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THIS WAY FOR LANEWAY The St Jerome’s Laneway Festival line-up for 2016 dropped last week and it’s a cracker.

Brightening up summer will be Battles, Beach House, Big Scary, CHVRCHES, DIIV, DMA’s, East India Youth, FIDLAR, Flume, GoldLink, Grimes, Health, Hermitude, High Tension, Hudson Mohawke, Japanese Wallpaper, Majical Cloudz, Methyl Ethel, METZ, Purity Ring, QT, Shamir, Silicon, The Internet, The Smith Street Band, Thundercat, Tobias Jesso Jr, Vince Staples and Violent Soho.

The WA leg happens on Sunday, February 14, at Fremantle’s Esplanade Reserve & West End. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, September 30, at 9am (local time) via lanewayfestival.com.

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MODELS TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

Electronic duo Maribou State have announced an Australian tour in support of their lush new album, Portraits. Released via Ninja Tunes, Portraits is a melancholic offering, rich in harmonies and introspective vocals, and has seen the duo reach a whole new audience as well as receiving hype and airtime from BBC1 radio hosts Zane Lowe, Annie Mac and Pete Tong.

Delivering a complex and intimate live performance akin to SOHN and Gold Panda, the duo will be playing at the Court Bar on Sunday, November 15; tickets are available through mariboustate.com.

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AT THE GATES TOUR Swedish death metal giants At The Gates have announced their Australian tour across October and November in support of their 2014 album, At War With Reality. After a long 11-year hiatus, the group returned with a highly successful and praised reunion tour stopping off in Australia in 2012 to awestruck crowds. Known as one of the forefathers of Swedish melodic death metal, At The Gates have proved themselves time and time again as one of the best live metal bands working today, with many newer acts taking considerable influence from the original trend – setters.

At The Gates will be playing at Amplifier Bar, Wednesday, October 28. Tickets are available via metropolistouring.com.

At The Gates | Pic: Andy Hayball

JESSICA ARNOTT AMBASSADOR FOR BEAUVINE FESTIVAL

BEAUFORT ST FESTIVAL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS With the annual Beaufort Street Festival coming ‘round the bend on Saturday, November 14, organisers are on the hunt for some keen volunteers to provide support and services to ensure the much loved day to run as smoothly as possible.

Volunteer opportunities include areas of art, family, live music, community activities , as well as event operations. So whether you’re looking for some event experience, love the festival or are simply wanting to join a great team, this is an opportunity for you!

To re g i s t e r, e m a i l vo l u n t e e r s @ beaufortstreetfestival.com.au and fill the application form accordingly. Applications close on Tuesday, October 20.

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Masterchef contestant Jessica Arnott has been unveiled as an ambassador for the inaugural Beauvine Melbourne ‘80s art rock wizards, Models, will Festival from Friday-Sunday, October 23-25. Ticket embark on their first national tour in many years holders who purchased tickets before the end of this December. Emanating from the creative the first ticketing release (September 28) will enter maelstrom of Melbourne’s post-punk art-rock the draw to win a VIP banquet for four prepared by scene, Models released a succession of acclaimed Arnott, in an exclusive VIP setting. Arnott will join albums culminating in the #1 hit, Out of Mind, Out one of many respected and renowned chefs and of Sight. They’ll be playing shows across the country winemakers at Beauvine this year. to perform hits from their classic 80’s albums.

Although first releases have ended, Models will be perform at the Astor tickets are still available via beauvine.com.au.

Theatre on Wednesday, December 16. Tickets and Jessica Arnott, Beauvine Ambassador details will be unveiled at a later date.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Ballet great David McAllister brings his reimagining of The Sleeping Beauty to his home town of Perth this October. This ambitious new project is McAllister’s first full-length ballet in his 14 years as an Artistic Director, and a crowning moment in his career.

Featuring set and costume designs by award winning designer Gabriela Tylesova and an enchanting Tchaikovsky score performed by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, The Sleeping Beauty delights the eye with a visual contemporary edge whilst also maintaining its cherished classical roots. Fellow West Australian Kevin Jackson is the Principal Artist playing the lead role of the Prince, and says Perth audiences will be impressed with the sparkling new production.

The Sleeping Beauty will be hosting five performances at Crown Theatre Perth, WednesdaySunday, October 7-10, tickets are on sale now at australianballet.com.au.

Sleeping Beauty | Pic: Jeff Busby

JONNY ROCK COMES TO TOWN Frontman of celebrated New Zealand-bred band Shihad, Jon Toogood, will be embarking on the Australian leg of his Planet Of Sound tour, acoustic and intimate, Toogood will be playing a set of his favourite songs, along with his own. Being one of, if not the most, celebrated Kiwi rock artists, Toogood has sold more than 250,000 albums with Shihad, with two certified platinum albums and five gold, and was inducted in the RIANZ NZ Rock’n’Roll hall of fame in 2010 with a lifetime achievement award - the youngest inductee so far.

Catch Toogood in these special intimate shows at the FourFiveNine Bar on Friday, November 27; the Indi Bar on Saturday, November 28 and Mojos on Sunday, November 29. Tickets available via venues.

THE WOMBATS ARE SOUTHBOUND If you thought Southbound 2016 were done adding acts to their already insane bill, you were so wrong.

Saving this up their collective sleeves, the Busselton festival has announced that joining Foals, Disclosure, Bloc Party and more next January are English indie rockers, The Wombats.

The Wombats are no strangers to our shores, recently touring Australia for Splendour In The Grass as well as jetting over for a brief promo stint in February, but it’s obvious Australia loves the Liverpudlian lads as much as they love us.

In April, they released Glitterbug, home to jams we’re sure you’ll be hearing a lot of come Southbound. X-Press Magazine and The Music are proudly presenting Southbound 2016, which hits Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Busselton, from Friday- Sunday, January 8-10, 2016.

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WAM FESTIVAL WA To Go They’ve been saying that this year’s WAM Festival will be bigger and better, and now they’ve throw some proof into the picture. WAM have announced 81 acts - half of the overall amount - including the likes of Tired Lion, Methyl Ethyl, KUCKA, Ruby Boots, Sable, Sydnee Carter, Silent Knight and Coin Banks on “a mother truckin’ VIP Quay Note boat party!”

All up, over 150 acts will be programmed, with the majority of WAM Festival shows being free (with all free for WA Music Conference ticket holders). A power-packed four days of local goodness, the WAM Festival is presented by alcoholthinkagain and supported by City of Perth & Lotterywest.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 WA Music Awards @ Jack Rabbit Slim’s Major Media Partner TheMusic.com.au Featuring: Jacob Diamond, Joni In The Moon, Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse and Tomás Ford.

7.30pm – 11pm | Free Entry Debuting at Perth’s freshest late night hot spot Jack Rabbit Slim’s in Northbridge, this year’s coveted ‘WAMi’s’ will be handed out during an evening peppered with performances from some of WA’s most exciting talents. Due to the venue’s limited capacity, #WAMusicAwards tickets will be available strictly by invite; to nominated acts and #WAMusicConference ticket holders, who’ll be able to celebrate in style at the WA music industry event of the year.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 WA Music Conference Day 1 @ State Theatre Centre Of WA Released info as found here: http://wam.org.au/ event/wa-music-conference-2/ Quay Note @ Swan River - Departing From Perth Presented by Moshtix Featuring: Pilerats DJs & Coin Banks.

5pm – 8pm | Free Entry for WA Music Conference ticket holders (limited capacity - first in first afloat) It’s theorised there’s Something In The Water in WA, so where better to celebrate WA music than on it! The VIP Quay Note Boat Party sees the debut of an exclusive boat party, free for #WAMusicConference speakers and ticket holders, plus very select partners and media.

WAM Festival Friday Showcases @ Various Venues A series of free and ticketed (or all free for #WAMusicConference ticket holders), genre or theme-specific showcases spanning Perth’s inner city suburbs, presented in conjunction with

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Running from 5pm to late, there is something on the menu for every taste, from metalheads to beats boffins.

• RTRFM & State Theatre Trust present The Courtyard Club @ State Theatre Centre Courtyard Featuring: Ruby Boots, Gunns, The High Learys, Rachael Dease & Ben Witt 5pm – 10pm | FREE ENTRY • Pilerats Showcase @ Jack Rabbit Slim’s Featuring: Sable, Catlips, Floria (QLD) & Time Pilot 9pm - 5am | FREE ENTRY • The Community Showcase @ The Boston Featuring: Diger Rokwell, Empty, The Boost Hero Man, Cash KRZMA & DJ Silence 8pm – 2am | FREE ENTRY • Indi Sounds @ The Indi Bar Featuring: Riley Pearce, Stillwater Giants, Wanderlust, The Durongs & Nicky Sandover 7pm - 12am | $15 Door Sales* • Stormrider Touring Presents Triple Album Launch @ Amplifier Featuring: Silent Knight, Orpheus Omega (VIC), Ragdoll & Wrath Of Fenrir 8pm – 12am | $15 Door Sales* • Status Factory Showcase @ Babushka - Upstairs Leederville Hotel Featuring: Aslan, Jamyang, Phocal + special guests 8pm – 12am | $10 Door Sales* • Colosoul Fashion Show @ Defectors Featuring: Colosoul DJs & special guests 8pm – 12am | $10 Door Sales* • Villanova Studios Showcase @ The Ellington Featuring: Allira Wilson, Trisk & The Luke Minness Quartet 8pm – 12am | $20 Door Sales* • Soggybones Showcase @ Soggybones (West Perth Store) Featuring: Foxes, Puck, Leeches & Blackwitch 8pm – 12am | $10 Door Sales* • Blues At Bridgetown & Perth Blues Club Showcase @ Paddington Ale House Featuring: Morgan Bain, Datura4, Andrew Winton & Matty T. Wall 8pm – 12am | $15 Door Sales* • Sweet Oblivion Showcase @ Hq Leederville (all-ages) Featuring: Sydnee Carter, Spire, Figurehead & Fairbridge Quest Winners Shannon, Isla & Ella E. 5pm – 10pm | $10 Door Sales* *All WAM Festival Friday Showcases events free

for WA Music Conference pass holders SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 WA Music Conference Day 2 @ State Theatre Centre Of WA Full details: wam.org.au/event/wa-musicconference-2/ BLOCK PARTY @ WILSON ROE St. CAR PARK Featuring: Tired Lion, Methyl Ethel, Command Q, Hamjam, Lower Spectrum, GRRL PAL, The Merindas, Fait, Lilt, Syllabollix, Our Man In Berlin, Rag N Bone, Randa & The Soul Kingdom & Bryte MC 4pm – 12am | FREE ENTRY More artists, a second stage and increased capacity, the return of the Block Party (as part of the Saturday Spectacular) will this year provide thousands with a free block party-styled celebration of WA music and culture, right in the heart of Northbridge.

Saturday Spectacular @ Various venues Major Media Partner X-Press Magazine Northbridge’s best live music venues coming to life and throwing open their doors to the public to host free live music showcases from midday to 2am, featuring the above mentioned Block Party, plus fill the following venues: • The Bird • The Boston • Ezra Pound • Flyrite • Jimmy’s Den • The Moon • Mustang Bar • Universal Bar SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Sunday Best @ Fremantle Arts Centre And The Newport Hotel Presented by City of Fremantle Fremantle Arts Centre - Featuring: The Love Junkies, KUCKA (solo), Felicity Groom, Odette Mercy & Her Soul, Atomics, The Weapon Is Sound, Craig Hollywood (DJ sets) & Holly Doll (DJ sets) 2pm – 8pm The Newport - Featuring: The Ocean Party (VIC), Pat Chow, Dream Rimmy, Erasers, Moana, Salary (ex-Celery), Filthy Apes & The Limbs 2pm – 10pm | FREE ENTRY Extending the good times for a long-overdue mini fest in Fremantle, festival-goers will be able to finish off their weekend in the beautiful surrounds of the Fremantle Arts Centre and the revamped The Newport Hotel. The three-stage event will feature 15 artists and will be free entry 2–10pm.

Enjoy some of the best in the West at the ultimate WAM Festival finisher! and for the first time in years I could pay my phone bill on time. Next season I’ll be shaving off the ‘fro for a full scale Sinead O’Connor tribute, with Steve Hensby as The Pope.”

Timothy Nelson “Ha-ha I’ll be your pope Sinead Nelson. Record Club is a jolly thing to do. Not a covers fan, but definitely a fan of playing my favourite records note for note.”

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NEWPORT RECORD CLUB 50 Up Steve Parkin and Malcolm Clark’s ever-popular Newport Record Club reaches a milestone 50 shows this Thursday, October 1, with a performance of Bob Marley’s Legend album by Clark, Tayo Snowball and band at the Newport Hotel.

We gathered some of the musos who have performed to offer their thoughts on The Big 50.

“Record Club has been the best excuse I’ve had to assemble a band of like-minded musicians to perform some of my favourite records live, and then some! It provides a great platform for musicians to pay tribute to their favourite artists in front of guaranteed crowds thanks to the efforts Malcolm and Steve have put into building the profile of this event. Its certainly got Joe Public’s interest in knowing who these musicians are and what original bands they originate from.”

“I’ve always wanted to perform an album in its entirety and I thank Steve and Mal deeply for giving us the chance. Playing Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust record with the Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts meant that I got to be both Bowie and Mick Ronson in the one night. Getting asked back for the Rewind series was the icing on an already delicious cake.”

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Russell Loasby “Coming from someone who is used to playing covers in pubs, the Newport Record Club has been an absolute pleasure on all levels. There is still an undeniable thrill when you fire up those songs - both hits and deep cuts- for a deeply appreciative crowd to remind you of how and why you got into this racket in the first place.

