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NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK

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JIMMY WATTS – NATIONAL TOUR Brisbane-based Jimmy Watts and his band are off on a national tour in support of their upcoming new five track EP, February’s Drought.

The WA leg of their tour will launch at Caves House Hotel in Margaret River, on Wednesday, April 6; Beaufort Street Songwriters Club (Defector’s) on Thursday April 7, a private House Concert in Canning Vale on Friday, April 8, and the Provincial Hotel in Geraldton on Saturday, April 9.

February’s Drought is available through Bad Octopi Records.

Jimmy Watts

BADGE OF HONOUR VIDEO AND NATIONAL TOUR

KARNIVOOL ANNOUNCE SURPRISE INTIMATE WA SHOWS ARIA award-winning heavy metal giants Karnivool are excited to announce a series of intimate headline shows in their home state of WA. Fans will be the first to hear Karnivool’s brand new material, played live for the very first time.

Their tour will kick off at The Wintersun in Geraldton on Wednesday, April 13; the Pier Hotel, Port Hedland on Friday, April 15; the Tambrey Centre in Karratha on Saturday, April 16; a few weeks away in South Africa, then some wind-down shows at the Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, on Wednesday, April 27, and Badlands (formerly Devilles) on Thursday, April 28.

Tickets are available now. For more information on their tour and tickets, check out Oztix.com.au

WEEDEATER & CONAN TOGETHER AT LAST

Perth progressive metallers Chaos Divine have just released a striking new video for Badge Of Honour, the second single from their third album, Colliding Skies. They also have an upcoming national tour scheduled, with the Perth leg of the tour taking place at Amplifier Bar on Saturday, April 9.

Having supported for the likes of Slayer, Fear Factory, Tesseract, Trivium, Between The Buried And Me, Dark Tranquillity and more, Chaos Divine have solidified their position as one of Australia’s top-tier metal acts. For ticketing info, check out: firestartermusic. net.

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US trio Weedeater are set to bring their brand of stoner sludge to Australia and New Zealand in July, rounding off the jaunt at the Rosemount Hotel on Sunday, July 17. Brutallist UK outfit, Conan, will be joining them for the heavy ride. Tickets are available from lifeisnoise.com, oztix.com.au and the Rosemount Hotel.

Weedeater

STILLWATER RUNS DEEP Perth’s own four piece indie rockers, Stillwater Giants, are set to launch their new single, Montage, at Mojos Bar in Fremantle on Friday, April 29.

Stillwater Giants have warmed the stage for the likes of The Delta Riggs, Birds Of Tokyo, Stonefield, Bell Park Music, British India and The Rubens, and have also had the honour of being the first band to play at Perth Arena.

Support acts and ticket prices TBA. Stillwater Giants

DISTURBED ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR FOR NOVEMBER Multi-platinum hard rock band Disturbed, with special guests Twelve Foot Ninja, will be touring Australia in November. The WA leg of their tour will take place at HBF Stadium on Wednesday, November 9. Fans are sure to be treated to new Disturbed tracks like The Vengeful One, The Light, and their cover of The Sound Of Silence, plus old favourites such as Stricken and Down With The Sickness. Tickets will be on sale from Friday, April 8.

For more information, hit up frontiertouring.com.

PERTH WRITERS FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENT Spend an evening with American author, Jonathan Franzen, as he appears on stage for an intimate conversation and Q&A in a special out-of-season Perth Writers Festival event, taking place in the Winthrop Hall at UWA on Saturday, May 28, from 7pm.

Best known for The Corrections, Franzen released his fourth novel Freedom in 2010 to great acclaim from readers and critics alike. His latest book Purity (2015) is a dark story of youth, infidelity, and murder.

Bookings for this event can be made via perthfestival.com.au.

