Issue 1435

ISSUE 1435

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13TH AUGUST 2014

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F R E E W E D N E S D AY S

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E N T E R TA I N M E N T I N P E R T H

EDUCATION, TRAINING & CAREERS FEATURE

DOUG ANTHONY ALLSTARS

COURTNEY LOVE

PALO ALTO

ROB SNARSKI

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CLAY NATION

ELLINGTON AS EVER

Andrew Dice Clay, the only performer banned for life from MTV, is headed to Australia for a run of shows across the country in October. A star on HBO’s Entourage and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine; Clay will be bringing his endless experience to HBF Stadium on Friday, October 17, with tickets available through ticketmaster.com.au. Hickory, dickory, dock indeed.

Katy Steele’s two shows at the Ellington Jazz Club this Wednesday, August 13, and Sunday, August 17, are officially sold out; however tickets are still available for the upstairs bar. After spending time abroad in New York you never know where Steele’s adventure will take her next, this may be the last chance to see Steele in her hometown for some time so grab your upstairs tickets now through ellingtonjazz.com.au for $10.

In other Ellington news Christine Anu is returning for encore performances of her Aretha Franklin tribute show, Rewind. Performing all of her classics for older and newer fans, Anu will be appearing at Ellington on Friday, October 17. For booking information visit ellingtonjazz.com.au.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

ALL THE SINGLE MOTHERS Justin Townes Earle is returning to Australia for the first time in 18 months for a national tour to coincide with his performance at Out On The Weekend in Melbourne.

Earle will be bringing a full band to his Perth show at the Astor Theatre on Saturday, October 11, to showcase his new album, Single Mothers, alongside Canadian artist Lindi Ortega and New Zealand singer Marlon Williams.

Tickets are available from Friday, August 15, through liveattheastor.com.au.

MEGA MEG Meg Mac’s national tour is selling fast with her Melbourne and Sydney shows sold out. Mac will be visiting Perth on Saturday, September 20, at the Amplifier Bar coinciding with the release of her debut EP, MEGMAC, through littleBIGMANrecords. Rainy Day Women provide quality support. Tickets are available through Oztix.com.au.

Meg Mac

Justin Townes Earle

Katy Steele

ENDLESS EXITS Steve Smyth is heading back to Australia for a huge 45 date tour in supporting of his upcoming album, Exits. Smyth and his band will be heading out into regional territories as well as major cities to perform all over the country. The WA leg will see Smyth and his band perform at Four5Nine on Wednesday, November 19; Redcliffe On The Murray on Friday, November 21; Mojo’s Bar on Saturday, November 22, and the Indi Bar on Sunday, November 23. For more information visit stevesmyth.com.au.

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In a unique twist, Aussie songstress and mum-to-be Missy Higgins will be returning to the music scene with her new album, OZ, available in a CD/Book edition. The album itself will feature covers of classic Australian songs written

by The Angels, Slim Dusty, Paul Kelly and more, while the accompanying book will explore a series of essays that reflect on Higgins’ life and music. The album is currently Steve Smyth available for pre-order through missyhiggins.com.

Higgins has announced a national tour in support of the album and book, stopping by our way WATTS THIS THEN? In conjunction with his return to Australia for the on Wednesday, October 15, at Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton; Thursday, October 16, at Crown Theatre, Just For Laughs Sydney 2014 festival internationally Perth; Saturday, October 18, at Bunbury Regional renowned improvisational vocal artist/beatboxer/ Entertainment Centre and Sunday, October 19, at musician/comedian, Reggie Watts, will hit Perth Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. Tickets on sale from for a performance at the Astor Theatre on Tuesday, Thursday, August 14.

October 21. Tickets go on sale on Monday, August 18, from 9am via Showticketing.com.au (9370 5888). Missy Higgins

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WOLFMOTHER RETURN!

Last seen in Perth in 2013 as part of the Blood Rock Festival, Melbourne hardcore/punk/rock’n’roll outfit Clowns are coming back this week to support Bodyjar as part of their national tour (see story, page 10). They’ll also play a headline gig at Mojo’s this Thursday, August 14. Joining them will be Flowermouth, The Decline, Chilling Winston and Idle Eyes. 8.30pm start, $10 entry.

Wolfmother are headed back to Australia following a huge run of international shows across India, US and Europe with their first show in Perth in three years booked in for Thursday, August 21, at Capitol. The show will be Wolfmother’s final show before their headlining gig at the North West Festival in Port Hedland on Saturday, August 23. For tickets or tour information visit wolfmother.com or oztix.com.au.

Clowns

Wolfmother

TO THE BARE BONES Bare Bones, a special weekly night to celebrate the acoustic-inspired music coming out of WA at the moment kicks off this Saturday, August 16, at the Swan Basement with Patient Little Sister, The Justin Walshe Fireside Trio, Ralway Bell and resident DJ Primal Vinyl.

Coming weeks will see performances from The Woods, Los Porcheros, Stoney Joe, The Wishers, Husband, Little Lord St Band, The Suntones, Jacob Diamond and more. Doors open 8pm, $10 entry.

Patient Little Sister

IT’S A THRILLER NIGHT! Thriller Live, the Michael Jackson and Jackson Five tribute show, will be bringing its record-breaking tour to Australia in December. Having played over 3,000 shows, the theatrical production has performed its two hour-show to thee million people across the globe.

Thriller Live hits Perth on Wednesday, December 10, and runs until Sunday, December 21, with tickets available through ticketek.com.au from $69.90.

BIRDMAN RALLIES High octane Australian rock’n’roll pioneers, Radio Birdman, are reconvening for a limited run of shows later this year. The tour will coincide with the reissue of their back catalogue in a limited edition CD box set, with a bonus disc, much of it previously unreleased material. There will also be a vinyl reissue of the band’s albums, as well as a double LP release of Live At The Paddington Town Hall.

Radio Birdman hit the Rosemount Hotel on Sunday, November 9. Tickets are on sale now via Heatseeker.com.au and Oztix.com.au.

Radio Birdman

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ARMATRADINGNOMORE

Having released a quintessential release with their latest EP, Stoke Extinguisher, hardcore legends NOFX are returning to Australia to unleash whatever they may upon their loyal legion. NOFX’s Australian tour stops by Metro City on Saturday, November 15.

Following a four-decade career and more than 20 NOFX Pic: Katie Hovland albums, acclaimed singer/songwriter, Joan Armatrading is embarking on her last major tour. “With my final major tour, I want to capture a unique memory for both myself and the audience,” Armatrading has stated and with that in mind she will perform the tour in solo mode.

Armatrading kicks off the Australian leg of the tour here in Perth at the Astor Theatre on Tuesday, December 4. Tickets are on sale from Showticketing. com.au.

Joan Armatrading

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE 2004 Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her milestone win with a national You Believed tour, which features two shows at Ellington Jazz Club on Friday, September 12, and Saturday, September 13. The intimate 90-minute show will feature tracks from Donovan’s time on Idol along with music from her debut album, For You, and her production roles in The Sapphires and Flowerchildren.

Tickets are available though ellingtonjazz.com.au.

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ISLES BE SEEING YOU The Autumn Isles’ sophomore album is almost here with the launch show at The Bakery officially announced. The High Learys, Gunns, Thee Gold Blooms and Jeff’s Dead will round up the line-up on Saturday, August 20, as A Bird Called Cognition becomes available for sale. Pre-orders for the album can be found through waterfrontrecords.com, while tickets for the launch are available at nowbaking. com.au for $15.

The Autumn Isles

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POLKA DOT VINTAGE MARKET The Polka Dot Vintage Market is absolutely massive, and unmissable if you’re into resurrected and revamped fashion. This weekend, there’ll be over 300 indoor market stalls at the Claremont Showgrounds selling retro wares, vintage gear and handmade crafts. You can find out more - including where to get your free parking - from treasuredcraftcreations.com.au. If you’re keen for a free double pass, drop us a line at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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BOYHOOD The 12 years it took to shoot Richard Linklater’s Boyhood were well worth it - it’s only the second film to get a 100% positive response as reported by Rotten Tomatoes, and that’s out of a stunning 176 reviews. It’s a panoramic coming-of-age movie that follows Mason (and Ellar Coltrane, the actor playing him) from age 6 to 18. It’s about divorce, Texan fundamentalism, aging, and seizing the moment. It’s in cinemas now, and if you’d like to get your mitts on a double pass, hit us up at featuresed@ xpressmag.com.au.

Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood.

BELLE With an impressive critical approval rate from Rotten Tomatoes and the thumbs up from David and Margaret, Belle is a period drama with particular clout. It’s based on the true story of Dido Lindsay, the aristocratic and mixed race niece of a Lord Chief Justice wrangling with the biggest legal decision of the year - a definitive step towards determining whether human beings can be considered legal property. It deals as much with pride and prejudice (and sense and sensibility) as it does with the enormous legal and political tensions surrounding the Abolition movement. It’s out on DVD, and if you’d like a copy, hit us up at win@xpressmag.com.au.

Sarah Gadon and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Belle

PREDESTINATION Fans of Australian film, science fiction, or Australian scifi are getting spoilt. Hot off the heels of the fourth Mad Max trailer, we've got another Australian dystopic thriller hitting cinemas. Peter and Michael Spierig, the brothers behind vampire-virus movie Daybreakers, are the dudes behind Predestination. The film follows a Temporal Agent (yes) who has the perfect career-securing move - a timetravel journey to ensure he's never out of work again.

Predestination stars Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, and Australian legend Noah Taylor, and you can catch it in cinemas from Thursday, August 28. Get in touch at win@ xpressmag.com.au for your chance to win a double pass.

Ethan Hawke in Predestination.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS You’ve probably seen Flight Of The Conchords’ Jemaine Clement as David Bowie, a Parisian discothequeur, or a cockatoo in Rio, and now you can catch him in complete vampire schtick - he’s one of the many bloodsuckers trying to catch a break in NZ mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows. When hipster Nick is transformed by his centuries-dead housemates into a vampire, they need to show him the vampirism ropes. In turn, Petyr and Vladislav get a few pointers about modernity, the outside world, and humanity. It’s in Australian cinemas from September 4, and if you’re down for a double pass, get in touch at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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BABY JUST SAY YES It was only a matter of time before Julian Fellowes screenwriter behind Gosford Park and Downton Abbey and archetypal English gent - took on Shakespeare. Romeo And Juliet is reimagined for the 21st century in this lush adaption, scripted by Fellowes and directed by Carlos Carlei. It’s set in Verona and features all the lush melodrama you know and love in Fellowes’ period pieces (plus Paul Giamatti). Romeo And Juliet is out on DVD, and if you’d like to win a copy, get in touch at win@xpressmag.com.au.

Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth in Romeo and Juliet

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MISTER AND PETE Even with star power like Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, and Dreamgirls' Jennifer Hudson behind it, The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete focuses on the harrowing story of two young children abandoned in a New York tenement and dodging Child Protection Services. It's received enormously positive press, and it's out on August 13. If you'd like to win a copy, get in touch at win@ xpressmag.com.au.

20,000 LEAGUES Nick Cave freaks, those fascinated by his mythos, and everyone who dug his neo-Western The Proposition should check out the new semi-fictional film, 20,000 Days On The Earth. The film is a broody take on a day in the life of Cave, and it’s an intimate and frank look at the creative process and who we really are. It’s bound to be as trippy and melancholically meta as his music and novels, and you can see it in cinemas from August 21. Keen for a double pass? Hit us up at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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ONELOVE, ONE LIFE Hard-hitting Australian EDM label OneLove have dropped another compilation album, and it’s just hit #2 on the iTunes charts: Sound Machine 2014, featuring two discs of deep house and big room floorfillers. OneLove’s CEO was one of the masterminds behind Stereosonic, and this compilation shows how closely the two projects’ hearts beat. It’s 2.5 hours of the biggest releases from the likes of Calvin Harris, Cash Cash, Tiesto, Zhu, Booka Shade, and Martin Garrix, with a few surprise remixed throwbacks thrown in (Madison Avenue as restored by Motez; Basement Jaxx by Mark Knight). You can catch the national Sound Machine tour when it hits Limelite on Friday, August 15. Alternatively, hit us up at win@xpressmag.com.au to win a copy of Sound Machine 2014.

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NEWS - INTERVIEWS - REVIEWS - CONTENTS

Peter Barr, RTRFM

RTRFM’S RADIOTHON Feeding Friendly Hideous Sun Demon Pic: Daniel Grant

THE BIG SPLASH GRAND FINAL The Bakery Saturday, August 9, 2014 The Big Splash band competition has come and gone for another year, with a huge night at The Bakery on Saturday seeing Hideous Sun Demon taking out first place for 2014.

That means the band walked of with a giant cheque for $10,000 from Big Splash co-director, Maria Florides, which the band will use for mastering, CD/vinyl printing, shipping and promotion of their forthcoming debut LP, Sweat.

Second place were Pat Chow, who receive $2,000 worth of audio recording, video production, photo shoot and private function (hold private gig up to 70 guests) courtesy of Yo Yo Studios Third Place were Dream Rimmy, who receive $1,000 worth of goods thanks to Kosmic Sound The Enchantment Award (for the whole competition) went to Old Blood, who also performed on the night. They will now perform at The Beaufort Street Festival, courtesy of Jump Climb.

It started a little quietly, but the fire certainly built as Kitchen People unloaded with the opening set.

It was an upbeat half-hour full of banter pertaining to dodgy guitar straps, misread setlists and anything/ everything/nothing, but it was a hell of a way to open the night, given the punk/pop vibrancy that recalled the older school Ramones, Buzzcocks and garage tones that pervaded and the sheer joy with which they were performed. Singer, guitarist, Jake Suriano, would appear later in the night as bassist for Hideous Sun Demon, while for bassist Vin Buchanan this was just the first of several appearances for the evening. (Key set moment Suriano: ‘This is our second last song’. Heckler: ‘One more!’

Suriano: ‘Sorry, there’s two more’).

Pat Chow came into this Grand Final pretty much as the ones to beat. They inspired plenty of frenzied action at the front, the more physical kind of stuff you’d see more often at gigs of yore. Example I’ve not seen push-ups so enthusiastically exercised on a dancefloor since The Externals used to invite their

ED KUEPPER Here Comes The Bridegroom He’s been a Clown, a Saint and even an Eternal, but now Ed Kuepper will once again be a Mail-Order Bridegroom when he plays solo and by request at the Fly By Night Musician’s Club this Friday, August 15. TRAVIS JOHNSON checks in.

When last we spoke to Ed Kuepper, the long-running Australian music icon was embarking on a series of solo shows where he planned to field his set list 8

SAS mates to gigs at the Swanbourne Hotel in the late ‘90s. Anyways, this trio combine delicious hooks with killer playing and are simply in command of what they do. You can cherrypick what ‘90s alt-rock influences might be in there, but singer/guitarist, Ben Protasiewicz, has removed the wheels from that cherrypicker and designed a new car. The wheels are the same, but this is the model for now. It was a balance of freneticism and rolling waves. Then they had to leave and do it all over again at Amplifier, supporting Emperors.

Dream Rimmy were an antidote to the rest of the evening’s harder-edged moments, even if Vin Buchanan (keyboards) was in most of the bands. With the name in mind, they were dreamy, yet driving. The songs unveiled on a musical storyline even beyond any lyrics. Singer/guitarist, Ali Flintoff, seemed in bliss with the band’s music and it’s hard not to fall into the band’s psych-rock magnet charm (even with a fill-in bassist).

Later in the set a song called Spring Break took things to poppier climes, before Sunshine brought a baggy Brit feels to the psychedelics.

For mine, it seemed that Pat Chow were still looking hard to beat, but then Hideous Sun Demon took to the stage, this time with Vin Buchanan in the role of singer/guitarist, and yes, he kicked arse at that too. HDS are harder to pin musically, there’s a punk spirit with some really interesting rock deconstruction going on.

They are an animated band with Buchanan out front as a bona fide showman, shouting ‘Shut up!’ in shouty chorus providing a delicious irony. Crowdsurfing greeted their performance throughout, with Dream Rimmy drummer George Foster, roadie-surfing to the front of the stage to fix a microphone stand indicating what kind of camaraderie is present in The Big Splash competition.

We know who won. Music was the winner.

And Hideous Sun Demon. Oh, and Vin Buchanan. He may have been in three of the bands, but it took half a dozen sets of independent judging panels for these bands to get there. Nothing wrong with doin’ things right.

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from the audience, taking requests for material from the length and breadth of his ridiculously prolific career.

The experiment worked, resulting in not only an album, The Return Of The Mail-Order Bridegroom (the title is a play on the name of his 1995 LP, I Was A Mail-Order Bridegroom) but also more shows utilising the same conceit.

“We recorded most of the live shows,” Kuepper explains. “And the intention was to release a series of live albums as part of a live bootleg series. But time kind of got in the way plus I started to think about it sort of differently.

I wanted to do something sort of fairly concise and it just seemed a more logical way to approach would be to go into the studio and take a number of the songs that had been requested throughout the tour and play them in a live in the studio sort of thing. There’s no overdubbing; all the various kinds of sounds, various ambiences, that’s all being done while I’m playing. We set up little microphones around the room to get reflections and all that kind of thing, and that’s how it really came about.”

Although the songs on the album are more or less audience generated, it’s certainly not a greatest hits package. “It wasn’t done on the basis of, ‘Oh, this song has 18 requests so it has to be included’. It wasn’t done on that basis at all - it’s kind of what felt right. As I say, the overall coherence of the atmosphere of the album came first. It had to be something that stood on its own.”