“Performing Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes with Steve Parkin guesting on lead vocals and Malcolm Clark on iconic keyboard riffage is one of my all-time favourite gig moments in 20-plus years of shows.”

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“Thanks Parko and Clarky for creating the event that allows roomfuls of music lovers to feel young again, as they relive their favourite albums together. It doesn’t get Eddie Vedder than that!”

Desmond W. Richardson (The Brown Study Band, Pearl Jam Ten) “I always thought playing covers was fucking lame but my mate Parko was having a bad year and asked me to do Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album at his pet project, the Newport Record Club. Out of love for the bald, talented, larrikin I had to oblige. Subsequently, I found it truly liberating to embody Chrissy McVie,

“It’s fuckin yezza!”

Andy Lawson “Being a part of the Newport Record Club made me wish I’d given up on emotionally and financially draining original music long ago! It was a blast, thank you Newport and Masters Clark n’ Parkin.”

Daniel Durack “Fuck, it was fun! What a brilliant idea. Totally unlike anything else and miles away from being just a ‘cover band’ night. Thanks a mill Parkin and Clark!”

Dion Mariani “Like so many Perth ‘original’ musicians I had long fantasised about stepping over that invisible barrier and daring to recreate live onstage some of the albums that inspired me to make music in the first place. Our old mates Stevie Parkin and Mal Clark brought that dream to life for me.

“Turns out, though, that Abbey Road is a pretty complex piece of work, especially for a lazy, self- taught hack like me. It was a nightmare. Haven’t listened to the album since.”

Hugh Jennings “It’s all about the music.”

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The Swingers, circa 1981

BUSTER STIGGS Counting The Swingers’ Beat In 1981, the New Zealand’s APRA Silver Scroll was not presented. For the awards’ recent 50th anniversary, it was retrospectively presented to The Swingers, who dominated that year with the legendary hit, Counting The Beat.

BOB GORDON chats with Swingers drummer, Buster Stiggs.

What are your recollections of the period of time when you wrote then recorded Counting The Beat?

The Swingers were born out of my punk rock band The Suburban Reptiles but the punk scene was hijacked by skinheads and boot boys.

I wanted to move away from that scene and play regular gigs. When we wrote Counting The Beat we had already rehearsed for six months and toured NZ several times as headliners. Our first gig was supporting Split Enz on their Give a Whirl Tour. We played to 4000 people at the Auckland Town Hall.

After that tour everyone in NZ knew about us.

Did you know once the song was in its realised form that you had something pretty special?

Counting The Beat came about from a second songwriting burst after all that experience playing to big audiences and they all wanted to dance. It originated from me trying to find a different drum. Instead of the standard boom-boomthwack I just went boom thwack-boom-thwack.

Bones (Hillman) joined in with an intuitive bass line which he didn’t know what he was playing until Phil (Judd), guitar/vocals) refreshed his memory physically placing Bones’s fingers on the notes. We all had mics so the chorus hooks came from Bones and Me just trying to fill out the three- piece sound.

David (Tickle, producer) got Bones to play the track three times that is why the bottom end is so huge unlike a lot of the funky white boy soul coming out at the time with slap bass.

Once the song was officially released, how quickly did things escalate for the band; were you surprised at how quickly the song went big in Australia?

When it did go number one after four weeks, the fastest rising single since Eagle Rock, we were living the dream. It came at the time of the introduction of new FM radio stations in Australia and they played it because it was new, fresh and made their station sound good. It still sounds good because we weren’t trying to be a style or a sound it came from us wanting an audience to dance. It has no drum fills it is one beat and one main bass riff all the way through. It’s a dance song before we new what dance music was and fortunately we didn’t put a use by date on it. It has been licensed regularly over the years so new generations have got to know it.

What was it like to receive the Silver Scroll all these years later?

Being honoured with the Silver Scroll was a real blast and very humbling. I never realised it was such a big hit in New Zealand - nine weeks at #1 or #2 in the NZ charts and the biggest selling single on both sides of the Tasman in 1981. Its part of NZ music culture now.

The actual award night was awesome.

The show finished with the magnificent Silver Scroll band doing a rocking version complete with string and brass sections and fronted by the singer/ guitarist from Kiwi legends, Straight Jacket Fits. The song has never sounded so good as past present and future became one. It was worth the wait of 34 years for I was able to celebrate the fruits of my labour as a young, blinkered 25 year-old with my contemporaries and a whole bunch of new Kiwi artists.

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IRON MAIDEN Loud And Proud Cancer-free and recuperating well, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson tells BRENDAN CRABB about the art of “two-fingered piano playing,” in the lead up to their Australian tour which comes to Perth Arena on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

The call from Iron Maiden’s office arrives during an eight-hour interview day for vocalist, Bruce Dickinson.

Audibly in positive spirits, the singer, pilot, fencer, author and ale aficionado enthuses that doing press is, “good when you’ve got a good record to talk about. If it was a shit record I wouldn’t like doing it.”

The Book Of Souls is the metallers’ 16th full-length and first studio double-album. The English sextet began work in 2014, recording at Guillaume Tell Studios in Paris, where they’d also crafted 2000’s ‘reunion’ affair, Brave New World. However, its release was delayed following the discovery that Dickinson had a cancerous tumour on the back of his tongue and also another lump in his neck.

The frontman was ultimately afforded the all-clear earlier this year. “I got diagnosed in December and the doc sat me down. It was, ‘How long ‘til I’m feeling better?’ He said, ‘It’s going to be about a year.’ I went, ‘Well, I’ll beat that’, being competitive and all the rest of it. He said, ‘You might by a month or a couple of months maybe, but there’s some stuff that needs healing up on the inside that will take a while’. Of course he’s the doctor, and he’s right,” Dickinson admits with that distinctive chuckle.

“But I am, in his words, way ahead of the curve in terms of recovery and getting better. I’m jumping around all over the place and have been for a while now. So I’m really just waiting for the inside bits to fully get themselves back up to speed and then I can start having a bit of a sing and a wail again.”

The Book Of Souls boasts the 18-minute Empire Of The Clouds, penned solely by

I KNOW LEOPARD I’ve Been Everywhere Man Following successful support slots alongside Lost Dinosaurs and Gang Of Youths, rising indie-rockers, I Know Leopard, are heading off around Australia for their own national tour visiting remote towns along the way thanks to The Set List. Vocalist Luke O’Loughlin speaks with AARON BRYANS about the group’s impressive year in the lead-up yto their Perth show on Friday, October 9, at Jimmy’s Den. It may have taken longer then planned but for I Know Leopard the precision within their debut EP Illumina marked a clinical point in the group’s uprising, pleasing eager fans awaiting its anticipated release. The group have had a quick turn around since then, with their second release Another Life seeing the light of day early this month.

“I think Another Life is the culling of the best recordings we’ve done over the last year,” vocalist Luke O’Loughlin reveals. “Illumina took a while to do.

We’d finished writing and recording it quite a while before we released it, it was just the mixing and odds and ends took a while to tie up. We kind of already had the material for Another Life going. The fourth track came together within a couple of days. It’s weird, with us some stuff is planned before but some 10

Dickinson, whereby the frontman makes his piano debut. It’s an epic befitting of recent progressive leanings, but perhaps not one some could have envisioned appearing on a Maiden record decades ago when ‘The Air-Raid Siren’ and bassist/leader Steve Harris possessed opposing viewpoints regarding the band’s creative direction.

“The Bruce of 25 years ago would have thought this song was indescribably cool, and how did he manage to do that?” he laughs. “That one was a bit of a journey, which involved an awful lot of two-fingered piano playing. ‘Cause I’m not in any way, shape or form a pianist, but I happened to write the song on piano and so there was nobody else around to play it.”

happens spontaneously and if we’re writing song and its sounding good we’ll track it straight away.”

“We’re always listening to new music and discovering old gems and constantly being influenced by new music we come into contact with. We’re always morphing. Another Life is something different. I think the celestial nature of our music is always going to stay because the core of our influences is making floaty, atmospheric pretty music but in terms of the sonic textures it will always be changing I think, we’d get bored doing the same thing for too long.”

Despite the constant touring alongside Lost Dinosaurs and Gang Of Youths in between working on their latest release, the group have jumped aboard the bandwagon looking to take full advantage of the success awaiting them.

“It’s been a great year,” O’Loughlin states.

“We’ve still got a way to go, we’ve got a lot to prove.

We’re really enjoying it at the moment, it’s been fantastic. We’re so grateful for how much support we’ve had and it’s so nice to have people like your songs and get where you’re coming from.

“We’re getting busier and we’re starting to feel like a real band, we’re touring a lot and getting better at playing our instruments and playing together. It’s been wonderful, we’re still a baby band and we’ve got a lot to grow but it’s been great.”

Setting out on their own headline national tour in support of Another Life, I Know Leopard has paired up with The Set List program to visit rural and remote communities alongside their main city shows.

“We basically were approached by Arts on Tour who were recently backed by the Australian arts council about this program which is usually run for theatre and other arts around Australia. It’s about getting music and culture out to communities that don’t often receive it much. It’s a great program, it’s great for those communities and great for us as well to broaden our fan base and we like doing regional stuff as well. They’re always fun shows, lots of enthusiasm and real friendly crowds.”

As for representing the record live Down Under, the screamer is amusingly cagey, while essentially confirming it. Merely days later however, it’s official; Maiden will return in May, as part of a 35-country jaunt in 2016. Dickinson will pilot the biggest-ever Ed Force One, a customised Boeing 747-400.

“This record is such an outrageous record.

It’s so good, and my next thing I’m thinking about is the tour. I’m very excited to get back on the stage.

As of last Christmas, I wasn’t sure whether or not I was even going to be on the fucking planet, let alone on the stage.”

Aside from successful retrospectivethemed tours, Iron Maiden have typically

displayed great credence towards fresh output within the live environment. “Loud and proud, new material. That’s why we’ve got a lot of young fans. It’s not because we’re a bunch of old codgers playing karaoke stuff; it’s because we’re doing new material and they discover it, and that’s in a way what makes us, still I think, kinda cool at the ripe old age in my case at 57.

So how does that work with a bunch of 15 to 24-year-olds? The answer is it works real well, because there’s so much stuff out there that is shallow and forgettable that’s got very little future, let alone a past and a present.”

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because there’s songs that we weren’t familiar with but we have a set that we’re really comfortable with, songs that are crowd favourites and favourites of ours. Usually we don’t have to do too much rehearsal we’ve been doing this for so long. Honestly you’ve got your stamina, like muscle memory, it’s not like playing Mozart; you can get away with not rehearsing and having a few beers instead.”

The group’s journey wasn’t an easy one following the death of original bassist Jason Thirsk in 1996 following an attempt to conquer alcoholism.

With a difficult decision ahead, Pennywise decided to stay together to honour Thirsk and what he strived to live for.

“Jason was a founding member of the band,” Bradbury retells. “He was such a huge part of all the first songs and the writing style, the whole lyrical message was so much Jason that when he died I know those guys their initial thought was to end the band. Thinking it through they also realised everything they’d ever wrote about was about persevering and over coming obstacles. That was everything that he had talked about doing, being strong and persevering and relying on your friends. It just seemed like we had a good chance to keep going on.”

Yesterdays is the first studio album to feature vocalist Jim Lindberg since his 2009 departure, bringing back Pennywise’s well-known sound and reinvigorating the group.

“It meant everything,” Bradbury reveals.

“Jim is the singer of Pennywise. We never wanted him to leave so we just did the best we could without him and that was fun and a good time but in the end Jim is the singer of Pennywise so we’re very happy to have him back. With Yesterdays we wanted to do something fun in the studio. We didn’t want to hash out a whole lot of stuff so we had these older songs that there was no questioning that they were all written in the epic period of Pennywise. We felt it was a good way to reunite.”

Back On track It’s been an incredible and eventful 27 years since the formation of California punk rockers Pennywise with the passing of Jason Thirsk and the return of original vocalist Jim Lindberg following his 2009 departure. Bassist Randy Bradbury speaks with AARON BRYANS ahead of their show on Thursday, October 1, at Metropolis Fremantle.

They’re 11 albums into their incredible tenure and Pennywise are showing no signs of slowing down.

As they prepare to visit Australia in support of their newest studio album, Yesterdays, the group is continuing to churn out tracks relative to their original sound with an increase in individuality.

“As far as writing goes I guess it has changed from the very beginning,” Bassist Randy Bradbury explains. “There was always a certain amount of getting together with the band and jamming and someone comes up with a riff and then Jim will add lyrics on top of it.

Now it’s kind of gravitating towards each of us individually writing songs and then we’ll bring them together and then agree we all like certain ones and that will become our core and we’ll also jam and write as a band.”

“We did more rehearsing for this tour

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KISS The Hottest Brand In The World Kiss hit Perth Arena on Saturday, October 3, supported by The Dead Daisies. BOB GORDON checks in with vocalist/guitarist, Paul Stanley.

Normally it’s Demon bass player Gene Simmons who finds himself spitting blood on stages around the world as part of Kiss’s longcelebrated stage show, but a recent Twitter pic by the band’s vocalist/guitarist/Starchild, Paul Stanley, saw his lip blooded and slightly beaten by a rehearsal-related tambourine accident.

Preparing for a special show with his R&B outfit, Soul Station, in Los Angeles, Stanley - who normally hurls guitars around with command precision - found things almost got more concussive than percussive.

“I threw the tambourine up in the air and misjudged it and it smacked me in the face,” he recalls. “It was not pretty and it didn’t feel very good, but to my credit I made it right back to the microphone in time and kept on singing (laughs).”

