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TINASHE AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2016

BOB MARLEY OUTERNATIONAL DAY

FULL SCALE... A WA alternative metal band that formed in 1998, Full Scale Revolution (formerly known as Full Scale Deflection) are reuniting for their Fuck Sony tour next month. The WA leg of the tour happens at the Rosemount Hotel on Sunday February 14, with special guests Chaos Divine, Vdelli, and Gombo. The announcement of this tour coincides with the release of their lost track 1945, available for streaming on Soundcloud. Tickets on sale now via Oztix.com.au. Full Scale Revolution

BLACK STONE CHERRY ANNOUNCE TOUR IN JUNE

One of Australia’s longest running festivals returns on Sunday, February 7, with a huge line-up of WA reggae talent. The Bob Marley Outernational Day 2016 happens at the Railway Hotel in North Fremantle over two stages (outdoor and indoor), food and reggae stalls, and a giant video screen. The impressive line-up includes The Mexicans, Cera Kymarni & The Lioness Movement, The U-Nites, Cross 2 Fade, NBA Rastas, Souljah Kaptivz, Oz Island Band, Ngatti, IOM & Lil Pedro, plus DJs Dr Packer, General Justice, Simba, Mumma Trees, S-Man, Fireside Imperial, Nick Sheppard, Upfront, Paul Gamblin and many more. The Outernational Day starts from noon and ends at midnight. Tickets are $30 at the door.

Up and coming R&B talent Tinashe has announced she will be touring Australia in May, in support of her sophomore album, Joyride, which includes collaborations with Joel Compass, Nic Nac, Max Martin, LULOU and more. The WA leg of her tour happens at Metro City on Thursday, May 26. For more information, check out tinashenow.com. Tinashe

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American southern rockers Black Stone Cherry will be touring Australia in June, stopping by Capitol on Wednesday, June 29. The tour is in support of their fifth studio album, Kentucky, named as a tribute to their home state. Tickets are on sale from Oztix. com.au. For more information on their tour, check out blackstonecherry.com. Black Stone Cherry

A DAY WITH ISAAK Grammy-nominated Californian crooner Chris Isaak has added an additional A Day On The Green concert to his April tour. Isaak will play his only Perth show at Kings Park & Botanic Garden on Sunday, April 17, with special guests Richard Clapton and Thirsty Merc. For ticket information check out adayonthegreen.com.au.

PSYCHIC TOURING Known for her insights as a psychic medium, Lisa Williams is returning to Australia for the first time since her last sell out tour three years ago, stopping by the Astor Theatre on Thursday, March 17. As well as performing in front of large live audiences worldwide, Williams has authored works such as Life Among the Dead and The Survival of the Soul and made appearances on Oprah, Good Morning America and The Today Show. For more details, check out lisawilliams.com. Lisa Williams

HEIN COOPER – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + NATIONAL TOUR It’s been a good last 12 months to be indie singer songwriter Hein Cooper: two singles aired on triple j, a slot at Falls Festival, record deals across three continents, and a successful tour of France. Now Cooper has announced his debut album, The Art of Escape, available from Friday, March 4, and an extensive tour across Australia, with the WA leg of the tour hitting Jimmy’s Den in Perth on Saturday, March 19. His single, Rusty, is available via streaming on Soundcloud and The Art of Escape is can now be pre-ordered on iTunes. For more, check out heincooper.com. Hein Cooper

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Culture Hub Cover: Radha Mitchell The Hitlist, Lifestyle, James Taylor, Arts Listing Room, Dheepan Feature: What’s On Fringe & February

Scene Cover: Maxi Priest Local: TBC Live: The 1975, John Butler Trio Interview: Dallas Crane

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INERTIA ENLISTS FAIT Independent record company Inertia has excitedly announced that Perth artist Fait has been brought into their fold. Guitarist, Elise Higgins, has captured the imaginations of fans, media and the industry with Fait’s 2014 debut EP, Atmosphere produced by Darren Lawson, (My Bloody Valentine). “I’m really excited to join such a respected and forward thinking label,” Higgins says. “I can’t wait to release new music in 2016.” Fait perform at the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival on Sunday, February 14, in Fremantle’s West End and Esplanade Park. Fait | Pic: Rachael Barrett

TOTAL CHAOS AUSTRALIAN TOUR MARCH 2016 Californian hardcore punkers Total Chaos are bringing their blistering energy and politically charged music to Australia, hitting the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, March 5. These guys fly in the face of palatable, commercially driven music, as shown on their killer new album, World Of Insanity. Joining them are Melbournebased thrash punk juggernaut Wolfpack. For ticket information head to Oztix.com.au. Total Chaos

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CONTENTS Newsdesk Win Flesh Music Panic! At The Disco, Ash, Charlie Hilton Sufjan Stevens New Noise

Front Cover: Waxahatchee performs at the Chevron Festival Gardens as part of the Perth International Arts Festival on Tuesday, February 16. Scene Cover: Maxi Priest hits the Astor Theatre on Wednesday, February 10.

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CATASTROPHE Catastrophe follows Irish woman Sharon (Sharon Horgan, Pulling) and American man Rob (Rob Delaney, Life After Beth) who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in London. Clumsy lust, instant pregnancy, and genuine disaster provide the foundation for this flaming hovel of a relationship, as Rob, “a sturdy love-maker” and Sharon, “an extraordinarily good-smelling woman,” attempt to navigate the choppy waters of their ever-more-complicating lives. We have 10 DVD copies to give away.

MAXI PRIEST Maxi Priest, the UK’s most successful and best loved reggae singer is heading to Australia next month, playing the Astor Theatre on Wednesday, February 10. We have two double passes to give away.

BOWIE’S BLACKSTAR Many words have been written about the passing of music icon David Bowie in the last week, but nothing will stand as testament to his amazing career as his final album, Blackstar. It’s a beautiful, epic piece of work that renders his impending death as art, much in the way that he lived his life. We have five copies to give away thanks to Sony Music.

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER Starring Vin Diesel and co-starring Michael Caine, Elijah Wood and Rose Leslie (Game Of Thrones) The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history. We have five DVD copies to give away.

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WAXAHATCHEE Sibling Revellry Waxahatchee performs at the Chevron Festival Gardens as part of the Perth International Arts Festival on Tuesday, February 16. ALEX GRIFFIN reports. It’s late to be on the phone from Philadelphia, but Katie Crutchfield speaks with the same kind of gentle but hardearned wisdom as do the songs she performs as Waxahatchee. Coming quick on the heels of the perfectly morose debut American Weekend and the slightly more hi-res, Cerulean Salt, last year’s Ivy Tripp is her best record yet, a remarkably sensitive suite of songs arcing out the silent challenges of mid-20s ennui and desire. As her first release with the revered NoCal indie label Merge, it’s been a dream arrival into the big leagues. “It’s great! They were the label I wanted to work with since I started to play music,” Crutchfield exclaims. “I was always into their bands and the records they put out, so it’s been a total dream come true. Since the label was founded by people in a punk band, Merge is a dream for someone like me from DIY and punk who doesn’t have a music industry background, and isn’t interested in getting one.” That sense of empowerment sings through the whole record. Despite dealing with uncertainty, the songs are anything but, breaking new ground from the sadly winsome

La Loose to the proggier portent of the closing Bonfire. Waxahatchee is named for a creek that flows where Crutchfield grew up in

you could download any music you wanted for free all the time!” laughs Crutchfield. “Which was a beautiful time for me, I learned so much about music. We would just play

covers in the basement all day and after school. It was the first thing we did and picked up on our own without anyone telling us to do it.”

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Birmingham, Alabama, and she’s stayed close to her roots; her twin sister Allison (of Swearin’) plays in the live band, and on Crutchfield’s last and first tour of Australia, she took her mother along. Early teenage days with her sister remain influential. Well before they began playing shows together as P.S. Eliot, they lived to play music together in the basement. “We didn’t have a ton of friends, and were in that phase of reviewing the things adults had guided us towards, and rejecting a lot of them. It was also that time Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bruce Dern in The Hateful Eight

KURT RUSSELL Equal Opportunities He was everywhere in the ‘80s - Escape From New York, Big Trouble In Little China, Tango & Cash, Overboard – but Kurt Russell has been little seen on the big screen for the past few years. All that changed in 2015, when suddenly the fallow period ended and Russell had three major films coming our way: actioner Fast & Furious 7 and westerns Bone Tomahawk and, of course, the Quentin Tarantino-directed The Hateful Eight. However, Russell assures us the sudden upswing in productivity is by circumstance rather than design. “Well,” he drawls. “I really did kind of go through a period where I was more interested in making wine and raising cattle on my ranch and selling beef and getting into that. I just got interested in those two things. I wasn’t very interested in the things I was reading. And I guess I kinda ran into a period where I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it, but it’s gonna be sporadic’. I did a couple of movies which I really enjoyed – The Art Of The Steal, I had a nice time with the guys up in Canada and stuff – but, I don’t know, things just fell in place.” Russell leaped at the chance to reunite with Tarantino, who directed him in 2007’s Death Proof, after narrowly missing out on appearing in the maverick auteur’s last film. “Quentin and I almost worked together 8

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on Django Unchained but there was a conflict of schedules – they were going very long and I ended up not doing it. I got this phone call from Quentin about reading a script that he’d written and I said ‘Great!’ I thought he was talking about a table read, but the table read turned out to be an actual performance in front of a live audience. Then out of that, after doing that, he decided to make the movie. So that was the process for me: it started with the reading and ended with the movie.” In The Hateful Eight, Russell plays bounty hunter Jonh ‘The Hangman’ Ruth, who finds himself trapped in a lonely outpost during a blizzard along with his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and a host of other eccentric characters. As these things tend to go, some of the eight are not who they seem to be, and it falls to violence, recriminations, and fantastic dialogue. Among so much double dealing, Russell sees his character as the one steady rock in a sea of betrayal. “I think that he is the one person in the movie you can hang your hat on in terms of knowing who he is,” he says. “Probably next is Domergue – you know what she is. You don’t know what she’s done and you don’t know who she knows. And then there’s Major Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) – and then things begin to get muddled up. He is a bounty hunter, we know that, but all the other stuff we don’t know about and we’re finding out. From that point on, all the other people you meet could be anybody. I think it’s that what makes Ruth basically suspicious of everybody and paranoid and worried about who might be taking his bounty from him and do him harm along the way. So, I think John Ruth sees himself as the one guy who is actually servicing the concept of the cornerstone of American justice.” TRAVIS JOHNSON

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PANIC! AT THE DISCO

I use that a lot in my song writing and I did that a lot for this album. I did a lot of the background vocals in the theme of Queen, it’s fun to play characters in the back of vocals and also the lead lines and the lyrics lend themselves to that.” 2016 is set to be a big year for Urie Disco Queen with the release of Panic!’s fifth studio album, Death Of A Bachelor, It’s been 10 years since the the first album composed solely release of Panic! At the Disco’s by himself with a sound set to ground-breaking album A Fever complete the evolutionary move You Can’t Sweat Out and in that that previous album, Too Weird time a lot has changed. Speaking To Live, Too Rare To Die! (2013) to AARON BRYANS, sole member started. “I’ve been filling my time with just Brendon Urie speaks about the group’s transformation and future holiday shows,” Urie reveals. “Being plans upon the release of Panic!’s able to play a couple of new songs live is really great to get a reaction fifth studio album, Death Of A and see what people are into, Bachelor. we’ve got to get ready for tours in the future. I’m so anxious, it’s less It’s been a crazy 10 years for Brendon Urie, then a month away from releasing who after finding success within Panic! At the album; I just want people to The Disco would slowly see his original hear it.” bandmates depart to pursue other outlets. “With every album I’m very Now virtually a solo artist, Urie pleased with where it ends up. has continued to maintain the Panic! legacy I have an idea in my head and I evolving the group’s original pop-rock sound see it being one thing and then it into massive layered ballads. totally exceeds my expectations. I “What’s great about the writing process is usually start with one idea and if that I get to write the song and then once I I work hard it enough I see it through until feel I have the arrangement of the song I’ll it becomes something I never could have sit down and build a track around it,” Urie thought was possible. That’s a very exciting explains. “Like a producer would do, I just sit point and I know that’s going to continue down and add sounds, take stuff away, see if I keep pushing myself to try something what fits and what doesn’t fit and that’s just different every time.” so much fun. “You can only control so much of “From the first album Queen was always a what you think people want to hear. When big influence. I think Bohemian Rhapsody is I’m writing I never think about what people one of the best-written songs of all time, so

want to hear; I think about what would make me excited about hearing. Usually I can gauge a reaction from people and that means I can keep it if it’s exciting.”