Still, the songs as presented on the new album do differ from their original incarnations.

“The surprises in some ways came when I was doing things live. There were songs I didn’t think would work that did work, that kind of thing. As far as doing them in the studio, we tried to keep the spontaneity of live performance in there, so these versions you hear on the album will all be little bit different than what was heard live. That’s the consistent feature of what I’m doing with these request shows. The criteria for choosing the end result was just if they sounded good.”

Every August, a 10-day whirlwind of love, community and music descends on Perth. Radiothon, RTRFM’s annual tin-rattle, is a celebration of the city’s favourite independent radio station, and for RTR’s breakfast presenter, Peter Barr, it’s an opportunity to show your love by getting loose. ALEX GRIFFIN reports.

As tradition dictates, RTRFM’s Radiothon will kick off with the famous Radiothon Opening Party this Friday, August 15, which sees Northbridge transformed into a four-venue (The Bakery, Ya-Ya’s, The Bird, Flyrite) smorgasbord of local talent including Hideous Sun Demon, Rainy Day Women, Davey Craddock & The Spectacles, Kučka and many more.

Before that kicks off, Out To Lunch and Drivetime will broadcast live from The Bird, prepping you for the goodness to come. “Opening parties are really important,” reckons Barr, “because it announces to the community that a special time of year is on, and that we need your help. What better way to ask for a favour? ‘Hey, we need a solid, here’s a party!’ Pledge hard, but don’t forget to party hard too.”

This year’s drive will be Barr’s 20th since joining the station last century (“I’d say I’ve personally raised $400 million,” he admits with characteristic modesty), yet the challenge of keeping the station alive for another year remains as serious as ever. Though RTR runs more fundraising events than you can shake an antenna at over the course of the year, Radiothon is the most crucial to the station’s survival.

The drive aims to raise the huge sums involved in keeping the station going for a year, covering essential running costs like water, gas and electricity, and to hear Barr tell it, the 10 days of fundraising are a frantic labour of love. RTR usually operates on a skeleton crew of staff and volunteer presenters, but the drive sees the station swell into a frazzled army of people manning phones and taking pledges; basically, forget about community radio stations being all beanbags and afternoon naps in the CD library.

“It’s intense work!” Barr exclaims, eyes goggling.

Were RTR simply just a radio station, Radiothon mightn’t be such a big deal, but 92.1 is a frequency that has a special resonance in many hearts across Perth, be it from getting through the working week with Out To Lunch, hearing a different view of

current affairs to what you read in mainstream media, or exploring the outer zones of sound in one of the station’s specialty programs. RTR’s dedication to local music is unparalleled. If someone’s recorded a note in Perth over the last two decades, chances are they’ve wound up being played on the station, and events like In The Pines are as much a part of living and loving music in Perth as is complaining about the city being missing out on Splendour sideshows. Barr describes Perth’s oldest FM station in terms that are equal parts key-to-the-city speech and iPhone app relationship horoscope.

“What RTR provides is a truly local perspective for matters that are of importance to us, like the environment, social justice and indigenous matters. It’s is a dear, trusted friend. You may not hang out with this buddy all the time, but you know they are always there, and every time you get together, you’re gonna have a good time! Longevity with a buddy breeds intimacy, positive vibes and good times, and RTRFM is now approaching 40 years of being a good buddy. It’s always been there, and we’ve changed and shifted with the times as we’ve gotten older, but our core belief is that our radio is good and pure, just like our best friends.”

Though membership may bring a range of pretty specky benefits and prizes, donating to Radiothon isn’t just about free CDs and the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from keeping the station rattling along.

“RTR is part of a bigger picture, the community broadcasting sector,” Barr says. “To me, the central message of Radiothon is that this sector is important. I don’t mean to get political, but given the peculiar attitudes of the incumbent federal government to things I hold dear like science, environment, social justice and the community broadcasting sector, RTR and other independent voices around the country need to be nurtured, cherished and supported. We would certainly miss it if it wasn’t here, and I think we’d have a poorer society without it.”

For full Radiothon details, head to rtrfm.com.au.

SUNSET’S ON THE FLY BY NIGHT? News emerged on Tuesday that Sunset Events was successful with its Expression Of Interest in regards to The Artillery Drill Hall of the Fly By Night Musician’s Club, having made a presentation to the National Trust WA. Sunset Events are looking to commit to a long term 21-year lease, the negotiation of which will now proceed with the Trust.

They are now very definitely two sides in this scenario, given the Fly By Night weren’t in agreement with a joint submission initially proposed by Sunset Events. We asked both for comment.

Executive Director, John Reid, was scheduled to yesterday present a petition of 7,000 signatures to WA Parliament.

“The Fly is a community venue, the Drill Hall is a government owned building, and Sunset Events will gain a lot from both, but the Fly and the community will gain very little,” he told X-Press. “The State government will ensure the National Trust WA are aware of this as the National Trust WA could be very naïve when it comes to doing business with a commercial entity.

“The lease, to my knowledge, hasn’t been discussed in detail or signed off on as yet by either party, but what I have read from both parties in my opinion contradicts my business ethics so there is a lot more issues to be dealt with, and the Fly is one that will action further.”

Sunset Events’ Managing Director, Dave Chitty, meanwhile, is positive about this development, as well as the continuation of the Fly’s legacy both on the stage and in the community.

“We look forward to working with the trust, the music industry and its fans, the many community and arts organisations who are interested in utilising the space and delivering an experience in the venue that builds upon its already solid cultural legacy,” he said.

“We will offer the Fly board the opportunity to offer the space to its members and to the club itself for fundraising opportunities. More details about our vision for the space will be released in 2015.”

It’s interesting times all ‘round.

BOB GORDON

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Newsdesk Win Flesh Music Bodyjar, DevilDriver, Bonjah, Benjamin Booker Courtney Love, Dead Kennedys, Rob Snarksi New Noise Eye4 Cover: Doug Anthony Allstars Palo Alto, Hundred Foot Journey, Snowpiercer, 100 Year-Old Man...

The Hit List, Fashion, Arts Listings ETC Education & Training Feature Scene Cover: Peking Duk EDM News, Take 5 True Vibenation, Nick Thayer Live: Sigma, Neurosis, Let’s Kill Uncle Local Scene: Let’s Kill Uncle, Helen Shanahan X-Press Guide Social Pics, Volume

FRONT COVER: RTRFM 92.1s Radiothon kicks off this Friday, August 15, with its multi-venue Opening Party Northbridge and runs until Sunday, August 24.

Artist pics by Michael Wylie (Kučka), Max Fairclough (Kid Tsunami), Matsu Photography (Coin Banks), Michael Caves (Hideous Sun Demon), Aaron Cokill (Sable) and Fuzzy Focus Photography (The Weapon Is Sound).

SCENE COVER: Peking Duk hit Villa Nightclub on Saturday-Sunday, August 23-24.

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BODYJAR 20/20 Bodyjar are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a national tour that stops

by Capitol this Friday, August 15, with guests Samiam, Blueline Medic and Clowns.

AUGUSTUS WELBY reports.

2014 marks 20 years since Melbourne pop-punk VIPs Bodyjar started making noise. What is it that underpins the band’s multi-decade endurance? Did they take an oath in the name of the law or the lord? Or has the incentive of financial profit kept them alive?

According to frontman Cam Baines, there’s no real secret to the perseverance – other than being blissfully unaware of the passing years.

“Things come and go so you just never think about it and before you know it, it’s there,” he says. “I didn’t even realise it was 20 years, then Caleb (Williams, manager) was like, ‘You know you guys have been together for 20 years?’ I was like, ‘What the fuck – we better do a special tour’.”

Even though Baines and Co. are using the tour’s significance as an opportunity to indulge their own tastes, the primary focus will be Bodyjar’s 20 year history. What better way to demonstrate how far they’ve come then by smashing through their second LP, 1996’s Rimshot!, from start to finish? This isn’t the first time the four-piece have performed an entire record on stage (they toured 1998’s No Touch Red a couple of years ago) and Baines emphasises the value of getting

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re-acquainted with the earlier material.

“You learn a lot about yourself. You remember what you stood for when you first started. I reckon all old bands that have been around for ages should go and re-learn all their old shit. It takes you back to the time when you weren’t over-thinking everything and you just did something because it sounded cool.

“You know too much about music after a little while. When you first start you don’t give a fuck – you don’t care if that chord doesn’t go with that chord.

When you go back and learn your old songs you’re like, ‘Fuck, that was pretty wild. There’s a million riffs in one song, there’s heaps of energy, it’s really fast’.”

Yes, Rimshot! sure is fast; the record barely makes it past the 30-minute mark. This means there’ll be plenty of stage time left for a comprehensive journey through the remainder of Bodyjar’s catalogue.

Six albums have followed since Rimshot!, including two major label releases, How It Works and Plastic Skies, and last year’s gutsy return to form, Role Model.

“We’ve probably got a list of about 50 songs we can do,” says Baines of the tour preparations. “A lot of people on our Facebook have been in our ears about what to play so we just learnt the ones that a lot of people have mentioned.

“There’s certain ones that you just know the crowd knows. Not The Same everyone knows, One In A Million everyone knows, You’ve Taken Everything. But it’s more early stuff that we’re going to throw in, like Time to Grow Up and Negative Man. There’s a few weirder B-sides that people want to hear, so we’ve got a few of them ready to go as well.

“We’ve been around for a long time and we’re not here to prove anything. We just want everyone to have a good time. I just like a party sort of vibe at gigs, to just keep it loose.”

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DEVILDRIVER Park The Car Californian heavy-hitters, DevilDriver, are winding down operations for a little while. DAVID JAMES YOUNG speaks with vocalist, Dez Fafara.

The ‘record album, release album, tour album’ cycle is more than just a series of motions for DevilDriver – since 2003, it’s been their way of life.

Without fail, the band has released an album every two years, up to and including 2013 effort Winter Kills. The Californians have a devotion that has been unshakeable to date, so it may come as a shock that the band’s forthcoming East Coast tour could be the last time fans see DevilDriver… for a little while, at least.

“I think what’s happening within the camp is that we say, ‘If the music’s there, let’s do it’,” says Dez Fafara, the band’s lead vocalist and primary lyricist. “‘If it’s not, let’s not’. We can only guess or surmise as we’re writing where we’re at in the process.

All I can say is that the cycle is ending here – there is not going to be another album two years after Winter Kills. We’re laying low all of next year and probably 2016 as well. The next DevilDriver record could come out in 2016. It could come out later. Even still, we’re writing. I’m writing every day, and I know the other guys are, too. There are about four or five killer tunes in the mix there. So we’ll see what happens, but don’t expect anything for a while.”

It’s suggested that if any band deserves a break from the wear and tear of touring, it’s DevilDriver. This is a sentiment that Fafara himself is

all too quick to agree with. “I’ll tell you what, we’ve been on the road for 12 years,” he says, the weight of those words not lost on him and the husk in his tone confirming that he’s not bullshitting.

“In those 12 years, we’ve put out six records; all of them different, and all of them received really well. We tour harder than any other band on the planet. We just did a two-month tour of the States with only three days off – and those were driving days. That said, we’re coming toward the end of the road. We need to get back to basics, hang out with our families… we need to chill out for a minute.”

Last year also saw Fafara back on the road with his original band, Coal Chamber, who reformed in 2011. Although he is adamant about not looking to the past and doing things for the sake of retrospect or nostalgia, many questioned his motives in reviving a group whose heyday had long gone and were seemingly ripe for a nostalgic market.

“In a lot of ways, it was about looking forward for me,” says Fafara. “We’d all mended our ways, and Meegs (Rascon, guitar) had hit me up with some new Coal Chamber songs. It made sense for me – for us – to go out on tour. We took it around the world, and it was so well received. Here in the States, we were playing to thousands of people a night. It was incredible.

“It’s funny, because this question came up with my wife. She asked me, ‘Honestly, when was the last time you even listened to a Coal Chamber song?’ I couldn’t even tell you. It might be 15 years. I didn’t even have to listen to the record when we started rehearsing – I mean, I know the songs, I wrote them. So it’s all about forging forward.”

BONJAH A Beautiful Mind

Bonjah show off their rockin’ new tunes on Thursday, August 14, at the Northshore Tavern; Friday, August 15, at the Indi Bar; Saturday, August 16, at Amplifier and Sunday, August 17, at the Dunsborough Tavern. SHAUN COWE reports.

Bonjah’s last studio album, Go Go Chaos, garnered a fair amount of critical acclaim, throwing them up for a nomination at both the AIR and Rolling Stone Awards.

Now, after a three-year break from the studio and one live album in between, the band are back with an uncompromising roots rock LP, Beautiful Wild.

Frontman Glen Mossop is at home working as he gets the call and sedately explains Bonjah’s coming-of-age.

“When we first arrived, to get our music out there, we couldn’t get shows, so we just went and started busking and selling CDs and getting a following that way.” he says. “We’ve never had a lot of radio play so I guess that sort of relentless touring in the early days was our way of getting our music out there. Everyone’s different. Some people write eight songs on high rotation straight away. So I guess there’s different means and different avenues to take, but we did the grass roots thing and built it up that way.”

Despite the band’s historic lack of club bangers or indie pop hits, they’ve managed to do fairly well for themselves, having just come back from a tour of Europe with a string of dates in Germany and the UK. Fans of their previous albums, however, may be a little jarred by Bonjah’s evolving sound.

“We’ve always been really energetic when we play live. We wanted to make an album that would be really up when it came to performing it as well. Like, Go 10

Go Chaos and even the album before that, half of them were really slow acoustic tunes – which we love doing in the studio – but when it came to live shows they kind of just never made the cut. For this one, Beautiful Wild, we just really wanted to capture what we are about live.”

Recording the LP in Melbourne, with the help of Jan Skubiszewski (Way Of The Eagle, John Butler Trio, Cat Empire), Mossop says the producer played a big part in developing the sound.

“You know, working with Jan, he was amazing; he really brought it to life and pushed us in ways we’ve never done before in the studio. He opened our eyes to a whole lot of new ways to play and create some segments in songs. So he was a big influence in the album. So, yeah, it was a big learning curve for all of us and a lot of fun.”

Putting so much emphasis on their evolving sound, the band made sure to incorporate Skubiszewski into the songwriting process, getting him to workshop songs as they were being written, along with the band.

“I wrote most of the demos, then sort of took it to the guys and everyone would get together and have a listen and go through them. Everyone would throw ideas around and just play with them and see what happens. Then Jan would come to a few sessions and sorta put his input in. I just kinda gave the guys the basics and everyone gave their input.”

Bonjah’s history of releasing killer albums that garner industry attention, from Go Go Chaos being nominated for awards in 2011 and Until Dawn, up for numerous APRA awards in 2010, means that there’s pressure for Beautiful Wild to do just as well. However, Mossop shrugs industry expectation off, content with staying true to the band’s creative integrity.

“If it gets recognised in the industry, in that way, that’s awesome, you know? It’s a bonus. But it’s not something that’s high up on the list, but if it happened it would be great; we’d welcome it.”

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BENJAMIN BOOKER The New Kid On The Block With his self-titled debut album out on Tuesday, August 19, Benjamin Booker speaks with AARON BRYANS about his unexpected rise and his life-changing journey into music.

Reporting on the music scene for his college paper, Florida’s Benjamin Booker was as close to being a live musician as any of us who sing in the shower.

Picking up a guitar in 2012, Booker had no idea that two years later he would be signed to a record label, releasing a debut album and having performed alongside Jack White, Courtney Barnett and even on The Late Show With David Letterman.

“I didn’t really do anything before 2012,” Booker reveals. “When I was in college I wrote the music content for the college paper on books and bands, but I didn’t start playing until about 2012 and that’s the same time I started writing. It’s been a couple of years but it is still new. I started playing shows around town; just acoustic shows, and I hated doing that, so I started playing with a band in February this year. I write all the songs and then I share them with the guys and they come up with their own parts.”

2014 has been a huge year for Booker. Fresh off recording his debut album at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, he set off on supporting tours and festival shows, taking in as much as he could, progressing musically every step of the way.

“We try to watch every band we play with and usually take some notes,” the now New Orleansbased Booker says. “If we see something good we try to put that into our shows. We did Courtney Barnett about

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a month ago and recently Jack White and we were there every night just watching him. “ “Supporting Courtney Barnett was really good. We had a really nice time hanging out with her whole band; I think that’s the closest we’ve been with a band on tour. I would still talk to them or hook up with them when we can. We had a really good time together.

They’re about our age and we had some wild nights on tour with them. They’re fun people, really generally nice people.”

The release of Booker’s self-titled debut album through ATO Records is a dream come true; with high energy grooves and agitated riffage, the album is just the beginning of what is sure to be an incredible musical career.

“It’s really crazy,” Booker expresses. “I recorded the songs to share with some friends. I really just wanted to have some vinyl. But a full-length album is really something…I never thought I could do it. It’s incredible and it’s amazing it’s finally happening.

“We’re going to be supporting this album for 18 more months. I have some ideas about what I want to do in the future musically but there hasn’t been any time to think about that at all. We’ve been on the road since February, hopping from town to town. Hopefully a year-and-a-half from now I’ll have some time to sit down and think about what will happen in the future.”

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ROB SNARSKI A Bird In The Hand With over 20 years as the leader of The Blackeyed Susans, Rob Snarski has stepped out from behind his band for his first ever solo album, Wounded Bird.