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Disturbed

THE DEVIL IS 10 Perth heavy rockers The Devil Rides Out have announced a massive local show to celebrate their forthcoming 10th anniversary. Fittingly conceived on the June 6, 2006, the party is scheduled to go down at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, June 3, and will mark the end of a year-long break and return of drummer, Nathan Sproule. Doom rockers Puck, future-retro, punk outfit Quakes and psych-doom act Giant Dwarf get the party going before The Devil Rides Out roll through a set that will include the heavy hits from the past 10 years.

Front Cover: Grace Barbe, Benjamin Witt Band, Bucket, Davey Craddock , Jacob Diamond, Joni in the Moon, Merindas, HEEBIEJEEBIES, Tired Lion, Turnstyle, Skullcave, Verge Collection, Fat Sparrow and Helta Skelta will perform at RTRFM’s In The Pines, at the Somerville Auditorium, UWA, on Sunday, April 24.

Scene Cover: Tinpan Orange kick off their Love Is A Dog national album tour with appearances at the Fairbridge Festival on April 15-17, returning for a headline show on Saturday, June 4, at the Fly By Night Club.

The Devil Rides Out | Pic: Rachael Barrett

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THE SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL The Spanish Film Festival returns to Cinema Paradiso from April 21 until May 11, presenting a selection of gems from across Spain and Latin America. The festival opens with Spanish Affair 2, the sequel to the record-breaking Spanish Affair. Comedic highlights include Isla Bonita, whilst dramatic highlights include Truman and Embrace The Serpend. We have five double passes to give away.

STRETCH The director of Smokin’ Aces brings you into the world of Stretch (Patrick Wilson), a hardon-his luck Hollywood limo driver with a dark past. When Stretch is in need of quick cash to pay back his debts to a notorious gangster, he takes a job with a billionaire client in hopes of a big payday. His client’s eccentricities soon escalate into a wild night of adventure, sex, and danger which begins to make the fate of returning to the mob empty-handed seem reasonable.

With an all-star cast featuring Ed Helms, Brooklyn Decker and Jessica Alba, you won’t want to miss out on the ride of a lifetime. Available on April 13, we have five DVD copies to give away.

THE HUNTSMAN Discover the story that came before Snow White. Chris Hemsworth and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron return to their roles from Snow White And The Huntsman, joined by Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain.

We have five in-season double passes to give away.

7 CHINESE BROTHERS Larry (Jason Schwartzman: The Grand Budapest Hotel) is content with his dog Arrow and booze, barely tolerating anything or anyone else. His marginally successful relationships include his grandmother, who keeps him afloat financially, and his best friend Norwood (Tunde Adebimpe: Rachel Getting Married), who provides an offbeat and quirky brand of comedy. 7 Chinese Brothers showcases all that may be needed to help a person get unstuck in life: love (or an unrequited crush), friendship (or someone your family likes better than you) and your family (or in this case, a grandmother who will support you whenever you get fired from a job). Available on April 13, we have five DVD copies to give away.

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BEN & JERRY’S OPEN AIR CINEMA Win one of five double passes to How to Be Single at Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas!

Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas are back in East Perth for music by day and movies by night. To celebrate, they’re offering X-Press Magazine fans five double passes to this hilarious new film starring Rebel Wilson and Dakota Johnson. There’s no better way to watch it than on the lawn with ice cream in hand. To win, tell us what is your favourite funny movie and we’ll pick our favourites. Try your luck and get excited for a fun evening under the stars!

THE BOSS Win one of five double passes to the Perth preview of The Boss on Tuesday, April 12, at Event Cinemas Innaloo. Academy Award®-nominated star Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, The Heat, Tammy) headlines The Boss as a titan of industry who is sent to prison after she’s caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America’s latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget. In cinemas April 14.

TYGA TOUR The Rawwest Alive Tour 2016 heads to HBF Stadium on Friday, April 15, starring internationally-acclaimed rapper Tyga. Since his debut album, No Introduction, in 2008, Tyga has gone from strength to strength. His hard work has led to collaborations with artists such as Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg and Drake, with hits such as Ayo, Rack City, Hookah, and Ride Out. We have five single passes to give away, PLUS one meet-andgreet pass!