The decision to continue under the Panic! At The Disco name following the departure of previous drummer and remaining band mate Spencer Smith was an easy one for Urie who felt a commitment to fans and the groups legacy. “I’ve never questioned whether or not I wanted to keep the name because I never wanted to leave. I’ve always loved this

been a part of this band; I’m talking about the fans. The fact I can travel the world and show them what I created is such an immense experience for me.”

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excited to hear what it sounds like. I haven’t had any negative feedback, people feel like it’s something natural.” Hilton says the production process was a familiar one as she used Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, the same producer Blouse used to produce their albums. “It’s all pretty similar to me because I used the same producer, although a lot more people were able to drop by and play on the record. “Blouse is on a bit of a break right now so it is not that difficult to divide my time, but Blouse is still a band and we are taking some time to work on other things. It feels like when it is time to pick things up, then Blouse will come back together and do something eventually but not right now.”

A Mix Of Old And New Irish rock heroes Ash bring their hyper-melodic, heavy riffing tunes back to Perth for a show at the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, March 19, in support of their latest album, Kablammo! SHANE PINNEGAR pinned down drummer, Rick McMurray, for a chat about the band’s past, present and future. Having sworn off making a traditional studio album ever again after 2007’s Twilight Of The Innocents, Ash tried their hand at releasing one new single a fortnight for an entire year to their A-Z program subscribers, and revisited their earlier breakthrough albums on tour. On their last visit to Perth in 2013, they played their debut album 1977 in its entirety. When Ash finally did decide to change their collective minds and record again they opted to go for a crowd funding model to finance the record. “Yes, we did,” confirms McMurray. “That was something we really enjoyed during the A-Z stuff. Because we were doing it like a subscription thing it felt like the fans were very close to what we are doing - that was something that we wanted to carry forward in the crowd funding thing as well.” 10

Fans can expect to hear a handful of tunes from the new record, as well as loads of old favourites. “Yes, we are playing quite a bit of it,” McMurray reveals. “It is one of those things that we found with the A-Z tour that we did before that - which was a great project to do - but it was ultimately fun and live it maybe didn’t translate as well as it could have. I guess with 26 singles, we were only doing three, possibly four songs [live].” Still in shock from the loss of legends Lemmy Kilmister and David Bowie in quick succession, we discuss our favourites from each of these influential rock icons. For McMurray, it’s the classics all the way. “It has to be Ace Of Spades from Motorhead and the Ziggy Stardust farewell

band, what the name Panic! At The Disco has given me is so much greater then anything I could ever replace it with. I’ve always felt this immense gratitude towards everybody who’s Panic! At the Disco, Brendon Urie Pic: Shervin Lainez

Boatsongs Charlie Hilton, best known as the lead singer of Portland-based alternative band, Blouse, has launched her debut solo album, Palana. TIM MAYNE reports.

Charlie Hilton is the first to admit that while she loves to perform she does like to be a bit of a recluse when taking time off. The 34-year-old singer is Ash taking a break after finishing her debut solo album, Palana, which she says is from her original Sanskrit or Hindu name and also the name of a boat she lived on. “It was original Sanskrit - ancient Indian language of the Buddha - and I also lived on a boat called Palana at one point and that is what the title track is about, the boat,” Hilton says. “So when I finished the record and I talked to the producer about the name, he suggested Palana before the track album from Bowie. Yes, he wrote pop songs, existed. I had this song called Palana and threw but it was almost like commerciality was more of an afterthought. The same with Lemmy as it on the record at the last minute and because it was my original name it was like a nod to the well. This is what we do, this is what we do past and to my various identities.” best and we are going to keep doing it. He Hilton says that fans have encouraged didn’t really care about the industry side of things. It was just like... I guess it is a personal her in producing a solo album and says she has been blessed with some positive feedback. expression over commercialisation.” “It’s all been pretty positive and people seem excited to hear what the new solo album sounds like and Blouse fans are WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU

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There is a sense of darkness and emotion in Hilton’s work, something she says comes from problems with her own identity and those of others. “I think it comes from normal despair of being in the world and not knowing how to relate to myself or to others and that is paired with this light feeling of me laughing at myself behind the seriousness.”

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NEW NOISE

RACHEL PLATTEN

BLOC PARTY

RÜFÜS

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Wildfire Columbia Records/Sony Music

Hymns Infectious Music/Create Control

This Is Acting Inertia

Bloom Sweat It Out/Sony

Wildfire is Rachel Platten’s third album, and her major label debut. Flight Song has charted throughout the world to make Platten a household name with younger generations. It is the type of self affirmation with a stirring chorus that fills stadiums and gets fists pumping. It’s like Katy Perry with a slightly more sedate voice. Recent hit, Stand By You, is another full-bodied tune that drunken teenagers can croon at each other after a few Stones Ginger wines. Whilst these major hits will get the punters to iTunes, it is the rest of the album that will make Wildfire a success or failure. Beating Me Up and Speechless have radio potential, but the remainder, whilst pleasant, are relatively soulless.

Kele Okereke has been making great music under his own name for the last few years, so why he continues to resurrect the seizing near-corpse of Bloc Party is inexplicable. There are moments on Hymns that spark a tap of the foot, or perhaps a little dance — see Only He Can Heal Me or opening track, The Love Within. Okereke’s voice is still fantastically charismatic and his metaphors are as literal as can be. Fortress is an equally dull semi-bass dance tune, and with no peaks or troughs, there’s nothing to drive it. Diehard Bloc Party fans are probably thrilled that Okereke keeps trundling on with the band, but anyone else will question why he hasn’t let it lie and moved fully into the solo career he is clearly destined to flourish in.

It’s hard to imagine Adelaide singer/songwriter Sia Furler sounding any bigger than she does on her seventh studio album, This Is Acting. Verses and consonants are afterthoughts as Sia powers through a seemingly endless scroll of bridges and choruses, with the steady beats of midpoint songs such as Cheap Thrills and Reaper providing a welcome respite from the onslaught. Sweet Design is a disorientating hip hop banger that sounds like it was inspired by Sisqo’s Thong Song. Broken Glass and Space Between remind everyone this is a Sia record just before things end. It’s an emotional rollercoaster, which is nothing less than what you would expect from the superstar at this stage.

Sydney alternative dance band RÜFÜS return with their sublime sophomore album, Bloom. The album is a self-proclaimed product of isolation and saturation, inspired in part by the terminally chill group’s immersion in the throbbing nightlife of Berlin, and influenced further by their time spent writing in the sunny surrounds of Suffolk. Brighter, Daylight, and Until The Sun Needs To Rise all continue singer Tyrone Lindqvist’s obsession with natural imagery and sunshine, as the band switch between celebrating the sunlight and missing its presence. Stretching themselves thematically may never be their priority, but the Melbourne group are increasingly becoming the masters of their stylish sound.

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to encounter the music differently. I felt an entirely new perspective on the experience of suffering. It kind of taught me something about our desire to interpret and explain and make sense of tragedy. It taught me that it’s not always necessary… It’s disingenuous to anthropomorphise misery or give it some kind of moral summary, as if life is a series of homilies about the wisdom of suffering.

just live in the moment and live abundantly, and really celebrate life. As I’ve been singing songs about death day after day after day, I’ve been really feeling motivated, in spite of the presence of death in the room, to live fully, with eyes wide open; to eradicate metaphor, to eradicate meaning and to just be spiritually and emotionally present in the moment; to not worry so much about the tragedies of yesterday or the speculative tragedies of tomorrow.” Death can lead to joy, Stevens says. It doesn’t have to consume you. With bright yellow curtains hanging in his window, Stevens has let it go.

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The intimacy of Carrie & Lowell takes your breath away. “I’ve never been one to shy away from the realness of things,” Stevens says. “I knew I need to get at the core of this loss, and a lot of it had to do specifically with Carrie and her illness, and her suffering Celebrating Life through life. I felt complicit in that and she was complicit in my own suffering. There Sufjan Stevens talks to SIMONE was a really tragic UBALDI about taking up sewing dynamic between us in the wake of the death of his and I didn’t want to mother, and the impossibility talk about it generally of ‘narrativising’ grief in the or metaphorically, I lead up to his show at Red had to talk about it and sing about it with Hill Auditorium on Wednesday, concrete details.” The March 2. result feels hopelessly raw, crushingly After a long year on the road, Sufjan Stevens felt an urgent need to domesticate. vulnerable to listeners, but for Stevens it is “I inherited this old sewing machine that a distant echo of his was my great grandmother’s and I’ve had feelings. They are it for years,” he smiles. “I made curtains diluted in rhyme, too, for my windows. They’re made from melody, allusions and Dutch wax fabric, these beautiful African prints, and they’re this bold, bright, yellow metaphors. “It’s no colour. Vibrancy, that’s what I’m interested longer personal,” he says. in right now.” This was a Stevens played nearly 100 shows problem for the singer, in 2015, supporting an album that is who eschews bullshit. anything but vibrant. Recorded in the wake The older he gets, the of his mother’s death, Carrie & Lowell is a more feverish Stevens heartbreaking record of conflicted grief. Stevens was estranged from his mother, who is about authenticity, his guiding star. But if suffered from mental illness and alcoholism. he missed something in She was an inconstant figure in his life, the making of Carrie & abandoning her son when he was in nappies then reaching out to him when she remarried, Lowell, he found it on the road. “In spite of the record, in spite of the at the urging of her new husband, Lowell songs manifesting, in spite of having survived Brams. Carrie & Lowell sifts through these that grief, I still felt like the music fell short of memories from the side of the grave. It is an attempt to make sense of suffering through a the experience,” Stevens remembers, “[But] when we started playing the songs live, I began window of faded polaroids. 12

“As I was playing the music I was really thinking the world is chaos, human nature is chaos, we project order as a defence mechanism to create meaning, to make sense of things, but all of that is really unnecessary. What I really wanted to do was

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The new Australian film Looking For Grace sees the return of Radha Mitchell to our shores. The Hollywood star plays a mother looking for her runaway daughter in the new film by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story). X-Press managed to have a chat with her, about the film and a very diverse career. The script was the initial attraction for Mitchell. “I thought it was a unique piece. It was coming at the story from multiple perspectives, it was exploring what the concept of narrative could be, or even what a story is. It explores how characters effect each others lives. Then it’s got surprising elements that sold me on it, I like it when I don’t know what is going to happen.”

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

RODNEY’S BAIT N TACKLE Rodney’s in Mosman Park is all about the ocean vibe, from the tables and chairs to the massive boat situated right in the middle of the bar. Pair that up with a lengthy drinks list and traditional bar grub and you’re laughing.