He performs at the Astor Lounge this Saturday, August 16, and at Mojo’s for a 1pm matinee show on Sunday, August 17. CHRIS HAVERCROFT reports.

Rob Snarski spent his formative years in Perth as his family owned an orchid in Karragullen where he grew up with his brother, Mark, and formed Chad’s Tree.

Snarski first moved from Perth with Chad’s Tree before returning to join The Blackeyed Susans with Dave McComb. He now lives in Melbourne, but a trip to the West always has a sense of history for Snarski.

“I have no family left in Perth now so there is a sense of dislocation as I don’t feel I belong there even though I spent a huge amount of my life there,” says Snarski of landing in Perth to play gigs. “I grew up in the outskirts of Perth and we had 89 acres, an orchard and a farm. Coming back to Perth I have a flood of memories and it is always interesting. I get off that plane and I am bashed with that intense light and the intense heat when it is summer. It is different to living in Melbourne, that’s for sure.”

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Wounded Bird became a solo record by default.

In making the album Snarski had been going through a difficult time as there were corrupt hard drives to contend with, and a computer was stolen that contained hours of recording. As a result, guest musicians who had been part of the record were gone, never to be heard.

There was a time when Snarski thought Wounded Bird was cursed and was never going to get finished.

“I hadn’t planned on making a solo record. I was working on a record with Dan Luscombe as a followup to a record we had made about 10 years ago called There Is Nothing Here That Belongs To You. In the process, I found myself driving Dan home after a recording session and he said, ‘I think this should be your solo record’. I really didn’t know if I should accept it as a gift or take it as a punch in the face. In a way I guess that it has been a great thing that he suggested and I certainly took more ownership and responsibility for the songs and was more proactive in finishing it.”

To finance the release of the album, Snarski underwent a PledgeMusic campaign. People were encouraged to donate to the making of the album and in return Snarski would do things such walk your dog with you, DJ at your house, sing a song from the album down the phone, record a song of your choice, and come to your house and make you vegetarian frittata. There were around 300 pledges which sped up the production of the album.

“The pledge campaign blew me away. I was approached by my manager to start the pledge campaign and I knew very little about them at the time so I was reluctant to be part of it and it didn’t feel comfortable.

It felt like holding out my hat and asking for donations, but the funny thing is that everything I have done for the pledges has been a joyful experience and musically challenging. I have put myself out there and taken myself out of my comfort zone and found it be a really rewarding experience.”

Snarksi is a typical artist in that even when people are praising his work and view his voice as a gift from the gods, he is prone to focus on the flaws of his work. It is hard to believe that he could listen to his live recording and cringe at the pitch, but this is what he does.

Luckily with his first solo album there will continue to be enough praise that he won’t have time to focus on any perceived flaws. Wounded Bird is a stunning listen, often in spite of the heavy tales.

“The themes that I approach in the songs are not all the negative,” Snarski clarifies. “There are points where I address the strength of character that builds you into the person that you are. It is not only the scars that are left behind. Sure there are things like rejection, infidelity and break ups but there are things like sexuality, resolve, resilience and then you go into folk tales, loneliness and self harm, but it is not all dark and it is not all bleak, that is for sure.”

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DEAD KENNEDYS Live At Last Punk icons and satirical social commentators, Dead Kennedys, are finally coming to Perth, performing at Capitol on Saturday, October 11. SHANE PINNEGAR speaks with bassist, Klaus Flouride.

The Dead Kennedys are set to play Perth for the first time, after a planned visit 30 years ago was cancelled due to police harassment.

“The first time we went out there we were scheduled to play Perth,” bassist, Klaus Flouride explains, “in ‘83 or something, and apparently the story goes that the police were starting to hang out at the clubs a little bit. The club owners were complaining because the patrons were leaving their club and going to another club. And these were the clubs that we were going to be playing in.

“They said to the police, ‘come on, we’re dyin’ here - everybody’s leaving’, and the police said, ‘you think they’re leaving now? We’re just hanging out - but if you think you’ve seen a lot of us now, wait till just before the Dead Kennedys turn up. We’re all excited to see that!’”

It is the ridiculous truth that in the early ‘80s the police were busting bands and comedians for saying something as commonplace as ‘fuck’ on stage as though it were a capital offense (Molly Meldrum was arrested for saying ‘get funked’ on stage when he was DJing once in when speaking to the former frontwoman of Hole, widow to one of the most influential names in grunge history and the Rolling Stone awarded 'the most controversial woman in rock'n'roll'.

"It's been mostly filled with highlights," Love says, when reflecting on 2014 thus far.

Love's speaking from a hotel in Tokyo, where she's embarked on a last-minute holiday before her debut solo tour Down Under.

"I've started acting again, which is really good. I'm currently working on a play in New York and I'll be joining the cast in the new series of Sons Of Anarchy. I've played some really good shows and I've also started working on designing for a clothing line. Other than that I've just been hanging out with my daughter a lot which is great. In terms of lowlights, I don't really like living in LA very much. It's pretty boring."

“What’s the biggest misconception about you? That’s not my job to answer that.

You answer that. I’m not answering that fucking question! That one always bugs me. Then there’s just the usual mindnumbing crap that I’m always asked.”

COURTNEY LOVE None Of Your Business The mere mention of her name stirred up the X-Press Facebook page last week. The ever-polarising Courtney Love performs tonight, Wednesday, August 13, at Metro City. TYSON WRAY reports.

'The scheduled has changed. I've got Courtney Love on hold. Can you speak to her in 30 seconds?'

Sweet Jesus! If there was one phone call I wasn't expecting to be woken up by after a rather heavy Friday night out, it definitely wasn't this. One of the most polarising, fascinating and downright intriguing names in the contemporary music industry, Courtney Love Cobain is an intimidating interviewee at the best of times, let alone in a state of haze at 9am.

Although, it could be argued that's the exactly the state of mind that you should be in

Arguably, Love is as famous for her music as she is her mercurial temperament. In 1992 she took aim at journalist Lynn Hirschberg after her interview with Love in Vanity Fair led to the revelation that she'd been taking heroin when pregnant with her daughter, Frances Bean.

Following its publication, Bean was taken away by child services. Hole then released a bootleg titled, Bring Me The Head Of Lynn Hirschberg, Love blamed Hirschberg for the death of Kurt Cobain and at an Oscars after-party in 1995 she attempted to impale her with Quentin Tarantino’s statuette that he had been awarded for 'Best Original Screenplay' for Pulp Fiction.

Not wanting to be on the receiving end of her well-documented wrath, I began by outlining what sort of questions writers should tread lightly upon when speaking to her.

"Oh, man, I have a few, "she details fervently. "What's the biggest misconception about you? That's not my job to answer that.

You answer that. I'm not answering that fucking question! That one always bugs me. Then there's

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1983). The ultra-conservative government of the day would undoubtedly have seen The Dead Kennedys as some kind of anarcho-terrorist outfit wanting to leave the city in ruins.

“Yeah,” says Flouride. “And the thing was that the bookers of the clubs knew that they were doomed to have the show shut down – so they cancelled out on us!’”

Fast forward 31 years and the West Australian government are no longer so overtly jack-booted in their defence against political activism. In the ‘80s The Dead Kennedys’ shows were legendary, riotous even.

Flouride says they still are.

“You’ll be surprised how intense it still is! I’d liken it to a train careening down a track, realising that their brakes don’t quite work and just trying to keep on the track. They’re pretty fun, but they’re barely in control.”

From ’78 through to ’86 singer, Jello Biafra, was incredibly outspoken, spitting satirical and political rhetoric and firing subversive, barbed lyrical bombs at the corruption and selfishness of the ‘greed is good’ generation. Just because he’s no longer involved with the band (Ron ‘Skip’ Greer has been their singer since 2008), doesn’t mean they have gone all soft, though, and the message in their music is still massively important.

“Yeah, it’s even more… I wouldn’t say ‘tempered’, but it’s more honed. I think they share equal footing,” Flouride declares. “I think our music is what’s carried us this far, maybe more than the message. We’ve always been interested in musical interplay, but at the same time the words, unfortunately, they’re still all fairly applicable.

“We don’t tell people what to think. It’s mostly going, ‘this is what we’ve noticed. Think about this. Go and do your own study if this has got your attention’. Think for yourselves, though, and find out.” just the usual mind-numbing crap that I'm always asked."

"Okay then, let's leave this completely open then. What would you like to talk about?"

"Nothing."

"Oh." "I don't want to talk to the media about anything."

"Why?" "Why? Why?! Because it's none of your fucking business. My personal business is not your fucking business. That's fucking why. How about that? I'll talk about the tour. I'll talk about my new single. I'll talk to you about my rock show. That's it."

"Okay, fair enough."

"Good." *Crosses out the entirety of my list of 20-odd questions.* "Well then, I suppose we should best talk about your rock show."

T h i s we e k w i l l s e e Love d e s ce n d on Australian shores for her debut solo tour.

Having toured in the past with Hole, her 2014 visit follows the release of her double A-side single, You Know My Name/Wedding Day, which the Telegraph described as 'potty mouthed and captivating'.

"I've been to Australia a few times since I last played there, but just for friends and stuff," she notes. "I don't know what people should expect. We'll see when I get there, I guess. I have a great band that I love who are really good and really tight. I'm probably not going to play many shows after this because I want to really focus on my acting. So come and get it while you can."

Indeed, Love's adoration of acting has seen her add yet another string to her bow, where most recently she has been cast to appear in a recurring role in the seventh and final season of the aforementioned FX series, Sons Of Anarchy.

"I love the show and I love the producers of it," she notes of the program which depicts an outlaw motorcycle club operating in a fictional town in California's Central Valley. "I'm playing a kindergarten teacher. I'm really excited about it. That's what I really want to focus on for the rest of the year, then I'll look towards making an album."

It's at this point when Love's interest i n co n t i n u i n g t h e i n te r v i ew h a s d w i n d l e d into negative territory. She's quite obviously becoming irate, it's time to wrap things up. Albeit of a clichéd nature, I close out the interview by asking if there's anything left she like to tell me.

"I really love Melbourne, it's my favourite city in Australia," she shares. "I can't wait to play there, I can't wait to rock it out. It's going to be the last time I play a rock show in a long time."

I'm going back to bed.

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WHITE FENCE

REUBEN AND THE DARK

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Clearly not content with being the most prolific wunderkind going around when putting out records under his own name, Ty Segall has offered himself as producer for his friend Tim Presley, this time for the latter’s psych-folk outfit White Fence. Presley is no newcomer either with this being the sixth White Fence full-length, but it is the first time that Presley has ventured out of the bedroom to record.

For The Recently Found Innocent is Presley’s boldest effort yet, with significant record label backing and containing ‘live drums’ for the first time. White Fence certainly aren’t at any risk of breaking new ground whatsoever as their sound borrows heavily from the ‘60s and ‘70s, but they are saved by Presley’s whip-smart writing.

Sandra (When The Earth Dies) could be an outtake from The Village Green Preservation Society such does it channel the Davies brothers, and is the finest display of melody on this release. Wolf Gets Red Faced is a bit more obtuse as it tells the tale of an alcohol drinking werewolf but is most memorable for its meandering and charismatic guitar solo.

For The Recently Found Innocent is clear in showing off its influences and will get its share of criticism for being revisionist. This may be the case, but there are worse things to be accused of and White Fence again stand on the strength of their tunes.

Fleet Foxes have a lot to answer for. For all their inventive arrangements and three-minute dissonant sax solos, the only thing they’ve influenced in the modern musical landscape is a lot of white bread.

So here’s Mumford & Sons Mach III, AKA Reuben And The Dark.

While they’re not as offensively bland as Mumford, you know what this album sounds like before you’ve heard it. Acoustic guitars, wordless, unimaginative harmonies, mid-tempo drums, rustic imagery and vague religious references, all layered with heavy reverb, add up to complete the indie-folk checklist.

This is a competently produced album, so obviously the group knows what it’s doing. The tragedy is that it seems to use indie-folk clichés only because they’re fashionable. These are simple indie-pop songs at heart, until a reverb-drenched multi-voiced harmony and a steady folk drumbeat appears, shoehorning the album into indie-folk territory and quashing any potential for ingenuity.

So if you can’t get enough of the current folk boom, you might get something out of Funeral Sky. Otherwise, hope that mainstream audiences realise that folk is literally the furthest away from a new genre of music as possible and we can all move on from this sedate era of music ASAP.

LEONARDO SILVESTRINI

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JOHN GARCIA

ONE DAY

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Mainline Elefant Traks/Sony Australian hip hop often thrives from its sense of community, but when it comes to the collective known as One Day, it runs even deeper. Having met in high school, the septet is made of lifelong friends who have built up considerable success individually through acts such as Horrorshow and Jackie Onassis.

Mainline marks the first time that all of them have worked together under the One Day moniker.

Given the pedigree of the artists on hand, anticipation has naturally grown extremely high for the album. It’s justified on the big posse cuts like single Love Me Less and big-talking intro number, Many Hands, which showcase the strong points on offer – namely the bold verses and the simple, yet effective hook melodies.

The appeal, however, wears out after a period, particularly in the down-tempo, dub-oriented turn towards the end. 55 minutes is a big ask at the best of times, particularly when a portion of that is wasted on meandering instrumentals.

It’s not that there are too many cooks on Mainline – more that the album seems to lose its flavour quicker than you’d hope. Still, for fans of local hip hop, there is plenty to be enjoyed here.

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John Garcia’s solo project was expected in 2008 but has only surfaced now. What took so long?

Well, after founding the desert rock group, Kyuss, which also featured Josh Homme, Garcia was involved in other projects before bringing Kyuss back in 2010 as Kyuss Lives! A court case by Homme saw the name changed to Vista Chino, which itself has now been disbanded. And out of the drama, at last, has emerged Garcia’s cumbersome debut.

Opener, My Mind, sums up the flaws of the album with overly grainy vocals and limited melodic progression. It relies too heavily upon shifting instrumental distortion to create interest. Rolling Stoned and 5000 Miles show how placing such emphasis on one element only deadens a song. Only occasionally does the distorted obsession work, as on The Blvd with the slow licks of the guitar reigning in the listener and demanding to be heard.

As a whole, this album offers little of interest and is tonally uncomfortable as it stays on one plane.

At times, you almost connect with what Garcia’s saying, but for most of it you are left asking, ‘why?’

LIAM APTER

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STICKY FINGERS

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With two tasty singles under their belt this year already, Sticky Fingers have stirred a melting pot of influences together to produce a rugged, yet astoundingly catchy reggae-rock sound on this confident second album.

The opener and title track, Land Of Pleasure, emits a coaxing cry without giving away too much of their game, for the song is barely a glimpse of the versatility that Sticky Fingers are capable of. Tied together by the echoing Aussie twang of Dylan Frost’s vocals, the songs dance between styles, from the heavy reggae beats of Fake A Smile to silkier glories like Rum Rage.

While most of the album will put pep in your step, Land Of Pleasure isn’t without its lower points. The record is perhaps one or two tracks too long, and the newer songs fail to convey the same effortlessness of singles, Gold Snafu, and Just For You. This needn’t deter you from listening all the way through, however. There is more than enough variety in the record for everyone, and it provides a wonderful detour from the electronica and indie rock currently dominating the Australian music scene.

So prepare for a feast, because this album is finger-lickin’ good.

In 2011 Geoffrey O’Connor put his guitar down and walked away from his notable pop outfit, Crayon Fields. He continues his steps further into synth pop territory with his second solo album, Fan Fiction.

Fan Fiction is pretty much a one-man show as O’Connor plays almost all of the instruments with only a jot of help from his friends (some vocals from Jessica Venables and piano from Sparkadia’s Alexander Burnett). O’Connor recorded some of the album in England and the reminder in his own Vanity Lair in Melbourne. Fan Fiction melds the club sounds of those two cities with ease.

It is hard to listen to Jacqueline without immediately giving it a repeated spin. The lovelorn single that is high on energy and style, coming across as a tune that would be born out of a union between Phil Oakey and Howard Jones. In contrast, Her Name On Every Tongue is more pared down and a suave slice of adult contemporary disco.

With Fan Fiction, O’Connor has made a record to put on when the lights are out and the bath salts are at the ready, with the likelihood it will offer the appraise soundtrack all the way until breakfast.

ERIN ROONEY

CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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DOUG ANTHONY ALL STARS - PHOTO BY SHANE ROZARIO

Between 1985 and 1994, a trio of young abrasive men would change the face of Australian comedy, combining savage satire, fascist fashion, virtual violence and music to mutilate by - at it’s best, all of the above simultaneously.

Together, they were the Doug Anthony All Stars; individually they were Tim Ferguson, Richard Fidler and the man who would be despot, Paul McDermott. The current tour follows a reunion show they did in April 2013 for the DVD release of their ‘90s ABC television show, DAAS Kapital.

“The response, even for an old curmudgeon like myself, was a bit overwhelming. I... I hate to say it

out loud, but I was moved,” McDermott laughs. “In the past I was the enemy of the fan.”

X-Press recently interviewed Tim Ferguson, who revealed he had left DAAS after discovering he had multiple sclerosis - although he did not initially reveal this to the rest of the group. But it is Fidler who hasn’t rejoined for the tour, with Paul ‘Flacco’ Livingston taking his place; raising two obvious question, where’s Richard and why reform now?

“Richard got a job,” says McDermott, simply.

When prompted to answer the ‘why now’ question, he laughs harshly. “Because Richard got a job. He always wanted to get the group back together, but now he’s secured a job at the ABC and can’t do it, so that’s our opportunity.