It might seem like a departure for a renowned hard rock singer, but as someone who grew upon on Philadelphia soul and Motown, for Stanley it makes a lot of sense.

“I was having lunch in London with Jimmy Page,” he notes, “and we were talking about it and I said ‘you know, before I ever saw Led Zeppelin I saw Otis Redding. Before I ever saw The Who, I saw The Temptations and Solomon Burke’.

We’re living in a time now where so much that is passed off as music is just computerised crap with auto-tuned vocals that people have either forgotten or never experienced great live R&B. The people who do enjoy that are few and far between. There isn’t that many people doing it.

“So I just gathered together with some like-minded musicians who just jumped at the idea and we just have a great time, playing that stuff faithfully and reverently. To be able to play Temptations, Stylistics, Smokey Robinson and Spinners is just great.”

At the time of the original line-up’s Farewell Tour in 2001, Stanley maintained that Kiss has given him the freedom to do what you wanted once it ended. Times shows that Ace Frehley and Peter Criss left and the Stanley/ Simmons core was joined by Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer. The band continued and Stanley still had the freedom anyway, to pursue painting, solo work, business ventures, an autobiography... and soul music. To do what he wants, but not any old time.

“In a sense we were trying to put the band out of its misery because it was back to the old days of drudgery and people not getting along and not talking. We thought ‘let’s just end it’ and quickly I thought I didn’t want to stop. All I wanted was to get rid of the problem. Thankfully there’s been a massive audience that very much agreed.

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more I’ve found that there is time - although it’s limited - to do other things. But you can easily compromise what you’re doing by doing it at the wrong time.”

The band’s ability to push boundaries or break rules has long been in place and has become the template for other mega-bands.

2015 alone has seen KISS collaborate with Japanese girl group, Momorio Clover Z, on a single, Samurai Son, and release a ScoobyDoo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery cartoon feature. By now this kind of diverse branding is what Kiss are best known for, other than their music. Yet people are still constantly surprised by their movements.

“It all depends on your attitude and philosophy,” Stanley says. There are so many people who say ‘why?’ and I tend to say, ‘why not?’ (laughs). We don’t live within the boundaries of other bands and the limitations that either the critics seem to impose or bands impose on themselves. We write our own rules and our #1 rule I think, is ‘no rules’.

“It’s funny sometimes critics see their darlings doing something similar, although perhaps less extreme, and they think these people are great showmen and somehow turn a blind eye then look at us and say it’s a trick, or it’s a gimmick.

If that’s so, it’s possibly the greatest trick of all time, because it’s been going for 40 years.”

But it’s not done without a certain amount of tongue in cheek. The Scooby Doo movie contains a lot of self-deprecating quips and many not-so-subtle digs at their own marketing machine.

“Truth be told, because you take yourself and what you do seriously, doesn’t mean that you can’t have a laugh,” Stanley says.

“You have to find the humour in situations and I certainly see the fun side and humorous side and it doesn’t, in any way, detract or negate the fact that we take a huge amount of pride in what we do and have a legacy to live up to.”

That said, Stanley’s 2014 autobiography, Face The Music: A Life Exposed was surprisingly revealing for someone who had long fiercely protected his privacy. Many highs and lows, indifferences and crises of confidence were played out.

“I think the more you free yourself of secrets the freer you are,” he says. “So to put something out that could be of help to other people and perhaps either inspire them or give them some hope, and to document something that my children can read as they get older to understand the difficulties that I may have had and understand me that much more, it was a very rewarding experience.”

While a new Kiss album does not appear to be on the cards (‘At the moment I don’t have any desire to do another album. And that may change, but as long as I feel like that there won’t be one’) the band continue to loom large as a touring act. This month’s tour is nigh on 35 years since Kiss first visited Australia. The significance isn’t lost on The Starchild.

“It’s really gratifying to look out into the audience and see a majority of fresh faces and, adding to that, some parents who want their children to experience what they experienced and bring them,” Stanley says.

“So there is always this legend of Kiss that will bring in a new audience, but then we have to justify that legend. That’s what it’s always about - living up to the stories and this very, very fertile history.”

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How Far Will You Go?: The S&M Recordings, 1973-1981 Chapter Music Mention of the band Smokey may have you thinking who maybe living next door to Alice, but in this instance it is the name of the edgy LA band from the ‘70s and not the English soft rock variety.

Los Angeles’ Smokey is the band formed by John ‘Smokey’ Condon and producer EJ Emmons that skirted the edge of the radio whilst being firmly entrenched in the world where partners of the same sex are the norm.

Condon has a knack of penning tunes that would have been radio-ready with their big riffs, had they not been dismissed by record label executives at the time for being too overtly ‘gay’.

The singer wasn’t to be denied though as he went on to release his music through his own S&M Recordings label. A compilation of the offerings of Smokey’s eight-year recording history is here on How Far Will You Go?: The S&M Recordings, 1973-81.

The glam swagger of Leather finds Smokey firmly in the territory that made Bowie so revered, and suggests that Condon could have been more than a cup success had the record labels been more open-minded. Smokey jump around genres with ease covering disco, punk, low tech electronica and even a nine-minute opus titled Piss Slave.

Smokey were pushing the boundaries and proclaiming to ‘want to be your toilet’, yet How Far Will You Go?: The S&M Recordings, 197381 doesn’t appear anywhere near as sinister as now as these songs would have on their release.

That doesn’t make them any less bold and uncompromising, though.

WILD EP Universal Popular-YouTuber-turned-talented-actor-andmusician-gradually-clinching-international-fame Troye Sivan is beginning to sweep the world off its feet.

His sophomore effort WILD (EP) has a commercial appetite hell-bent on topping the charts. Its ambience, echoey drum machines, quiet synths and enigmatic vocal sits all too well in the soon-to-be deadpool of recent trend, swum in by artists like The Wkend, Drake and Jarryd James. Beneath what would be fair to call spectacular production, it’s becoming about as creative as an Instagram photo of you and your new sunglasses resting on a table next to your speciality coffee. Sorry.

H oweve r t h e re i s n o d o u b t t h i s Perth local is talented. While WILD is pretty production-based, it (somehow) sounds totally unnecessary. The album is a six-song crescendo with a melodic and lyrical structure of what could be, sans production, a male, 20-year-old Taylor Swift. This just another album about love.

Love at first sight. Love is not real/is too real.

Love is beautiful/is the worst thing you’ll ever experience.

But who cares, really, it’s what we all want to hear. Which is exactly what this album is: what a lot of people currently want to hear.

If Troye Sivan can keep that up, then we’re expecting big things to come for this Australian sweetheart.

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DAVID GILMOUR Rattle That Lock Sony

KEITH RICHARDS Crosseyed Heart Virgin/EMI

“Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way,” David Gilmour’s former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters once wrote, and there are heavy doses of it here on this distinctly personalsounding affair.

With the recent passing of former colleague Richard Wright no doubt in mind, Rattle That Lock is a bluesy prog-rock tome, laden with slow elegies and many excellent slow-burning guitar solos in that instantly recognisable Gilmour style. It’s easy to be cynical about an aging rocker lamenting the fading light, but this is a convincingly heartfelt achievement.

A long time between drinks for Keith Richards solo albums, the last one was 23 years ago, and he’s even used the same band for this checklist of the usual ragged blues, low slung rock’n’roll and even a dodgy Gregory Isaacs reggae cover.

That aside, the quality quota is high across the board. Opening with rough and raw acoustic blues he heads off into deep swaggering rhythm and blues and tender weathered ballads, sounding more Dylan-esque than ever in his voice.

The temptation is to wonder what this would sound like as a Stones album with Jagger leading the charge, but Richards is defiantly himself CHRISTOPHER H. JAMES and surprisingly on form on Crosseyed Heart.

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ROBERT FORSTER COLD CHISEL The Perfect Crime Cold Chisel Music/Universal

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The second release of this career phase — following 2012’s No Plans — finds a more even creative contribution across the board and as a result there’s a nice sonic diversity throughout, although ultimately anything this group touches together sounds precisely like Cold Chisel. Don Walker brings two strong tracks from his solo canon (the title track and Four In The Morning) and co-penned single Lost with Wes Carr, even foraying vaguely into disco territory with Bus Station. Jimmy Barnes co-wrote two with his son-in-law Ben Rodgers (All Hell Broke Lucy and the ominous Long Dark Road), while elsewhere Get Lucky ushers a nice change of pace and The Backroom sounds like a lost gem.

Drummer Charlie Drayton (who joined following Steve Prestwich’s sad passing in 2011) brings plenty of swing and locks in nicely with bassist Phil Small, Ian Moss shreds in inimitable fashion, Walker brings his trademark versatility on keys and Barnesy delivers one of his best vocal performances in ages. Cold Chisel’s chemistry is undeniable and they seem settled and comfortable, in this accomplished outing.

Robert is one of Australia’s most respected songwriters (with the likes of Kelly, Rogers and McComb), with his stint as music critic leading to his writings being published as The Ten Rules Of Rock And Roll. Songs To Play is Forster’s chance to practice what he preaches, in the form of 10 witty lyrical observations on real people and real lives that he recorded on a mountain top, half an hour from his home.

J o i n i n g Fo r s te r fo r t h e r i d e a re members of The John Steel Singers who act as the perfect foil for the more playful nature of this current collection. The typically nasal tones of Forster are evident from the first line of Learn To Burn, but it is the highly melodic delivery and violin that remind the listener of his Tallulah-era tunes. There are five-minute epics and a bossa nova tune to keep things interesting, but essentially this is a clever pop record.

There are far too few iconic Australian singers that have stood the test of time. While he may disappear for years at a time, Forster never under delivers. Songs To Play is an album to immerse yourself in.

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ED OXENBOULD IN THE VISIT

Fast becoming one of the pre-eminent actors of his generation, Ed Oxenbould can be seen on the big screen in director M Night Shyalaman’s return-toform thriller-cum-horror film, The Visit. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old kid from Melbourne, he tells SHANE PINNEGAR. In the film Shyamalan cranks the terror up to 11 before revealing a shocking twist to the story – one which Oxenbould agrees was a mind-blower.

“Yeah, it really plays with your mind,” he said, before revealing that he got the part in the film before reading the script. “It was kind of interesting because I only got the full script after I got the film. I knew that it was M Night Shyamalan, but that was it. I didn’t know anything about my character. I didn’t know anything about the story. Not one little bit. I knew nothing.

The Visit is Oxenbould’s third big film in quick succession, and after the near-slapstick of Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, and the heartwarming drama of Paper Planes. It’s apparent he’s not going to allow himself to be typecast.

“That’s what I loved about it, because I did those two, which were kind of similar in the way that they’re both [about] family, and then Paper Planes had a bit more drama. I loved doing it, because it was great, and I did them all back-to-back. It was just great to do three completely different films one after another.

Working with the director was obviously a big drawcard for Oxenbould, despite Shyamalan’s reputation taking a bit of a beating of late after a few flops.

“Oh, yeah, very keen. When you get the chance to work with an Academy Award nominated director you don’t really say, ‘well, I think I’ll pass!’”

One highlight of the film is the obvious bond between Oxenbould and his on-screen sister, played by fellow Australian Olivia DeJonge. The actor says that bond came naturally.

“It was kind of an instant bond. We’re both very similar.

We have exactly the same taste in music and movies, so it was really an instant bond. Also, it helped, the fact that we’re both

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Australian, so we were both in a new city that we didn’t know. We were experiencing the Philadelphia culture together. I think it was a new experience for both of us, so that added to the bond which was already there, because virtually, we are like brother and sister.”

Filming in Philadelphia had its own challenges for the pair, not least of which was the bitterly cold winter.

“It was, it was the worst winter they’ve had in thirty years,” he laughs, “so that was a bit challenging, but a lot of fun.

Also, I think it added a kind of element to the film, because when you look out the windows, it just looks beautiful. It’s all covered in snow and when the snow’s falling, and all the dead trees, I think it makes the film even more spooky.”

With three movies under his belt, Oxenbould remains completely down to earth. On the phone he’s quietly confident, chatty, and devoid of airs and graces, which he attributes to those close to him.

“I guess it’s just family and friends,” he says, almost audibly shrugging. “I just go to a regular public school, so all my friends just keep me grounded and my family does as well. Most of them are actors except for my brother, so they all understand it, and they all keep me grounded, I guess. Yeah, I have family and friends to thank for that.”

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EAT AT: FLORA & FAUNA Located on Aberdeen Street, this boutique cafe serves up tasty vega, vegetarian and raw cuisine.

They do boil the coffee, though. They also have a dog, Dumpling (pictured) Flora & Fauna

If your wardrobe is primarily filled with unusual high-end streetwear, the basement at No. 1 Packenham Street in Fremantle should already be on your radar. If not, take the rest of the day off and head for the concept store ASAP. This is a total style mecca—promise, and a number of the international brands are exclusive in Australia to Lessons. (Yes, the kind of pieces Perth people used to grab when holidaying in Brooklyn or passing through London are currently available in Freo, not to mention unavailable retailwise anywhere else in the country.)

There is something moody, gritty, and beautiful about the store, which has just celebrated its first anniversary. Raw brickwork

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pillars and walls combine with careful lighting to turn the entire location into urban art, like a hidden, understated installation that’s home to clean metal displays, racks, and piles of sandbags.

The sense of space allows carefully selected stock to be fully appreciated.

Street style has always remained an elusive, innovative form of expression that larger labels continually work to emulate. A t-shirt is never just a t-shirt, and jeans are so much more than simply denim: graphics and subtle design ingenuity combine to imply myriad meanings a person can integrate into their style.