Writer’s Festival events. Film buffs, here’s a heads up: a screening of the classic silent film Nosferatu with an original score by Viola Dana. The Summerset Arts Festival Art lovers are in luck: attend a free 2016, currently happening in the portraiture workshop, drop by and see how City of Stirling, offers over 50 artist Paul Deej’s mural is going at Dianella free or low-cost (nothing over 30 Library, visit local bucks) events. Part of Summerset artists as part is the Fringe Festival pop-up of open studio days, peruse the venue Sunset Veranda, open Blurred Boundaries 5-10pm every night. exhibition, or take the Settlers Looking for an active pastime? If Cottage Art Walk. free yoga on the beach is your scene, take On the advantage of the opportunity to chill and exercise while enjoying a session in the Laughter market front, the Stirling Farmers Market will see Chinese New Year celebrated courtesy of Yoga style. the Chung Wah Association and the Ging Mo Glow Ride Goes Green should be Academy, so fans of lion dancing should head fun for cyclists. Participants get their glow on down. on, glamming up their bikes with recycled Social calendar a little empty on a decorations - yes, unpack those Christmas Monday night? Have dinner and a wander at the lights. Enjoy a bright evening ride, and a free Inglewood Night Markets (Beaufort Street). barbie; just be sure to register online first. Entertainment-wise, there are Budding writers can attend the Selfperformances galore in the mix. Movin’ Melvin Publishing Workshop with author Annabel Smith, one of a number of Stirling Libraries’ Summerset Brown - the Ray Charles Experience, is set

to wow with tracks from Nat King Cole, The Beatles, and more. Burlesque fans will appreciate the fun of Spin And Bare It!, where audience members spin The Wheel of Peel. Musos will enjoy the Summerset Community Jam, open to all ages. Borrow an instrument on site at the Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre, or bring your own. Fans of spoken word will appreciate Poetry By The Sea, brought to you by The Sunset Verandah WA Poets Inc. For wine and beer enthusiasts, particular events that jump out are Sunset Wine, part of the WA Wine and Food Event Series, and Brewed Laughter – Beer Tasting With A Comedian. Summerset Arts Festival 2016 runs until Sunday, February 7. For dates, times, and prices, click on summersetartsfestival.com.au.

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just because we find it fosters this great, kind of communal atmosphere.” The company also organises customised private tours that can be held in any suburb as long as enough notice is given. “If it’s not one of our regular operating areas like Subiaco, Mount Lawley, or Highgate, we do request four weeks’ notice to put together the event, just because we’ll have to be liaising with different venues rather than the venues we work with on a regular basis.” Eat The Street take into account what style of party you’re looking to have, number of attendees, and the type of food/ drink you want the tour themed around. For example, a craft beer tour can be organised for a beer person, or a chilli tour for fans of spicy foods. “We did a vegetarian cookbook launch a little while ago for a local cookbook author, so we did a three-venue tour through Fremantle, all vegetarian food. It really is kind of like a pick your own adventure.” For details go to eatthestreet.com.au.

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A Three-Hour Tour... BUDBURST SMALL BAR Budburst is housed in a 100 year-old cottage in Mt. Hawthorn and oozes with French charm, buoyed by the work of renowned chef Gwanael Lesle in the kitchen. They also have a range of small plates, bar snacks, desserts and cheese to salivate over.

In recent years, walking tours have become increasingly popular. Strolling through the city (or suburbs), stopping in at different eateries and bars, has proven an innovative way to meet new people while indulging in food and drinks across an array of venues. The Subiaco Eats and Arts, a fusion of art and food, is one of the options now offered by Eat The Street Walking Tours. Owner/ operator, Jacqueline Baril, says the tour begins at a featured art gallery. “We’re always going to meet the

GET YA FIX If you consider yourself a morning person, get down to Get Ya Fix on William Street - $3 coffee of any size (!) before 9am aside, the cafe boasts Granola Girls brekky cups, The Juicist pressed juices, Glazed & Confused donuts, and a heap more. Sounds joy, right?

PORKY’S BBQ & BAR If you dig on your ribs, this is where you gotta be. Located on Aberdeen St, this meathouse serves authentic wood-smoked American BBQ. The ‘meat tray’ alone consists of pork ribs, beef brisket, chopped pork, chilli beef and pork fennel sausage. Oh boy. 16

owner of the gallery and get information on who’s exhibiting. Sometimes we’re going to get to meet the artist at their exhibition, which is pretty cool. “ (Those situations will be advertised in advance, so people can book specifically for them.) After a glass of wine and bubbly at the gallery, the tour visits four different Subiaco food and drink venues, “where we’ll get to sample some food and have a drink along the way. So there are five drinks included, and four serves of food.” You can also expect to get the lowdown on local art. The tour lasts for three hours – officially. “Generally it will be more like three-and-a-half, depending on the group. Sometimes everyone decides they want to stick around at the last venue for a few extra drinks. I’ve had tours that I’ve been at for seven hours. We do keep to really small group sizes Pic: Danica Zuks

RYAN TRECARTIN 6 Movies AGWA Curator of Contemporary Art, Robert Cook, describes the film work of innovative artist Ryan Trecartin as “truly spellbinding, utterly infectious.” The Ryan Trecartin Six Movies exhibition is part of the Perth International Arts Festival Visual Arts program. Two of AGWA’s recent Trecartin acquisitions, Sibling Topics (section a) 2009 and CENTER JENNY 2013, will screen with four other movies on loan from the artist’s studio: K-CorealNC.K (section a) 2009, P.opular Sky (section ish) 2009, Items Falls 2013, and Junior War 2013. Cook says Trecartin’s signature fast-paced editing creates an entirely new kind of visual poetics, one that foregrounds the mediation of technology, friendship groups, organisational systems (corporate,

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social, educational, etc) and much more in the to my colleagues about these, they just come from no place I’ve ever seen,” enthuses Cook, construction and re-construction of self. “Yet “and yeah, there might be precursors in other beyond all this, his work is simply hugely and filmmakers, but it’s like they’re propositions genuinely engaging and amusing.” If you’ve never seen one of the artist’s for how the world might work according to different rules, or how it might be working in movies, first viewing can prove overwhelming, the future. yet on repeat, strangely enthralling. “You’re right, you absolutely have to “I’ve been going up and checking rethink your expectations of things, kind of all the space, with the intention of watching five the time, like what are you looking at? I think minutes, and then staying for an hour,” says that’s the thing—you have to embed yourself in Cook. “There is a lot going on: competing the work, and start to uncover and understand soundtracks and visuals, and also the way the language that it’s constructing for itself.” the characters speak - it’s not linear, they’re The exhibition is free, the movies kind of like a bunch of words, and that’s really screen daily back to back, and runs at AGWA demanding in terms of what those words from January 30-May 8. The Rooftop At AGWA are about, and how they connect to what’s Bar will be running in conjunction every Friday preceded it or what might come after, so you in February. need to think. “I guess they assault the senses GILLIAN O’MEAGHER weirdly, but I find them easier and easier the more you watch them, and oddly addictive.” Cook’s words are relatable: on consideration, the films seem to embody a fresh concept of communication, as if adjusting the way your mind’s processing what’s Item Falls 2013 (still) Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, happening is key to the experience. New York and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York © Ryan Trecartin “It’s so weird, I keep raving

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WILL O’MAHONY Locked And Loaded Will O’Mahony’s play, Tonsils + Tweezers, makes up one half of the Black Swan State Theatre Company’s Loaded: A Double Bill of New Plays running until February 7, at the State Theatre Centre. CICELY BINFORD reports. Will O’Mahony won’t be pigeonholed. You might be tempted to look at his professional career and call him an actor, given all the performance credits to his name. But then you’d be ignoring the fact that he’s written half a dozen plays in the last few years, three of which he’s now directed, with the latest, Tonsils + Tweezers, garnering a spot in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s line-up. O’Mahony took a few minutes post-opening weekend to speak to us about writing and directing his ‘dedication to friendship’. “The play that I had in my head, I think I got on stage, so yeah, I am really happy,” he begins. “The lead-up and the short interrupted rehearsal period was quite a, I’m going to say it, a ballistic process. When we were in the room we had to just, ‘BANG, let’s do this’,” he says, seemingly unable to keep from using gun-related words to describe the experience. Tonsils + Tweezers is the second half of a double bill called Loaded, and both plays revolve around gun threats to some degree, though O’Mahony’s central theme examines undying friendship between two high school underdogs. The character referred to as Tweezers plans to attend his high school reunion with revenge on his mind.

O’Mahony attended his own 10year reunion a couple of years ago, and though he wasn’t worried about anyone “going postal,” he dreaded talking about what he’d done in the last 10 years, “or more specifically, what you hadn’t done, or hadn’t achieved, dreams shattering from when you were 17,” he laughs. “That did fuel the beginnings of the first draft of the play.” Now that the play has been produced, O’Mahony feels it has probably reached its final draft. “If I kept working on it, it would just be stopping me from presenting something new, and if I kept tinkering with it, I would be doing a disservice to the me that began writing it three years ago.” The quartet of actors O’Mahony has cast to bring this dizzying trip into the mind of his protagonist are notably diverse, not only culturally, but as practitioners. “Clearly diversity on our stages in Australia is really important, to have the stories we’re telling ourselves reflect the society we live in. And in terms of assembling a diverse cast of diverse skills and flavours as actors, those four were real assets.” O’Mahony intends to diversify his own practice by trying his hand at devising new works with a group of artists as a leader, rather than as a contributor, as he’s done previously. He’s excited by the prospect of trying something new, and shies away from being labelled. “I don’t know if I’m a playwright more than I’m a director, more than I’m an actor, for instance; I think all three inform one another.” Look for O’Mahony later in the year performing in Black Swan’s production of Angels In America, and keep an ear to the ground for more from the pen of one of Perth’s most promising slashies.

“Clearly diversity on our stages in Australia is really important, to have the stories we’re telling ourselves reflect the society we live in.”

VISUAL ARTS Titanic The Exhibition: Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre Titanic The Exhibition, which tells the most recognisable story of maritime accomplishment and disaster, arrives for the first time ever in Australia at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre. Open for a limited engagement through to February 2016, the story of Titanic’s first and final voyage is told through dramatic room recreations and 100-year-old artefacts. Tickets from ticketek.com.au.

rounds out the visit at Riverside Theatre on Monday, April 25. The satirist remains as edgy, seductively malevolent, and breathlessly funny as his debut in 1992, being praised for bringing “his vision to life with empathic Treasure Ships - Art In The Age Of Spices: The comic power.” For more details, check out tommytiernan.com. 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 until Sunday, January 31, 2016. Go to artgallery.wa.gov.au for full details.

THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE Tina Arena - One Night Only Tour: Perth Concert Hall Australian icon and ARIA Hall of Famer Tina Arena, has announced a one night only tour in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and the Gold Coast. The tour will hit the Perth Concert Hall on Friday, February 26, 2016. Her latest album, Eleven, garnered widespread critical acclaim and proves she is as relevant now as she was on her debut Tina in 1988. Eleven Arena is a collection of eclectic influences, ranging from EDM to jazz – and is tinged with ethereal elusiveness. Mary Black - The Last Call: Astor Theatre Irish folk singer Mary Black has announced her next Australian tour will be her last. The tour will begin at the Astor Theatre on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Black has remained a prolific artist for over 25 years, with 11 of her studio albums becoming platinum hits. She’s shared the stage with some of the most revered performers of all time, and has been credited for an ever growing global appreciation for Irish music. . For more information, check out: theticketgroup.com.au John Cleese And Eric Idle - Together Again At Last... For The Very First Time: Riverside Theatre Monty Python founding members John Cleese and Eric Idle will be bringing their brand new stage show to eager Australian audiences in 2016, and that includes Perth. Featuring scripted skits, improv, storytelling, musical numbers, exclusive footage and audience Q&As, with no two shows being the same. The Britcom elders hit the Riverside Theatre on Wednesday, March 9 - book via ticketek.com.au.

Hoa Xuande and Lincoln Vickery in Tonsils + Tweezers Pic: Daniel Grant

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Tommy Tiernan - Out Of The Whirlwind: Riverside Theatre Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan has announced his Out Of The Whirlwind tour, coming to Australia, April 2016. Tiernan

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Don McLean - American Troubadour Tour: Riverside Theatre Don McLean, the man responsible for the 1971 hit, American Pie, and whose voice Roy Orbison described as ‘one of the great instruments of 20th century America’ will be stopping by in Perth on Wednesday, March 30, as part of his American Troubadour Tour. The celebrated artist has had over 40 gold and platinum records worldwide as well as being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame with ‘American Pie’. For further information and ticketing head to Ticketek.com.au.