“I’m finding the shows we’re doing now a lot looser and more bizarre than anything we did back in the day,” McDermott says of the new configuration.

“Mr Livingston is an absolute firebrand on stage, and it’s a joy travelling with him in the van. If you think Tim

has it bad with the MS, wait ‘til you hear about the problems Livvo has just getting up in the morning. He has a lot of ailments. It’s a cavalcade of bizarreness.”

McDermott’s DAAS persona was a perfect fusion of angry little man and exaggerated virility, and it seems he does take some delight in being the healthiest member of the group.

“I don’t know about that,” he says smugly.

“But I am finally the tallest member of the group.

“It puts a different take on it for us. We were around for eight years and we have over a hundred songs from that period to choose from,” he says. “What we’ve done with a few songs is reconstruct them for a, ahem, contemporary audience, so Stimulate My Penis has been reshaped and reworked. Of course we’re doing I Fuck Dogs, it sits at the apex of the canon. It’s still the most requested song. But people come up after the gigs and ask if we’ve considered doing Kylie & Jason or Skinhead Skippy. Luckily we’ve got YouTube, so we can go back and work out what we did.”

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McDermott says his newfound kindliness toward DAAS audiences does not extend to actual performances; there are standards to maintain, after all.

“But the thing is, we never really got a chance to say goodbye, because of the way the break-up happened. Rich and I weren’t aware at the time that Tim had MS and that was part of why he was calling it a day. We did a brief tour of Australia, but we were all a little emotional at the time, so we never really took the opportunity to say goodbye to the fans as a group.

“This is almost like 20 years of waiting to say ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye.’”

SABIAN WILDE

Doug Anthony All Stars perform at The Regal Theatre from Tuesday, September 9, until Wednesday, September 11. For an extended version of this interview, head to xpressmag.com.au.

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Singin’ In The Rain

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME? For their latest fundraising screening for the Australian Museum Of Motion Picture And Television, Western Region, Cygnet Cinema in Como is pulling out the big guns in the form the stone cold classic musical, Singin’ In The Rain. The 1952 Gene Kelly musical screens this Sunday, August 17, preceded by live music, a newsreel, trailers and a raffle - just like it was back in the day. Doors open at 9.30am, with the screening starting at 10.15.

Kynan Tan

TEMPORAL TUNES Perth artist Kynan Tan’s perspectives [temporal] is a multimedia concert experience. Developed over the course of two years and building on themes explored in Tan’s earlier AV works, consciousness and multiplicity, it combines found footage, CG animation and solar system simulations with digitally processed sounds to create a powerful, hypnotic and challenging sensory experience.

The concert takes place at PICA’s Central Gallery this Friday, August 15, from 7pm. Go to pica.org. au for more.

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Sami Shah

MIRTHFUL MIGRANT He’s a familiar face on the Perth stand up comedy circuit and has even featured on the ABC’s Australian Story, but now Sami Shah is turning to print to tell his story, in the form of his new book, I, Migrant. Tracing Shah’s journey from his native Pakistan to rural Northam, the book is full of wry humour and cultural observations. Shah will be signing copies at Kaleido Books & Gifts in the Perth Train Station Concourse on Friday, August 29, from 6pm.

This Is How I Feel, the 10th solo exhibition by artist David Spencer, runs at Mosman Park’s Gallows Gallery from September 4 - 20. The collection of works on display is drawn from the length and breadth of Spencer’s career and is curated with the goal of not only showcasing his development as an artist but also his feelings on being a contemporary Australian creator. For more details, go to gallowsgallery.com.

ALL’S FAIR Now here’s an event we can get behind. The Great Beer And Cider Fair is coming to Joondalup’s Central Park on Saturday, November 22. This celebration of ales amber and otherwise features over 100 varieties of beer and cider available, plus live entertainment, food, educational displays and more. There’ll also be a family area for those too young to imbibe, so it’s a day fit for the whole family. Tickets are available now via Oztix.

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY Food Is Memory Directed by Lasse Hallstrom Starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Mannish Dayl When the restaurant-owning Kadam family flees India after a personal tragedy, they seek a home that has sufficiently good produce to fulfil their needs. By chance they stumble across what they are after in a rural French village, but their attempts to set up an Indian restaurant brings them in conflict with an renowned restaurant not a hundred feet away. What follows is a clash of cultures and cuisines as the talented cook Hassan (Mannish Dayl) tries to bridge the gap, while his father (Om Puri) and the proprietress of the French establishment (the formidable Madame Mallory- Helen Mirren) go to war.

With a director with previous experience in foodie films (Lasse Hallstrom- Chocolat), based on the best selling book of the same title, and with the production clout of Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg behind it, The Hundred-Foot Journey brings a lot of expectations to the plate. What we are served up is a gently charming comedy-drama that explores the passion of food in a similar manner to Jon Favreau’s Chef, which graced our screens earlier this year. It is a romantic film where that passion for cooking is set on par with all others, served up complete with beautiful vistas of the French countryside and a side helping of fresh Bollywood music. The Hundred Foot Journey may be following a standard recipe but it is least doing it well, and at just a shade over two hours

doesn’t overcook it too much.

Oddly enough, Helen Mirren’s acting may be one of the weakest ingredients in this film. At times it veers perilously close to stereotyping, especially in the initial establishment of character. Stranger still is that this seems to lessen either when she goes to extremes (pushed to comedic effect in her restaurant war with Papa), or allows her more gentle nature to shine through (taking Hassan under her wing). By contrast Om Puri steals the show with a performance that is full of vigour and good natured irascibility. Scenes with Puri and Mirren on the screen together are some of the best moments of the film, as their characters play off each other. Curiously, Mannish Dayl almost gets pushed into the background, even though he is playing what is arguably the central character. His Hassan is quiet and soulful, a great fit for the talented chef torn between two worlds, but occasionally overshadowed by the larger personalities on display here.

This is quiet obviously comfort food. Never really challenging, there is little doubt as to where the journey is going to take you, but it is pleasant and enchanting to go along for the ride. A satisfying dish for foodies and non-foodies alike. The Hundred-Foot Journey may not be a memorable meal, but it is rather an enjoyable one.

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THE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED Life Is Like A Box Of Chokladboll Directed by Felix Herngren Starring Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Weberg Based on a best selling novel of the same title by the author Jonas Johasson, The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared is a strangely wonderful blend of caper film and a darkly cynical retelling of modern history.

On his hundredth birthday Allan Karlsson (Robert Gustafsson) decides to escape from the old folk’s home that he has been placed in (after explosively avenging his pet’s death). Skipping out the window, things soon become complicated for Allan as he manages to get his hands on a suitcase full of 50 million dollars in cash, as well as being pursued by a gang of bikies - the previous owners of said small fortune. Yet this is far from the first time that Allan’s life has been strange and dangerous, as we see flashbacks of his previous adventures, encountering a diverse range of characters (including Stalin, Ronald Reagan and Albert Einstein’s idiot twin brother) as he becomes tangentially involved in many of the events that shaped the 20th century.

Dripping with black comedy, The Hundred Year Old Man is the dark twin of Forrest Gump. Allan has an almost amoral nature, never over-thinking things and just accepting his lot, for both good and ill. As he moves through the European political landscape (from the Spanish Civil War to Glasnost) the film is satirical and 14

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cutting, without the homespun Americana that Gump has to sweeten it or to provide a stable moral compass.

Yet somehow this film still manages to be charming and even spins a fair dose of whimsy into the mix, without ever reaching saccharine. It’s a fine balancing act: black absurdist humour, some rather bleak periods of European history, a collection of charming (if somewhat flawed) characters, and a rather cutting narration.

Fortunately it works, delivering a decent number, with only a few flat points during its almost two hour running time.

Spending the majority of his time slathered under some rather convincing aging make-up, Robert Gustafsson turns in a rather fine performance as the titular character. His inability to be fazed by anything, combined with his rather nonchalant acceptance of the situation stand in rather stark counterpoint to the often absurd events he finds himself participating in, helping to sell this reality to the audience. In this Gustafsson is ably assisted by a cavalcade of extraordinary characters, especially Iwar Wiklander (as the somewhat cavilier retiree, Julius) and David Weberg (as the unsure perpetual student Benny – the polar opposite to Allan).

Absurd, whimsical and, most of all, darkly funny, The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared manages to entertain. While it’s structure may invite comparisons, the end result is somewhat sharper. A box of dark chocolates.

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SNOWPIERCER Train In Vain Directed by Bong Joon-ho Starring Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell

betters. Curtis’s revolution is far from bloodless - in fact, this is one of the most violent films you’re likely to see in the cinema this year - and watching the ragtag tailenders carve their way through ranks of masked guards, led by the officious, Thatcherish Mason (Tilda Swinton) is a grimly joyous experience. Yet the film is also canny enough to weave in a cautionary thread regarding the motives of revolutionaries, lending some shading to what could have been a simplistic “smash the evil empire” narrative.

Even so, it does tend to err on the side of over-explanation, with a few too many info-dump speeches littering the script, and it’s difficult to argue against the assertion that the film wears its political agenda on its sleeve (your tolerance for that probably depends on how much you agree with it). Still, that doesn’t detract from the bravura filmmaking on display.

Working within the inherent physical constraints of the film’s conceit, Bong manages to inject a lot of variety into his action sequences, which range from brutal hand-to-hand fights to a long-range shootout between two carriages as the train rounds a long bend.

The quieter moments are just as thrilling, such as when the bloodied rebels dine at a pristine sushi bar while watching the frozen artefacts of the old world roll by, or the truly bizarre classroom sequence.

Snowpiercer isn’t afraid to show its influences - there’s a reason Hurt’s character is called Gilliam, after all - but it manages to synthesise them into something fresh and original. Fans of smart sci-fi should defintely make time for this one.

The first thing you need to know about Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s (The Host, Mother) English-language debut is that it is an allegorical science fiction film.

Snowpiercer is going to cop a lot of flack from people questioning the plausibility of the film’s world - these people are simply not getting it. You might as well mock Animal Farm because it has talking pigs.

17 years after an attempt to correct climate change plunged the world into a new ice age, the last remnants of humanity live on the Snowpiercer, a globecircling perpetual-motion train divided along strict class lines, with the privileged occupying the carriages closer to the engine while the society’s dregs are crammed into the tail. The action kicks into high gear when a tail-end revolt, led by Curtis (Chris Evans) under the guidance of Gilliam (John Hurt), begins forcing their way up the length of the train, determined to take the engine, tended by the train’s enigmatic inventor, Wilford (Ed Harris), at all costs. To this end, they enlist the aid of Namgoong (Song Kang-ho), a drug-addled criminal who happens to be the security expert who designed the inter-carriage gates barring their way and, carriage by carriage and battle by bloody battle, make their way through the increasingly strange enclosed world of the train.

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PALO ALTO The Kids Aren’t Alright Directed by Gia Coppola Starring Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, James Franco, Nat Wolff Working from actor/artistic dilettante James Franco’s short story collection of the same name, first time writer and director Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis) paints of a picture of middle class affluence and youthful malaise in the eponymous California city.

Eschewing a straight adaptation, Coppola pulls characters and storylines from the text and lightly remixes them. The cinematic Palo Alto centres on the virginal April (Emma Roberts), the troubled but artistically gifted Teddy (Jack Kilmer) and the self-destructive Freddy (Natt Wolff), three teenagers grappling with the transition to adulthood. Adult characters are largely absent from the film and thus the characters’ lives, with the exceptions being either ludicrously pretentious and ineffectual figures – most notably sketched in Val Kilmer’s (yes, Jack’s dad) brief cameo as April’s stepdad- or predatory seducers like April’s soccer coach, Mr B (James Franco).

Teddy is sweet on April himself but can’t quite seal the deal, and so contents himself with petty crime, booze and drugs with Freddy, who harbours a mean streak and not a small amount of latent homosexuality that he tries to smother with

misogyny and macho posturing. Our trio of teen protagonists aren’t exactly on a collision course – the film moves much too placidly for that – but the odds of anyone getting a happy ending seem remote.

Comparisons to the work of Gia’s aunt, Sofia Coppola, are easy but not unwarranted; this is another portrait of the travails of privileged youth and your ability to plug into the film will depend on how much empathy you can muster for pretty young things who will never go hungry. A good memory for the emotional turmoil of adolescence helps; so too do strong, nuanced performances, particularly from Roberts and Kilmer Junior (not actually a professional actor, which comes as something of a surprise considering his lineage – he won the role after Coppola brought him to consult on youth language).

Still, there’s not much new going on here.

While it’s not as confronting or skeevy as Larry Clarke’s Kids, or as melodramatic as Less Than Zero, it’s going over similar territory and not finding much new. Indeed, a truncated rape subplot (and that sentence is more attention than it gets in the film) and the relationship between Mr B and April aside, Palo Alto conscientiously skirts any really transgressive or challenging material. The result is a film which seems not so much restrained as constrained, its desire for elegance and understatement preventing it from saying anything of real meaning at all.

What we’re left with is a handsome, well acted but ultimately hollow film. It’d be nice to see Coppola tackle something a bit meatier in any following effort.

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Boundaries Of Beige: Fremantle Arts Centre Marzena Topka uses textiles such as office clothing and string in striking ways to investigate how organisational structures interact with our daily lives. It runs until September 20. Go to fac. org.au for more.

Every week we bring you the best in fashion, food, shopping and lifestyle.

Stay/Keep: Paper Mountain Curated by Melissa McGrath, this exhibition presents the book as an art object, with nine artists utilising physical books in their works. It runs until August 24. Go to papermountain.org. au for more.

What I See When I Look At Sound: PICA An exhibition of sound works from artists Lyndon Blue, Lauren Brown, Matthew Gingold, Cat Hope and Kynan Tan, curated by Leigh Robb. It runs until August 31. Go to pica.org.au for more details.

EAT AT: PINCHOS Simple Spanish bar snacks combining fresh ingredients and complimentary flavours. You’ll plough through a dozen plates before you know what’s happening.

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With four beers being brewed on site, this new venue adjacent to the Northbridge Piazza deserves investigating.

Northbridge Brewing Company

Richard Avedon People: The Art Gallery Of Western Australia T h i s co l l e c t i o n o f i m a g e s b y t h e f a m e d photographer Richard Avedon spans his career from 1949 to 2002 and includes portraits of such notable figures as Truman Capote, Elizabeth Taylor, Twiggy, Malcolm X and Bob Dylan. It runs until November 17. Go to artgallery.wa.gov.au for more information.

AICE Israeli Film Festival From August 28 - September 7, catch the best of modern Israeli filmmaking at Cinema Paradiso.

From the opening night film, Self Made, to the closing night documentary feature, The Green Prince, there’s something to please all tastes. Go to lunapalace.com.au.

Marilyn Monroe - Exclusive Collection Of Original Photographs: Central Park Lobby Presented by Linton & Kay Galleries, this collection of almost 100 images spans 17 years of Marilyn Monroe’s life. The collection is on display until August 15.

Concussion: The Blue Room Theatre A man is beaten so badly he suffers complete amnesia. He is cared for by a son he doesn’t remember and a doctor who may be his girlfriend.

Surreal, funny, violent and explicit, Concussion runs until August 30. Go to blueroom.org.au for tickets and session times.

Earth, Fire And Water: Kidogo Art House An exhibition of ceramics by Jonathon Hook and Stewart Scambler, as well as paintings by Catherine Gordon. It runs until August 17. go to kidogo.com.au for more info.

SHOP AT: YO YO BUFFALO Yo Yo Buffalo

Vicki Thompson’s look for day 10: Spots and Dots.

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CinefestOZ Film Festival Running from August 20 - 24 in picturesque Busselton, Bunbury, Dunsborough and Margaret River, this prestigious festival combines over 200 public screenings of French and Australian films, plus industry guests, forums and panels, workshops and the $100,000 CinfestOz Film Prize.

Go to cinefestoz.com.au for full details.

The Seagull: State Theatre Centre Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece comes to the Heath Ledger Theatre courtesy of Black Swan State Theatre Company and director Kate Cherry.

It runs until August 31. Go to bsstc.com.au for details.

This Oxford street institution has been offering fashion for the discerning rocker for two decades now.

Celebrate National Science Week (while it still has funding) with this kinda talk show, kinda variety show, kinda it’s own damn thing at PICA on Saturday, August 16. Pica.org.,au has more info.

2014 Perth Winter Arts Season This seasonal celebration of art and culture is back once again, showcasing a dazzling array of performance, visual arts, film, literature, fashion, food and more. It runs until August 31. Go to perthwinterarts.com.au to start planning your winter.

Afghanistan - Hidden Treasures From The National Museum Kabul: The Western Australian Museum Once thought lost or destroyed under the Taliban regime, these 230+ pieces illustrate the complexity and variety of Afghani history. The exhibition runs until November 16 - go to museum.wa.gov.au for further information.

Inside My Outside: Little Creatures Brewing A collection of new works by Brenton See and Natalie Acton that views universal human experiences through the lens of the animal kingdom. It runs until August 13.

Becomings: Spectrum Project Space An exhibition of works by ECU post-grad students from the School Of Communication And Arts.

Artists include Jan Bathurst, Claire Bushby, Nicolle Desmarchellier, Aasiya Evans, Donna franklin, Emily Hornum, Deedee Noon, Kimberley Pace, Sarah Robinson, Heather Shaw, Caroline Staron, Steven Tapping and Jane Whelan. It runs until August 22.

Go to ecu.edu.au for further information.

