says, stroking the lapels of a customised

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A SHARPE ACT TO WATCH

Local songstress Grace Woodroofe, who recently supported Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on their national tour, is playing a heap of WA dates throughout May. Woodroofe’s recently released EP Handled (which features two songs from her upcoming album) can be snapped up after her shows at Mojo’s on Sunday, May 16; The Ellington on Wednesday, May 19; The Moon on Sunday, May 23; The Norfolk Basement on Wednesday, May 26; and back at The Moon on Sunday, May 30.

Katie Lenanton

As part of this year’s WAMi Festival, Love Is My Velocity will be opening Takeaway Tunes, a pop up local music store and recording facility which will be open from 11am-9pm at 54 Lake Street Northbridge, every day of the festival. Organiser Katie Lenanton told X-Press what local music fans can expect from the exciting new bazaar.

What kind of wares can WAMi Festival goers purchase at the Love Is My Velocity pop up shop?

Takeaway Tunes is foremost a local record label shop, designed to get the wares of hardworking WA independent labels into one easily-accessible location.

Patrons can purchase CDs, vinyl, tapes and other merchandise, or camp out on listening stations and get up to date with a heap of local releases. We will also be selling wares from independently released WA bands and artists so there will be a wide selection of stock covering all genres.

As well as products, we hear that there might be some special in-store performances from artists?

Yes, Takeaway Tunes builds on the success of last year’s Bank Notes temporary recording studio, which saw LIMV gift local bands with free recording time and the expertise of sound engineer Laurie Sinagra.

The next day, the hastily mixed and mastered tracks are uploaded to loveismyvelocity.com for free download and spun on RTR FM. This year, 11 bands will have a few hours to bump in, set-up, record, and bump out. The public are invited to sit in and witness the proceedings.

Bands will record from 6-7pm and 8-9pm on weekdays, with an additional 3-4pm session on weekends. We’ve heard that The Tigers and The Bank Holidays will be recording new material, so this will be the first chance for punters to hear recorded versions of their new tracks.

There has also been talk of some special edition products on sale.

For Takeaway Tunes, LIMV has developed a tongue-in-cheek merchandise series called Sleeping With The Band. We asked five young artist friends to create life-sized portraits of some favourite local musicians which we screen printed by hand onto pillowcases. The idea is you can take your dream muso home to bed and lie down next to them.

Do you think it’s often hard for local music fans to find WA band merchandise and releases, especially when things are often made in a short run?

Sure, that comes into play - often if you don’t make it down to the launch, it’s hard to track down a copy of a limited release afterwards and other merchandise is almost impossible to get your hands on. I also think that with our increasingly online culture, it can be hard to find a quality selection of WA band products in the one place. Hopefully Takeaway Tunes will fill this gap in the market, if only temporarily.

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With The Morning Night’s frontman Adrian Hoffman back on WA soil after touring Europe with The Triffids, the promising local indie pop act are set to launch Someday, the latest single from their upcoming album at Amplifier on Friday, May 21.

Since forming as teenagers four years ago, the band have released a debut EP Decide What You Want and developed a reputation as a local band to watch thanks to their breezy,ethereal and breathtaking live shows.

Split Seconds, Ruby Boots, The Atlas Mountains, James Teague, Modular Man and Ryan Webb will also be appearing at The Morning Night single launch, making this a very strong line-up of local talent.

Having forged a steady following in WA, playing gigs at Southbound and various haunts around Perth and Fremantle, Rachel & Henry Climb a Hill have frolicked onto the music scene with their debut EP First Of A Few, an infectious pop confection, sure to be loved by indie darlings across the state.

Telling tales of leap-frogging, kiteflying and lost loves, the melancholic local trio explore an eclectic mix of musical forms from folk rock to hip hop while still maintaining a strong twee pop sensibility.

Sweet, playful, and always charming, First of a Few stands a very good chance of proving itself one of WA’s finest indie-pop releases of the year. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD Hittin’ the town since 1985

Edited by David Craddock Email your news and pics by 12 noon, Monday to: localmusic@xpressmag.com.au

VOLCANICS RUMBLE AGAIN

No-fuss rock ‘n’ rollers The Volcanics are back from a 12 month hiatus and have some new recordings, and a string of shows, to get fans back in the mood.