FESTIVALS Perth International Arts Festival 2016 Running from Friday, February 12, until Sunday, March 6, PIAF brings together an incredible host of world-class artists and productions that are sure to enthrall even the most jaded aesthete. This years program features such diverse items as Simon Stone’s new take on Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, The Tiger Lillies’ anarchic version of Hamlet, the return of Ballet At The Quarry, and music in the Chevron Festival Garden from Thievery Corporation, Leftfield, Sleater-Kinney, The Triffids, Tim Rogers And The Bamboos, and more. Go to perthfestival.com.au for more. Fringe World 2016 Now the third biggest Fringe Festival in the world, Perth’s own Fringe World encompasses the whole gamut of live and recorded entertainment: comedy, cabaret, circus, acrobatics, theatre, visual arts, film, music and more. Taking place in dozens of venues across Perth, it’s a full month of the best, brightest, weirdest and most outré acts the world has to offer. Fringe World runs until Sunday, February 21. Go to fringeworld.com.au for full info and tickets.

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival:Luna Palace Cinemas Once again a fantastic sampler of contemporary French cinema comes our way courtesy of Luna Palace Cinemas and Alliance Francaise. Titles this year include A Perfect Man, Love At First Child, Marguerite, Mon Roi, First Growth, Taj Mahal, Un Plus Une and Valley Of Love. Also, for the first time the festival will be screening the first two episodes of some of France’s most popular television shows, including Baron Noir, Un Village Francais, The Bureau and Call My Agent!. It runs at Cinema Paradiso, Windsor Cinema and Luna on SX from Wednesday, March 16 Thursday, April 7, 2016. For full details, go to lunapalace.com.au.

...continued from page 15 For Mitchell, her character of Denise is a housewife with surprising depth to her. “I think there is a cartoon element to what Denise brings. She’s sort of a cardboard cut-out of a suburban housewife. She brings in this element of mystery. She doesn’t understand what is happening. There’s almost this whispering of darkness about her. There is also this very obtuse comedic woman that is trying to keep it under control, and it’s not all under control.” Looking For Grace has an interesting take on tale telling. It uses an almost Rashomon-like approach by fragmenting the perspective amongst the various characters. Hence the story is carefully revealed from different characters’ points of view as the film goes on. “The catalyst for the journey is their daughter’s escape, and the question becomes – what happened to us as a family? They are encouraged to explain themselves to each other. Audiences identify with the story of character, they understand in that way. Some people may think it’s a Denise-skewed story, others think its a Richard-skewed story. There’s space for all the perspectives.” Filmed around the WA wheat belt, it gave Mitchell a chance to shed her acquired American accent. “It was fun using my accent again. In the dialogue there is this sense of fun with words like ‘jiffy.’ You could tell Sue

was having fun with the sense of mundane colloquialism we were all exposed to.” It was her co-star Richard Roxburgh that she ended up looking to as a yard stick. “Richard for me was a barometer on how far we could take a performance. He opened the door further than one might expect, which was what it was about for me. He’s comfortable, as he has done a lot of Australian cinema and pushes this sense of Australian-ness in a way.” Mitchell certainly hasn’t pigeonholed herself during her career. Sci-fi, horror, thrillers, dramas, romances: she has played

ROOM King Of Infinite Space Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Starring Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers.

Based on the lauded 2010 novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue, Room is a stunning tale of survival and the bond between a mother and son. For five year old Jack (Jacob Radha Mitchell And Richard Roxburgh star in Looking For Grace Tremblay), his whole universe is Room. He knows nothing more, save that contained by the walls of the room that he has spent his entire life within. His mother “Ma” (Brie Larson) explains Room to him, and the strange world that is on the TV and in books. The only one that can move outside of Room is Old Nick (Sean Bridgers), who knows the code to the door, a wide variety of situations and characters. and brings supplies “I’m drawn to stuff that is emotionally when he visits Ma at complicated. You look for different shades in a night. However with character... and a career, I guess.” With a spy his mother telling Jack new things now that thriller, a horror and a faith movie already in he is older, there might be a way to get to an the works for this year, it seems a trend that unexplored world outside. Yet is there a world will likely continue. beyond Room? Part of the strength of Room is DAVID O’CONNELL that it welds itself tightly to the central character of Jack. The audience’s information is (mostly) filtered through the perspective of a five year old, so though aware of the

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situation we get a slanted view on it. Visually this means that our view is often close up, focusing on small details of the world, and later experiencing the overwhelming cacophony beyond Room. From a narrative perspective, although we as an audience are aware of Old Nick’s abuses, we are separated from the worst of it. Instead it becomes about something else, something much more positive than the bones of the tale could be. It is about the strong love and connection between Ma and her son, a bond which binds and saves them. Yet the world still happens outside the narrative, time progresses, and although it is not stated flatly, we as viewers can see the results. We are aware of why Joy spends so much time asleep, why her parents have broken up in the 7 years since her disappearance, and why her father can’t look at Jack. Abrahamson trusts that his audience can connect the dots, without having to have it comprehensively explained. It grants a sense of realism to the world, as events progress onwards irrespective of concerns of character and narrative. Ultimately uplifting despite the harrowing premise, Room is an amazing piece of cinema that will leave you emotional drained. DAVID O’CONNELL

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When this does explode Audiard gives us a short sharp shock in one of the most original action set pieces of the last few years. Tucking the camera in close, our view becomes A Tiger’s Tale limited to an almost first person perspective, making us duck as stray gunfire pockmarks Directed by Jacques Audiard Starring Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari a windscreen in our POV. It demonstrates his control of the viewers perspective and it Srinivasan concludes his work spectacularly. However this is only a small part of Winner of the 2015 Palme d’Or, Dheepan tells this film, with the majority of it centred on the story of three Tamil refugees that have fled the relationship between Dheepan and Yalini. to Paris after the Sri Lankan civil war. Antonythansan seems to have everything Fleeing to a new life is not the bottled down in his portrayal of Dheepan, but simple option many believe. As Sivadhasan’s you often have that sense of tension simmering (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) Tamil comrades underneath. are killed in the fighting, he flees Sri Lanka for Srinivasan the comparative safety of France. Acquiring is more stolen passports, he must trade places with a complex dead man, Dheepan, complete with strangers pretending to be his wife and daughter. As they in many gain asylum, they come to terms with the block ways, always threatening housing they have been given. When Dheepan to run, but becomes the caretaker of that building, he also reluctant must also deal with the gangs running these to engage housing complexes. With his fake wife Yalini with the (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) struggling to make a new life for herself, he fears that their deception society will be discovered and they will be deported, but around her. As these two become increasingly reliant and comfortable with the other, their trouble never takes the form you expect. relationship changes. For the most part Dheepan Insightful and surprising Dheepan functions as a social drama looking at a gives us an inside look at one of the most refugee’s experience in integrating and relevant issues of our current time. adapting to another culture. Yet just beneath this surface there is also the DAVID O’CONNELL beating heart of a crime thriller. The various criminal activities undertaken in Dheepan screens at UWA’s Somerville the buildings, the lies told by Dheepan’s Auditorium until January 31 and ECU family as well as their past connections Joondalup Pines from February 2 - February 7 with guerrilla fighters, all combine to give a as part of the Perth International Arts Festival’s simmering tension to the film. Lotterywest Festival Films season.

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WHAT’S ON AT FRINGE WORLD WHAT GOES UP What Goes Up is a one man show that is influenced by commedia dell’arte. It’s performed by Shane McMullan with James Morrison providing the music accompaniment. The show is on from February 3–8 from 10:45pm at The Stables, Perth Cultural Centre. Using the giants and mythology of Jack And The Beanstalk for a modern context, this show is a physical comedy that isn’t for kids, but will delight the kid in us all. What Goes Up

CONFRONTING STEREOTYPES Ze: Queer As Fuck! is a one-person, genderqueer, kinky, femmesexual, polyminded, gay-divorcee PRIDE parade through the real life of Michelle/Ryan. Ze confronts stereotypes both within and without in a celebration that exposes the complex tension between being authentic to oneself and belonging. The first few shows are already sold out, so make sure you check your calendar and get your tickets soon from fringeworld.com.au - the show runs through the rest of January and into February.

THREE UNMISSABLE BLUE ROOM THEATRE SHOWS Perth comic performer Ben Russell returns with his one man show The Tokyo Hotel, a surreal and hilarious odyssey through a strange LA hotel populated by all kinds of characters played by Russell himself. The show is on from January 23-25 and January 27-30. One of the outstanding hits of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Labels, performed by Joe Sellman-Leava, is a touching one man show about immigration, racism, and culture identity. It’s on from February 2-6. A team of Perth theatre practitioners come together for The Man And The Moon, a one hander about a man who falls head over heels for the moon. This show promises poignancy, laughs, and a gorgeous score performed by a three piece jazz band. It’s on from February 2-6. The Tokyo Hotel

HE’S A RAD DAD Rad Dad Redemption opened last week at Fringe World to sell-out crowds, and continues its run at Noodle Palace at Central until January 30. After selling out his run of shows in 2015, Jeff Hewitt’s Rad Dad Redemption tells the story of fatherhood, redemption, and ‘the search for meaning in a world populated by idiots’. Make sure you secure your tix ASAP from fringeworld.com.au. Rad Dad Redemption

A CONTEMPORARY SLEEPING BEAUTY Performance makers Ian Sinclair and Dr Renee Newman re-imagine Sleeping Beauty for a contemporary audience as part of the award-winning Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights from Tuesday-Saturday, February 2–6, commencing 9.30pm. This modern take follows Tahlia -haunted by a recurring nightmare that invades her waking life - and Oscar - an internet junkie obsessed with online fantasy, a world that’s more real to him than the tangible one. They check into the Dream Motel, a sleep disorder clinic where guests can have their night terrors and ever present reveries removed. For ticket details, check out fringeworld.com. 20

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Everybody has a different idea of what the best song ever is. And with this Fringe World event, everybody will get to hear their song at the same time. With your phone in hand, it’s your finger on the turntable as you choose the dance adventure for the rest of the party whilst everyone’s requests battle it out on the screen and on the floor. Make sure that phone is charged. The event runs weekend until February 6 at De Parel Spiegeltent, Perth Cultural Centre.

Popular American comedian Eddie Ifft is heading to Fringe World from Thursday-Sunday, February 4-7. He may have taken time off due to the birth of his child, but don’t expect his edges to have been softened. Ifft is the host of one of the most successful podcasts on the comedy circuit, Talkin’ Shit, and has also performed around the world to sold-out crowds in over 15 countries. Ifft will be performing at the Comedy Shack on Hay Street in Perth from 8-9pm. Eddie Ifft

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Revelation Perth International Film Festival has brought some of the most compelling and intriguing film from around the world to WA audiences for 18 years, and now they’re teaming up with Fringe World as they aim to continue building their year-long program. The result will be seven documentaries in 13 sessions from February 11-21 under the title of THIS IS ROCK!, and includes locally made film Friday At The Hydey; an exploration of the local music scene in one of Perth’s legendary venues. The films will screen mostly at The Backlot Perth in West Perth, with one night at the Rooftop Movies venue in Northbridge. For tickets, head to fringeworld.com.au.