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Le Noir

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Le Noir: Crown Theatre Perth Billed as “the dark side of cirque,” Le Noir features 20 world class circus performers, many of them Cirque Du Soleil veterans, in a surreal and seductive 360 degree spectacular presented in the round. It runs from August 28 - September 7. Book through Ticketek.

The Telstra Perth Fashion Festival’s Restyle: Photo-A-Day Op-Shop Challenge – a project that gets the best of Perth’s fashion bloggers to reimagine opshop finds – is now in its second week.

Jenelle Witty of Inspiring Wit and Vicki Thompson of The Fashionable Mum tell PENNY LANE how they’re going so far.

This Is Not A Love Song: The Blue Room Theatre Written by top notch Australian comic Greg Fleet and directed by Tegan Mulvaney and presented with a live soundtrack by Michael de Grussa, this new play takes a critical look at love and all the terrible pain it brings. It runs from August 19 September 6. Go to blueroom.org.au for more.

Precipice: State Theatre Centre Inspired by the vast and powerful tectonic processes at work within the Earth itself, this performance by four dancers is choreographed by Rachel Arianne Ogle, with music composed by Luke Smiles. It runs from August 21 - 24. Book through Ticketek.

Jenelle has been shopping at Vinnies since the Restyle: Photo-a-day-Opshop Challenge began this August.

“I have been to over 20 of their Perth stores, and have found hidden gems throughout,” the blogger says. “However, the Retro Vinnies stores in Northbridge and Fremantle are Meccas for designer and awesome vintage pieces – you always find something.”

And what she’s found is truly amazing: she’s managed to pick up pieces by European designers like Chanel and Balmain.

“I think given how fast the fashion industry turns things over, reducing that footprint in any way that we can – say by recycling unwanted clothing – is important. The bonus is that the charity shops channel the revenue directly into community support programs, which are hugely vital to those in need.”

Jenelle says she’s been trying to encourage her followers to look at their wardrobes and see if there are things that they can all donate.

“As I have downsized my own closet, spending a year with a curated capsule wardrobe, I realised I could donate a lot, then shop smarter,” she says. “An awareness of what to donate helps the charities sort the items much faster and without losing money to tip fees. The money wasted dropping off old fridges to the tip is much better used elsewhere!”

Jenelle has been an avid op-shopper for years, saying that having something new and ‘On Trend’ to wear all the time can be boring.

“Finding one-off pieces that really grab your attention and communicate your style is far more interesting.”

Vicki from The Fashionable Mum says her blog is all about “sneaking style into the grocery budget”, which melds perfectly with the theme behind Restyle.

“I’m a fervent and frequent op-shopper, so the idea of styling an outfit every day for a month, all based around thrifted goodies seemed too great an opportunity to pass up,” Vicki says. “I want people to be more aware of the fabulous treasures that you can find at your local op-shop.”

The yummy mummy and blogger loves spending a couple of hours (child free) scanning the racks of thrift shops near her.

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Jenelle Witty’s Tomboy creation for day 12.

“A few of the pieces I’ve thrifted for the project have been menswear, and it’s great to try something new,” Vicki says. “For example, men’s trousers have a really fabulous ‘boyfriend’ look and opshops are full of them.”

Vicki is exclusively representing the Salvation Army through her blog posts. “I’ve always been a great fan of Salvos Stores,” she says. “Their opshops are always beautifully laid out and priced really reasonably. My favourite one (though I don’t know if I should share, as you might buy all the fabulous stuff!) is Salvo Whitfords. Though I’ve recently been told that Myaree is getting some incredible designer items in at the moment....”

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you’re recording, and then stuff was happening that I didn’t understand. Who the hell was paying for these studios? Where was this music coming from? Who chose how many albums we had and who we signed with? There were so many questions, and I realised I was a tiny, tiny cog in a monstrous industry of which most people know anything about music. Record companies going, ‘So what is that instrument you’re playing?’ You’ve got this monstrous entourage around you talking the language of business and commerciality and what’s going to “sell”, in inverted commas.”

BOURBY WEBSTER Being Memorable, Being Brave Bourby Webster’s one of the most dedicated people in the WA music industry. As a violist, promoter, director and founder of the Perth Symphony Orchestra, the MBA grad and WAAPA lecturer knows, works, and loves the music industry, and is committed to helping young classical, jazz and contemporary musicians find their feet.

“Rule number three is Follow Up. People are so busy, and emails get swamped. Often it’s not that someone doesn’t want you to perform, it’s just that they’ve missed your email and they’re waiting for you to get

“Basically, I’ll do anything as long as it helps get musicians work, so obviously I want as many people to experience the symphony as possible,” Bourby says. She’s just returned from her annual wind-down - as a musician and promoter, she’s never not working - and is talking about PSO’s burgeoning successes. “When I got here in 2000 [from England], I was quite frustrated that we only had one orchestra, and they were still doing fairly conservative classical concerts. Which is brilliant, some people want that - but coming from London where orchestras do everything from Metallica to music theatre to Cirque du Soleil theatre performances to jazz on the BBC on a Friday night - underground concerts in a vault at 11pm - my response was just, ‘Oh my God, there’s so much more that an orchestra could be doing.’”

Classical music is, frankly, pretty niche, but Bourby’s no elitist - she’s someone who genuinely believes in the power of orchestral music, and wants as many people as posisble to believe in it, too. “There’s no replacement for hearing a symphony orchestra live - to go to the concert hall is mindblowing and thrilling - but that’s for me who knows the language,” she says. “If you don’t know the language, it’s like going to hear obscure Russian poetry in a large cave. Frankly, most people have better things to do, and if they want to hear Russian poetry they can probably just Spotify it. It has to be social, there has to be food

ADRIAN NORTH Adrian North is effusive, accommodating - he’s making the time for X-Press on his ride home from Curtin University - and absolutely energised by his work. As a busy lecturer, a regular columnist for The Conversation, and a psychologist whose specialty is music, you’d expect a barrage of pop theories coming his way at cocktail parties and staff meetings.

“I really wish I were that popular!” says North. It’s the field itself, he says, that fascinates everyone. “If you ask people about what they value in life, what they spend time doing, if you set people diary research or text people at random times of the day and ask them what they’re doing, around about a third of their time, people can hear muisc - not that they’re necessarily listening to it, but they can at least hear it.

That’s pretty indicative of the essential part in plays in so many people’s lives.”

North has a deep, deep love of what he does, which careens into studies on rock n roll suicide, digital music and mood, and consumer behaviour.

“I’m sure that if I was any better at playing, I probably wouldn’t be an academic - I’d be doing it!” he says. “I was brought up in the north of England and my family’s all from Liverpool - for example, my auntie Pauline used to go and watch the Beatles in the Cavern. It’s always been there for me. When I realised I was never going to be

and wine, it has to be a great location.” One of the PSO’s biggest successes was Beer, Beethoven And Bratwurst (fittingly, at Fremantle’s The B-Shed), “and it went down brilliantly.”

After starting the PSO as a performerdriven project, Bourby has found herself in the orchestra’s promoter shoes. She’s realistic about expectations, but also passionate about creative event directions. “Often I don’t even say an event’s a symphony concert, I say it’s the music of Queen on an Olympic scale, or an amazing candlelit experience with incredible wine, and I just sell the experience. They just happen to discover that we’re playing some beautiful music. Bond certainly introduced me to that.”

Bond, if you’re unfamiliar, is the biggestselling string quartet of all time. The membership has changed over time, but not the premise: producer Michael Batt’s dream of “four beautiful, talented musicians” who make protechnic crossover music with single titles like Victory, Speed and Explosive. They played themselves in Johnny English.

“The interesting thing about that was that as a classical musician, normally you turn up to rehearsal, you sit down, and there’s a piece of music you have to execute to the best of your ability,” says Bourby. “Bond was competely different - it introduced me to how massive the music industry is. As a popular musician, you can’t read music, but you’re also playing with a rhythm section, particularly good at doing it, I went, well, what’s the next best thing? It’s at least trying to understand why I like it so much - hence the work.”

What he’s found is that it’s very, very hard to put a label on ‘good music’, as much as you can study the response it generates.

“Certainly between the 1920s and 1950s an awful lot of effort went into finding out how you might define musical taste. The bottom line is - people figured out pretty soon after that that you almost can’t really do it. There is no such a thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ music. What comes out very clearly from the research is almost a postmodern approach to what is good music - good music is, frankly, whatever you say good music is. Three big factors - the person, the music and the situation - are, if you like, continually interacting with one another in determining what you find is good music. For that reason, you can’t look at a given piece of music or a given musician and say ‘That’s good’ - what you can say is, ‘That’s a particularly contextually appropriate piece of music for that person given the paticular challenges they face in their life at that particular point in time.’

“What’s for me really exciting at the moment is that it’s really predictable where music is going,” says North. “If you look at the broad sweep, there’s trends towards increasing digitisation - and, as an aside, I don’t like this thing about the ‘vinyl revival’, we’re seeing a tiny increase in percentage terms. We’re in the digital era, undoubtedly. To give an example - in 1997, I wrote an article about how it was technically possible to download tracks onto a laptop computer on a pay for play basis. Of course, five years later, iTunes comes out and completely changes the world. Saying that wasn’t that interesting or exciting - it was profoundly obvious at the time - but what was interesting and exciting was that it played out exactly as you might expect.”

As the Head of School, North’s work is squarely placed in Curtin’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

As a social psychologist, though, his work crosses over neatly with the five new Popular Music electives popping up in Semester Two of 2014. The units deal with local musics, written commentary, identity, economics and marketing, and it’s an exciting time for research in the field.

“The digital revolution has completely changed the way in which people experience music,” he says. “I can remember being a student going to university with a bag full of tape cassettes, and even then, I never had the kind of music I wanted right there and then. Of course, that’s completely changed - the thing I’m using as a phone also happens to be the thing that houses my entire music collection and could comfortably hold more. These days, you really do have access to what you want, when you want, and when you think about it, that’s a radical shift.

And it began less than ten years ago.”

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Bond came after an astonishing academic career - a music degree at Oxford followed by postgrad at the Royal College Of Music.

“Oxford was the best decision of my life, because the number of performance opportunities was enormous, and you had to organise them yourself,” she says. Choosing Oxford for undergrad instead of a music college is a typically academics-overperformance decision. “All the seeds of my career were sown there - I had to be proactive, I had to create stuff, I could program stuff. At college, there was a poster on the wall saying: “Wanted: two performers, viola and cello.” And I would always follow up. Next thing I know, I’m in a group called Bond.”

Not only does Bourby use the lessons she’s learnt the hard way in her current work with The Ellington’s Chamber Jam and Songlounge, the PSO and private viola work - she teaches and consults. Usually, her advice whittles down to changing perspective.

“Every young artist I speak to - on top of business school courses I do a lot of consulting sessions where a musician or band will come to my house saying, “We’ve got stuck” - it’s so simple to

work out why it’s not working out. In any business in the world, it doesn’t matter what it is - it’s not about you, it’s about them,” Bourby explains.

“It’s about offering a service. Bands think about getting a sound, what they want for their music, but they don’t think about whether their friends have heard the exact same set the week before.

They’ll basically record an album and perform that same album the same way for two years until they record the next album. Your friends don’t want to hear the same thing over and over - include guest artists, perform really different venues, move your set around, do it acoustically - give them a reason to come out. You’ve got to go: ‘What’s In It For Me?’ Even your best mates’ loyalty will only go so far if you’re doing the same thing every week.”

Bourby has three rules, “And no joke, they are rules, because if you unwaveringly do them, it really makes a difference.” Rule number one: “On Time, because in this day and age when everything is instantaneous, if you don’t respond to a request for a gig or send a follow up in a timely fashion, you miss out. To me, being on time - for everything, even rehearsals - is beyond important.”

Number two: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Get. So many musicians come to me saying, ‘I’d really love to do the festival circuit in Australia.’ Did you ask?

No. I think that musicians just sit there and think that as long as they’re good enough, the phone will ring. There’s just too many people out there who are on it - you can’t afford to wait.

“Rule number three is Follow Up. People are so busy, and emails get swamped. Often it’s not that someone doesn’t want you to perform, it’s just that they’ve missed your email and they’re waiting for you to get back in touch. Nine times out of 10, including people you’ve performed with before, following up unlocks everything.

“I’d say there’s two other key attributes, and these aren’t rules, but they’re important: you’ve got to be memorable and you’ve got to be brave. People have to come away from your show going ‘That was unbelievable’ and talk about it with other people, otherwise they won’t take a friend.”

Bourby’s particularly impressed with the buzz, intimacy and diversity surrounding the Perth Fringe Festival and recent transformations in WAM, but she says we can go further. “We can work together collaboratively to create the coolest city in Australia musically. To do that, we’ve all got to be brave, we’ve got to spend time researching, seeing what’s cool and putting our new slant on it.

Every time I see a new festival or band comp spring up, I just think, ‘Please let this one break the mould.

Please let’s not make Perth follow somewhere else.

Please let’s make Perth lead.’”

RED BIRD IS THE WORD Figuring out what he wanted to do with his career has been a long but rewarding journey for Aaron Welch. After a post-travel kick start with SAE, the Perth animator and graphic designer has gone on to found and direct Red Bird Creative, a boutique company working on digital projects with app developers, businesses, and musicians.

Aaron is adamant it’s his “Hell yeah, I’ll do that” that got him into the industry - initially, with 3D character and logo design. “This is the thing that students, even graduates have to understand - you likely won’t get paid for your first job, in that that’s what work experience is. If you get a chance to do animation for even a nonpaying client, that’s a step up. You get to understand things like deadlines, schedules, client relationships, how to talk to them and how to work for them.”

“Growing up, I’d always been playing computer games, both the PC and consoles,” he says.

“That just stems from the fact that I preferred being creative. At school, I was never big on maths or science - I really enjoyed art and computer courses. Come Year 12, it was like, well, I’m not going to university - I was hammered by TEE after being scaled down, of course but I realised that my strengths were computers, art, and creativity.” That led to a course in multimedia at TAFE, followed by four exhausting years of “doing not quite graphic design but business stationery, business cards, letterheads. It was a job, but it wasn’t truly creative. I’d had enough of the routine and started to travel in 2002 - I was going to go overseas for a couple of years. That turned into five years having too much fun.

“I finally came home in 2007, I was trying to think, Jeez, what do I do now? What do I love doing?

Going back to my TAFE in ’96, ’97, the only thing I really enjoyed in that course was 3D animation, and I realised that’s what I really loved. I had an X-Box 360 - I’ll be playing games till the day that I die. I loved games, and all the meeting people, travelling alone, bookings, adult stuff I’d had to do overseas set me up for SAE and starting my own business.”

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As the idea for an independent business took shape, he had a chance meeting with folk-popper Elk Bell. After a half-hour of conversation, Aaron was asked if he’d be interested in taking on an animated music video.

“This is the thing - you’ve just got to get out there and make your life happen. I didn’t say I maybe can, don’t know, get back to you - I just said, I can. The next day, I had quite a bit of work on my hands - but I saw the opportunity.. At that time, meeting Elk Bell, I only had the thought of starting a business, I didn’t have the name or anything. Then came writing a business plan, doing a small business course, thinking about office space, all that jazz.”

That initial job with Elk Bell has led to seven more video projects for her debut and her upcoming second album. Aaron’s also found himself working with Perth soul songstress Shameem in a completely different field - film.

“What keeps Red Bird going are the great people I work with - they share the vision, and they want to achieve, they want to make stuff happen. They’ll work as hard as I work, and then I’ll work a little harder to lead by example. I mean, I won’t ask of them things that I won’t ask of myself. If I’m asking them to work on the weekends, I’ll be there before they start, and I’ll stick around after they finish. That keeps me sane - having a great team who are all my friends. Half the team are even from SAE - I met them when I started class in 2009, or they were in the class the year before or after. SAE, in terms of being a graduate, has always supported me, and now they’re a part of my team.”

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Thanks to their festival-dominating live sets and genre-hopping tunes, Canberra locals Peking Duk are fast becoming one of Australia’s most talked about electronic groups. The pair wrap up their National tour at Villa Nightclub next week before flying off to conquer the States in September. PENNY LANE sits down with co-producer Adam Hyde to talk about the Duk life.

You can tell you’ve created a killer track when it’s played everywhere you go. Peking Duk’s Adam Hyde should know.

“One day we walked into a shop and High was playing,” he says. “We walked out of the shop and inside the shopping centre it was also playing. We went back to the car and it was on the radio, then we changed the radio station and it was on the other radio station! That was sort of like ‘This shit is crazy now’.”

For a song that Adam says is essentially a dance track with vocals put on top, High hasn’t done too badly. After getting some serious air time on Triple J, the song was quick to pop up on commercial radio. Soon after, it went double platinum in Australia, and gold in New Zealand.

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“I didn’t think it would cross over the way it did to pop – like it was in the charts with Beyonce,” says a stoked Adam. “We never originally intended for it to have that impact at all, so it was a great feeling to see that Indie kids love it, pop kids love it, and youngsters love it. People nowhere near the age of entering a club yet love it.” Case in point: “We were in Mt Hotham the other night playing a show. This little girl was with her family eating lunch at this bar we were in, and she kept on looking over. She got her dad to come over and ask if she could have a photo. She would have been like 14 or something tiny. She was a massive fan,” says Adam. “That’s when pop radio really gets your music out there. That girl would have never heard that music if it wasn’t for those commercial stations picking it up.”

But radio can’t take all the credit for the duo’s success. Adam and fellow Duk Reuben Styles have definitely put in the hard yards, although their definition of hard doesn’t seem so extreme when they’re partying it up at events like this year’s Splendour in the Grass.