GETTING MOUTHY Lips Don’t Lie In the words of Kesha, “Red lipstick works like magic”. Instagram, beauty vloggers, DRINK AT: JOE’S JUICE JOINT and Vimeo have made fabulously painted lips an enviable accessory. In the era of The dive bar all other dive bars aspire to - except you should probably never aspire to be a dive bar. the never-ending pout, lips have their own fashion scene; they’re always on the Joe’s Juice Joint look out for the perfect coat.

Lipsticks is often used as an umbrella term to cover gloss, stains, tinted balms, liquid, matte, shine, and endless fusions of the above. Summer lends itself to fun slashes of lip colour, what with the out ‘n about life. Just remember, a foray into the beauty world rarely ends with one purchase.

Most lippie fans have ever-expanding collections. You may wonder, how many shades of red or pink can there be? You’ll learn, young (cosmetics) padawan. The tints and combinations are endless.

Once the subtle differences become clear, the myriad options make more sense.

After starting on a soft pastel pink and working up to a rich red, most lipsters take a colour break with a foray into nudes and browns, before braving the treacherous, seductive

SHOP AT: LITTLE BENTO WORLD Spice up your lunch hour (well, half hour these days) with these delightful, functional, Japanese style food boxes. head to littlebentoworld.com Little Bento World

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mysteries of tangerine. (The orange family is not for the faint of heart.)

A good lip product is a bit of a balancing act. Think a colour that stays put relatively well for a couple of hours (at least), but more importantly, won’t dry out lips. This is why products are focused on bringing hydration to the party, as much as shade.

So where to start? These relatively fresh

RISE & GRIND Donuts - Go Nuts “People are coming from everywhere to buy donuts, Perth is definitely in the midst of a donut craze,” says Kristen Watts of foodie hotspot Rise & Grind Espresso Bar in Doubleview, when asked about the big sellers. “We stock TopDup Donuts, which are stuffed with creams and curds, and they have a cult following.

“We also have regulars, some of them high-profile, who come in especially every day to get our volcano cookies, something we’ve developed ourselves. Basically they’re giant cookies which are crunchy on the outside, gooey on the inside, and stuffed with a range of fillings, including things like Nutella or Mars Bar or salted caramel. When you break Rise & Grind them open, the lava filling flows out.”

Sounds lush, but the menu isn’t just Rise & Grind arose from Watts and partner for sweet tooths. “We also do fresh salads very well and we are always coming up with new Ben Proposch’s love of coffee and good food. “I’ve ideas and combinations. We bake our own pies worked in food media for some time, and I have been and pastries and we make a pretty mean Eggs lucky enough to learn from, and work with some Benny served on a house made potato and leek pretty talented foodies in my time. Ben is a health rosti. All day breakfast seems to be really big in and exercise scientist and he was keen to quit his Perth at the moment.” office job and get his hands dirty.”

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Among the mix at Lessons are the smooth offerings of LA based art collective1992, and the ultra hip output of MSBHV, a Polish label favoured by the likes of Cara Delevigne and Rihanna. If camo is your scene, pick up some recent wear from Knomadik. (The Aussie-born designer is so popular with celebs it’s insane.)

They even have VFILES Sport Plus in store. (Yes, that VFILES. If you’re not familiar, go online, the digiscene is brilliantly eclectic and constantly evolving.) News that pieces by Nasir Mazhar will be here in December, ready to be snapped up, is wild; his rep is growing exponentially, and now is the time to grab one of the Londoner’s designs, before the label that’s fast become a luxe street fave completely explodes.

Also stocking in Lessons from December is iconic NY label Hood By Air. This is just a taste of the innovative names and collectives in today’s streetwear fashion scene currently available instore. The stock on offer is a fantastic window into what is happening globally. Basically Lesson’s presents the opportunity to pick up pieces from brands the world is currently loving, without paying killer international postage fees. (They also have an online store, for those wondering.)

When the sun goes down, the concept store includes an after-hours bar that plays host to great nights with a mix of brilliant tunes. Not quite down the rabbit hole, but definitely down the laneway and then some, it’s worth taking the time to discover this basement-based high-end streetwear concept store focused on bringing a kicking dose of diverse, cutting edge international designers to the West Australian retail scene.

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offerings might make you bite.

For the multi-taskers, there’s Estee Lauder’s Pure Color Envy Liquid Lip Potion; a fluid product designed to combine the best elements of the lipstick, gloss, and balm worlds. (It’s also gently scented with spring aromas.)

If a matte finish has captured your heart, The Urban Decay Matte Revolution Lipstick (from selected Mecca Maxima stores and Mecca online) is a modern interpretation, meaning it isn’t drying.

Blackmail, a deep berry wine, suits beauty fans whose taste in lip art is a little wild.

Vibrant colour in a sheer finish more your scene? The shu uemura rouge unlimited sheer shine is a summer newbie. Bold without being overwhelming, shiny and with a balm base, this might be one for the summer beauty kit.

M.A.C are masters of great lip action, and the M.A.C Vamplify is a glossy newbie that fans of the brand will be adding to their beauty bag. (Fourteen shades to choose from, so take your time deciding.)

Nude lovers probably know about Rimmel’s Kate Moss Nude Collection. It’s affordable, and there are a few interpretations of “nude” in the mix.

If you’re finding fuller lip products a little too much as the heat builds, BareMinerals Pop of Passion Lip Oil-Balm (at Mecca Cosmetica, Mecca Maxima, and Kit) will help treat lips dried by the sun, while staining them with a hint of vibrant colour.

Note: your best investment is probably a lip brush. Trying to apply a rich pigment straight from the tube can be foolhardy. Now might be the time to channel that enthusiasm for adult colouring books in a new direction.

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The Espresso Bar’s focus is on offering really good coffee and breakfast and lunches to go, says Watts. “We want to give people a reason to have a spring in their step when they get up in the morning.” The coffee is Pound coffee from O’Connor.

“Not only because it’s super delicious but also because it’s roasted by Justin and Irene Gardner, who are super passionate and really good people.”

In Watts’ opinion, are WA people real foodies these days? “More people are interested in good food, that’s for sure. We really think a lot of that is because Perth has so many amazing chefs these days and they’re all doing such clever things, so people are becoming much more educated about delicious food and their taste is more sophisticated.

“We definitely notice people are willing to try new dishes and ideas. We serve a breakfast panna cotta which is really popular and another of our dishes which features fruit poached in pomegranate molasses is also really popular. We don’t need to teach our customers, they have a good understanding of food and they know what they like. Not many people are looking for greasy spoon type breakfasts and lunches any more.

“We also see on social media, that people have so much food knowledge these days and they are so excited to share their experiences, especially if they find something really good.”

So they’re cool with people snapping shots of their food? “Yes we love it when we see beautiful pictures on Instagram taken by our happy customers.

It really inspires us to keep working hard to create crowd pleasers.”

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VISUAL ARTS Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award: Fremantle Arts Centre Australia’s most prestigious print award, which awards a total prize pool of $22,000, is in its 40th anniversary year. The exhibition runs from Friday, September 25, until Sunday, November 15. Go to fac.org.au for more info.

Treasure Ships - Art In The Age Of Spices: The Art Gallery Of Western Australia A collaboration between AGWA and the Art Gallery Of South Australia, this exhibition features the spectacular and exotic art produced for global markets from the 1500s to the early 1800s. Included are a selection of artifacts retrieved from the wrecks of the Batavia and the Gilt Dragon. The exhibition runs from Saturday, October 10, until Sunday, January 31. Go to artgallery.wa.gov.au for full details.

WARHAMMER 40,000:REGICIDE Chess With Jetpacks The expansive and sometimes intimidatingly complex world of Games Workshop’s perennially popular Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame may seem like an odd fit with the relative simplicity (and lack of massive guns) of chess, but Hammerfall Publishing’s new release Warhammer 40,000: Regicide takes the challenge head-on.

Originally created as a sci-fi flavoured offshoot o f G a m e s Wo r k s h o p ’s f a n t a sy w a rg a m e Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 transfers t h e ac t i o n to t h e 4 1 s t m i l l e n n i u m . T h e galaxy, mostly ruled by the Imperium of Man and its supposedly immortal Emperor, is a battleground between the Imperium’s legions of genetically-enhanced and fanatically devout Space Marines and a range of alien races inspired by classic fantasy creatures (the most popular of which being the Orks, who are reimagined as cockney yobs who love yelling ‘Dakka-dakka-dakka!’ as they fire their guns).

The game quickly dwarfed its predecessor in popularity, spawning scores of offshoots, novels and videogame adaptations, of which Regicide is possibly the strangest.

The game includes a Classic (chess rules only) mode for purists but it’s Regicide, the odd yet undoubtedly compelling mash-up of Warhammer 40,000’s 30-plus year history of rule revisions and countless unit types with the regimented simplicity of chess, that’s the real selling point. “The intense strategy aspect and making something totally innovative was really important to us,” explains Cathrin Machin, the game’s Project Lead, “[Regicide] allows you to think about your moves on multiple levels. It allows you to pull a win from the jaws of defeat, and use tactics that add a new level of fun to the game.”

These tactical abilities are at the heart of the game, with ranged combat allowing attrition tactics and jump packs opening up blitzkrieg-style manoeuvres that can drastically

change the state of play. “We wanted each race to feel fundamentally different, whereas in the classic game of chess you’d have two armies that were identical, but only different in who goes first - Regicide allows each person to craft their play style.”

A lot of this flexibility is also down to the various races, who have their own abilities and characteristics. The Space Marines are more accurate at range, while the Orks are less predictable and stronger in melee, with the player able to unlock new abilities by earning skill points. “These differences mean that it adds a new dimension to the way you play,” explains Machin. “Depending how you want to set up your army, you can aim to use abilities that are focused on a particular area.”

Regicide also includes, along with a full suite of online multiplayer modes, an objective-based single player story mode that injects some variety into the static space of the traditional chess board: “The story moves the player through three different environments, each with multiple times of day which make the environment feel very different. To add to that each mission the board layout switches and includes new characters and objectives that fit with the narrative.” Numbering 50 missions with full voice acting, Machin describes the campaign as being “ A little like an interactive narrated story book” focussing on the adventures of the renowned Blood Angels chapter of Space Marines.

Machin and Hammerfall have big plans for expanding the game with future downloadable content: “For now we’re mainly looking at new Chapters and Clans with six new ones confirmed and being released at launch. Beyond that, we’ve been talking about bringing more content out in the forms of new campaigns to give each faction the chance to tell their story.”

With a mobile version also in the works (with cross-format play with PC players also planned), Hammerfall are planning to build longevity into Regicide. Certainly, the game has a lot to offer both Warhammer 40,000 and chess fans looking for something different, and is available now on Steam or direct from Hammerfall for AU$20.

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Futile Labor: John Curtin Gallery Ionat Zurr, Chris Salter and Oron Catts have created a multi-sensory art installation that explores the growing phenomenon of the manipulation and engineering of life. It’s on display from Friday, October 2, until Sunday, November 8. Go to johncurtingallery.curtin.edu.au for more.

The Consolations Of Photography/On The Beach: Perth Centre For Photography Two exhibitions open at PCP on Thursday, October 22: Juha Tolonen’s The Consolations Of Photography, and Tim Pearn’s On The Beach. Both run until Sunday, November 15. For more info, go to pcp.org.au

Back To The Future Live In Concert: Riverside Theatre The Western Australian Symphony Orchestra plays Alan Silvestri’s awesome score for the classic scifi comedy as the film plays on the big screen! It happens on Friday, November 14, and Saturday, November 15. Book via Ticketek.

Stephen Fry - Telling Tales: Riverside Theatre Actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, director and raconteur Stephen Fry does his thing on Tuesday, November 17, and Wednesday, November 18. Book via Ticketek.

FESTIVALS Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2015 Until Wednesday, October 14, Cinema Paradiso and Luna on SX play host to some of the best cinema that Italy has to offer. Opening night film God Willing, from director Edoardo Falcone, is a raucous comedy that shattered the Italian box office, while the rest of the festival includes such gems as The Dinner, Francisco Munzi’s Black Souls and Do You See Me? For tickets and session times, go to lunapalace.com.au.

Expresstival The highlight event of Anti-Poverty Week WA 2015 takes place in Forest Place on Saturday, October 17. It’s a full day of music, art and interactive activities, plus a host of food stalls. All proceeds will be donated to Manna and The Smith Family. Go to expresstival.com for details.

THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE Two Bees: The Blue Room Theatre Bastard Theatre Company’s latest offering is an absurd, horror movie-inspired take on the problem of declining global bee populations. It runs until Saturday, October 3. Hit up blueroom.org.au for tickets and session times.

Extinction: State Theatre Centre Black Swan State Theatre Company presents Hannie Rayson’s environmental drama about a conservation biologist’s complicated relationship with the mining CEO funding her work. It runs until Sunday, October 4. Go to bsstc.com.au for tickets and session times.

Benjamin & Me: The Blue Room Theatre Benjamin, a dog, is young will’s best friend.

Together they have adventures. This familyfriendly show from Mark Storen runs from Tuesday, October 6, until Saturday, October 24. Hit up blueroom.org.au for more info.

The Cockatoos: The Blue Room Theatre A mob of wild cockatoos descends on a suburban neighbourhood, triggering an eruption of deeply held secrets. Adapting Tim White’s short story, this new work from Happy Dagger Theatre runs from Tuesday, October 20, until Saturday, November 7.

Go to blueroom.org.au for more.

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THE MARTIAN Great Scott!!!

Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Matt Damon, Melissa Lewis, Chiwetel Ejiofor Based on the best selling novel by Andy Weir, The Martian allows director Ridley Scott to return to the sci-fi genre that helped make him great. Can Scott break his recent drought of good films on the dry red soil of Mars?

Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) finds himself stranded on Mars, after an accident forces his crew to abandon him for dead. Now he needs to survive for four years, before a rescue mission can save him. To do that he just needs to grow food where nothing grows, find water where no rain has ever fallen, and pray that none of the thousand ways space has to kill him come about.

There is no doubt this is dead centre of Ridley Scott’s wheelhouse - he’s the man who defined the look of near future utilitarian science fiction with such classics as Alien and Blade Runner.

Even with all the criticism levelled at Prometheus, few could deny the beauty of the visuals brought to the screen. In The Martian, Scott handles the grandeur of the alien landscape of Mars with an effortless ease. Instead of the characters and story being swamped by special effects, his practices hand lets them shine through, while at the same

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time never giving the audience reason the doubt the authenticity of this space-borne adventure. It is a masterful trick, and one that is richly rewarding.

Part of the reason for this pay-off is the character of Mark Watney. He might be one of the most refreshing characters to be created in recent history. There is an overwhelming sense of humour and optimism about him, despite the dire situation he often finds himself in. Instead of falling to despair about the hundreds of ways space can casually kill him, Watney knuckles down and decides to “science the shit out of it,” saving his vitriol for truly important crises (such as being left with an appalling collection of disco music). He is upbeat, determined and innovative. Damon is the perfect fit for the role, encapsulating the uniquely positive attitude of the stranded astronaut, and landing the amusing dialogue with great comic timing.

Yet it is not Watney alone that sets this apart. The Martian is certainly one of Scott’s most humanist works. In what could so easily be a tale of one rugged individualist’s survival against a merciless environment, we are instead given a movie that expounds the virtues of teamwork.

Mark is helped out by all his team, despite the little annoyance of them not being on the same planet.

Hence it gives the chance for an ensemble cast to shine, as well as delivering a pro-science message.

A return to form for Ridley Scott to create an uplifting piece of great science fiction.

This is an unabashed love letter to the space program and the spirit of exploration, and one of the greatest to date. In the words of Total Recall, “get your ass to Mars”.

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THE VISIT Into The Woods Directed by M Night Shyamalan Starring Olivia DeJong, Ed Oxenbould, Kathryn Hahn, Peter McRobbie, Deanna Dunagan That M Night Shyamalan has a unique creative genius has never been in question, but his scorecard has come to resemble a heart monitor printout, and in recent years his star has fallen so far that he has been refused final cut and had movies ripped from his hands after shooting. In an effort to counter that he self-produced The Visit in partnership with the BlumHouse studio, and with final approval back in his hands, this twist on the Little Red Riding Hood story works… mostly.

The Visit opens with Mum (Kathryn Hahn) info dumping to the camera: she left her parent’s house 15 years ago with her teacher boyfriend, and she’s never spoken to them again.

She had two kids with the teacher before he left a few years ago. Her parents want to get to know their grandkids, so invite them to visit for a week.

She said no, but the kids insisted, so off they go.

At this point we also learn that 15-yearold Becca (Olivia DeJong) is a budding film maker and is filming a documentary around meeting her Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie) for the first time. This sets us up for a lot of headache-inducing found footage to come, but it’s a tool more reminiscent of BlumHouse’s

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previous works Paranormal Activity and Insidious.

So far, so fair – and when the kids get to Nana and Pop Pop’s remote snow-bound farm, all seems above board. Until the weirdness starts – and there is lots of it, as Nana and Pop Pop are played with disturbing menace by Dunagan and McRobbie.

As the end of their week together looms, the kids become more and more scared and desperate to get the hell outta Dodge, and the truth behind Nana and Pop Pop’s creepiness emerges in shocking style.

Shyamalan’s stock trope is to build suspense to breaking point before springing the surprise twist ending on his audience, and he does that well here – even though he keeps cutting it down with little comic turns, the suspense is set to 11.

Apparently Shyamalan made three cuts of the film: one each straight horror and comedy, then settled on the one which was “somewhere in between”. He probably made the best choice as the levity makes the story more human, though inserting Tyler (Ed Oxenbould)’s cheesy and misogynistic rap song at the end to show the kids’ resilience as they bounce back from the horrific dramas which unfold at the farm, is a pointless and clumsy misstep.

Though far from perfect, The Visit is a solid return to form from Shyamalan, and judging by the proliferation of the media campaign for its release the studio has high hopes for its success.

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DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL The Facts Of Life Directed by Marielle Heller Starring Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgard Based on the 2002 graphic novel The Diary of A Teenage Girl: An Account In Words And Pictures by Phoebe Glockener, the film presents a remarkably frank depiction of a young woman’s sexual awakening. Set in San Francisco during the ‘70s, this semi-autobiographical story often veers into controversial territory (such as statutory rape, prostitution, drug use) dealing with issues in an open and honest way.

At 15 Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is beginning to experience a sexual awakening. In the bohemian San Francisco of 1976, Minnie tries to come to grips with these changes in her life, and channel them into her comic art. Unfortunately, her inexperience, lack of self confidence and romanticism often lead her to make poor choices such as losing her virginity to her mum’s boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgard). As she grows she starts to become more aware of her own desires, responsibilities, and the power that she has.

It is confronting to accept the initial premise of this film, that a teenage girl could be so aware of her sexuality and in control of it. To

be fair Minnie is initially not entirely either aware or in control, but she is learning very quickly. That is the heart of Diary Of A Teenage Girl, not that the character will always make the right choices, nor that we the audience should blindly accept what is happening to her, but that it is Minnie’s journey of discovery. Strangely we have to be less judgemental and protective as a viewer and just trust the character (and by extension the author) has learned from experience - not always an easy thing to do, as the combination of the witty writing and Bel Powley’s charisma engage us instantly with Minnie, and we quickly want the best for her.

Powley’s portrayal is one of great complexity. Having stolen the show earlier this year in A Royal Night Out as Princess Margaret, it is good to see her take a bite out of a more nuanced and multilevel character. Minnie is often many contradictory things at once. She has a naivety, but enough intelligence to learn quickly. She is a pawn, but recognises her power. She is full of self doubt, but exudes confidence. She is unsure of what she wants, but knows she has desires. Powley brings all of this perfectly to the screen.

Director Marielle Heller walks the fine line between a celebration of sexuality and exploitation, ultimately leaving it to Minne’s growing self empowerment to make the difference.

It is that rich insight, likeable (albeit flawed) characters, and whimsical use of animation (referencing the stories origin) that make this compulsive viewing. An amazing coming of age story, that really does lead to the genuine empowerment of its central character.

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HERD IT ON THE BEAUVINE Another festival Hits Beaufort Street This year marks the inaugural BeauVine, a meat, wine, music and art festival on the grassy lawns of Birdwood Square. We talk to organiser Aaron Rutter about the festival highlights.

What’s BeauVine all about?

It came from a place where we thought there was a bit of a lack of a food and wine festival that appealed to kind of our market, so, something with a bit of diversity, something that was boutique, that wasn’t expensive and inaccessible. And out of that came the name, which has got a lovely something level, and then going up to it and just applying it to the music and all that.

Why should we come along?

The event is run in sessions – there are four to five hour sessions – and essentially the whole time you can be pretty much entertained doing different things and being engaged in different things. So you’ve obviously got your free wine tasting that comes along with it, but there’s also beer and liquor tastings.

That’s for your booze, and for the food you’ve got this great concept, Heads Will Roll, which is a big celebration between Clarence’s and Old Faithful.

Essentially it is a restaurant that’s going to celebrate meat products with all meat-based dishes, but there are of course vegetarian options as well.

Rather than do heaps of food trucks or a lot of bits and pieces, we’ve got these two main players just producing amazing food in a focused environment, so it’s almost like our own little popup restaurant.

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What about the entertainment?

We’ve got a remote controlled chicken speedway, which I’m just super pumped about; we’ve got some tattoo artists painting a Lamborghini; there will be suitcase rummage and a bunch of retail stores; we’ve just brought on some visual artists to do some galleries; we have an old tractor for the DJ to play off and there’s a cocktail bar. The thing is, you can just wander through the site. It’s a beautiful grassy area, the city in the background, there’s a lot going on.

We hear each person gets a free wine glass…

BeauVine is basically set up like a wine tasting should be. You pay on entry, and once you get in there the tastings are free. And from those wine glasses that you’ll be able to keep, you’ll also be able to buy a glass of wine from a producer or if you prefer you can in fact buy a bottle, and then sit down on the grass or on a picnic table and enjoy that with a cheese platter or with something from Heads Will Roll. There’s a bunch of exciting wineries from bigger old, grand daddy wineries down to some more contemporary, new, interesting line ups as well, and we’ve tried not to do big rock and roll bands as it’s supposed to be an intimate space where you can hang out in and have a bit of a boogie and just generally catch a good vibe.

What’s your favourite/must see thing to do at BeauVine and why?

I’m definitely saying the chicken speedway.

Without getting into too much detail, you’ll be able to race your mates on remote-controlled chickens that we’re getting built by an artist named Steve Buckles from Hurben, and there will be a track built, and the rest… is a surprise.

Part of the proceeds of the event will go to Short Back & Sidewalks, a not-for-profit organisation that provides free haircuts to people in need.

BeauVine Festival, Birdwood Square, October 23-25.

For more information on BeauVine head to beauvine. com.au; and for Short Back & Sidewalks,

Sydney avant-pop heroine, Montaigne, performs at Jimmy’s Den on Saturday, October 3, and the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre (all-ages) on Sunday, October 4. JAMES ENDERSBY catches up for a chat.

How are you? And how are you feeling about your huge upcoming tour for Clip My Wings?

I am well! My voice is feeling a bit weak because I lost it a week and a half ago but I’m trying to nurse it back to full health.

I am high-key anticipating tour. I want it to be now (but also don’t because of my voice). I am very excited to be back on the road, and performing.

I see that you’re playing a couple of regional shows too, is that a first?

No, actually! I played Kangaroo Valley or month or so ago now. That was a cool little gig, very intimate, strong community vibes.

The videos for Clip My Wings and I’m A Fantastic Wreck are really visually incredible, great choreography too. What were the ideas and direction behind it? How involved were you in the creation of the clips?

I came to Guy Franklin with the distinct idea of falling inspired by the opening scene from Kingdom Hearts. I had a narrative idea that involved running, and watching myself falling from the sky, but Guy and his team at Pixel Melbourne transformed the narrative into what it is now, which I like much more.

I feel like the creation of it was all pretty original, except for those bits referenced from Kingdom Hearts. Otherwise, the desert landscape, the idea of me losing my wings and being controlled by invisible forces was all quite original.

strangeness, for the fantastical and unclear. I like confusing but beautiful stories, like Haruki Murakami’s book, Kafka On The Shore, or Donnie Darko. It’s also fostered in me a healthy craving for all that is epic and dramatic and grandiose. And the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack has probably also influenced me musically in no small way, even if just on a subconscious level.

Is having this kind of success at 19 overwhelming?

I’m actually 20 now! And not really. I think I deliberately under-react to certain things that happen to me in order to not develop an over-large ego or to be overwhelmed. I don’t have the time to be overwhelmed or to be slowed down in life so I will do what I need to whether that be mentally or physically in order not to be.

What artists have inspired you throughout the years to create the really unique and raw sound you have now. Or is it more self informed?

I think it’s a combination, really! My taste in music comes from a million different places - my parents listened to a lot of ‘80s pop and ‘90s R&B. As a kid and adolescent I listened to a lot of 2000s pop as well as pop punk music, and in my older teens I You’ve cited the awesome game, Kingdom Hearts started to listen to almost everything. That’s probably as a big influence. How and in what ways does it why my sound is so fucking weird and different, influence you? because I take influence from everywhere, and Tony In so many ways. It’s influenced me Buchen, who’s produced all the music I’ve released, aesthetically, emotionally, existentially. It developed is the same. We don’t work exclusively, working only in me a penchant for adventure and inexplicable within certain genres, we do whatever we want to do.

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MURLOC’N’ROLL Melbourne psych-rock heroes The Murlocs have dropped their much anticipated new single, Rolling On, from their forthcoming LP set to be released in 2016 via Flightless/Remote Control Records and announced a huge national tour to accompany it. After considerable support slots touring with heavyweights such as Ty Segall and Mac DeMarco last year, and travelling the rather insane Gizzfest circuit earlier this year, The Murlocs will be filling Mojos Bar, alongside Geelong mates Orb, on Friday, October 23.. Tickets and full details on from Oztix. com get them quick and don’t miss out!

South Australian drone metal titans Space Bong have announced they will bring their gargantuan sound across Australia and South East Asia with their biggest tour yet in support of their latest LP, Deadwood to Worms. The six-piece will play three dates in Perth, first being The Rosemount Hotel, on Friday, October 30, (with Drowning Horse, Craig McElhinney and Alzabo); Mojos on Saturday, October 31, (with Drowning Horse, Foxes and Self Harm) and Westcoast Blastfest at the Railway Hotel on Saturday, November 1, with Captain Cleanoff (SA/VIC/NSW) and The Kill (VIC). Tickets will be available at the door on the night.

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THINGS LOOK ROSIE FOR LLOYDY REIGN OVER ME

It’s been a big year for artist Alex Lloyd with the continued promotion of his most recent album, Urban Wilderness, some five years on from his last solo effort, and he’s hitting the stage at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, October 9. The four-time ARIA-winner has finally come home to Australia after 5 years of life and work in London. Lloyd is venturing to Perth for a special acoustic performance of a well overdue and much anticipated new album. Tickets are $20 from rosemounthotel.com.au.