FRANKLY WINEHOUSE Devised and performed by Fringe World newcomer, Ashleigh Kreveld, Frankly Winehouse is a cabaret experience and loving tribute to the late, great jazz artist Amy Winehouse. The show runs from Monday, February 15, to Sunday, February 21, at The Moon Cafe in Northbridge from 7pm. The show will feature all of the many classic tunes that Winehouse is most known for as well as the witty, sassy talk that made the late artist as equally beloved as she was talented. Frankly Winehouse

GET LOST MAZE AT FRINGE WORLD A 300-square metre maze has popped up at the Pleasure Garden, and will run until Sunday, February 21. Taking influence from old fantasy stories such as Alice In Wonderland, this theatrical and interactive maze will bring the whimsy and wonder to the Fringe, and is fun for all ages. The Get Lost Maze has been a huge hit at other festivals across Australia such as the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. For more, head to getlostmaze.com.au. Get Lost Maze

RANDY WRITES A NOVEL Randy (McLeod’s Daughters, House Husbands) teams up with a typewriter in this hilarious new hour of spoken word and gratuitous arm movements. Kick back in an ornate tent in a pedestrian thoroughfare and watch keenly as Randy reads excerpts from his unpublished novel while getting distracted by his own hate-filled ramblings. De Parel Spiegeltent Perth Cultural Centre 7 45pm, Mon Feb 1 - Sun Feb 7

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS The hauntingly beautiful poetry of Emily Dickinson inspired this series of new instrumental works by Greg Dear. These newly composed works will be performed by The Beautiful Losers as a soundtrack upon which selected Dickinson poems will be read or sung by Nikki Jones. The soundtrack incorporates distinct movements that reflect the mood and subject of each poem recited, varying in intensity and form, seamlessly mixing elements of grunge, soul, shoegaze and experimental genres. The emphasis is as much on the music as it is on the poetry, with the combination being more powerful than the sum of those two parts. 8pm on Friday, January 29, and Saturday, January 30, at Ellington Jazz Club.

Randy Writes A Novel The Beautiful Losers feat. Nikki Jones

TRIPLE THREAT Independent comedy label Deadman is bringing a number of shows to Fringe World this year. Wil Greenway’s comedy, Vincent Goes Splat, which is fresh off the back of a sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, will be running at the Blue Room Theatre from February 9-13; multi award-winning comedian Tessa Waters will be offering up her show Over Promises - a combo of dance, physical theatre, clowning, sketch, melodrama and more - at Pleasure Gardens, Teatro 1, from January 22-28; and for all the families out there, Waters will also be hosting her kids show How To Be A Rockstar at De Parel Spiegeltent from January 30-31 and February 6-7. For all bookings, head to fringeworld.com.au. Vincent Goes Splat

TWISTED VAUDEVILLE CIRCUS Twisted Vaudeville Circus has a five-pack of great show happening live at The Empyrean Function Centre... Comedy Spectacular - a value-packed hour of all things hilarious. A smorgasbord of award winning local and international comedy talents. The world’s top stand up comedians popping in each week and multi award winning burlesque comedy royalty Kitten N Lou (USA). Something for all Fringe fans. January 29-30, February 5-6, 12-13, 19-21. Cult Fiction - pays homage to the double-feature Grindhouse films from the birth of cinema through to the 1970s.

Exploitative cinema that will tantalise your every forbidden thrill and fantasy. A Cabaret tribute to the sometimes subversive, unusual, despised & honoured film classics, mondo exotica, B-grade horror flicks and science fiction gold. January 29-30, February 5-6, 12-13, 19-21. Festival Spectacular - is Kelly Ann Doll’ Australia’s Raw Artist Of The Year (SYD) will return with her ridiculously high energy airborne swing-style burlesque alongside ‘King of Burlesque 2012’ Russell Bruner’s (USA) vaudevillian sex appeal and physical comedy. Vaudeville antics, larger than life burlesque, stand up comedy, fire and acrobatic muscle men are just some of the treats you can expect. January 29-30, February 5-6, 12-13, 19-21.

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Swing Time Variety Show - For lovers of live traditional jazz, American Vaudeville, classic burlesque and acrobatic swing dance Performance, this is your dream evening under the Spiegeltent. February 14-16. The Birdcage; A Menagerie Of Exotic Dames - Festival judges voted this spectacular showcase of Burlesque 4 and 5 stars in it’s debut year back in 2013, earning the show a nod for ‘Best Cabaret’. January 29-30, February 5-6, 12-13, 19-21. The Birdcage; Boylesque Edition - an explosion of male sensuality explored through the many styles of Boylesque. A spectacular showcase of comedy, vaudeville, circus and professional tease. Admire the male form in all its strength and grace while seeing Fringe World’s top international and local male performers. Perth’s brightest local boylesque talent featured alongside the boylesque world’s top international stars. January 29-30, February 5-6, 12-13, 19-21. Ava Royale, The Birdcage 21

WHATS ON IN FEBRUARY GET ‘EM WHILE THEY’RE HOT Dancefloor connoisseurs Hot Chip are making their way over to play on Friday, January 29, at the Fremantle Arts Centre, with $20 from each ticket bought being donated to the LMDRF Waroona and District Fires Appeal. Having recently headlined Melbourne’s Sugar Mountain Festival, the London-bred quintet will be full of momentum as they take on the West Coast. Grab your tickets quick smart from Oztix.com.au.

BLINDED BY SUNSET Blinded By Sunset is a Sunday Session/ Sundowner being held on Sunday, March 6, from 2-10pm at Scarboro Surf Club. The event is called Blinded by Sunset as it is a fundraiser for Retina Australia WA funding research that will enable treatment, prevention and cures of inherited retinal diseases causing blindness. The line-up features Nicky Sandover, DJ Tim King, Red Stone Sinners and Daveed, Minky G & Rosco. Tickets via trybooking.com. Nicky Sandover

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LOVE THE SHUFFLE Perth-cum-Melbourne electropop producer Louise Love is celebrating the release of her new EP, Tantric Shuffle, which was presented to the world on January 15. She’ll be following it up with a Perth launch, which takes place at Mojo’s Bar on January 27, and will also feature supports by Willow and Akoika. Tickets will be $10 on the door. Louise Love

ASHES TO ASHES As we well know, WA’s South West was ravaged by fierce bushfires in early January. Some of the state’s most vulnerable people have been affected, with many homes destroyed and whole families displaced. Clancy’s Fremantle have gone about helping with a benefit concert on Sunday, February 7, with a huge two-stage event, with over 15 acts performing throughout the afternoon and well into the night. The line-up includes: Carus Thompson, Junkadelic, Kashikoi, Dan Howler, Datura4, Tom Fisher (duo), Custom Royal, Billie Rogers & The Country Gentlemen, King of The Travellers, Dirtwater Bloom, The Southern River Band, Stella Donnelly and Chyna Doll. Carus Thompson 22

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HEAD HUNTERS Having spent the last year relentlessly letting loose on stage and backing up that commitment with a WAM Award for Best Punk/ Hardcore Act, Scalphunter are following up on their high levels of momentum with a new single called Men With Square Eyes. The track is a taster of what the band have been putting together for their upcoming album, which is due for release later this year. You’ll be able to hear the song live in the flesh when the band take to Amplifier Bar on Saturday, February 20, with Bare Bones, Statues, The Light The Dark and Ohm Rune in tow. Scalphunter also play the North Freo Pub Crawl on Saturday, January 30.

CATHERINE TRAICOS HITS THE HARBOUR Perth blues/alt-rock artist Catherine Traicos will mark the launch of her new album, Brave The Good Dark, with a free live performance as part of RTRFM’S Harbour Sundays series on Sunday, January 31. Brave The Good Dark marks the first release in two years for the acclaimed and talented singer/songwriter, whose previous five releases have provided an elegant mix of raw and delicately confessional lyrics and music have made her a talent to look out for. Brave The Good Dark will be released on Sunday, January 31, via iTunes and Bandcamp. Catherine Traicos | Pic: Caitlin Worthington

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NORTH FREO PUB CRAWL The fourth edition of the North Freo Pub Crawl is happening again on Saturday, January 30. Some 25 acts will dominate five stages across the Railway and Swan Hotels, with the old girls hosting The Love Junkies, Hideous Sun Demon, Scalphunter, Pat Chow, Usurper of Modern Medicine, David Craft, Rag N Bone, The Ghost Hotel, Verge Collection, Custom Royal, The Naysayers (VIC), The Disappointed, Moana, Kitchen People, High Horse, Shimmergloom, Jeff’s Dead, Pool Boy, Steve Hensby Band, Hip Priest, Sidewalk Diamonds (solo), AJ Wigwams, Racoo Charles & The Moke Folk, Stuart Orchard and Pro Amateur. Tickets are $15 (plus booking fee) from oztix.com.au. The Love Junkies, North Freo Pub Crawl

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space within Brazilian music that creates this airiness with a very cool atmosphere. That’s one of the things that dub music from Jamaica has as well. There’s a lot of open space where you can kind of trip out.” Unfortunately it’s not been strictly Realistic Expectations blue skies for the duo, Garza and bandmate Hilton recently decided to close the Playing as part of the Perth doors of their record label, Eighteenth International Arts Festival at Street Lounge Music. Chevron Festival Gardens on “The music industry has changed Saturday, February 13, Rob a lot since we started. Back in the day, you Garza from Thievery Corporation would sell a lot of CDs and it’d be very easy to get them distributed. You’d get paid and you’d talks to JAI CHOUHAN about pay your artists. But now, with the streaming their start, the changing shape models and the years when people were of the industry and upcoming downloading music illegally, it became a very projects. treacherous landscape as an artist. And when you’ve got smaller artists, it’s not as fun to run Beginning their career in the mid-’90s, a record label and deal with all that talent.” Thievery Corporation has since become a When queried about how Thievery stalwart for down tempo music. Corporation would have faired under a major Completely independent from day label, Garza is one, the duo bleakly honest. have had little “I don’t think restrictions on we would have their creative lasted more output, something than the first or that wouldn’t be as second album. iconic if it wasn’t When you’re for their love of independent, in world music. control of your “I think career and you it comes from control the shots, our records. We it makes it a lot started off in 1995; easier for two Eric (Hilton) and guys to make a living making music, especially I got together with our equipment and our back in the day. If you sell 250, 000 copies of record collections. There was a lot of music a CD, you could do really well, but for a major from Brazil, Jamaica and old jazz soundtracks. label that’s not really worth the cost of putting We started just all this stuff together, making out a CD.” beats and sampling. We weren’t scared to pull After their first show in Perth in from all these different influences.” nearly a decade, Thievery Corporation will In fact, their latest album, Saudade, spend 2016 working on their upcoming album. pays tribute to the bossa nova music of Whereas Saudade was entrenched in bossa Brazil, a region that truly strikes a chord with nova, this LP will be more grounded in dub. Thievery Corporation. Although Garza wasn’t able to say much about “We’ve just been into so many the release, he did mention it goes back to that different types of music that it’s natural for it ‘classic’ Thievery sound we know and love. to permeate through the music we create.” Garza says. “We’ve always loved the sense of

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Ex Perth punkster Billy Orphan has made a comeback after a very long period of being absent from the music industry. Catch him live at last with some special guests on Sunday, January 29, at the Fremantle Fibonacci Centre, from 7-9pm.

The Bennies announced their new album, Wisdom Machine, just days ago, and now they have a run of tour dates to go with it. The ultimate party band will be making their way all over the country, which includes a couple of stops in WA right in the middle - Saturday, April 2, at Amplifier Bar, and Sunday, April 3, at Prince Of Wales, Bunbury. They’ll be joined by Minneapolis punks Off With Their Heads and Adelaide’s High Time. Wisdom Machine hits the shelves on Friday, March 25.

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Maxi Priest, the UK’s most successful and best loved reggae singer is heading to Australia next month, playing the Astor Theatre on Wednesday, February 10. MUMMA TREES reports Being related to Jacob Miller (Inner Circle) , and Heavy D, it would seem that music was in Maxi Priest’s blood. With roots from St Elizabeth Jamaica, he was born and grew up “in the wonderful melting pot of London.” One of nine children, Priest’s family was always singing and creating their own entertainment at home. He went on to work with some of the legendary and groundbreaking sound systems in London, including Jah Shaka and Negus Nesgast. His real break came performing with Saxon International Sound System, which was almost a school of reggae talent in ‘80s London, with “people like Smiley Culture, Tippa Irie, Pato Banton, Papa Levi and the list goes on… a lot of guys have built themselves a lot of success from that foundation.” So was Saxon like a reggae university? “I guess we can look back on that now and say yes,” Priest says. “Apart from the fact that life itself is a university, I guess at the time we didn’t realise some of the things we were doing just for love of it, but we were trying to find an identity, and make something.” The UK reggae sound was born from bands

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such as UB40, Steel Pulse and Aswad, but also the artists who were coming through Saxon International. Together these foundation UK artists forged a new sound in the reggae genre that had its own distinct flavour whilst remaining true to its Caribbean roots. The transition from sound system to recording artist came through Barry Boom from The One Blood Reggae Band. “he took me in to the studio and kinda taught me the ropes of creating recorded music, rather than just being round a sound system and singing to a backing track. From there we created the album, Your Safe, that was the first album we did for Virgin Records.” With a string of reggae hits in the early ‘80s, Priest gained mainstream attention for the single, Strolling On, in 1986. “As you move along and start taking your steps, everything you do is part of building that career,” Priest offers. Priest had a massive hit in 1988 with a cover of Cat Stevens’ Wild World which cemented him as the UK’s top reggae singer. “Big, big success for me,” he says. “A song that I really wasn’t sure about... but now there’s no way I could do a show without playing that song.” Continued on page 26...