“It was like a little festival within the festival,” says Adam of their performance.

“It was out of control. We spent a bunch of money on pyrotechnics, so there were flames and all of this CO2.”

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Special guests 360, Yeo, SAFIA and The Kite String Tangle formed the mini line up, while a tent full of fans came along for the ride.

“Big festivals like Splendour in the Grass, Groovin’ the Moo, Stereosonic, Big Day Out, things like that, that really raises your profile more than anything,” Adam says. “Every week we’d play a show in a different city on tour, and the kids who came to see us would jump straight on the net, like our page and start commenting. If you put what you’re about into live sets, I think it translates really well across the audience – they get a feel for you and if they like it, then they’ll follow you.”

Adam and Reuben are certainly making an impression on stage. Thanks to their performance at Splendour, Peking Duk now has more than 70 000 followers on Facebook alone.

The boys have always been about live music, in one way or another. Before Peking Duk, Reuben was playing bass for a local band called Rubycon, while Adam was recording hip-hop beats with his mates in Canberra. It was during this time the pair was introduced to EDM, and where their crispy chicken journey began.

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in love with the music. We started going to clubs and stuff, and we just wanted to make that kind of music. That sort of evolved to what we are making now.” What that is is a little hard to define.

“We started out as strictly club music and now it’s kind of the opposite in a way. It’s sort of anything goes, whatever we’re feeling. It might be a dance track or it might be soul or slow jam.

Whatever it is, I guess it’s whatever we’re feeling at the time in the studio, and there’s no real rules or boundaries when it comes to our music.”

Seems there were no boundaries when it came to picking the duo’s name either. “When you’re partying, sometimes you can look like a duck when you’re peaking at that time in the night,” explains Adam. “We used to say it amongst our friends as a sort of joke, and one night we were sitting there and we had to come up with a name and I looked over at Rueben and there he was peaking, and looking like a duck. And then we were like, let’s call ourselves Peking Duk. We never really said that ‘This is going to be our name, we’ll stand by this’, but it just sort of stuck over the years.”

Peking Duk’s sets have always been a mix of dance music, hip-hop and rock and roll, but right now, the DJs are on a whole different music-making wave.

“I’m going to be completely honest with you – I don’t even listen to dance music anymore,” Adam says. “With some of the stuff I’m writing and some of the stuff Rueben’s writing, it’s got a lot more depth to it. Not saying that dance music is shallow in any way shape or form, because we love dance music, we really do. But I think at the moment it’s very oversaturated and there’s not too much stuff that’s that interesting.”

Adam and Reuben are changing that.

They’re next single is a collab with Ben Woolner from SAFIA called Take Me Over and is set to be a doozy.

“We’ve also got another B-side track called You Got Me featuring Yeo,” Adam says.

“We’ve got a bunch of demos that are ready to go, we’re just trying to figure out what to do with them.” An album is potentially on the cards, but the boys have to get through their Peace, Love & Sweatiness tour first. And then, Adam says, “We’re going over to America in September for a couple of months, and doing a tour out there, and then Stereosonic. So we’re just going to keep doing what we’re doing and have fun with it all.”

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FKA TWIGS THAT CHAMPION SOUND DnB event maestros Inhibit Promotions have just announced the Critical Sound Tour, which hits Villa Nightclub on Saturday, September 20. Founded by Kasra in the early 2000s, Critical Sound is one of the UK’s strongest independent DnB labels, nuturing the likes of Rockwell, Foreign Concep, and Break. Kasra’s bringing label buddies Enei and Mefjus with him on his Australia tour. Also coming up from Inhibit: Trap Shit mystery figure UZ on Friday, August 22, and Drum N Bass Arena at Metri City on October 24 (featuring Critical Sound legends Cyantific).

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FKA twigs has just released her first album, LP1. The elusive Young Turks/Remote Control artist has been dropping breathy, underground R&B singles all year with enormous success (think Pendulum, Two Weeks).

It’s electronic music in the SBTRKT spirit of visual aesthetic and studio experimentation, and it’s getting enormous hype from pretty much everyone. Speaking of, SBTRKT also dropped new single New Dorp, New York with Ezra Koenig a couple of weeks ago, and it’s powerful, Koenigally-twisted stuff.

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RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE Keen on techno, deep house and chillwave? Keen to see Perth DJs battle it out in boxing robes and a boxing ring DJ console with a “big fuck-off bell”?

Head down to Geisha’s Royal Rumble this Saturday, August 16 and watch DJs like Tom Love, Rikki, and Ben Renna battle it out. Entry $15, members $10.

WINTER IS COMING In case you missed it, Kristian Nairn (Hodor of Game Of Thrones) is bringing his DJ set to Villa Nightclub on Saturday, August 30. First release tickets are sold out, but there’s still $40 tickets available (and $50 VIP tickets, if you want to hang out with the big man himself). Cosplay is encouraged. Tickets from moshtix.

GETCHA HEAD IN THE GAME HERNAN CATTANEO Habitat have aounced an extended club set from Hernan Cattaneo at Geisha on Friday, September 26.

He’s an Argentinian progressive house maestro with 60,000+ Soundcloud followers and a Burning Man pedigree. Tickets on sale this Thursday.

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Classic rap don The Game has announced the release of his next album Blood Moon - The Year Of The Wolf for Septmeber 19. He’s sold over 20 million records but then, his latest project was reality show Marrying The Game. In other hip hop news, Ice Cube’s first Melbourne show (Tuesday, December 9) has sold out, leading to a second Melbourne announcement.

You can catch the Cube on the east coast from Friday, December 5th - Thursday, December 11th. No Perth shows, but if you’re prepared to make the commute, he’s playing Adelaide on the first night of the tour.

Tickets from metropolistouring.com.

WITH THE BREAKFAST CLUB DJS IAIN MCINTYRE AND PATRICK DREW TALK UP THE BEST NEW ELECTRONIC RELEASES Sound Remedy Moby – Almost Home (Sound Remedy Remix) Free download

Illuminor Breaking Everything Digital Society Records

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Insane talent is an understatement for this Miami-based, uplifting chillstep master. Every track he puts out is true to the name he goes by, injecting the listener’s soul with a powerfully infectious sense of joy and wonder. In this remix of the chilling Moby original, SR takes the already potent emotions of the track and upturns them. Love it!

Having been good friends with this ultra-talented Perth duo practically from inception, we’ve had the pleasure of following them from humble beginnings shows to winning Perth Dance Music Awards for Best Trance DJs+Local Production…and beyond! With their latest raft of tracts, these ‘all about the music’ lads are finally reaping in the credit they deserve (but have never asked for). Breaking Everything epitomizes everything we’ve come to love from these guys, from the subtle and masterfully crafted composition of classic and innovative sounds to the jaw-droppingly effective use of silence to frame a beat. In a noisy world of hyper-marketed EDM, these guys give us real hope for the future of trance.

We first knew Fletcher and Morgan as individual performers.

Fletcher, the already rising star of dubstep around town, and Morgan, the mind-blowingly talented live performance DJ who blew us away by winning the Limelite comp with only 4 weeks(ish) of practice behind him. If you’ve never heard a song that makes you feel sleepy and pumped all at once, head over to these guys’ Soundcloud and you’ll find, like, six.

Felon is just one in a raft of bass-infused Slumberbeats that have us bouncing around as much as dreamily bopping our heads during study/sleepytime. Go check them out, and expect the party to continue into your dreams.

This song is not at all typical Nero style, but in our opinion, this is absolutely a change for the better. The darkness and depth of this song makes it a pleasure to listen to, particularly given a deep bassline that could make the Pope want to dance. In dropping a track reminiscent of Gesaffelstein, Nero have really stepped it up showing that they are masters of many genres. You’d never think such a creepy song could be so powerful on the dancefloor.

Alesso has produced a number of very popular dance tracks in the past. Typically, we’re not the biggest fans of his past trousey tracks, in spite of their very catchy melodies. Alesso has showed that he’s more than just a maker of earworm tunes with his recently released track Tear The Roof Up. We can’t wait to play this track in a big venue and watch the energy fill the room.

NICK THAYER DOMINATION As listener attention spans grow thinner, musicians’ frustration continues to rise.

The album has long been considered the ideal format for making definitive artistic statements. However, in recent years albums have been shunned by a significant percentage of consumers. Melbourne electronic dance producer Nick Thayer might be responsible for some rather hyperactive music, but he still prizes the album format.

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“The majority of music that I listen to I like to listen to it as an album, rather than as individual tracks,” says Thayer. “An album should have a start, middle and an end, which is very contrary to the way that people listen to music these days. So I think trying to get people on

board with an album is a huge task.”

While he remains a purist, Thayer’s had to accept that EPs are better suited to contemporary listening habits. Still, even when he’s working with a shorter running time, Thayer endeavours for his releases to have a holistic identity.

“For me, EPs are like mini albums,” he explains. “I’m certainly trying to write EPs that have a theme running through all of the tracks and discuss certain issues as a whole. I want people to interact with it as a whole body of music.”

Thayer’s latest EP, Dominion, came out in early July. The four-track release explicitly focuses on corporate corruption in the modern world. And on that note, Thayer boldly decided to give the EP away as a free download.

“Part of the reason behind doing the Dominion EP as a free release was I wanted people to listen to it all, instead of skip through fifteen seconds and then pick the one of two songs that appeal to them.”

This is certainly a risky release method, but the risk is tempered by a donation campaign, which coincided with the release. Listeners are welcome to download the EP completely cost and guilt free, but the option to donate money to the cause is also there.

“It is on iTunes and it is on Beatport as well,” Thayer says, “so those things are covered. But I thought ‘Let’s try a new release model, the old models aren’t working anymore’.”

Thayer’s donation campaign has been fairly successful so far, but the prospect of generating huge returns remains unlikely. Electronic music is often portrayed as a realm populated by super-rich mega DJs, but Thayer reveals his income is far from enviable.

“Earlier this year I came up with the concept of ‘medium font DJs’. We’re doing OK, but on a flyer with a bunch of people we’ll certainly be in the medium font. I wrote a blog piece on how much medium font size DJs myself in particular – can expect to make off music. And it’s basically nothing.”

As mentioned, Dominion concerns itself with global economic disparity. Opening track Our Rules, features rapping from N’fa Jones. Thayer and N’fa previously teamed up on Like Boom in 2012, as well as a couple of tracks from Thayer’s 2010 LP, Just Let It Go. “N’fa’s a very close friend so we just hang out in the studio, drink some whisky and talk about the way the world is and then go, ‘Hey we should write a song about that’.”

Our Rules makes it clear that Thayer and N’fa aren’t too pleased about what’s happening in the world at present. In fact, it’s one of the angriest songs in Thayer’s repertoire.

“We were talking about how the Gina Rineharts of this world, and the Rothschilds, just have this stranglehold. It did make us very angry. It’s a very real anger, but it’s very targeted anger as well.”

TRUE VIBENATION DRESSED TO CHILL True Vibenation are the kind of old-school conscious hip hop crew Australia loves so much - the Sydney three-piece are all about peace, love, funk horns, and Human Drum Machines. They’ve just released their second album, ON, which features big synths, riffs on robot takeovers, and soulful vocalists in straw hats and sunnies. ZOE KILBOURN catches up with Native Wit (street name: Bheki) before they hit Mojos on Friday, Septemeber 12.

Bheki’s twin brother and co-MC, Verbaleyes, makes a big call on opening single Crazy but…: “In a mad world, the mad are sane. What does that make you?”.

True Vibenation have made a musical career out of that playful rejection of reality - for every fight-the-man sentiment or ecological observation, they’re still writing skits about current affairs programs and “Sixty Nek Minits”, robot takeovers, being Dressed To Chill.

“We were conscious of not being too serious. We grew up listening to Outkast, that was the band we were most influenced by. We pretty much just listened to Stankonia a lot - that’s got all these cool little interludes. We listened to albums like that and wanted to do it ourselves,” says Bheki. Did they manage to catch Outkast’s off-the-chain Splendour gig? “We actually had a Brisbane gig on that Friday, and we moved the date just so we could see Outkast. We’re huge fans. I was seriously just standing in that front section and losing my shit.”

Verbaleyes and Native Wit are ZimbabweanAustralian twins. They both play horns, they have

“scarily similar tastes”, and with co-producer and instrumentalist Klue, they make synthy, soulful beats.

“With this album, we had something like seventy or eighty beats when we started,” Bheki says.

“For me, Austraian hip hop at the moment is in an exciting place. 10 years ago, you’d go to gigs and it’d all just be dudes in hoodies. Very staunch, hardly any girls around. It was on a different vibe. all these different sounds coming through. It’s not like, Oh, you’ve got to make hip hop beats like Hilltop Hoods’ anymore.

“Before it was pretty much the stock standard Australian suburban male rapping about barbecues or getting drunk or whatever, whereas now it’s opened up. Australia’s such a diverse country, and I think that’s what hip hop has always needed. It crosses over to the audience, too - you hear not just one voice, but a whole bunch of different voices, and maybe you can relate to that better.”

For Bheki, that diversity is best represented by “the whole Elefant Traks crew, people like Horrorshow, Remi - these young artists presenting a different view.

L-Fresh The Lion - I think 10 years ago it wouldn’t have worked - you wouldn’t have had a young Sikh male getting played on Triple J. It’s awesome.”

They’re bringing ON, some guests, and their unfailing energy to Freo as part of their upcoming national tour. It includes some classic True Vibes “what ifs?” become reality.

“Our live shows are definitely something we’ve been working on for a while. We don’t just get up and do the songs, put our hands in the air, whatever. We’ve got live horns - we all play horns. Live beats - we all make beats. We’ve also got this thing called the Human Drum Machine. We get audience mebers onstage, and we’ve rigged it up through an electrical wiring system where every person on stage becomes a different drum machine.

We hi-five them and one person becomes a kick, one person becomes a snare, another becomes a synth - it’s really awesome. Something different and something really interactive.”

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NEUROSIS Drowning Horse Club Capitol Wednesday, August 6, 2014 Neurosis played in Perth last week. Bet many people didn’t ever think they’d get to say that sentence in their lives but, after nearly 30 years of waiting, who could blame them? These genre-defying heavy pioneers lived a lifetime of toils, rapture and spoils before they set foot on Australian soil for the first time. Though experiencing these weathered musicians in the flesh was worth every single second of anticipation as they proved they are still are – and will always be – a world above anyone else in their game.

What better pairing on the night than with locals Drowning Horse opening? Stepping out to play before they ramp down on the live front for a while, this act is just as enthralling as the headliners – and it was easy to draw comparisons between the two.

Obviously huge fans of the Californian post-metal titans themselves, this five-piece consistently work to redefine what constitutes heavy music – with silence proving to be just as deafening as the most crushing guitar notes. Drummer James Will’s impeccable style is always proving to be a focal point; he even moved away from the kit to add trombone tones at one stage.

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person from the crowd uttering a word. The air was thick. Without any introductions, the first lethargic and dulcet opening bars of A Sun That Never Sets signaled the start of one of the most harrowing live sets ever to grace the Capitol stage.

The sheer presence and chemistry of vocalists Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly rang of true artistic conviction in each word they roared. “The blood that flows through me is not my own,” spat Kelly at the peak of their debut track. Unsurprisingly leaning on an array of songs from their most recent effort, Honor Found In Decay (2012) signals a new era for the band – not only musically, but visually also. Departing from longstanding visual artist Josh Graham around the album release date, it was interesting to see the set unfold without visions of exploding suns pressing over the band. The result equaled a stripped-back version of Neurosis – yet one that was rawer and more intimidating than ever before.

Moments included the apocalyptic tides of Locust Star, featured on the standout 1996 offering Through Silver And Blood, Water Is Not Enough from Given To The Rising (2007) and My Heart For Deliverance off their latest album. Ending off on A Sun That Never Sets, from the 2001 album of the same name, the crowd and band were utterly spent. This night was about purging the darkest recesses of your soul and being reborn – emotionally, physically and spiritually. And each of us certainly walked this path with a band we had all idolised for so long.

JESSICA WILLOUGHBY

SIGMA + DRUMSOUND & BASSLINESMITH Spectrem, Spillage, Maker Villa Nightclub Saturday, August 9 Not since DnB royalty Netsky graced Australia with his live tour in March 2013 has an event at Villa generated so much enthusiasm and hype. The kind of hype that drove too-late punters to drop in excess of twice the original ticket price after the general admission and VIP allocations sold out weeks in advance.

This was fuelled largely by the return of Sigma, back at Villa after a year away, a year that has seen the duo in the mainstream spotlight via hit single Nobody To Love. However, the Perth DnB massive also had cause for excitement in the form of Drumsound & Bassline Smith, last seen in Perth warming up the UKF stage at Stereosonic 2013. This British double-header saw a pulsating capacity crowd begin to build, the seemingly daunting line filing in with a speed typical of most immaculately organised Inhibit events at Villa.

With seasoned locals Spillage and Spectrem on warm up duties, the room was well and truly bubbling before the main acts were anywhere to be seen. As the visual and audio productions were ramped up to their mind-warping bests, Sigma entered to deliver an unadventurous but sensational set, lined with dance floor staples such as Wilkinson’s Take You Higher and Half Light, Grafix’s Holding On, TC’s Tap Ho & Metrik’s remix of Sub Focus’ Turn Back Time. Sigma rolled out originals from old classic The Jungle to newer material

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like The Reason and latest single Changing. Of course, they chose to close with Nobody To Love.