Arj Barker is back with his newest show, Get In My Head. Australia’s favourite American comedian will be talking everything from social evolution to non-sexual boners to fondue at the Regal Theatre from Tuesday, October 27, until Saturday, October 31. Book via Ticketek.

The Red Bull Reign three-on-three basketball tournament hits Perth this October. Open to Australia’s top b-ball talent, the Red Bull Reign is a ferocious competition of skill, endurance and teamwork. The winning Perth team will get a cash prize and a spot at the national finals in Melbourne on Saturday, October 24. The first qualifier takes place at McCallum Park Basketball Courts on Saturday, October 10 - go to redbull.com.au/reign for more details.

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THE GRAND FINAL We didn’t get an all-West Grand Final, but you can still enjoy the big day, with plenty of Perth venues pulling out all the stops this Saturday.

THE BRASS MONKEY HOTEL The Northbridge institution is doing the Grand final right on Saturday, October 3. Be served by models in the rooftop bar, with a fashion show starting after the game. The big screen action starts from noon.

The Brass Monkey

PLAYERS BAR MANDURAH Get pumped for the big game at Player’s Grand Final Pre-Party this Friday, October 2. Wear your team colours for a free libation. Doors open at 10pm.

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THE AVIARY G e t t o Pe r t h ’s premier rooftop venue for game day to catch the Eagles and Hawks go hammer and tongs on the big screen while enjoying an $8 gourmet barbecue.

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CLANCY’S FISH PUB FREMANTLE Of course, the Dockers choked at the final hurdle, as is their wont. But if you’re in Freo and of a mind to check out the Grand Final, Clancy’s is kicking off from 11am, with all the usual fine food and beverage options on offer.

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THE GAME SPORTS BAR Start your day with a breakfast burger from Varsity, then spend the rest of the day catching all the action on the giant screen. There’ll be food trucks and stalls operating all day, too.

The Game Sportsbar

THE NORTHSHORE TAVERN The Northshore are really putting their money where their mouth is this weekend, with punters given the opportunity to win $50,000 on Grand Final day.

The game will be going down on the big screens throughout the venue, and there’s two $100 bar cards up for grabs, too.

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Second Chance After a number of years on hiatus, Philadelphia Grand Jury are back with a new single, album, and tour to boot including a show at Amplifier on Saturday, November 7. JAI CHOUHAN speaks to Joel ‘MC Bad Genius’ Beeson.

Since Philadelphia Grand Jury broke up back in 2012, many have been left wondering what the hell happened? Now, three years later, the full original line-up are back with a sophomore album and a comprehensive tour of the country in what looks like a triumphant return for these East Coasters.

After their drummer split for greener pastures and they employed a rotating roster to fill the void, Beeson and singer, Simon ‘Berkfinger’ Berckelman were often clashing on creative decisions. “It was a lot to do with the fact we were spending every single second of our lives together.”

Beeson begins, “We were over in London and living together, going on tours in a small van, staying in really crappy motels... sometimes in the same bed. Eventually, that all kind of took its toll and we came back to Australia and didn’t know what was gonna be the next step.”

Eventually, the duo decided to call it quits and their severed ties were in some ways mirroring a divorce, with their intermittent dealings designated to the allocation of assets.

“There was lots of very sporadic contact dealing with who gets this and who gets that, but instead of children it was musical instruments and if any money came in it was just sorted through exchanged pleasantries.”

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Fast-forward a couple of years later, Joel would receive a phone call from Berkfinger. He was about to embark on a tour with his new band and needed a guitarist. Hesitant at first, Beeson decided to let bygones be bygones and play alongside his former bandmates in Berckelman and drummer, Dan Williams. “The first gettogether was this really strange but wonderful situation where everything felt like it had five years ago. All the dynamics were the same.

Everyone was getting along well. Everything kind of fell into place really well and after that tour we thought maybe we should think about doing something more.”

After a reunion tour in 2014, the band flew to Berlin to record in Berkfinger’s studio.

Churning out the album in 10 days, Summer Of Doom is a punchy, in-your-face yet approachable delight that will resonate deeply with Philadelphia Grand Jury fans.

Only one track on the album was salvaged from old recordings, the lead single, Crashing & Burning Pt II. “ The previous recordings obviously had a bit of bad mojo, but this one still had a lot of excitement about it and Simon had changed lyrics to make it more applicable to where we’re at now and that was the big difference I think.”

Ahead of the new album and tour, Philadelphia Grand Jury is looking to waste no time and get cracking on album number three.

“We’re actually hoping that Simon can stay out after the tour for a little bit longer. We want to record another album. We’re right in it again and there’s no point waiting for things to happen, we’re going to make them happen ourselves. So hopefully, we’ll finish the last show in Perth, fly back to Sydney and find a space somewhere we can make a lot of noise without neighbours complaining and hopefully make album number three.”

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Old Blood - Photo by Rachael Barrett

OLD BLOOD Blue to The Bone Blues Merchants Old Blood play Jimmy’s Den this Friday, October 2, along with MattyTWall. We catch up with frontman Tony Papa-Adams.

What’s the Old Blood story?

Edo Ekic (lead guitarist) and I met at a party one night and started jamming as a result and from there this thing just grew. We quickly asked a uni mate Shaun Liddel-Jennings (bass) to join us.

After about two years with a few different drummers we had Tyler Ray Michie (drummer) join us. A lot of our early gigs were at The Perth Blues Club and Mojos and it has just evolved into something I wouldn’t change for the world. We also recently added a second guitar to the group in Jules Peet.

band but between the five of us we draw from a wide variety of influences. At the moment we’re listening to artists like J.J. Cale, The Allman Brothers and Pops Staples.

How has 2015 treated you? What were the highlights?

We’ve been really fortunate this year and we’ve had a lot of fun. Jules Peet join this year and adding another guitarist has really changed our writing and performance for the better.

Playing West Coast Blues & Roots in March was definitely a highlight, and we just got back from playing at the Wave Rock Weekender which is a truly special festival, as well as a bunch of great regional shows and festivals.

What’s your sound?

We’re a predominantly blues/soul based

What does the rest of the year hold?

We’re playing pretty heavily up to the end of the year supporting some great bands like Kingswood and Morgan Bain, Matt T Wall and Eddy Boyd and the Phatapillers. Also really looking forward to playing some new venues, like Jimmy’s Den and the Quarry Amphitheatre in December.

We’re also hoping to record again by the end of the year.

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GET CENTERED WITH YALLA YALLA Prog rock outfit Yalla Yalla - it means “Let’s Go!” in Arabic, apparently - have been beavering away on an EP for a while now, and they’re finally ready to set it free. Get a dose of Centre Yourself at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, October 9. Support comes from The Witches, Flyball Gov’nor and Empty Pocket. Doors open at 8pm.

DREAMING OF THE ‘90S Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream was a hugely influential album, which is why the good folks at The Loft (now calling Amplifier home) are paying tribute to it this Friday, October 2. Members of Eskimo Joe, Jebediah, The Autumn Isles, The Avenues and more will be coming together to play the thing in its entirety, and neuvo-’90s faves Tired Lion will be on the decks. Doors open at 8pm.

Enabler A.D. Tell The Shaman - Photo by Chris Webster

SHAMAN STORIES Tell The Shaman will be making the scene at Four5Nine this Wednesday, September 30, heading up a fine night of midweek music. Also on the bill: The Kramers, Mung Dahl, Foxton Kings and Marlinspike. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $6.

DIG, LAZARUS, DIG Lazarus is Perth’s top dark alternative night, serving up a sumptuous feast of Goth, Punk, Metal, Electronic, Post Rock, Industrial and so forth at Defectors this Wednesday, September 30. This month sees new local act Enabler A.D. stepping up to the stage, an outfit who describe their sound as “... coarse hunks of vintage synthetic bass and an atmosphere of weaving analogue synths, atonality, noise, and ‘90s cyber anime samples.” Doors open at 8pm.

High Horse

HORSING AROUND High Horse play the first of two Friday night shows at The Velvet Lounge this week, The Kuillotines and Lionizer pull support duties, while next week’s show - on October 9, if you’re keeping score - sees Custom Royal and The Naked News come along.

Doors open at 7pm.

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COURT IN THE ACT Fine Court hold, well, court at the Rosemount Hotel this Thursday, October 1, from 8pm, along with Yacqui Yeti, Odlaw and more! Entry is $8.

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THE VOLCANICS A Rock’n’Roll Mission Soon to tour Europe, The Volcanics launch their third album, Transmission, at The Boston on Saturday, October 10th, with help from Datura4 and The Chevelles. BOB GORDON chats with vocalist, John Phatorous.

What did your last album achieve in terms of forwarding the band’s cause, here and overseas?

Our last album, Get A Move On, helped us reach an audience in Australia and even more so overseas that were previously unaware of the band. Since its release in 2014 we have played to and met many new fans who have a genuine interest in what we’re doing and their kindness is quite overwhelming. Spain, in particular, seems to have an amazing appetite for Australian rock, way more than Australia. Our album sales are increasing more than ever and John Needham’s Citadel Records has been a major factor in lifting the band’s profile, especially in Europe.

Given that Transmission is The Volcanics third album, what did you want to do with it in terms of consolidating your sound and taking the band to a new level?

With Transmission we hope to continue growing as a band and also to basically reach as many people as possible with our music and hopefully make some new fans. To tour Europe and Australia and give people an opportunity to come see the band play live.

You’ve now worked a couple times with Rob Younger (Radio Birdman/ New Christs). How has the creative relationship evolved the longer you have known and worked with him?

Yeah, this is the second time we’ve worked with Rob Younger in the studio. The first time was amazing and the second time even more so. We all know each other better now so of course that just makes everything even easier and more fun. Same goes with Wayne Connolly at Alberts Studios, who mixed Transmission and previously Get A Move On, everything gets easier and more interesting.

What songs came together first and set the agenda for the rest of the album?

The title track, Transmission, was one of the first songs we wrote for this album along with What I Found, which was a single we released not long ago. They both are quite different songs, even though they contain our own sound. Transmission is rock and What I Found is kinda rock pop. That’s generally a reasonable description of the new album.

Are there any that you feel take the band into slightly different territory?

A little yeah, but we don’t wanna go to far into new territory, musically. We have brass again on some songs and organ on a track, but besides that we’ve stayed close to what we do.

Jesse Kuillotine has recently joined on guitar. What’s it been like incorporating his playing into both new and old songs?

Jesse playing with the band has been and is great. He is easily fitting in with what we do and it’s a pleasure playing in a band with him.

His guitar playing and sense of rock’n’roll is great, something many people already know through his awesome rock band The Kuillotines.

We are very lucky to have him in the band.

Your European tour is coming up soon. What are you looking forward to the most?

We’re looking forward the most to playing all the actual shows, especially in Berlin, Paris, Madrid and also the televised Rockpalast Crossroads Festival in Bonn, Germany. Another thing we are very much looking forward to is the amazing appetite the Europeans have for rock’n’roll and what a very polite and good natured people they are.

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David Craft Milked Out Single Launch @ The Bird

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Owen Rabbit Holy Holy Single Launch @ The Astor

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Ella E Letters I Never Sent EP Launch @ The Ellington

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Sly Withers I’m Fine Single Launch @ The Good Shepherd

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Yalla Yalla Centre Yourself EP Launch @ The Rosemount

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The Volcanics Transmission Album Launch @ The Boston

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Hussy Where We Came Frum EP Launch @ Babushka

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Skullcave Climbing EP Launch @ Jimmy’s Den

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Pool Boy Self Titled Album Launch @ The Bird

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“International in flavour, cosmopolitan in style - we are Client Liaison!”. Victorian synth pop duo, Client Liaison, rocked some ambitious blue and gold suits and aviators, beginning the act with some leisurely synchronised movements of sorts to the delight of the crowd. With no confirmation whether the front man’s delicious mullet perm hybrid was the real deal or not, it simply added to the hilarity and overall tongue and cheek of the performance. Playing out their most notable tracks with some welcome guest starring from the likes of the enigmatic Tom Tilly, including Free Of Fear and That’s Desire, the synth lords put on a show to remember.

Citing that his major influence in music is ambient legend producer Brian Eno, you can definitely see the intricate and delicate atmospheres that linger behind Roland Tings’ groovy and pounding house music. Putting on a fun-filled set of splicing synthesisers and Caribbean percussion, the Melbourne soloist was rapidly successful in winning over an excitable crowd.

Ozone Reserve Sunday, September 27, 2015 Abiding earnestly by its “philosophy of best, not biggest”, Listen Out returns for its third consecutive year, in what was to be a magical affair of handpicked international acts whack bang in the middle of Perth. By modestly shortening the duration of the event, as well as keeping to a cosy three stages, Listen Out has deservedly solidified its place as the music event of quality, not quantity.

Triple J Unearthed Listen Out winners for Perth, GRRL PAL, graced the 909 stage early with some of their charming and glitchy pop and electronic fusion. Vocalist Jay Le Kat helped maintain a good-natured sort of vibe with the tentative but quickly growing crowd, warmly interacting with the them throughout.

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George Fitzgerald followed suit with his crisp take on deep house, delving into an abundant set that was plentiful with tracks from his tantalising new Fading Love LP. The Shazam app would have had a real workout with a set speckled with hidden unfamiliar gems in the ever changing field of future music. Clayton Knight and Harrison Mills make up the Seattle based Indie electronic duo ODESZA, craftily taking the Hungarian spelling when they found that “Odessa” was already being used by a Scottish synth band. The electronic outfit toyed with bouncy and predominately hard hitting bass music, sending the fellow Atari Stage goers into a frenzy.