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Continued from page 25. Throughout his career, Priest has recorded with some amazing artists, including Beenie Man, Apache Indian, Shaggy, Shabba Ranks, Dennis Brown and more recently Stylo G and Beniton. He clearly enjoys the collaboration process. “I think that’s the way forward. To me it’s just a natural progression, you pay respect to other guys in the business you have admired over the years, and also those who were coming up at the same time that myself and others were coming up. To me it’s just a whole natural progression, and something I always want to do. I guess growing up with a family of nine brothers and sisters, collaborating just seems natural.” The last time Priest played live in Perth was at Raggamuffin festival in 2008. At that time he performed a solo set and also with UB40, with rumours that he was replacing Ali Campbell as lead singer. “First of all let’s concentrate on the word rumours,” he responds, “’cause that’s what it was. It was at the time we were touring together in Australia and we had collaborated and done a song together, and the press just ran off with the idea that I was taking Ali’s place in the band. But that’s really not my style to do that and, you know, I spent so many years building my thing. I love collaborating with people, but obviously I do me as well.” 2014’s Easy To Love was Priest’s first album in seven years. The titlular single was

RANDA KHAMIS Musical Mystery Tour

Randa Khamis has taken time out from her Soul Kingdom to take you all on A Music History Tour Of Perth. “It’s a lively, fun show about the music history of Perth from the beginning of the colony until modern times,” she says. “This city has a lot to sing about!” Twelve people are transported on the Hidden deTours bus through Northbridge and the Perth CBD visiting music venues from the past. Some of them are still standing 26

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a hit on reggae charts worldwide, and the whole album is sweet, smooth lovers rock, featuring Sly & Robbie, Beres Hammond, Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith and Steven ‘Lenky’ Marsdon. “It’s been fantastic, and I just really wanna thank everybody for their support, This is the first time, really officially that we Maxi Priest

have collaborated with VP Records, which I call the home of reggae music, to do an official album. It was a wonderful experience and it was a great journey, and again I wanna thank everyone for their support. “Here we are kicking off the new year with a smash and a tour - back to Japan, back to Australia, Hawaii, and a few other places. We are just so glad for this whole vibe and really looking forward to this tour. When we hit the stage we just have a ball.”

and some are but a memory. Randa The Singing Tour Guide serenades passengers, as researcher/driver Monique Boucher cruises through the city streets. They dig up the dirt on who played at these venues, what type of music you would have heard over the years and any juicy stories that are too good not to be told. “You can hear me singing songs from The Valentines with our own Bon Scott, Johnny Young, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Orbinson, Bob Dylan to name a few,” Khamis says. “The show goes for 90 minutes and by the end you feel like you’ve learnt a lot more about Perth while having a great time being taken back in time and reliving what was going on musically.” With shows selling out fast, four new shows have been added on ThursdayFriday, February 4-5; Sunday, February 7, and Wednesday, February 10, all at 6.30pm. Tickets are available from fringeworld.com.au.

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so I had to pinch some of his good vibes. The live band I assembled are good friends, so I felt obliged to give them a part or two. Tim Stacey plays maracas on the title track. Glen Adams plays some guitar and Shane Cross tracked bass for a song. There was no brief, other than to let rip.

Despedida In what will be his farewell to Perth, Trevor Bryan Cotton launches his debut solo album, Electric Spanish, on Friday, January 29, with support from Surf Rabbits and The Limbs. BOB GORDON has a little chat with him.

Your album launch is also your farewell to Perth, that’s quite a mix of emotions... Trevor Bryan Cotton, TBC

How long has this album, Electric Spanish, been in the making, do the songs go back a ways? The song choices were plucked from 10 years of writing. The recording process began early 2014. I gave myself a week off to concentrate on doing as much as possible. Choosing to engineer it - and record it to 2” - made for a huge workload, but about three-quarters of the tracking was done then. Day jobs get in the way of artistic glory so the mixing, vocals and guest parts were chipped away until recently. Describe the moods and themes you say have been designed for this album? I don’t claim to have had any grand vision of a theme. The ordering of songs on an album is as important as the songwriting itself. If you hope for others to take half an hour out of their day to listen to a whole set of songs, it needs some ebb and flow. I did find though, that I’d adopted a bit of ‘Western’ into my sound. My main guitar is a Gibson ES-335, which is an ‘Electric Spanish’ model, so it just tickled my funny bone to name it after the instrument.

It hasn’t quite hit me yet. I moved a great deal before I settled here in ‘87, so it’s in my blood. It’ll hit me hardest after the move. Are there musical plans within your move to Melbourne? The move to Melbourne is literally in search of greener pastures. Yumi and I are looking for a fertile place to successfully grow enough food to feed ourselves and guests, including those staying at the studio that I’ll be building on the site. And I’ll never stop playing live, so there’s that fertile scene to join too.

Who plays on the album and what was your brief to them? Well, after I had knocked off the drums and most of the guitars in that first week I got Andy Bartlett involved. Apart from his great skill as keyboardist he is a musical genius,

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Steve Parkin, WA Loves David Bowie fires fundraiser

A number of WA musicians have banded together to help raise money for areas affected by the devastating bush fires, by releasing covers of some classic David Bowie tunes. Artists who have joined in on the brilliant campaign - started by Steve Parkin, who himself covers Heroes - where they were challenged to create covers within three hours include Tomás Ford (TVC15), Josh Johnstone (Modern Love), The Belle Ends (I’m Afraid Of Americans), Glenn Musto (Young Americans), Tessa Davis (Space Oddity), Justin Burford (Quicksand), Mark Hosking (Under Pressure), Steve Hensby (Life On Mars) and many more. Following the recent Southbound fire appeal show which raised over $150,000 (after the annual festival was cancelled at the last minute), WA artists are now asking people to donate $5 for the songs available for free on

SoundCloud, which will go towards the fire relief appeal in Yarloop and Waroona where locals have lost their homes. To listen to all Bowie covers and for information on how to donate head to soundcloud.com/ davidbowiewemissyou. A WA Loves David Bowie Facebook page has also just been started.

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THE 1975 Japanese Wallpaper HBF Stadium Saturday, January 23, 2016 The 1975 is a band that seemed to have snuck in the alternate rock scene overnight. One day a black-and-white film clip appeared on YouTube of four boys singing about girls that smelt like chocolate and everything else about their sound clicked perfectly. The upbeat guitar riffs and the rich British vocals ignited a small love affair inside me, so naturally a live performance had to be experienced. The HBF Stadium was a strange venue for choice as I felt a light nostalgia of high school swimming carnivals and its seating areas looking sadly sparse. The standing section was packed out nicely with a majority of young teenage girls, which became apparent with their high pitched squeals every time the lead singer said ‘hello’. However, at this stage they were subdued and gently caressed by the placid cool songs of support act Japanese House. There was so much simplicity and easiness about their set. Basic and minimalist staging made us focus so much more on our meek lead singer. Her vocals were reminiscent of singing through a fan as it created this reverb-y and calming effect. Cool Blue was a favourite but was sad not to see them end with Forces and for the drummer to leave stage before the song had even finished.

Our lead act finally made their entrance with a increasing static noise that grew with the crowds anticipation. Greeted by squealing teens, the band made their relaxed and charismatic entrance with the drummer coming on topless. They smashed through a few songs without even an introduction and came to realize it was really about the music. The live saxophone in Heart Out was a big winner in my eyes as it saw them embrace what alternative Pic: Andrew Brisoe

rock could really allow them to do. My personal favourite, Menswear was everything I expected and more, with a completely instrument based intro for two-thirds of the song as lead singer Matthew Healy sat having a cigarette and a red wine before he was needed for his one stanza. As the night came to a close a chant of ‘We want Sex’ started up and they closed on the perfect high of Chocolate and Sex with everyone “jumping around like a bunch of wankers” which the lead singer was pleased to see. 10/10, would recommend again. Great performers. Great musicians. MIA CAMPBELL-FOULKES

JOHN BUTLER TRIO Koi Child Belvoir Amphitheatre Friday, January 22, 2016 Local openers Koi Child were the surprise package of the night. Though they didn’t draw a massive crowd to their early slot, they still managed to bring about a spirit and excitement to a lacklustre amphitheatre. Running through Wumpa Fruit, the smooth bass grooves hit a thick dub melody with MC Shannon Patterson showing sharp mic skills. The timing changed and the band’s genre snaps back and forth on stage were impressive and instantly engaged the audience; it was impossible to tell where the songs would travel to next. Running off with their latest single 1-5-9, their short set was a genuine treat for early arrivals. It’s typically difficult to describe a John Butler Trio gig as anything but a party, but three songs deep in their set and there wasn’t a spark to be seen. The band members appeared disconnected from each other and those watching. The crowd chatter rising above the speaker stacks was telling, and it was looking like a dud night was a certainty. While the slow building resonance of John Butler’s 12-string began to grasp the audience’s attention, the drop into the fastpaced triplet of Betterman, Used To Get

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High and Pickapart finally let things gel. The trio appeared to instantly loosen into wild, freestyle playing that lit up the stage and the attendees’ faces.

Interestingly, although Butler is most known for the acoustic style that has built the majority of his catalogue, it’s his wailing electric six-string sound and power on Blame It On Me that proved to be the set highlight, as the trio feasted on each other’s cues to create a swirling and contagious energy that drew the floor in and refused to let go. As they took the night out with surefire pleasers in Better Than and Zebra, watching the trio lead an almighty singalong and create a mess of dancing bodies it was evident their party vibe is still there; it just took a little longer to come out on this night. MARK BERESFORD

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Return Of The Scoundrels Melbourne rockers Dallas Crane return to WA for shows on Thursday, March 17, at the Prince of Wales, Bunbury; Friday, March 18, at the Indi Bar and Saturday, March 19, at Amplifier. STEVE BELL reports. Melbourne-bred guitar band Dallas Crane left a big mark on the national scene in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, the four-piece priding themselves on their fierce live show and backing that up with an equally unrelenting work ethic. After an exhaustive decade on the road (during which they released four albums) they went on hiatus around 2006, reappearing sporadically — like when The Who asked them on the road in 2009 — but they seemed done and dusted as a recording entity. Then in 2014 a slightly rejigged version of the band began working on a new album and last year saw the release of Scoundrels, an album as surprising for its strength after the extended absence as much as its very existence. The band, it seems, felt that there was unfinished business to attend to. “Where we left it with Factory Girls (2006) and I guess the way we stepped away from the band the first time, Pete (Satchell, guitar/vocals) and I just felt — without going into any boring details — that it could have been better and we didn’t want that to be the last

Gear and tech reviews by Chris Gibbs

PEARL ANARCHY BELL COWBELL Pearl have very little to say about the Anarchy Bell on their website other than that this model features ‘brutal, cutting tone’. Interestingly enough, that doesn’t appear to be the big selling point of this cowbell. One of the biggest challenges when integrating a cowbell into a drum performance or using it as a separate percussion instrument is getting it to tonally sit within the music. This is equally as challenging on recordings and often, careful microphone placement, some muting with gaffa tape, and a deft touch is required to get everything grooving. Not so with this little terror. Despite the name, marketing and awesome look akin to a fashion accessory from the Mad Max films, this has got to be the most even, robust and pleasant-sounding cowbells I have ever heard. It’s perfect for recording as the frequency and volume output is much more controlled than other models. It sits perfectly with the volume range of a standard drum kit

thing we did,” reflects frontman, Dave Larkin. “We were both still writing actively with our other projects, and we just thought, ‘You know, nothing’s really going to have as good a chance at getting out there unless we do it under the Dallas Crane name’, so we decided to see if we had anything left just to put a new finish on it, I guess. Finish on a bit more of our own terms. “Back then we were coming out through Alberts and Sony and there were so many people signing off on everything we did, and it kinda got a bit crap, to be honest. We were losing the fun bit of being in a band so we just had to clean out the possums in the roof and just get back to what’s important.” Scoundrels finds Dallas Crane stretching out, developing their aesthetic without abandoning what made them so good in the first place. “We wanted to evolve the band’s sound, but we’ve never been about sitting down and trying to get on triple j or anything like that,” Larkin laughs. “Essentially we’re a guitar band and that’s the shit we love the most, and with Pete and I coming back to the band from different places, songs were coming from different places than we were used to with old Dallas Crane. We were just a little bit more free with it, it was good.”