It was unfortunate that the crowd inevitably began to spill out after Sigma finished, but those who stayed were rewarded with a masterclass from Drumsound & Bassline Smith. Accepting the invitation to up the tempo and lay down a set more familiar to the purists, the crowd that remained never struggled to give back the same intensity and power that was emanating from the decks. Picking highlights was difficult in a set that seemed to consist of more double drops than singles. However, Lights by The Prototypes, retro banger Aztec by Spor, Drumsound & Bassline Smith’s own Through The Night and a brief multigenre interlude featuring Wilkinson’s Heatwave and Earthquake

by DJ Fresh and Diplo managed to stand out.

After three hours of magnificent DnB, all of which managed to live up to the expectations and hype placed on the evening, it was left to local rising star Maker to close the night. The whole evening delivered on all of the best promises: the strongest nights of DnB at Villa involves choir-like crowd participation, top of the line productions, world class acts and enough happy energy to fill every corner of the room. When an MC proclaims Perth crowds to be some of the biggest and best in Australia, even the world, it’s nights like this one that keep that claim substantial.

JOSH LLOYD

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THE TELEVISION ADDICTS Legs Electric/Helta Skelta/The Homicides Rosemount Hotel Saturday, August 9, 2014 Legs Electric opened proceedings with a set of perfectly mixed straight-up heavy rock. Its not quite metal, but heading in that direction with some serious crunch to the guitars and some tasteful solos.

Neuro-punks Helta Skelta are tight and consistently brilliant with intelligent and well written songs and a raw sound. Smile started things off, followed

by Reds, ‘Done (as in methadone), Modern Lover and several songs from their forthcoming album, which should be a stunner judging from this night’s previews.

The Homicides hit the stage with their usual brutish exuberance and kicked off with Nervous.

Enigmatic and obnoxious, six months without playing didn’t seem to do them any harm as they banged out Bruiser and I Fuck Girls Too Young For Me before indulging in a couple of Rats songs (Useless and D’ya Wanna Root) for old times’ sake. Thank You Beer and Lipstick also got a guernsey before they retired back into hibernation for another six months or so, most likely.

The Television Addicts are essentially The Victims with Ray Ahn from The Hard-Ons standing in on bass, playing old Victims songs, many never recorded in a studio. For their first reformation in 34 years they took the stage very casually and after some brief chitchat launched into a blinding version of I’m A Victim.

The tone was set. Out Of My Head followed, and then Horror Smash. The mood was light, but the music wasn’t. Fast and frantic, raw but clear and focussed. I Understand mellowed things out before Monster picked up the pace again.

The large and crowded venue housed a very

vocal and appreciative audience, roused next by New Society and Uranium. Telethon Song was just one of several joyfully politically incorrect relics.

A few choice words of scorn for Wet Wet Wet preceded a very nice and lovely version of The Troggs’ Love Is All Around. I’m Looking For You kept that mood going before New Wave kicked things up a gear and a very sharp Girls Don’t Go For Punks saw a return to the previous hectic pace.

Elvis Is Dead kept it upbeat before Teenage Dreamer came out of left field. Charlie, High School Girls, TV Freak, I Wanna Be With You and (I’m) Flipped Out Over You were all thrashed out before their underground sleeper hit, Television Addict, closed out the set.

The crowd demanded the band’s return and got it with an encore of Perth Is A Culture Shock and the perfect musical tension of the metronomic Disco Junkies.

Expectations exceeded. Minds blown.

James Baker really proved his worth tonight.

There surely can’t be that there’s many 60 year-olds who could play like that for an hour. Dave Faulkner’s vocals at times were a bit more Gurus than Victims but, one supposes, you can’t unlearn how to sing, and faking youthful anger wouldn’t do either. He totally proved he still has it and the musical combination of he and Baker has been greatly missed.

The guitar sound was perfect and the playing was crisp. Ray Ahn was the perfect foil, never once trying to do too much or seeming out of place. Just right. There were a few false starts here and there, but that was all part of the fun, and to be expected.

Hopefully this show doesn’t remain the oneoff it was intended to be.

KELVIN CRAIG

LET’S KILL UNCLE All In The Family Perth metal quintet Let’s Kill Uncle launch their debut EP at Amplifier this Friday, August 15, with support from Bayou, Nightmare Effect and To Hell With Honour.

We had a chat with guitarist Will Schorer.

It is, we must admit, an intriguing name.

“Let’s Kill Uncle is a crappy horror movie from the ‘60s,” guitarist Will Schorer explains, referring to Let’s Kill Uncle, Before Uncle Kills Us, the 1966 schlocker directed by the legendary William Castle. “We liked how some of the old metal bands were named after horror movies, like Black Sabbath, so we did the same thing.

We just chose Let’s Kill Uncle because it was a weird one and we don’t like to take ourselves too seriously.”

Hailing from the hills, the five piece metal band trace their origins back to 2008 when a few of them started jamming together, with the line up solidifying in 2010. Even so, they gigged intermittently and didn’t get much traction until 2013 when, as Schorer says, “We pulled our fingers out and started recording the EP, which has helped us get a few more shows under our belt.”

Although they staunchly place themselves within the metal genre, Schorer maintains that they draw from a wide range of influences to form their own distinct sound. “We have some pretty diverse tastes

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outside of the genre. One thing that we all agree on is that the song structure and melody comes first. We’ve been called melodic death metal, but at the heart of it we play honest, rif based heavy metal with a combination of clean vocals and growls. In terms of influences we draw strongly from the ‘80s Bay Area thrash scene along with Pantera, Machine Head Black Sabbath, melodic death metal bands like Dark Tranquillity and Opeth and even some newer bands like Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying and Parkway Drive.”

All that is evident when you listen to their self-titled EP, which Schorer tells us is “A mix of some of the very first songs we wrote together and a couple of newer ones. We think it’s a great representation of our overall sound.” Recording took place at Aidan Barton’s Sovereign Studios, which was the band’s first choice location. “When we finally decided to record we were pretty adamant we wanted to do it at Sovereign Studios. We’re all big Pathogen fans and would like to think that our style isn’t too far away from what they were doing. The recording process was a really great experience and Aidan did a great job with the final mix and master, too.”

Fans of the band’s live performance can rest assured that the fur tracks on the EP aren’t a million miles away from what we’ll be hearting on Friday.

“We think our material comes across really well in a live setting. We keep things pretty simple in terms of effects and the like, so what you hear on the recording is what you get when we play live. Plenty of great riffs to get your head nodding, that’s for sure.”

TRAVIS JOHNSON

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THE BAKERY’S BOX SOCIAL #1 The Bakery Friday, August 8, 2014 With Tired Lion, David Craft, Methyl Ethyl and Ghetto Crystals providing the tunes, not to mention the lads from The Love Junkies offering up short, sweet solo slots, it was a great night at one of Perth’s favourite live venues.

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LISTEN TO THE FLOWER PEOPLE It’s been a long time between drinks but Flower Drums have decided to come out of self-imposed semi-exile to crank out some tunes at The Bird this Saturday, August 16. Joining them for the evening are Methyl Ethel, The Spunloves and Nathalie Pavlovic of Dianas fame doing a solo set. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.

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ACOUSTICALLY YOURS Bare Bones, a new night celebrating and showcasing all of Perth’s great acoustic and semi-acoustic acts, kicks off at the Swan Basement this Saturday, August 16.

Inaugurating the night are Patient Little Sister, The Justin Walshe Fireside Trio, Ralway Bell and regular DJ Primal Vinyl. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.

Latif, Grace, Luke

DEMONIC DEMO Support the DIY ethos this Friday, August 15, at Four5Nine Bar when The Pissedcolas launch their handcrafted, hand-wrapped demo tape, Demo Suzuki.

The action will be fast and furious with the likes of Doctopus, Aborted Tortoise, Yokohomos and Emu Xperts joining them for a night of mayhem. Doors open at 8pm. Entry is $5.

Clare, Ben

Maddy, Amy

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One Thousand Years - Photo by Joseph Giovannetti/ Camera-Kaze

The Rosemount Hotel plays host to our favourite refugees from the ‘60s, The High Learys, this Wednesday, August 13. Also on the bill are the fantastically-named Shit Narnia, Necter, Sprawl and Ohayo - that’s five bands for $5 from 7.30pm.

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Bluesy rockers One Thousand Years continue to spruik their album, Get Your Rabbit’s Foot And Run, at Vic Park’s The Causeway this Saturday, August 16. Aiding and abetting them for the evening are the fantastic Axe Girl and Tricky Triscari. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $5.

It’s been a while since we head from indie rock four piece Bedouin Sea, but that’s all gonna change when they hit the Rosemount hotel stage this Thursday, August 14. Support comes from Wiseoaks, Sam Wylde plus Edie Green pulling a solo slot. Entry $8 from 8pm.

Jennifer, Nathan

Lewis, Lauren

Tristan, Jesse

MOJOS BAR Friday, August 15, Grace Barbé Afro-Kreol are doing their last WA show before embarking on a massive Australian national tour for her new album, Welele! they’ll be joined by Perth’s high energy brass party band, The Brow (formerly known as The Brow Horn Orchestra) and Mauritius’ top tropical-dance DJ, Jay C. Doors open 8pm. Tickets are$20, or $15 for RTR members.

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INDI BAR Acoustic folkster Buddy Phoenix performs this Sunday, August 17, with support from The Lammas Tide and Gun Market Kids. Doors open at 6.30pm, entry is $7.

YAYA’S This Friday YaYa’s plays host to four bands as part of RTRFM’s Radiothon 2014 Party! As well as recent Big Splash champions Hideous Sun Demon we’re proud to present Hamjam, Dream Rimmy and Loners. Saturday then sees The New Pollution leading up a stellar line-up featuring Electric Toad, Fantastic Coprophilia and Mitch McDonald (of The Love Junkies).

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Saturday, August 16, Camp Doogs are running a fundraiser show to make sure Camp Doogs is yet again the best local music festival for psyche, garage and underground electronic music fans. Already confirmed for this show are Felicity Groom, Basic Mind, Bamodi and DJ Jack Doepel. Tickets are $10 on the door from 8pm.

HELEN SHANAHAN On The Road Perth singer, Helen Shanahan, won 2013’s Telstra Road To Discovery and returns to perform, along with Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, at this year’s WA heat at the Fly By Night this Thursday, August 14. For more information, check telstra.com/trtd.

Describe your experience in last year’s Telstra Road To Discovery?

Last year’s experience with Telstra Road was one that I will never forget. I felt so lucky just getting into the program so I was just trying to take in as much as I could. I got to meet so many amazing people from all over Australia who I now have as my good friends and as a great new network. We had a very intense ‘boot camp’ in which we were given information about all aspects of the music industry, and to my excitement we had a songwriting workshop where we performed our songs for Josh Pyke, Andy Bull, Kim Churchill and Ella Hooper. It was really nerve-wracking but I learnt so much, and it was invaluable to hear their advice.

How has winning it advanced your career over the last 12 months?

Winning the competition has opened me up to a whole host of new opportunities. I have had the support of Mushroom Music and their creative director, Bill Page, who has been mentoring me and giving me advice on my songs.

He has helped me get in contact with a fantastic producer Pip Norman (aka Countbounce) who will be producing my EP over in Melbourne next month. The support of both Telstra and Mushroom Music has been invaluable as it is very easy to feel like no one is listening sometimes!

They assisted me with my grant application to get me over to Canadian Music Week earlier in the year, and their letters of support were a big reason for its success. Winning the competition has just given me more drive to put my music out there and now with these new networks I feel like I can play it to a larger audience.

Any advice for this year’s entrants?

I think the best piece of advice, is to just remain true to your sound and style as they are looking for someone unique and are not out to change you. They are looking for true artists with great songs, so if you stay true to that you can’t go wrong.

You’re off to Melbourne soon to record your next EP. What can you tell us about this forthcoming release?

I am indeed! This next release is going to be very interesting as we are working with Pip Norman - whose produced Dan Sultan, among many others - who is going to work on the overall ‘sound’ of the EP. I hope this EP will have more direction than my previous recordings, and I am excited and nervous to hear what it will sound like.

Then you’re off to Nashville. What’s happening there?

As part of the prize from winning Telstra Road To Discovery, I will be heading to Nashville in September to play at the Americana Festival. It will be a very surreal experience to be playing at iconic venues such as the Bluebird Café. I will be doing a day of recording in a studio over there with a Nashville producer, along with doing a co-writing session with songwriter Kim Richey. I can’t wait.

BOB GORDON

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LET’S KILL UNCLE Self Titled EP Launch @ Amplifier

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THE PISSEDCOLAS Demo Suzuki Demo Tape Launch @ Bar Four5Nine

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THE MONDAYS Groove EP Launch @ The Odd Fellow

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DROPBEARS Elusive EP Launch @ Amplifier

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OWEN RABBIT Police Car Single Launch @ The Bird

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APACHE Vultures Single Launch @ Mojos

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BEING BETA Drink Tea EP Launch @ The Rosemount

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SILVER HILLS Plasticine Daydream EP Launch @ The Bird

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JORDAN MCROBBIE Cornucopia Single Launch @ Mojos

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FACEGRINDER Unstable Mentality And Theoretical Convulsions Album Launch @ The Civic

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THE AUTUMN ISLES A Bird Called Cognition Album Launch @ The Bakery

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GRAPHIC CHARACTERS The Finest Hours EP Launch @ Amplifier

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REPTILLUMINATI Voodoo Cowboys Album Launch @ The Bird

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GIRL YORK Body Lies Single Launch @ The Odd Fellow

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KIMURA Uncaged EP Launch @ The Civic

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THE LOVE JUNKIES Blowing On The Devil’s Strumpet Album Launch @ The Rosemount

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OCEAN ONE BAR Turin’s Open Mic Night THE PADDO Matt Angell PEEL ALE HOUSE Open Mic Chris Kinna PERTH CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE Bob Dylan PIER HOTEL ILLY PRINCE OF WALES Jetpack 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL James Atles Curtis McEntee Mind Canary Matt Waring Agamous Betty Rosen Aaron Gwynaire ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bedouin Sea Wiseoaks Sam Wylde ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Clayton Bolger RUBIX BAR Korey Livy THE SAINT Thursday Music Quiz SETTLERS TAVERN Ed Kuepper THE SHED Midnight Ramblers SWALLOW BAR Jessie Gordon Duo UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record YAYA’S A Night With…

Jake And The Cowboys Amberdown Kat Wilson Mitchell Friend FRIDAY 15/08 AMBAR Majesty ft.

Basenji Sable Genga x Benny P Teeth Can Slykidd AMPLIFIER Lets Kill Uncle Born On The Bayou Nightmare Effect To Hell With Honour Fridays Are Back Jamie Mac ASTOR THEATRE Spiderbait THE AVIARY Paradise Paul NDORSE BAILEY BAR & BISTRO Mod Squad DJ Richo THE BAKERY RTRFM 2014 Radiothon Party ft.

Weapon Is Sound Kucka Davey Craddock & the Spectacles Saviour DJ Tristan Fidler DJ Matt Acorn

THE BALMORAL Troy Nababan Duo Pasha BAR ORIENT Raglan Road THE BAYSWATER DJ Atlus BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) STEREO BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) PLAY BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Ella & Scott THE BELMONT Light Street BEST DROP TAVERN Pretty Fly THE BIRD RTRFM 2014 Radiothon Party ft.

Kid Tsunami Empty Marksman Coin Banks THE BOAT Grant Hart BRASS MONKEY DJ Vicktor James Ess THE BRIGHTON DJ Misschief BROOKLANDS TAVERN Organ Grinders CAPITOL Bodyjar Samiam Blueline Medic Clowns Capitol Fridays Roger Smart CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) I Love ‘80s & ‘90s Darren Tucker THE CARINE J!mmy Beats THE CAUSEWAY 243 Fridays CHARLES HOTEL Pseudo Echo CHASE BAR & BISTRO Jonny Dempsey CITRO BAR Adrian Wilson CIVIC HOTEL The INXS Tribute CLANCYS CANNING BRIDGE DJ Boogie CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Angus Diggs Trio CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Free Friday Fiesta ft.

Dr. Fish Phynia Bellydance The Limelights Jazz Combo THE COMO Big A THE CORNERSTONE Acoustic Flavour THE CRAFTSMAN Dazman CROWN THEATRE Tina Arena CRUISING YACHT CLUB Barry Gee

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ILLY, AUGUST 13 - 17

DEVILLE’S PAD Rockin’ A Go Go Fridays The High Learys DJ Razor Jack DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Brett Donald EAST 150 BAR Adam James EDZ SPORTZ BAR Joppy Duo ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Songs from A Saucy Little Secret Matt Allen EMPIRE BAR Monty Cotton EVE NIGHTCLUB Recharge Fridays FLY BY NIGHT Ed Kuepper FLYRITE RTRFM 2014 Radiothon Party THE GATE Chris Gibbs GEISHA BAR Foreign Exchange ft.

El Dario Houshed Chef Jimi J GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo x Pilerats x Your Paradise ft.

Yahtzel Austy Tina Says GOLD BAR Fox Friday’s THE GOOD SHEPHERD Throwback GOSNELLS HOTEL The Gypsy Minions THE GRAND Jay Mackay THE GREENWOOD Acoustic Aly GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Switch DJ Crazy Craig THE HERDSMAN 2 Tenors HULA BULA BAR Shakin’ It HYDE PARK HOTEL (COURTYARD) Kevin Curran

JAKE AND THE COWBOYS, AUGUST 14

INDI BAR Bonjah Anna O INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO. Ben Merito KALAMUNDA HOTEL Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts LAKERS TAVERN Grizzly LANEWAY LOUNGE Summers Soul THE LEISURE INN DJ Peta LIBRARY Sneaky LLAMA BAR Honey LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Why Georgia?