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RTRFM IN THE PINES Twenty Tree Our favourite annual RTRFM event, In The Pines, returns to Somerville Auditorium, UWA, on Sunday April 24. BOB GORDON chats to RTRFM Operations & Volunteer Manager, Chris ‘The Chief’ Wheeldon about this year’s installment (the 23rd, no less).

Chief, you’re an old hand at In The Pines, but this is the first time you’ve programmed the bloody thing. What was it like putting it together and what did you want to achieve or evoke with the line-up?

It is pretty surreal, to be honest. As a cardigan-wearing 15 yearold spending my weekends at 78’s and House Of Wax and then seeing shows at the Grosvenor and Planet Nightclub I always wanted to work for RTRFM and be in charge of something like Pines... now I am.

Putting it together is a collaborative process.

I put together a team of WA music heads to discuss whom we like and who would fit the line-up and then we work from there. It’s a combination of who our presenters have been playing on the station and who has been exciting Perth audiences around town.

I don’t think we try to evoke anything with the line up other than making sure we give a snapshot of the WA music scene over the last year and for a bit of fun we chuck in some old bands to get the old buggers out of their house for the afternoon.

There’s a few classic Perth acts on the bill, how do you work those sorts of reformations, given timing is everything?

All you can do it ask. Caitlin (Nienaber, Breakfast host) does a great segment on Tuesday mornings called The Land That Time Forgot, where she and Ross Chisholm - legend - go back in time and talk about some older Perth bands.

They did an episode on Bucket which received a bit of attention so I thought I may as well ask. Bucket were a band I just missed as a kid but loved them from afar. So I asked and Andy (Powell, vocals/ guitar) was more then happy to see if it could work. Took him about a day and we were sorted.

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Similar to Kim Salmon, we got very lucky that he was in town for his album launch at the same time and was more then happy to come along and play. I know we have been trying to land Kim for a few years but timings just didn’t work - I got lucky.

been great to see Hayley Beth progress as a musician. Hussy will be a heap of fun, if not very nervous and The PissedColas may make a few people pay attention.

It’s all going to be good. I’d say if you don’t come to Pines, see all these bands anyway. Better than watching TV.

What do you think it means to an artist/ band to be invited on to the In The Pines line-up?

I would hope that it is a massive privilege to be asked. I’ve never been a musician but if I was, Pines would be the one I’d want to play.

More so than that, though, I hope they take it as a sign that what they are doing as artists is resonating with people.

I know it can be tough as local musicians, playing to small crowds and fighting the good fight but not quite being able to ‘crack’ it. Pines, for many, is the pinnacle and I think it is a hell of a good pinnacle.

For those that have cracked it and come back, that means so much to the station to tell us that what we do is important for this scene and the people that make it.

Other than new stationery, what does In The Pines mean to RTRFM? It means a lot. It is very important in terms of financial budgets and cash flow half way through the year but that is all boring stuff.

Mainly it is a celebration of what we do as a station. Our mission is to support and make sure local music is championed the way it is supposed to be.

That sounds like strategic planning talk of someone who has worked in a not-forprofit for five years, but it is true.

RTRFM changes weekly and what we do as a station needs to constantly evolve. Events come and go, shows come and go, staff come and go but for 23 years In The Pines has been the one way for us to get out of the studio and put it into an event.

personalities.

We have had a number of presenters move on in recent months which is always a blow but we have new people coming through making sure the station is in good hands.

I urge people to keep listening and supporting us through our events and subscriptions. Perth is and always has been pretty bloody amazing and I like to think RTRFM is a big part of that.

In The Pines happens on Sunday April 24, from 11am-10pm, at Somerville Auditorium, UWA. It stars the Benjamin Witt Band, Bucket, Davey Craddock & The Spectacles, Fat Sparrow, Grace Barbe AfroKreol, HEEBIEJEEBIES (Hayley Beth), Helta Skelta, HUSSY, Jacob Diamond, Joni in the Moon, Kim Salmon, Merindas, Peter Bibby, The Pissedcolas, Radarmaker, Skullcave, Tired Lion, Turnstyle, Verge Collection and The Wheelers of Oz. Pre-sale tickets are available from Highgate Continental, Diabolik, 78 Records, Mills Records and Noise Pollution Records.