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TO UR S THIS FORTNIGHT LOUISE LOVE 27 Mojo’s Bar BOY & BEAR 30 Red Hill Auditorium JAMES BAY 30 Fremantle Arts Centre LOU BARLOW 30 Mojo’s Bar NICK OFFERMAN 2 & 3 Astor Theatre KEVIN HART 3 Perth Arena IRISH MYTHEN 3 Prince of Wales 4 Four5Nine Bar 5 The Oddfellow 7 Redcliffe on the Murray JIMMY CARR 3 Riverside Theatre SASKWATCH 4 Settlers Tavern 5 Clancy’s Dunsborough 7 Mojo’s Bar TEX PERKINS 6 Fremantle Prison NATHAN HAWES 7 Astor Lounge THE SEARCHERS 7 Albany Entertainment Centre SIMPLY RED with NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 9 Kings Park & Botanic Garden FEBRUARY 2016 SIMPLY RED with NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 10 Kings Park & Botanic Garden SOILWORK 10 Rosemount Hotel MAXI PRIEST 10 Astor Theatre WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE 11 Octagon Theatre, UWA NIGHTMARES ON WAX 11 Chevron Festival Gardens JOSE GONZALEZ 12 Chevron Festival Gardens SPIDERBAIT 12 Metropolis Fremantle DIANA KRALL 13 Kings Park & Botanic Garden ILLY 13 Capitol FAT FREDDY’S DROP 13 Red Hill Auditorium 14 Clancy’s Dunsborough THIEVERY CORPORATION 13 Chevron Festival Gardens LANEWAY FESTIVAL ft. THE SMITH STREET BAND, GRIMES, HERMITUDE, FLUME, CHVRCHES, DIIV & more 14 Esplanade Reserve, Fremantle WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS 14 Chevron Festival Gardens THE TRIFFIDS 15 Chevron Festival Gardens WAXAHATCHEE 16 Chevron Festival Gardens HIGH ON FIRE 17 Rosemount Hotel DUB PISTOLS 17 Chevron Festival Gardens KEV CARMODY 18 Chevron Festival Gardens BANANARAMA with WANG CHUNG 19 Astor Theatre BAND OF BROTHERS 19 & 20 Chevron Festival Gardens THE SWORD 19 Rosemount Hotel DIESEL 20 Rosemount Hotel 30

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JOSE JAMES 20 Chevron Festival Gardens JOSH PYKE 20 Astor Theatre VIN GARBUTT 20 Fly by Night GORDAN BREGOVIC 21 Chevron Festival Gardens DARK MIRROR WHITE NOISE 22 Chevron Festival Gardens THE CHAOS RAIDS 23 Amplifier LEFTFIELD 23 Chevron Festival Gardens GBH 24 Rosemount Hotel THE NECKS & HAUSCHKA 24 Chevron Festival Gardens MARU TARANG 25 Chevron Festival Gardens BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME with CHON 25 Rosemount Hotel TINA ARENA 26 Perth Concert Hall LITTLE SIMZ 26 Chevron Festival Gardens EFFIE 26 & 27 Astor Theatre OCEAN COLOUR SCENE 27 Capitol TIM ROGERS & THE BAMBOOS 27 Chevron Festival Gardens A$AP ROCKY 28 Metro City MARLON WILLIAMS & THE YARRA BENDERS 28 Chevron Festival Gardens JOHANN JOHANNSSON 29 Chevron Festival Gardens MARCH 2016 BELINDA CARLISLE with PSEUDO ECHO 1 Astor Theatre NATALIE PRASS 1 Chevron Festival Gardens DAWN FRENCH 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Riverside Theatre PEKING DUK 2 Metro City ROB THOMAS with PETE MURRAY 2 Kings Park & Botanic Gardens SUFJAN STEVENS 2 Red Hill Auditorium SLEATER-KINNEY 2 Chevron Festival Gardens WE THE KINGS 3 Rosemount Hotel SEAN KUTI & EGYPT 80 3 Chevron Festival Gardens THE CAT EMPIRE 4 Fremantle Arts Centre 5 Three Oceans Winery 6 Castelli Estate Winery IBEYI 4 Chevron Festival Gardens KERSER 4 Metropolis Fremantle NEIL MURRAY 4 Fly by Night ART VS SCIENCE 5 Capitol G-EAZY 5 Villa JHENE AIKO 5 Metro City THE JEZABELS 5 Astor Theatre SAVIOUR 5 Amplifier TOTAL CHAOS 5 Rosemount Hotel HOUSE GOSPEL CHOIR 5 & 6 Chevron Festival Gardens ADAM BRAND & THE OUTLAWS 6 Ravenswood Hotel

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A$AP ROCKY, FEBRUARY 28 @ METRO CITY CARL COX 6 Red Hill Auditorium DANIEL CHAMPAGNE 6 Redcliffe on the Murray 8 Ellington Jazz Club 9 Mojo’s Bar 10 Settlers Tavern 11 York Palace Hotel 12 Prince of Wales PASSENGER 6 Fremantle Arts Centre ACTION BRONSON 7 Villa DJ MUSTARD 7 Metro City BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS 8 Kings Park & Botanic Gardens MARY BLACK 8 Astor Theatre SONGHOY BLUES 9 Astor Theatre FREDDIE GIBBS 10 Jack Rabbit Slim’s THE BEARDS 11 Bar Indigo 12 Rosemount Hotel 13 Wintersun Hotel STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES 11 Astor Theatre PALMS 12 Jack Rabbit Slim’s STRUNG OUT & PEARS 12 Amplifier 13 Prince of Wales TOM JONES 13 Kings Park & Botanic Gardens SEVENDUST 13 Capitol CALEXICO 16 Fremantle Arts Centre THE CHARLATANS 16 Capitol MIA DYSON 16 Mojo’s Bar YEO 18 Settlers Tavern 19 Jack Rabbit Slim’s WILLIAM SINGE 18 Amplifier ASH 19 Rosemount Hotel BUCKCHERRY 19 Metropolis Fremantle DALLAS CRANE 17 Prince of Wales 18 Indi Bar 19 Amplifier IAN MOSS 19 Astor Theatre PATRICK JAMES 19 Jimmy’s Den A DAY ON THE GREEN ft. HOODOO GURUS, SUNNYBOYS, VIOLENT FEMMES, DIED PRETTY & RATCAT 19 Kings Park & Botanic Garden COLD WAR KIDS 20 Metropolis Fremantle KASEY CHAMBERS 20 Ravenswood Hotel THE WAILERS 21 Astor Theare BRYAN ADAMS 21 Kings Park & Botanic Gardens LUKA BLOOM 22 Fly by Night THE SELECTOR 22 Rosemount Hotel WILEY 22 Capitol THE BUZZCOCKS 23 Rosemount Hotel STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 29 Capitol CITY & COLOUR 30 Red Hill Auditorium DON MCLEAN 30 Riverside Theatre

APRIL 2016 MELISSA ETHERIDE 1 Riverside Theatre NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 1 Crown Theatre THE BENNIES 2 Amplifier TAJ MAHAL 3 Astor Theatre

LOW 5 Mojo’s Bar GRAHAM BONNET 6 Amplifier SARAH MILLICAN 6 Octagon Theatre BRIAN WILSON 7 Riverside Theatre CALIGULA’S HORSE 9 Amplifier JAMIE LAWSON 9 Astor Theatre JIM JEFFERIES 9 Perth Arena NICO & VINZ 13 Villa ASKING ALEXANDRIA 13 Astor Theatre THE PROCLAIMERS 13 Perth Concert Hall BLACK SABBATH with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 15 Perth Arena CITY CALM DOWN 15 Jimmy’s Den 16 Mojo’s Bar DAMIEN LEITH 15 Astor Theatre GANG OF YOUTHS 16 Astor Theatre TUKA 22 Capitol THE STRANGLERS 23 Metropolis Fremantle TOMMY TIERNAN 25 Riverside Theatre MILLENCOLIN 26 Metropolis Fremantle SARAH BLASKO 30 Astor Theatre HILLTOP HOODS 30 Perth Arena MAY 2016 CELTIC THUNDER 7 Perth Arena HINDS 9 Rosemount Hotel IRON MAIDEN 14 Perth Arena THE SCREAMING JETS 14 Charles Hotel ELUVEITIE 17 Capitol TINASHE 26 Metro City BASEMENT 31 Amplifier JUNE 2016 CHERIE CURRIE 1 Rosemount Hotel IAN MOSS 2 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 4 Albany Entertainment Centre 5 Bunbury Entertainment Centre JOHN MELLENCAMP 14 HBF Stadium BLACK STONE CHERRY 29 Capitol WES CARR 30 Albany Entertainment Centre JULY 2016 WES CARR 2 Heath Ledger Theatre RUSSELL HOWARD 15 Riverside Theatre SEPTEMBER 2016 THE WHITLAMS 8 Rosemount Hotel FROM THE JAM 17 Capitol

OCTOBER 2016 THE LEVELLERS 12 Capitol

NOVEMBER 2016 ANDRE RIEU 3 Perth Arena THE MISSION 16 Capitol

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HIGH HORSE, THURSDAY 28

WE E K LY WEDNESDAY 27/01 BABUSHKA Bex’s Open Mic THE BIRD 2nd Birthday Rave ft. SNB Oh Gosh Gran Calavera The Deep End Collective CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Counterpoint Michael Wheatley Tease Mania FLY BY NIGHT Gaslight Club ft. Dirtwater Bloom THE GOOD SHEPHERD HOOD BURGER LANEWAY POP-UP INDI BAR Club Acoustica ft. David Mercy Hurb Jephasun Morganne Ebsary Minky G & Rosco MOJO’S BAR Louise Love Willow Akioka THE MOON CAFÉ Todd Pickett Lewis Rice-O’Donnell RODNEY’S BAIT & TACKLE Manhattan Hot Swing ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rock n Roll Karaoke with Magnus Danger Magnus SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic UNIVERSAL BAR What’s The Fuss THURSDAY 28/01 AMPLIFIER Last Night - Out of the Vault Fallout Party ft. Emberville We Run With Wolves Moments BABUSHKA Indigo Raksha Ah Trees Declan Florez Tashi & more THE BIRD Joel Barker & The Low Company High Horse Polly Medlen CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 DEFECTORS BAR Songwriters Club ft. Heathcote Blue Sam Blitvich Nyanda J. Ohkey Doke ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Sassafras Counterpoint Tease Mania HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN Open Mic ft. Tom Mantle The Meeck Irma Duo Monastery MOJO’S BAR Beachstreet Showcase ft. Childs Play POW! Negro Nectar Henry Kissinger Nick Danger Dangen NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club — Foo Fighters ft. The Stacked Actors OPAL BAR & LOUNGE Amanda Canzurlo Duo PRINCE OF WALES Morgan Bain