The band will be launching new single Can’t Do What I Can’t Do in the near future, but in the meantime you can catch them at the Indi Bar on Saturday, May 15; The Norfolk Basement on Saturday, May 22; and at The Rosemount on Thursday, June 10.

Frontman John Phatouros told X-Press that ever since the band formed in 2002, classic Australian rock ‘n’ roll has deeply inspired their live show and recordings.

“The Saints, Radio Birdman, Celibate Rifles, The Lime Spiders all the Australian bands from that time. And The Dubrovniks, all of James Baker’s bands, he’s the king. All of that that Australian alternative scene through the ‘70s and even into the ‘80s… our sound is strictly Australian. It’s totally Australian rock and roll.”

The band recently went into the Poons Head studio to capture this spirit with Rob Grant and their good friend Kenny Watt - and will soon unveil the results on a new EP and an accompanying East Coast tour.

“If I wasn’t in the band – I’d describe it as a total rock ‘n’ roll show,” Phatouros says. The band testifies basically. Lots of bands play rock ‘n’ roll but they don’t testify…. We move.”

HELL ON EARTH

The Civic Hotel will not be a place for the faint hearted on Saturday, May 15, as Perth black metal titans Wardaemonic and Mhorgl unite to launch two new releases.

Echoes Of Ageless Flames, Wardaemonic’s full-length follow up to the acclaimed Through the Dank Pale Gravelands, will be given an airing, while Mhorgl will launch Antimonium – a full frontal assault inspired by Darkthrone, Venom, Bathory and Gorgoroth. Nails Of Imposition and Naetu will be on hand as support for this huge night celebrating the darker and harder-hitting corners of the Perth scene.

Doors 8pm, tickets $12.

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THINK QUICK

Entries for WA’s iconic band competition The Next Big Thing close today, Thursday, May 13. If you’re keen to take your band to the next level go to nextbigthing.net.au and send off your entry form - quickly!

Entries for Mojo’s exciting new band competition Mojo Rising are also closing on Friday, May 14, with a $1500 Kosmic Sound gift voucher, two days of recording with Dave Parkin at Blackbird Studios and a swag of other rather desirable prizes up for grabs. Interested applicants are encouraged to email their Myspace or Ozjam address, and a brief band bio, to jeanne@ coolperthnights.com.

HORRIBLE PAIN

The Painkillers are manning the late-night post at The Horror Shop (at The Republic) on Friday, May 14, and have invited The Sure-Fire Midnights along for the party. The Midnights have recently returned home from a stint playing at The Cherry Rock festival over East, so will be warmed up and ready to fire. DJ Tyranny will also be providing some night-cap tunes. Tickets $8, 11pm ‘til late.

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OUT OF THE WILDERNESS

The Wilderness are joined by The Kirbens and Laced Affair at the Freo Blues ‘N’ Roots Club at Mojo’s on Wednesday, May 19. The Kirbens kick things off at 8:30 with tickets $5 for members or $10 for non members.

NO RESERVATIONS

After the recent launch of their Fuses To Flames EP, indie rock scallywags The Reserves keep the ball rolling with a string of shows throughout May. The band play the Royal Palms in Busselton on Friday, May 15; The Railway Hotel on Sunday, May 16; and the WAMi Saturday Spectacular on May 22.

HARDEN UP

This Friday, May 14, The Den hosts Punk vs Hardcore, a six band extravaganza of local punk and hardcore talent. Vanity, Chainsaw Hookers, The Others, The Proletariate, Break and Castle Bravo will all be taking to the stage in hardhitting, no-nonsense punk and hardcore fashion.

Doors open 7:30pm.

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SHINY NEW MACHINE

Fremantle folk and country purveyors The Justin Walshe Folk Machine have announced that they’ll be launching their second album Walking To China at a string of shows throughout WA in May and June. Recorded in studios right around the country and woven back together at Couch Studios, Walking To China showcases Walshe and his band’s ability to conjure up vast and baron Australian landscapes and evoke dusty historical tales of old. A gang of great players have been involved in the album including Gavin Shoesmith (John Butler) and Ian Simpson (Paul Kelly) making it a particularly polished and accomplished disc.