The splendour that is RTRFM’s In The Pines

For those who are new to the Perth music scene, what acts would be your go-to’s on the day?

All of them! Come on Bob, don’t ask me to choose.

I’m not asking...

I’m really keen to catch the Merindas in a setting that is a little different for them plus they are debuting a whole heap of new songs with Guy Ghouse on guitar. Verge Collection have been a favourite of mine since they kicked off, so they will be grand. Bucket and Radarmaker of course. HeebieJeeBees have something amazing lined up and it has

It’s also a great chance to hang out in a very cool setting, a space we activated long before it was a buzz word.

What else is coming up for the station in 2016?

Now that would be telling.

Well you’re not here for a haircut, Chief...

We have some really cool things coming up in terms of events, including something in June that we are very excited about. We are also always doing new things on air. We have new presenters coming through all the time who bring something new to the station with their music tastes and

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TRIVIUM

THE DRONES

Snow Wise Florida headbangers Trivium perform at Metropolis Fremantle on Sunday, April 10. SHANE PINNEGAR reports.

Groove Is In The Heart Touring in support of their new album, Feelin Kinda Free, The Drones hit the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, April 30, with support from Benjamin Witt. HANNAH STORY chats with vocalist/ guitarist, Gareth Liddiard.

It is 38 degrees in Gareth Liddiard’s home in Nagambie, Victoria. The air-conditioner is broken, and no one can come to fix it for a week.

“It’s shit.”

So begins our chat with The Drones frontman — it’s casual, littered with ‘fuckens’ and ‘kindas’. His distinctly Australian drawl is warm, literally and figuratively.

Liddiard describes the new Drones album, Feelin Kinda Free, their seventh, as groovy...

“There’s more, I don’t know how to say it, without sounding like a granddad, but it has more groovy beats.” He laughs.

It’s a direction that comes as reaction to what they’ve done before, and the fact that “We spend half our time listening to shit like James Brown or Wu-Tang Clan or Missy Elliott anyway, so it was like ‘Let’s try and make people dance’.”

To make a groovy record he says they turned the drums up. “Usually we went

BLACK SABBATH Fini They invented heavy metal way back in 1969 but now Black Sabbath are calling it quits. MARK HEBBLEWHITE speaks to riffmeister extraordinaire Tony Iommi ahead of their show at Perth Arena on Friday, April 15.

When veteran metal bands claim that they are ‘retiring’ eyebrows are often raised.

In Black Sabbath’s case this is particularly pertinent. Ozzy Osborne first ‘retired’ in the early 1990s and after many decades of saying that there would never be a new Sabbath album 2013 brought us 13. So is the band’s current claims that this is indeed their final ever tour sincere or just a case of clever marketing?

“I don’t think you’ve ever really heard that ‘this is the end’ in the past,” says a very determined Iommi. “This is the end definitely, we’ve had a great run but you have to stop somewhere. With my illness (in 2012 Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma) I can’t work to the level I did before. I have to think about that, and as much as I love to play I can’t handle the actual touring anymore. I have to play it safe now, and we all talked about it and we decided that this would be the last tour and the last time we’ll be playing live in Australia.

“Don’t get me wrong, there’s no problem with the shows, the band has been sounding great - but it’s the rest of the stuff 10

and did everything based around the sort of Iggy & The Stooges thing where you just crank the shit out of the guitars, and you can’t really hear the drums. But then if you listen to something like Talking Heads or Joy Division or anything like that, the drums are really loud, and that’s not even stuff like Missy Elliott or hip hop. You just do that, and then you go for a groovy beat. We’ve always avoided grooves, because people would enjoy them too much. It’s worked out well because it meant we still had an extra round in the chamber, because sooner or later we’re going to run out of ideas I’m sure.”