JEFF’S DEAD, FRIDAY 29

ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Cellophane The Damn Spirits Oh White Mare Small Batch Audio SETTLERS TAVERN Gavin Shoesmith Trio UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record FRIDAY 29/01 AMBAR THE XL ft. Chris Lorenzo AMPLIFIER The Naysayers Kitchen People Rag n Bone Dennis Cometti ARCADE Who Knows ft. Time Pilot ASTOR LOUNGE TBC The Limbs Surf Rabbits THE AVIARY Klean Kicks Tahni Bez BABUSHKA VYBZ ft. Souljah Captives Flex Earthlink Sound THE BIRD Mining Tax Heebiejeebies Bahasa Malay Band CAPITOL CLIQUE CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CIVIC HOTEL Shred Factory The Artfuls Icarus Lives Kraill CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Steve Parkin CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Minky G. & Rosco ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Sassafras Motown Party with Carrie Pereira FLYRITE SESSIONS FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Hot Chip Empress Of Touch Sensitive THE GAME SPORTS BAR Fat Joe THE GOOD SHEPHERD Throwback INDI BAR VDELLI JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Syndicate ft. Dubloadz Lumberjack JIMMY’S DEN Yiros MC The Sophists Soma Nodes & more THE LIBRARY SNEAKY MOJO’S BAR Galloping Foxleys The Southern River Band Kashikoi Jeff’s Dead POW! Negro NEWPORT HOTEL Rock The Mic THE ODD FELLOW Gold Suns Death Valley Sun Joanie Get Angry OPAL BAR & LOUNGE Matt Milford Trio ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rise from the Ashes – South West Fires Fundraiser ft. Tears for Atlantis Bayview Suspect Amongst the Dead Things Kripke’s Illusion Enemy for My Enemy Servus Sum Owed to Damnation

SETTLERS TAVERN Dilip n the Davs UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves YMCA HQ Sweet Oblivion – Waroona Fires Fundraiser ft. Last Lions Red Moon Puzzle Serena & Cait SATURDAY 30/01 AMBAR Japan 4 ft. Freestylers Philly Blunt Bezwun Invoker Jordan Scott ASTOR THEATRE Jay Prayzah The New Generation Band THE AVIARY Zel DNGRFLD Bfix BABUSHKA Electric Lotus ft. Goodnight Moon Fuzz Toads Villanova Junglenauts THE BIRD Phil Stroud AKIOKA DJ Ben M. DJ Mr. Sinclair CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CIVIC HOTEL Nails of Imposition Necromancer Psychonaut CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Justin Burford CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Duo Sao Paulo CLUB KAHUNA Coconut Club CONSERVATORY ROOFTOP BAR Addiction ft. Tom Love Koscha Poetickinetics Josh Ryan Chris Hardy Dom Rushton Danny Matthews Le3Roy ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Sassafras Mayko FLYRITE Father FRAYED Frayed FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE James Bay HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN Sascha Seabourne Palm Soma The Piscos The Kramers INDI BAR Blue Shaddy JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Abbe May Sex Panther Morgan Bain West Nile JIMMY’S DEN Obliteration Night MOJO’S BAR Lou Barlow Sophie Hopes Adem K. Peter Bibby OPAL BAR & LOUNGE Little Belle PRINCE OF WALES Dilip n the Davs RAILWAY HOTEL & SWAN HOTEL North Fremantle Pub Crawl ft. The Love Junkies Hideous Sun Demon Scalphunter Pat Chow Usurper of Modern

VERGE COLLECTION, SATURDAY 30

Medicine David Craft Verge Collection The Naysayers & more RED HILL AUDITORIUM Boy & Bear Art of Sleeping Montaigne RODNEY’S BAIT & TACKLE Huge Magnet DJ Jade ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Arkaik Gran Calavera Euph Gosun Confusious Skoptix Toby1k ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) 56 Hope Roads SETTLERS TAVERN Orquesta Yambeque UNIVERSAL BAR Soul Corporation VILLA Clubbers Guide to 2016 ft. KYRO A-TONEZ SUNDAY 31/01 AMPLIFIER Flyrite THE AVIARY Zel Klean Kicks BABUSHKA Cloning the Mammoth Petrichoral Tanayah Harper Goodnight Moon The Kramers CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Limelights Jazz DJ Boogie The Salt Shaker Selectors CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Morgan Bain CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Katie J. White ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jake Dennis & the Mint Jazz Band Michael Wheatley FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Sunday Music ft. Tom Fisher & The Layabouts INDI BAR Rasta Blasta ft. Zarm DJ Drummie Conscious One MARITIME MUSEUM Harbour Sundays ft. Catherine Traicos Lucy Peach DJ Peter Barr MOJO’S BAR Three Hands One Hoof NOODLE PALACE ROOFTOP Tomas Ford’s Crap Music Rave Party OPAL BAR & LOUNGE Amanda Canzurlo Duo RAILWAY HOTEL The Western Saloon ft. The Kill Devil Hills King of the Travellers Patient Little Sister Ralway Bell Tom Fisher & the Layabouts Simone & Girlfunkle The Little Lord Street Band Los Porcheros Stoney Joe Mossy Fogg Primal Vinyl Delilah Rose & the Gunslingers SETTLERS TAVERN Aiden Varro UNIVERSAL BAR Retrofit

AXE GIRL, FRIDAY 5

MONDAY 1/02 THE BIRD ‘Dissections’ Exhibition Opening Night CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Frankly Hank Harry Mitchell Trio MOJO’S BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia TUESDAY 2/02 ASTOR THEATRE Nick Offerman THE BIRD Magnolia’s Late Night Live CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Summer Songwriter Sessions ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Frankly Hank Bluegrass Parkway MOJO’S BAR Brain Caramel PERTH BLUES CLUB The Songs of Bob Dylan ft. Highway 61 Dom Zurzolo PICA GALLERIES 17 Border Crossings ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Simon Kelly’s Big Bamboo WEDNESDAY 3/02 ASTOR THEATRE Nick Offerman BABUSHKA Bex’s Open Mic ft. Sophie Hopes THE BIRD Pool Boy Childsaint Hip Priest Moistoyster Mining Tax CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Dinner is Served Junkadelic Tease Mania INDI BAR Club Acoustica MOJO’S BAR The Klatsch ft. KZNZA Maximum Perversion Dead End Brawler Blood Groove THE MOON CAFÉ Leah Miche Tanaya Harper PERTH ARENA Kevin Hart PICA GALLERIES 17 Border Crossings PRINCE OF WALES Irish Mythen RODNEY’S BAIT & TACKLE Manhattan Hot Swing ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rock n Roll Karaoke with Magnus Danger Magnus SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic THURSDAY 4/02 AMPLIFIER Last Night – Jurassic Party ft. Xenobiotic Dawn of Leviathan Push Me Under ASTOR LOUNGE Rory Thomas Lowe ASTOR THEATRE Alex Williamson BABUSHKA Young Robin Archer & Light Vibetribe Claisebrook

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CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 DEFECTORS BAR Songwriters Club ft. Segers Louis Inglis Kerry Fletcher-Bulman Jade Diary HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN Open Mic ft. Tom Mantle & guests MOJO’S BAR Marlinspike Moistoyster The Limbs The Kramers NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club — Michael Jackson ft. The Villains PICA GALLERIES 17 Border Crossings PRINCE OF WALES Ash Grunwald RODNEY’S BAIT & TACKLE The Lost Quays 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Irish Mythen Tashi ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Silent Deeds Slick Monks Nicky Sandover The Atlas Mountains SETTLERS TAVERN Saskwatch Verge Collection FRIDAY 5/02 AMBAR MONARCH ft. EKKO Sidetrack AMPLIFIER The Midnight Mules Goodnight Moon Max & The Electric Axe Girl ARCADE Who Knows ft. Hydraulix Mike de Wet Willco ASTOR LOUNGE Rory Thomas Lowe ASTOR THEATRE Alex Williamson THE AVIARY DJ Neil Viney Genga BABUSHKA Persona & Friends Empty Nodes Raksha THE BIRD Kitchen People Mining Tax Regular Boys CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CIVIC HOTEL Benefit Show ft. Live Wire CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Steve Parkin CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Saskwatch & guests INDI BAR VDELLI JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Bad Noose Fridays ft. Endless Heights Flowermouth Cellophane METRO CITY Father Takeover — Boot Camp METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Cup & String DJ Stacie Todd DJ Mishtee MOJO’S BAR Fisherman Style #116 THE ODD FELLOW Irish Mythen Tashi

TIRED LION SATURDAY 6

PICA GALLERIES 17 Border Crossings PRINCE OF WALES The Mexicans RODNEY’S BAIT & TACKLE Dilip n the Davs DJ Joe 19 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Iron Fist – Tribute to Lemmy SETTLERS TAVERN Ash Grunwald Morgan Bain SATURDAY 6/02 AMPLIFIER SPECTRUM ASTOR THEATRE The Searchers THE AVIARY Zel Ben Renna Bfix BABUSHKA TORNTS Kogz Rob Shaker MacShane FDEL DAZASTAH Intrusive Thoughts Bace Kadet Uncle Sam CAVES HOUSE HOTEL The Mexicans CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CLUB KAHUNA Coconut Club ELECTRIFIED EVENTS RAVE WARS FLYRITE Father FRAYED Frayed INDI BAR Bob Marley’s Waitangi Day Birthday Bash ft. Zarm Ben Merito JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Tired Lion Foam Hip Priest THE LEFT BANK The Pineapple Club METRO CITY Flosstradamus TroyBoi MOJO’S BAR Guilty Simpson Katalyst PICA GALLERIES 17 Border Crossings PRINCE OF WALES Blue Child Guthrie The Scared Rattler Callum Vincent ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Sub-Life ft. Jason Cambridge & more ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) 56 Hope Roads SETTLERS TAVERN The Katie J. White Band SWAN HOTEL The John Peel Experience The Caballeros VoxBox VILLA WLDBYZ Afterparty ft. Flosstradamus TroyBoi NGHTMRE SUNDAY 7/02 AMPLIFIER Flyrite ASTOR THEATRE Nathan Hawes THE AVIARY Zel Bfix BABUSHKA The Chlorines Dougal’s Casino Eteana & more THE BIRD Al Torcida KP

Henry Maxwell Naughty B. KZ the Boogieman Oh Gosh Summer Sound CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Limelights Jazz DJ Boogie The Salt Shaker Selectors CLANCY’S FREMANTLE WA Bushfire Fundraiser ft. Carus Thompson Junkadelic Dan Howler Datura4 Custom Royal Billie Rogers King of the Travellers Dirtwater Bloom The Southern River Band Stella Donnelly China Doll Tom Fisher FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Sunday Music ft. Mei Saraswati GLOUCESTER PARK We Care ft. Mental As Anything Reigan Derry Angry Anderson Dave Warner & Friends Daren Reid & the Soul City Groove INDI BAR Sca*Bra*Zil ft. Sambalicious MARITIME MUSEUM Harbour Sundays ft. Day of the Dead Surf Mist DJ Holly Doll MOJO’S BAR Saskwatch & guests RAILWAY HOTEL The Mexicans The U-Nites NBA Rastaz Oz Island Ngati Souljah Kaptivez & more REDCLIFFE ON THE MURRAY Irish Mythen Ash Grunwald RODNEY’S BAIT & TACKLE Gillian Moorman SETTLERS TAVERN Tracey Barnett YMCA HQ Endless Heights Flowermouth Idle Eyes Apollo Zen Push Me Under MONDAY 8/02 CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Quiz Night CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Shanty Club ft. The Lost Quays MOJO’S BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Triva TUESDAY 9/02 CITY OF STIRLING Summerset Arts Festival 2016 CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Summer Songwriter Sessions MOJO’S BAR South West Fires Fundraiser ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Simon Kelly’s Big Bamboo 31