Folk loving folks can be converted by The Machine at the Nannup Hotel on Saturday, May 22; The Whitestar Hotel in Albany on Saturday, May 29; Settlers Tavern in Margaret River on Sunday, May 30 (3pm); Mojo’s Bar on Sunday, June 6; and at the Perth Blues Club on Tuesday, June 8.

Justin Walshe and Rhyll Wilson

SPITFIRES TAKE OFF

England-via-Perth frontman Sean Regan is set to lead his Brit-pop and punk fusing band The Spitfires on an Australian tour to promote their recently released EP Dead? Good.

The tour will include shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before crashing back into the Rocket Room on Friday, June 4.

KELLY AND HIS GANG

Simon Kelly And The Lonely Wives will be playing their unique brand of psychedelic groove ‘n’ roots at the Cottesloe Hotel on Sunday, May 16 (from 6pm), before heading to South Australia for a tour.

SWEET ‘N’ ROCKY

Performance Troupe Carnies With Candy are holding their first show at The Railway Hotel on Saturday, May 15. The Howling Voodoo Cabaret will feature performances from The Moltens, Xave Brown ‘N’ Smokin’ Guns, and Valiant, as well Carnies With Candy’s theatrical delights: Perth’s only snake dancer, a pole contortionist, a stilt walker, burlesque, the bearded lady and fire. www.xpressmag.com.au

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MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER Gutter Phenomenon

Bringing their brand of southern heaviness on the road with Dillinger Escape Plan, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster are preparing themselves for their return to Capitol this Sunday, May 16. GEORGE GREEN speaks with frontman Dallas Taylor.

Dallas Taylor is a man who knows what he wants; and he’s not going to stop until he gets it. He was the original frontman of Underoath, and after a bitter falling out (which is now amicable again), he put together Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, who have gone on to be a successful band in their own right.

Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster are known for their pioneering southern rock-metal, and as such have been able to steadily build a name for themselves the world over. After having already been to Australia as part of the Soundwave tour, MATSOD are now heading back with chaos masters Dillinger Escape Plan.

“We just finished up a tour here in the States with Saosin and Story Of The Year, which was a lot of fun”, Taylor explains. “We can tour with all different types of bands, which is great because it allows us to play to different crowds, and then we can play different sets too, which makes it interesting for us. We would play a different set with Saosin compared to what we would play on a Dillinger tour.”

As is the case with most hardcore or punk bands, touring and record sales do not cut the mustard when it comes to paying the bills. Sure, there are bands from this genre that probably do rely on the band as their sole source of income, but for the most part these musicians have to work another job just to support their touring way of life. It’s always interesting to see to what lengths these musicians go to keep their band afloat, and in MATSOD’s case it’s a pretty contrasting approach.

“When we have a break from touring I go straight back in to work,” Taylor explains.

“We wrapped up our last tour and the next day I was working again. I hate sitting around. I have a buddy who owns a company putting gutters

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“Our guitar player buys and sells on eBay, which is his hobby – but it’s actually how he makes most of his money too. He mainly focuses on selling guitar equipment and sometimes he dabbles in drums too. Actually, he also sells a lot of tennis shoes. He’s got one of the biggest collections of Nikes I’ve ever seen.

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“The only bad thing is that when we’re on the road he’s always buying stuff that he could sell, which means by the end of the tour our trailer ends up being packed full of stuff that he’s acquired on the road,” Taylor laughs. “I don’t know what’s going to happen if he sees some stuff he likes while we’re in Australia, because it’s going to be a nightmare trying to fly it home.”

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CVP Digital, Protools, Recording and Mastering. CVP Private Rehearsal studio, excellent facilities.

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Productive environment, songwriters welcome. Protools, Recording and Mastering. Demos to

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PA HIRE Vocal to concert size. Pro gear. Pick up or delivery. Exp crew. Ph 9307 8594 / mob 0404 410 020

jam every Sat. $10 p/wk.The best and only recording studio in Perth CBD. Bookings and details call DJ Kootz 0402 509 972 or Iron Mike

0415 230 253. for established singer/songwriter Julius Lutero. PROFESSIONAL P.A. HIRE For concerts, parties, RECORDING MIXING MASTERING PRODUCING Groove/roots style. Creating a reliable trio or corporate events. All sizes avail. Call Sound Pro Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked for on-going extensive touring. Only skilled 3000 on 0401 348 673.

Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764 and committed musicians need apply. Call SHORT FUSE SPEAKER REPAIRS Put new life 0434 404 340 for audition. www.juliuslutero.com. into old speakers. General repairs on all makes. RECORDING, MIXING OR MASTERING with WA’s largest collection of tube recoring equipment.

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BASSIST WANTED to join drummer in creating and digital rock’n roll equipment at Poons Head original band. Inf Triple J. Experimental metal SAE-Qualified, Fremantle Records’ Producer Brian Studios. “Today’s sound with vintage soul”. www.

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STUDIO INNOVATIONS Tel: 08 9437 2151 One of GIG OPPORTUNITIES in Perth and Regional. ALAN DAWSON’s WITZEND RECORDING Perth’s finest recording studios, south of the river.

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STUDIO Professional quality albums or demos, www.studioinnovations.com.au GUITARIST WANTED Versatile lead player. Inf large live room, experienced engineer, analog U N LO C K YO U R S O N G’ S P OT E N T I A L Hendrix, Prince, Kravitz. Must have huge ambition to digital transfers, mastering.Ph: 0407 989 128 and demos ready to shop. Ready to gig. Visit

and strong stage presence. Call Ron 0420 601 311. ANDY’S STUDIO International multi award Arranger/Producer, 27 yrs exp (20 yrs in London) MUSICIANS WANTED Enthuiastic and talented winning songwriter / producer. No band required. working with bands and songwriters. Pro Tools/ trumpet, trombones and tenor sax for big band. Broadcast quality. A songwriter’s paradise. Valve outboard & mics - and the ability to really listen will give your material the Kicking Phone Chris 9302 5423.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT every Thursday night at Indi AVALON RECORDING, MIXING AND MASTERING NEW mobile service. Call Jerry on 0405 653 338.

Bar. Just call Bex on 0404 917 632 STUDIO- BIBRA LAKE 32 track, 2 live rooms, www.jerichomusic.com.au OPEN MIC NIGHT every Tuesday at Impact running Pro Tools and Logic, Avalon and Joe Meek Bar, Northbridge. All welcome. Phone Nick REHEARSAL STUDIOS pre amps and compressors, vintage analogue 0438 451 215. effects, plus the latest digital plug ins. Vintage AVALON RECORDING, MIXING AND MASTERING OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays at the Sail & Anchor amps and key boards, valve mics plus more. Call STUDIO- BIBRA LAKE 32 track, 2 live rooms, from 7pm. Phone Adrian on 0417 292 047.

Tony 0411 118 304, avalonstudios@bigpond .com running Pro Tools and Logic, Avalon and Joe Meek SINGER WANTED Working cover band. Looking BRING YOUR MUSIC TO LIFE Experienced pre amps and compressors, vintage analogue for female singer. Must be versatile. For audition producer for singer/song writer. No band effects, plus the latest digital plug ins. Vintage contact Penny 0450 415 356. required. Call Solo Studio 9330 6168 or mob amps and key boards, valve mics plus more. Call SONGWRITERS welcome to showcase originals.

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TUITION ***GUITAR LESSONS*** The Guitar Specialist.

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Mt Lawley 9342 3484 / www.clifflynton.com BASS LESSONS Rock, funk & jazz. Tony Gibbs 9470 6131 D J L E S S O N S Tw o l o c a t i o n s . N o e x p necessar y. 10 hour course. One-on-one tution www.degraafenter tainment.com.

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DRUM LESSONS The Drum Shop has Perth’s biggest drum academy with 12 teachers. Drum kit, African drumming and orchestral percussion tuition. See ad Below. Lessons from $18.

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TunesmithsCafe. tunesmithscafe@iinet.net.au, mixing. Studio specialising in Pop, R’n’B & Hiphop. O’Connor. $50 p/3hr session. Phone 9314 1110 ‘Find your true voice’. NOR. Phone 9407 9078 or 9258 4465.

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