THE LUCKY SHAG DJ Richie G MALT Nu Disco Hip Hop M ON THE POINT Retriofit MAHOGANY INN Justin Cortorillo MARKET CITY TAVERN Semi #1 Rob & Luke Drawn in the Dark Kane Dodd Nathan MAyers Wade McLeod Robbie Beecroft Josh Ramsay Mark Torregoza METRO CITY Chris Schweizer Unity ft.

Micky Singh METRO FREO C5 Frat House Fridays METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Hanson Adam Martin I Love 80s & 90s Benny C MINT Club Retro MOJOS BAR Grace Barbe AfroKreol The Brow DJ Jay-C

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MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Jam Jar Friday’s Ladies Night MUNDARING FOLK & BLUES CLUB Cowboy X Band Kate Laird Brett Hardwick Gordon Lee MUSTANG BAR Swing DJ Flash Nat & The Action Men MY PLACE Karaoke NEWPORT HOTEL FLUKE Fridays NORTHSHARE TAVERN Two Plus One Chalk ‘N Cheese THE ODD FELLOW Basement Boogaloo PADDY MAGUIRES Rock Candy PARAMOUNT Paramount Party Crew PARKER Some Blonde DJ PEEL ALE HOUSE Siren Song Enterprises PERTH CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE Bob Dylan PIRATE BAR Marcio Mendes PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Everlong THE PRINCIPAL Little Ebony PUBLIC HOUSE Neil Viney QUARIE BAR & BISTRO Tripwire THE QUEENS Jon Ee DJ Reuben RAILWAY HOTEL Morphica Bend The Sky Kripke’s Illusion Just Numb RIGBY’S BAR & BISTRO Twisted Vaudeville’s Burlesque Dinner Show ROLEYSTONE COUNTRY CLUB Jeanie Proude ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Sleeping Giant Animal 13 Circles Nevsky Prospekt 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Pissedcolas Doctopus Aborted Tortoise Yokohomos Emu Xperts ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Gunshy Romeos SAIL & ANCHOR Siren & Assassin THE SAINT Britty

MORPHICA, AUGUST 15

SETTLERS TAVERN From The Dunes SHAPE BAR Old School vs. Young Guns ft.

Spectrem Dvise Eyesdown J.Yes THE SHED Crush DJ Glenn SOVEREIGN ARMS Thank God It’s…

Funky Lounge Fridays Lokie Shaw THE SWAN BASEMENT Winterfold Arteries Vultures The Wretched Daybreak STUDIO 146 Illy SWINGING PIG Greg Carter UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves VILLA NIGHTCLUB Kolohe Kai Jahmoko Cera Kymarni DJ Antikz VERNON ARMS TAVERN Greg Carter THE VIC Nathan Gaunt THE WHALE & ALE Wilco WINTERSUN HOTEL Korey Livy YAYA’S RTRFM 2014 Radiothon Party ft.

Hamjam Hideous Sun Demon Dream Rimmy Loners ACE Fridays DJ Pup SATURDAY 16/08 AMBAR Japan 4 AMPLIFIER BAR Bonjah Anna O Riley Pierce Pure Pop Eddie Electric ASTOR LOUNGE Rob Snarski Catherine Traicos J.P. Shilo THE AVENUE Lokie Shaw THE AVIARY Troy Division Paradise Paul NDORSE BAR ORIENT Saturday Night Fever THE BAKERY Poetry Slam WA Final THE BALMORAL The Wire Birds BAYSWATER HOTEL Acoustic Saturdays BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) CANVAS BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) Runaways

ALI BODYCOAT, AUGUST 16

THE BIRD Flower Drums Methyl Ethel The Spunloves BOAB TAVERN Organ Grinders BRASS MONKEY DJ Peta Grizzly THE BRIGHTON Squinty THE BROOK Acoustic Nights THE BROWN FOX Lazy Dog DJ Comp Finals CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Death Disco URSA Cream Of The ‘80s DJ Roger Smart THE CARINE Craig Ballantyne THE CAUSEWAY One Thousand Years CENTURION HOTEL Pseudo Echo CHARLES HOTEL The Frames CIVIC HOTEL Heavy Metal Quiz Night CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Minky G & Rosco THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Antics Tim from Tim & Jean CONNECTIONS DJ Mason Andrews CORNERSTONE Danny B CROWN THEATRE Bjorn Again THE CRUISING YACHT CLUB Supernova DEVILLES PAD Black Magic Disco with JO19 DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Brayden Sibbald ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Ali Bodycoat Quintet Alcatraz THE ESPLANADE, BUSSELTON The Avenue ENTICE @ FLAWLESS Ladies Night FLAWLESS LQ Saturdays FLYRITE Father THE GATE Greg Carter GEISHA BAR Royal Rumble!

JaFunk x Ben Renna Tom Love x Dekski James A. x Rikki HouseHed x Victor THE GENEROUS SQUIRE Defanutly GILKISONS DANCE STUDIO Alix Perez Gran Calavera Eyesdown C-Double Jack Burton GOLD BAR Pure Gold

GOSNELLS HOTEL Third Gear THE GRAND DJ Atlus THE GREENWOOD Cargo Beat GROOVE BAR & LOUNGE (CROWN) Decoy Hero DJs HULA BULA BAR Sailor Saturdays HYDE PARK HOTEL Special Brew INDI BAR Nathan Gaunt Band INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO. Retriofit KALAMUNDA HOTEL Celebrations Karaoke LANEWAY LOUNGE Fleer Ultra Why Georgia?

LOST SOCIETY Chalk M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke METRO CITY Metro Saturdays METRO FREO Metropolis Saturdays METRO FREO C5 I Love ‘80s & ‘90s MOJOS BAR Blue Shaddy MONKEY BAR & LOUNGE Warning Birds Indigo Ricky Green MUSTANG BAR Peta Lee & The Deacons Milhouse DJ James Mac NORTHSHORE TAVERN Howie Morgan Project Adam James Band THE ODD FELLOW Iceage Sugar Della Fern The Mondays THE PADDO Cheeky Monkeys PARAMOUNT Felix PARKER Parker Saturdays Lukas Wimmler Axen Paul Scott ACEBASIK Wasteland PEEL ALE HOUSE Siren & Assassin PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Kevin Curran THE QUEENS Funky Bottoms Jay Lloyd RAILWAY HOTEL Galloping Foxleys The Shops Remnants Rachel Charles RENDEZVOUS HOTEL (LOBBY BAR) Domonic Zurzolo ROEBUCK HOTEL,

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BROOME Dan Sultan 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Roswell Here Come The Cavalry Kites Lakeside ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Camp Doogs fundraiser ft.

Felicity Groom Basic Mind Bamodi DJ Jack Doepel ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Flava SAIL AND ANCHOR The Gypsy Minions THE SAINT Crackers SETTLERS TAVERN Illy THE SHED DJ Andyy Huge SWALLOW BAR DJ Peas THE SWAN BASEMENT Bare Bones #1 Opening Night ft.

Justin Walshe & the fireside trio Patient Little Sister Ralway Bell THE SHED HUGE SOVEREIGN ARMS Britty SPRINGS TAVERN Alex Canion SWALLOW BAR DJ Peas from Soul Purpose Radio SWINGING PIG Frenzy UNIVERSAL BAR Soul Corporation VELVET LOUNGE Liquid Lounge VILLA NIGHTCLUB Seekae Jonti VOODOO LOUNGE Blake’s Going Away Party YAYA’S The New Pollution Electric Toad Fantastic Coprophilia Mitch McDonald ARCADIA All-Nighter DJ Cookie SUNDAY 17/08 THE BALMORAL Light Street THE BELMONT Justin Cortorillo BENTLEY HOTEL Jeanie Proude THE BIRD The New Pollution French Rockets & a mystery band!

THE BRIGHTON Monty Cotton BROOKLANDS TAVERN Frankie G THE CARINE Chris Gibbs

THE CAUSEWAY Acoustic Sunday CITRO BAR Dean Anderson CIVIC HOTEL Kizzy CLANCYS CITY BEACH Sunday Brekky Sesh The Limelights Jazz Trio CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Sesh ft.

Special Brew CLAREMONT HOTEL Sunday Driver CLUB BAYVIEW Lokie Shaw COMO HOTEL Two Frets Down RTRFM 2014 Radiothon Party CURRAMBINE BAR & BISTRO Courtney Murphy DIVERS BAR Howie Morgan DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Bonjah Anna O ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Katy Steele FLINDERZ HILLARYS Marcio Mendes THE GOOD SHEPHERD Let Us Roam – Official Film Premiere THE GREENWOOD Glen Davies GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Peace Love HULA BULA BAR Tiki Time Sundays INDI BAR Buddy Phoenix The Lammas Tide Gun Market Kids INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO Retriofit KALAMUNDA HOTEL The Joshua Trio LAKERS TAVERN Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts LANEWAY LOUNGE Russell Holmes Trio THE LAST DROP TAVERN Brett Hardwick LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Thierryno THE LUCKY SHAG DJ Richie G MOJOS BAR Rob Snarski J.P. Shilo Jill & Alsy The Morning Night THE MOON CAFÉ David Craft M ON THE POINT Adrian Wilson MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Sunday Sesh NEWPORT HOTEL Sleeping Giant PEEL ALE HOUSE

FIGHT THE MORNING, AUGUST 19

Bernardine PIRATE BAR Libby Hammer PLAYERS BAR ILLY PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Greg Carter QUARIE BAR & BISTRO The Gypsy Minions THE QUEENS FIVEO Sam Spencer RECLIFFE ON THE MURRAY Jonny Taylor THE ROSE & CROWN HOTEL Blackbirds ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) The Get Down ft.

DJ Charlie Bucket DJ John Safari Klean Kicks THE SAINT Britty Jon Ee Az-T SETTLERS TAVERN Ten Cent Shooters THE SHED The Healys Blue Hornet DJ Banshee SOUTH ST. ALEHOUSE Open Mic Night SWALLOW BAR The Kingston Shakers SWINGING PIG Siren & Assassin UNIVERSAL BAR Retriofit VERNON ARMS TAVERN Stu McKay WANNEROO TAVERN Selestial THE WINDSOR Acoustic Aly MONDAY 18/08 BRASS MONKEY Monday Madness Student & Industry Night CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Scotty’s Quiz Night THE COURT Mix It To Fix It

ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Song Lounge GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Justin & Mike MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic PARKER Manic Mondays ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia YAYA’S Big Tommo’s Open Mic Variety Night TUESDAY 19/08 THE BAKERY Club Zho #110 ft.

Sam Gillies Henry Gillett Zyklus THE BIRD Open Mic ft.

Mitch McDonald BRASS MONKEY Open Mic Night Shaun Street CONSERVATORY ROOFTOP BAR Rooftop Comedy GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Jack & Jill LANEWAY LOUNGE Open Mic Night Josh Terlick LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Hans Fiance LUCKY SHAG Ben Merito MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke MOJOS BAR Galloping Foxleys Bryan Rice Dalton MUSTANG BAR Danzaloca Salsa Night OCEAN ONE BAR Overgrowth Open Mic Night THE PADDO Quiz Meisters ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex & Turin’s Wide Open Mic SWINGING PIG Siren Song Enterprises YAYA’S Fight The Morning Discordians Lifespan Lydia Schubert

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FIRST AWME ARTISTS ANNOUNCED The first few artists who will play this year’s Australasian Worldwide Music Expo have been named. Now in its seventh year, the AWME showcases the best and freshest world, roots and indigenous musicians the region has to offer, with the aim of bringing them to a global audience and fostering better relationships between artists and the broader music industry. Running at several iconic Melbourne venues from November 13 - 16, the Expo features live performances, panels, discussions, workshops and countless networking opportunities. The initial roster of performing acts includes Australian artists Hiatus Kaiyote, Ash Grunwald, Bart Willoughby, Jimblah, The Pierce Brothers, Ms Murphy and Bullhorn. The international contingent is headed by Nahko And Medicine For The People from the US, Canada’s Digging Roots, and New Zealand acts Estere and Myele Manzana. Many more artists are expected to be announced over the coming weeks. For full details and ticketing, point your browser at awme.com.au.

Hiatus Kaiyote

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WAM HIGHER GROUND APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHES

Keen observers of Perth’s live music scene will no doubt be aware of Michiel deRuyter and family’s proposed Lyric Lane cafe/bar/music venue set to be located at 177 Guildford Road, Maylands, in the 8th Avenue Precinct. The proposal is currently before the Bayswater Council and it is hoped that a decision will be made soon. However, it has become known that a group of local residents have begun a petition against the nascent venue. deRuyter is encouraging supporters of the venue development in particular and live music in general to make their voices heard by emailing mail@bayswater.wa.gov. au with “177 Guildford Road, Maylands” in the subject line. Remember to be polite, folks - you catch more flies with honey.

A managerial workshop series, Higher Ground is designed to assist emerging artist and band managers to take their careers up the industry ladder a rung or two by creating an environment with limitless advice and networking opportunities. Coordinated by former Ruby Boots manager Scott Adam, Higher Ground includes presentations

by Karnivool manager Heath Bradby, The Cat Empire’s Correne Wilkie, Tom Harris, Tired Lion manager Jake Snell and many more. The workshops begin in late August and will end with a networking session with the industry delegates at this year’s WAM conference in November. Naturally, spaces are limited and expressions if interest must be submitted by 5pm WST this Friday, August 15. For full details, costs and application criteria, go to wam. org.au or email WAM Membership and Industry Development Officer Claire Hodgson on claire@wam.org.au.

MUSOS WANTED CHANNEL 7 MANDURAH CRAB FEST MARCH 2015 seeking buskers, soloists & groups? Register to perform at this free iconic event, attracting over 140,000 ppl with a $300,000 + marketing program.

Exposure huge + keep 100% merchandise sales. http://mandurahcrabfest.tv/crab-fest-2015/ LEAD VOCALS WANTED for pub rock band w/ keys, guitar, rhythm, drums plus bass looking for exp lead vocalist. Ring Herb on 0410088596. No time wasters OPEN MIC NIGHT every Thursday night at Indi Bar. Email Trojan_johnmusic@yahoo.com. au for spot. Laneway Lounge Open Mic every Tuesday night. If you’re keen for a spot text Josh on 0430313577 OPEN MIC NIGHT Solo acoustic open mic Thursdays at Ocean One Bar. Scarborough. Call or text Brett on 0447 597 179.

POWER TRAIN BLUES ROCK BAND are seeking guitarist, old school rocker. Phone Gypsy 0412231126 SUPERSALT require new bass player for original band. Must be experienced. Infl: Rock and Grunge. Text or call Nev 040 355 7421 30

UNDER COVER BIG BAND seeks trombone/ trumpet players. 0451 458 533 Chris.

PRODUCTION SERVICES CD & DVD MANUFACTURE Check out our latest CD & DVD specials online at www.procopy.com.au 9375 3902 MATRIX PRODUCTIONS AUSTRALIA Lighting, staging, sound systems, smoke machines, night club FX, intelligent lighting, strobes & mirror balls, crowd barriers, video projectors.

9371 1551 RECORDING STUDIOS ALAN DAWSON’s WITZEND RECORDING STUDIO Prof quality albums or demos, large live room, experienced engineer, analog to digital transfers, mastering..Alan 0407 989 128 or Jeremy 0430638178 www.witzendstudios.com ANALOG MASTERING VINTAGE TAPE, TUBES & TRANSFORMERS with the latest state of the art digital converters. Clients include: Melody’s Echo Chamber, Pond, Gossling, Knife Party, Felicity Groom, The Floors, Jeff Martin & The Panics. World class facility, World class results.

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ANDY’S STUDIO International multi award winning songwriter / producer. No band required. Broadcast quality. A songwriter’s paradise. Ph 9364 3178 GOLDDUST Production Mixing, recording and composition. Leederville $80 p/h.

0408 097 407 RECORDING MIXING MASTERING PRODUCING Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764 REVOLVER SOUND STUDIO Ph 9272 7505. www.revolverstudio.com.au SONGWRITERS - BANDS! Great Productions!

London Producer, awesome studio. Call Jerry on 0405 653 338 www.jerichomusic.com.au REHEARSAL STUDIOS AAA VHS REHEARSAL ROOMS Great facilities, great vibe & great price!!! Unit 5 /16 Peel Road, O’Connor. Phone 9418 5815 or 0413 732 885 BIGBEAT SOUND STUDIO Clean rooms, all new PA systems, air-con and good parking .

Willetton Ph: 0425 698 117.

PLATINUM SOUND ROOMS Professional rehearsal rooms, airconditioned, quality PAs mob 0418 944 722

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STREAM STUDIO’S 89 Stirling St, Perth.

Mobile: 0403 152 009 info@streamrehearsal.com.au TUITION ***GUITAR LESSONS*** The Guitar Institute.

New Studio New Times Avail. Online bookings.

Beg to prof, all styles. Tutors WWC clearance.

Cliff Lynton Guitar Institute. Mt Lawley 9342 3484/ www.clifflynton.com BASS GUITAR LESSONS AVAILABLE by WAAPA tutor. A practicle approach to learning. .All styles.

Years of experience. Tony Gibbs 9470 6131

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