You probably wouldn’t guess that Alex Scholler, better known by her stage name Alison Wonderland, initially trained in classical music as a cellist, from listening to her heavy hitting dance arrangements. The Sydney based 28 year old conjured an energetic performance that resonated with the unbridled fervour of the crowd, with I Want U serving as a real highlight.

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marvellous DJ set that found a comfortable balance between his own and others work. Innovatively blending original production old and new with an varied range of artists from Evian Christ to Tame Impala, the British based electronic wizard gave a thrillingly eclectic performance.

Californian born golden child Donald Glover can do no wrong no matter what line of work he enters. With a long list of concurrent and wildly successful occupations to his name, including actor, writer, comedian, Glover has a natural knack for the arts. His rapping moniker Childish Gambino is no different, with a string of critically acclaimed releases under his belt and a new album soon to follow. With his compellingly quirky and clever lyrics coupled with an undeniable flow and charismatic stage presence, Gambino had the crowd under his thumb, concluding the evening with a playful performance, matching agreeably with the overall tone of the day.

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SEBASTIAN BACH Legs Electric The Astor Theatre Sunday, September 27th, 2015 “It’s a Sunday funday,” yelped ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach as he stormtrooped The Astor’s ornate stage to deliver a succession of hits from his old band’s multi-platinum selling early albums, and conspicuously few tracks from his three solo records.

The visibly excited crowd were already fired up after a powerful and engaging opening set from local ladies Legs Electric. Becoming the go-to support act for rock and metal bands touring our fair town, these girls have the style, presence and confidence to stand tall on any stage. With a few more memorable songs they have the potential to be a worthy successor to the Baby Animals.

Bach’s larger-than-life personality dominated his set, which leant heavily on the first two Skid Row albums with hair metal classics Slave To The Grind, Big Guns, Piece Of Me and 18 & Life.

Only Hell Inside My Head and Temptation appeared from his solo work, but no-one was complaining, those old enough to have had their hair long in the early ‘90s reliving their glory days in as fine a singalong voice as their hero himself.

Recently married for the third time, sober and healthy after decades spent living the rock life to the hilt, Bach bounds around the stage like a much younger man, and sounded in great vocal form. It was surprisingly, therefore, to note that there seemed to be harmonies and long notes coming from offstage – I don’t want to make unsubstantiated claims that there may have been backing tracks used, but maybe. What was sung by the band was right on the money.

Bach gives a shout out to the sister of ex-Perth girl Cheryl Rixon – a Penthouse Pet of the year who established a chain of jewellery stores in Japan and now lives in L.A., where she and her husband put Bach up in when his house was destroyed in the New Orleans floods.

Bach’s three-piece band are peerless: drummer Bobby Jarzombeck, bassist Rob De Luca and guitarist extraordinaire Brent Woods have

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Sebastian Bach

Bach knows exactly what his adoring crowd want and gives it to them: and with such a large reliance on Skid Row tracks recorded over twenty years ago, maybe that much-discussed reunion with his former bandmates is inevitable after all. played with the likes of Halford, Riot, UFO, Vince Neil and Warrant, and their talent and experience is obvious.

American Metalhead from his Angel Down record was changed to Australian Metalhead, to the delight of the crowd, and a cover of Rose Tattoo’s We Can’t Be Beaten, inserted into Skid Row track Monkey Business, and AC/DC’s T.N.T. similarly went down well with the Sunday night rockers.

The biggest cheers of the night were reserved for Skid Row’s biggest singles: I Remember You and the gloriously dumb Youth Gone Wild.

Bach knows exactly what his adoring crowd want and gives it to them: and with such a large reliance on Skid Row tracks recorded over twenty years ago, maybe that much-discussed reunion with his former bandmates is inevitable after all.

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It was a big, long weekend in Perth, but the discerning disco punter knew it a good bet on Saturday to head to The Rosemount for Kiasmos an unusual setting for an Icelandic techno duo, but a gamble that paid off.

This acclaimed production duo comprises of Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen, who have garnered a reputation for first-rate musical productions and energetic live shows.

Local producer Hugo Gerani is part of the Good Company Records’ roster and his new EP was the fledging local label’s debut release. He warmed up the room early on with a DJ set, getting the groove going before another local artist, synth savant Basic Mind performed a set. The quality of original music coming through the Perth underground techno and house scene is top notch.

Local techno luminary and RTRFM’s Tuesday Full Frequency presenter Craig Hollywood kept the vibes going with a more downtempo set of beats as Rachel Claudio set up her arsenal of equipment on the stage.

Another live, local electronic artist, Claudio took things in a different direction. A chanteuse with a soulful voice, she was a one woman band, playing live keyboards and manipulating deep, trip-hoppy beats, as she sang passionately, looping and fiddling with her vocals.

As it passed 11, the room began to fill up and the buzz started to grow. While billed as minimal techno, Kiasmos have a more melodic, widescreen

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sound that strays into deep house territory, but with a soundscapey vibe – not surprising given Arnalds’ award-winning soundtrack work. Somewhat reminiscent of Hybrid, it’s lush, emotive music, fully realised with immaculate production.

The two young masters took to the stage and, shrouded in darkness, started slow before releasing the first big drop. It was a complete AV show, as beautiful, befitting visuals were projected behind them - dark, smoky, mysterious cosmic images of sky, ocean and space - juxtaposed with explosive, strobing lights for the soaring peaks.

Looped from their self-titled debut ignited the room. Deep, moody, atmospheric tunes. There’s just something about Icelandic music, irrespective of genre, it has a certain sound – a euphoric melancholy.

Arnalds fingered and tweaked his MiniBrute analogue synth, while using an iPad as a controller, as Rasmussen manipulated beats on a Kaoss pad. A tight tapestry of multi-layered melodies, moving effortlessly from string-soaked sounds and delicate piano loops, to snappy snares, deep grooves and that insistent bass drum.

A momentary power cut was quickly rectified much to the crowd’s delight and the boys themselves seemed to be having a great time, bouncing around, exchanging knowing smiles. The enthusiasm and obvious passion for what they do was infectious.

The night reached a climax with the massive Bent, as the packed dance floor moved as one. As the waves of music subsided, the pair waved and bowed humbly before making their exit through the crowd who applauded them wildly. A special night featuring a world-class live performance.

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TOURS THIS FORTNIGHT JOAN BAEZ 30 Perth Concert Hall CODE ORANGE 30 Amplifier PENNYWISE with ANTI-FLAG 1 Metropolis Fremantle TIGERLILY 1 HBF Stadium WIZ KHALIFA 2 Metro City THE SNOWDROPPERS 2 Prince of Wales 3 The Boston 4 Newport Hotel BURIED IN VERONA 2 Elliott Street Bar 3 Amplifier 4 YMCA HQ NEEL KOLHATKAR 2 & 3 Astor Lounge KISS 3 Perth Arena MONTAIGNE 3 Jimmy’s Den 4 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre I KNOW LEOPARD 4 Margaret River Cultural Centre SICK OF IT ALL 6 Amplifier JOHN MCLAUGHLIN 6 Astor Theatre I KNOW LEOPARD 8 Matt Dann Theatre & Cinema 9 Jimmy’s Den 10 Geraldton Foreshore ALEX LLOYD 8 Settlers Tavern 9 Rosemount Hotel ROBBIE WILLIAMS 9 & 10 Perth Arena CONRAD SEWELL 10 & 11 Jimmy’s Den LIFEHOUSE 11 Metro City OCTOBER 2015 LEE KERNAGHAN 13 Albany Entertainment Centre 14 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre REECE MASTIN 13 Brookfield Place THY ART IS MURDER 14 Amplifier GUY PEARCE & DARREN MIDDLETON 15 Art Bar 17 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre LAURA MARLING 16 Astor Theatre MEGADETH 16 Red Hill Auditorium THE PAPER KITES 16 Amplifier BEN LEE 17 Astor Theatre RUFUS 17 Fremantle Arts Centre AIRLING 18 Aviary GLENN RICHARDS 18 Fremantle Arts Centre TESSERACT 18 Amplifier HELLOWEEN 20 Capitol SNOT 21 Amplifier EARTHLESS & ELDER 22 Rosemount Hotel 28

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TIJUANA CARTEL 22 Mojos 23 Clancy’s Dunsborough 24 Rosemount Hotel THE MURLOCS 23 Mojos ARJ BARKER 27 – 31 Regal Theatre AT THE GATES 28 Amplifier 10CC 28 Astor Theatre HOZIER 28 Belvoir Amphitheatre AT THE GATES 28 Amplifier SAN CISCO 29 ArtBar FLEETWOOD MAC with ANGUS & JULIA STONE 30 Domain Stadium SPACE BONG 30 Rosemount Hotel 31 Mojos ROCKWIZ LIVE! 31 Riverside Theatre TOMMY LITTLE 31 Dolphin Theatre THE RIPTIDE MOVEMENT 31 Astor Theatre BAD//DREEMS 31 Amplifier NOVEMBER 2015 ANATHEMA 1 Rosemount Hotel SPACE BONG 1 Railway Hotel NORTHLANE 4 Metropolis Fremantle NAUGHTY BY NATURE 5 Astor Theatre FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 7 Perth Arena PETE MURRAY 7 Fremantle Arts Centre RUBBERBANDITS 7 Capitol MARLON WILLIAMS & THE YARRA BENDERS 7 Fly By Night PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY 7 Amplifier NICO & VINZ 9 Villa MARSHALL OKELL 10 Perth Blues Club 11 Indi Bar THE RUTS 12 Rosemount Hotel CW STONEKING 12 Settlers Tavern 13 Prince of Wales 14 Fremantle Arts Centre RUSSELL MORRIS 13 Charles Hotel TUKA 13 Amplifier 14 Mojos Bar COLD CHISEL with THE LIVING END 14 Perth Arena TAME IMPALA 14 & 15 Belvoir Amphitheatre THIRSTY MERC 14 Charles Hotel 14 Ravenswood Hotel NEIL DIAMOND 14 Sandalford Estate 16 Perth Arena MARIBOU STATE 15 The Court

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STEPHEN FRY 17 & 18 Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre ODDISEE 20 Mojos Bar DEF LEPPARD with BABY ANIMALS & LIVE 21 Red Hill Auditorium THE BEACH BOYS 21 Kings Park THE GETAWAY PLAN 21 Mojos Bar NILE with UNEARTH, FEED HER TO THE SHARKS & WHORETOPSY 22 Capitol JAMES REYNE 22 Kings Park SHEENA EASTON 24 Astor Theatre NERDLINGER 27 Amplifier 28 Camel Bar 29 Four5Nine Bar JON TOOGOOD 27 Four5Nine Bar 28 Indi Bar 29 Mojos Bar AC/DC 27 & 29 Domain Stadium UB40 28 Metropolis Fremantle THE MARK OF CAIN 28 Amplifier SAM SMITH 28 Perth Arena STEREOSONIC ft. DIPLO, CLEAN BANDIT, ARMIN VAN BUUREN, MAJOR LAZER, PEKING DUK & more 29 Claremont Shwogrounds DECEMBER 2015 RUDIMENTAL 1 Metro City ED SHEERAN 2 NIB Stadium THE SCREAMING JETS 3 Prince of Wales 4 Settlers Tavern 5 Charles Hotel 6 Ravenswood Hotel CITIZEN KAY 5 Jack Rabbit Slim’s CHRIS CORNELL 8 & 9 Perth Concert Hall TIM & ERIC 8 Astor Theatre NEVER SHOUT NEVER 10 Rosemount Hotel YELAWOLF with B WISE 11 Villa UNWRITTEN LAW with GRENADIERS 12 Capitol THE VANNS 12 Jack Rabbit Slim’s 12 White Star Hotel LUCINDA WILLIAMS with DAN SULTAN 13 Kings Park & Botanic Garden MISFITS 13 Rosemount Hotel THE AMITY AFFLICTION & A DAY TO REMEMBER 14 Perth Arena THE EXPLOITED 14 Capitol MODELS 16 Astor Theatre BREAKFEST 2015 ft.

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ALPINE, BIRDS OF TOKYO, BLOC PARTY. GARY CLARK JR., HILLTOP HOODS, JARRYD JAMES, SETH SENTRY, MEG MAC & more 8 – 10 Sir Stewart Bovell Park NIGHTWISH 15 Metropolis Fremantle WALK THE MOON 21 Astor Theatre THE 1975 23 HBF Stadium JAMES BAY 30 Fremantle Arts Centre BOY & BEAR 30 Red Hill Auditorium FEBRUARY 2016 NICK OFFERMAN & MEGAN MULLALLY 2 Astor Theatre SOILWORK 2 Rosemount Hotel KEVIN HART 3 Perth Arena SIMPLY RED with NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 9 & 10 Kings Park & Botanic Garden WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE 11 Octagon Theatre, UWA FAT FREDDY’S DROP 13 Red Hill Auditorium 14 Clancy’s Dunsborough LANEWAY FESTIVAL ft. THE SMITH STREET BAND, GRIMES, HERMITUDE, FLUME, CHVRCHES, DIIV & more 14 Esplanade Reserve, Fremantle THE CHAOS RAIDS 23 Amplifier MARCH 2016 DAWN FRENCH 1 & 2 Riverside Theatre SUFJAN STEVENS 2 Red Hill Auditorium ADAM BRAND & THE OUTLAWS 6 Ravenswood Hotel THE CHARLATANS 16 Capitol BRYAN ADAMS 21 Kings Park & Botanic Gardens APRIL 2016 BLACK SABBATH 15 Perth Arena THE STRANGLERS 23 Metropolis Fremantle MAY 2016 IRON MAIDEN 14 Perth Arena

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W E E K LY WEDNESDAY30/09 AMBAR CACTUS WEDNESDAYS AMPLIFIER Code Orange & guests THE BIRD Bae 2 Bae ft.

Hugo G. Ginole DJ Spresso Martinez Yung Hummer BRASS MONKEY Trump’d ft.

DJ Grizzly DJ Lab Rat CHOO CHOO’S SMALL BAR Unamped Sessions CIVIC HOTEL Trophy Eyes Flowermouth Dan Cribb & The Isolated Roswell CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Songwriter’s Night ft.

Josh Johnstone CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Commander Cody’s Seaside Quiz CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Chet Leonard’s Bingoteque CLUB KAHUNA CHEEK DEFECTORS BAR LAZARUS ft.

Enabler A.D ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB WAAPA Cabaret Performance Night Cap Sessions HULA BULA BAR Island Nite INDI BAR Club Acoustica JIMMY’S DEN World Famous House Band LANEWAY LOUNGE Adam Hall & the Velvet Playboys METROPOLIS FREMANTLE NextGen MOJOS BAR The Rite of Spring ft.

Thee Loose Hounds Aretinos Maurice Flavel’s Intensive Care Dan Tilly THE MOON CAFE Going Solo ft.

Sam Atkin Moistoyster NATIONAL HOTEL Comedy Night NEWPORT HOTEL Newport Wednesdays PERTH CONCERT HALL Joan Baez 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Tell The Shaman The Kramers The Draws Foxton Kings ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Mom’s Spaghetti Song Competition #2 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Student Night ft.

Anton Maz ST. GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL Vivaldi by Candlelight THE VELVET LOUNGE Rhetoric ft.

Amnesia Roland the Realest Polite Society Atomsmasha + Kataplexia X-WRAY CAFÉ La Mezz Lite ft.

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THURSDAY 1/10 AMPLIFIER Last Night - Mean Girls Party ft.

Cupidfalls Patient Sixty-Seven We Run With Wolves ARCADE NIGHTCLUB Lowpitch THE BIRD Bahasa Malay Natalie Mae AJ Wigwams BRASS MONKEY Open Deck Nights CHILL Enter the Jungle ft.

Vert TBA Black Mamba compleXBros CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Chipolatas DEFECTORS BAR Songwriters Club ft.

Matt Cal Michael Savage Curtis McEntee Rob Viney DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Nullarbor Mountain Boys Night Cap Sessions HULA BULA BAR Rhum Club INDI BAR Open Mic LANEWAY LOUNGE Allira Wilson Trio LLAMA BAR BUMP LUNA LEEDERVILLE Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Pennywise Anti-Flag MOJOS BAR Caravana Sun Barefeet Sojourns Michael Triscari THE MOON CAFÉ Live Jazz NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club - Bob Marley ft.

Tayo Snowball Malcolm Clark PRINCE OF WALES Dead Letter Circus 10 Years REGAL THEATRE Kitty Flanagan 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Damage Wave Sex Piss Giant Dwarf Blake Hayt ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Odlaw Fine Court Yaqui Yeti TBC SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record X-WRAY CAFÉ Sam Old Song//No Shit Ones FRIDAY 2/10 AIR Aaron Chalmers AMBAR MONARCH ft.

A.M.C (UK) ASTOR LOUNGE Neel Kolhatkar BABUSHKA Ladywood AJ Wigwams Salary BAR INDIGO Joy Evelation Iridescent Midnight Boulevard The Guitar Pit THE BIRD Dougals Casino

CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE DJ Boogie CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Rogues CLUB KAHUNA GT Fridays CONNECTIONS Maurice Fulton Ben M. Lucky Pete ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Wilson’s Racket Beyonce Tribute ft.

Sophie Foster ELLIOT ST BAR Buried in Verona Hand of Mercy EVE Candy Fridays FREE RANGE GALLERY I Am Not Myself Opening Night GEISHA Animal Trainer Sharon Smart Rob Sharp Jarrod Yeates GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo Fridays GOLD BAR Fox Fridays THE GOOD SHEPHERD Throwback HULA BULA BAR Shellac Shack INDI BAR Boom! Bap! Pow! JACK RABBIT SLIM’S CIRCO Sessions ft.

BASENJI Palace Time Pilot JIMMY’S DEN Old Blood Matty T. Wall LANEWAY LOUNGE Alcatraz THE LIBRARY DORCIA LLAMA BAR Honey THE LOFT Smashing Pumpkins ‘Siamese Dream’ METRO CITY Wiz Khalifa METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Dead Letter Circus 10 Years MOJOS BAR Fisherman Style #112 ft.

S-Man Earthlink Sound Rasta Fyah Smitch Killa Elite NEWPORT HOTEL Live Band Karaoke REGAL THEATRE Kitty Flanagan ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Edie Green band Ursula Fuzz Toads A’Tuin & more SETTLERS TAVERN V12 Cadillacs SWAN BASEMENT Plastic attraction & guests UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves THE VELVET LOUNGE High Horse The Kuillotines Lionizer X-WRAY CAFÉ MUDLARK Dane Certificate SATURDAY 3/10 AMANI BAR EMBASSY AMBAR Japan 4 ft.

SLANDER AMPLIFIER Buried in Verona Hand of Mercy ASTOR LOUNGE Neel Kolhatkar BABUSHKA The Shakeys Bikini Cops Joe Bludge

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Dennis Cometti Thee Loose Hounds The Government Yard The Moylers DJ Blake Hate BAR INDIGO Dead Letter Circus 10 Years THE BIRD David Craft (Single Launch) Rag n Bone Rabbit Island Ben Witt COCONUT CLUB Coconut Club ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Brenda Lee – Elegance of Jazz Quartet FLYRITE Father FRAYED Frayed GOLD BAR Pure Gold THE GOOD SHEPHERD Chocolate Jesus HERDSMAN TAVERN The Silky Chooks The Hoojangles Chuck Hombre HULA BULA BAR STAX of Wax INDI BAR The Durongs Francis Quarter Custom Royal JACK RABBIT SLIM’S World’s End Press Flower Drums Angus Dawson JIMMY’S DEN Montaigne LANEWAY LOUNGE Quintet Sao Paulo Penny King THE LIBRARY Twist ft.

Unkempt Dance LLAMA BAR TILT METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Metropolis Saturdays MOJOS BAR From The Dunes Riley Pearce THE MONASTERY Remixed PERTH ARENA KISS The Dead Daisies REGAL THEATRE Kitty Flanagan 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Peeler’s Paradise ft.

Miss Lady Lace Rose Noir ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Cormega (USA) Stumik (USA) ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Day of the Dead SETTLERS TAVERN Grace Barbe UNIVERSAL BAR Soul Corporation

FLYRITE MVMNT FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Sunday Music ft.

Joni in the Moon HULA BULA BAR Tropical Sundaze LANEWAY LOUNGE Perth Jazz Society MANDURAH PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE Montaigne MOJOS BAR The Klatsch ft.

Custom Royal Blood Groove Sealamb Buzz Aldrin & the Second Best THE MOON CAFE Little Skye Verge Collection NEWPORT HOTEL The Snowdroppers NORFOLK HOTEL Steamboat Sundays NORTH FREMANTLE BOWLING CLUB Open Mic PERTH FOLK & ROOTS CLUB Braud & Beau Duet Shanine Keith Anthonisz RAILWAY HOTEL Patient Little Sister The Jayco Brothers Simon & Tammy London REGAL THEATRE Kitty Flanagan 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bass Ingredient ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Get Down SETTLERS TAVERN Sunday Session ft.

Tracey Barnett UNIVERSAL BAR Retrofit X-WRAY CAFÉ Waterborne YMCA HQ Buried in Verona Hand of Mercy Polaris

SUNDAY 4/10 AMPLIFIER Gorilla Biscuits & guests ASTOR LOUNGE Owen Rabbit - “Holy Holy Launch & CMJ Fundraiser” Tomas Ford Tourist Kid BRASS MONKEY Sunday Sessions CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Limelights Jazz CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Caravana Sun Katie J. White CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Boom! Bap! Pow! DEFECTORS BAR Nippon Open Sesame - Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jamie Oehlers (CD Release) Paul Grabowsky

TUESDAY 6/10 AMPLIFIER Sick Of It All & guests ASTOR THEATRE John McLaughlin BRASS MONKEY Acoustic Open Mic CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB WAAPA Jazz Honours Graduation Recital ft.

Calum Builder Vaughn Beaver Matthew McGlynn Chris Sealey Zac Grafton HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN The One Thing Music Quiz MOJOS BAR Sneaky Jackal St. James Siren Saramona Said Scarlet Wave NATIONAL HOTEL Open Mic Night

MONDAY 5/10 CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Scotty’s Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB WAAPA Jazz Honours Graduation Recital ft.

Joshua de Silva Mariah de Silva Ronan Chapple Liam Hickey Priscilla Gardner THE FLYING SCOTSMAN Infinite Jest ft.

Cameron McLaren Ivan Aristeguleta MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia

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NEWPORT HOTEL Quiz Show 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL DeepFreq ft.

Rudy Paul Payne Mark Quest Kosha Funk Mr. Nino ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex & Turin’s Open Mic TORCH BAR Quiz Meisters X-WRAY CAFÉ Racoo Charles & the Moke Folk & guests WEDNESDAY 7/10 AMBAR CACTUS WEDNESDAYS THE BIRD DJ Nozaki (JAP) DJ Toni Yotzi Bill Frank BRASS MONKEY Trump’d ft.

DJ Grizzly DJ Lab Rat CHOO CHOO’S SMALL BAR Unamped Sessions CIVIC HOTEL Open Mic Night CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Songwriter’s Night ft.

Chris Gee CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Commander Cody’s Seaside Quiz CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Chet Leonard’s Bingoteque CLUB KAHUNA CHEEK ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Ella E. (EP Launch) Night Cap Sessions THE FLYING SCOTSMAN Sound Tracks GEISHA Swing It Speakeasy HULA BULA BAR Island Nite INDI BAR Club Acoustica LANEWAY LOUNGE Summer Club Band METROPOLIS FREMANTLE NextGen MOJOS BAR Kirin J. Callinan (Single Launch) Koi Child Kitchen People Molly Lewis (USA) Jamie Terry vs Jenny Aslett THE MOON CAFE Going Solo ft.

Rabbit Island Leure NATIONAL HOTEL Comedy Night NEWPORT HOTEL Full Moon Party ft.

YAHTZEL THE REPUBLIC STREET Launch Party ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Student Night ft.

Anton Maz X-WRAY CAFÉ Wu-Yong the Wizard THURSDAY 8/10 AMPLIFIER Last Night - Weird Science Party ft.

Havoc Anavar Inmotion ARCADE NIGHTCLUB Lowpitch ASTOR THEATRE Damien Leith The Black Velvet Band THE BIRD Hip Hop Kara”Yo!”Ke BRASS MONKEY Open Deck Nights

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The Last Fair Deal HULA BULA BAR Tropical Sundaze INDI BAR Shovel Full of Blues ft.

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NORTH FREMANTLE BOWLING CLUB Open Mic 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Gape Zine Launch ft.

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Gear and tech reviews by Chris Gibbs FENDER FWP-1 WAH PEDAL

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HOTONE NANO LEGACY BRITISH INVASION AMPLIFIER With dimensions of just 128 x 75 x 59.5mm and weighing in at only 440 grams, the Hotone British Invasion has got to be the smallest five watt amp on the market. And yet it’s pretty big on features - for example, the automatically switching ohms from the speaker out jack, meaning that four, eight, or 16-ohm speaker boxes can be attached with no switching or modification. This is a feature that many larger amps would well benefit from.

In addition to this, the rear panel also features a line out for recording or headphone use, an 18V adaptor jack, the almost-obligatory auxiliary input for connecting a music device such as an iPod, and – wait for it – even an effects loop. The front panel is straightforward: an input jack, gain, bass,

Fender’s FWP-1 Wah Pedal aims to deliver classic, rich, vocal ‘vowel-like’ sound with a smooth feel and consistent crystalline response. An internal switch offers either buffered or classic output allowing greater flexibility in pedalboard placement of the unit itself and in order of effects. An additional feature that assists in regard to placement is a ‘tuner out’ jack, and the placement of the input/output jacks themselves (on the front of the unit rather than the sides) allows for better wah placement in general.

Like most wah pedals, this unit will run on a nine volt battery or an optional power supply. The effect is reasonably smooth in regards to its sweep, and the bullet-hole silvercoloured rocker certainly makes for a striking design. Players can choose for the rest of the casing to be either black or silver.

The Fender FWP-1 Wah Pedal retails for around $129. Check with your local Fender dealer for availability.

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middle, treble, and volume controls, and a power switch are al on board.

In addition to the British Invasion model that aims to emulate the sound of a Vox AC30, Hotone have released the Heart Attack (based on a Mesa Boogie Rectifier), Mojo Diamond (based on a Fender Tweed), Purple Wind (based on a Plexi Super Lead), and Thunder Bass (based on the Amped SVT) models. Each can be coupled with the optional Nano Legacy Cabinet which weighs in at just 1700 grams with dimensions of 203 x 170 x 130mm.

At the RRP of around $150 for each amp and $95 for the cabinet, this is a fun product, small in both stature and price, big in features. It’s a win for any guitarist with a penchant for the unique, or anyone who wants their action figures to have a fully functioning guitar amp. Surely the war on small amplification has just been won.

Hotone products are available at The Rock Inn, Mt. Lawley.

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