It’s a playful record too: “Music really should be playful otherwise it’s just really earnest and dull and doesn’t have any spirit. It’s boring,” Liddiard says. He says you can find your muse “everywhere”, “in a bottle of scotch or in a partner or a friend or in some sort of abstract idea of your favourite writer from the 19th century.

“If you’re not dead you should be able to find something that will inspire you, otherwise you must be really dull. That’s what I think. Because there’s so much shit out there that’s weird and wacky, and now you can just get on Google and within five or 10 minutes you should be able to find something that’ll stimulate your imagination.”

Calling from Fresno, California, Trivium bass player, Paulo Gregoletto, says the band are “stoked” to get to Australia, and with their new album, Silence In The Snow, being hailed as a modern metal masterpiece, they’re feeling mighty validated after 18 years on the scene.

“Yeah, it’s awesome that it’s been so well-received,” Gregoletto enthuses. “You go into making a record, you want to make it the best you can. You want to try to make every record really stand out, but with this one, we were really adamant that we stuck to our guns with how we wanted the album to sound, how we wanted it to come together, and each song we put on the record. So far, it’s been doing great.

“Here in the States, we’ve had some of our best radio success that we’ve ever had, and that’s kind of a new thing for us, because we’re seven albums in and it’s not an easy thing to break at radio in America.

We just stuck with it, and our song, Until The World Goes Cold, is just about to be a Top 10 single (since talking, the single climbed to #10 in America). It’s crazy to be this far into the career and still have to be breaking down barriers and doing new things.”

The cover art for Silence In The Snow is so striking we had to ask for the story behind it.

“We decided on it maybe about a year-and-a-half ago,” explains Gregoletto. “We were on tour, and I think I was talking to Matt (Heafy, vocals) about it, and we were saying that we’d always had the Trivium logo, but we wanted to make something that sort of personified the band. We decided, ‘why don’t we hit up a tattoo artist, Khalil, whose specialty is Japanese art?’ He designed his own skull for us.

“Then we decided we were going to use it for the album cover, but instead of just having a drawing, we had actual masks made of it. We had four different colours made, and

we gave them to a friend who was going to do all the artwork and do the videos, and he did a bunch of test shots. He did white-onblack, black-on-white, all this different stuff, even textured covers, like a snow thing that he used. The white-on-white just ended up being the most simple but effective cover.

When we had that first show up in the inbox, everyone was like, ‘yeah, that’s going to be the album cover’.”

JARON FREEMAN FOX Leader Of The Opposition

So enthused is Jaron Freeman Fox and the Opposite of Everything about their second Australian tour, the group worked hard on an Ontario five-piece ensemble, Jaron exclusive album for their Australian fans.

Freeman Fox And The Opposite of “I had a pretty intense experience Everything, play at Clancy’s Fremantle finishing recording, within a two-week period, in between that I find it difficult to deal with - on Thursday, April 7; Clancy’s I had 72-hour increments of not sleeping at all Dunsborough on Sunday, April 10; especially travelling late at night.” and working on the album for this Australian Although he’s enjoyed the first Ellington Jazz Club on Tuesday, April 12; tour and it is an exclusive Australian tour album, North American leg of the tour Iommi admits the Indi Bar on Wednesday, April 13, and which we are super excited about. that playing in Australia is always special the Fairbridge Festival, Friday-Sunday, “It has been a nice change as I have for him. After confirming that the band April 15-17. TIM MAYNE reports. been on tour for three years since our last intends to play the same set list that have album. been wowing fans from Toronto to Houston Jaron Freeman Fox has been described by “I grew up on the West Coast of (with the long neglected likes of After sections of the world’s music press as Tom Canada and we feel pretty separate from the Forever and Hand Of Doom making a welcome Waits or Jimi Hendrix with a fiddle. rest of the country, so I am pretty excited that return) Iommi shares some of his favourite The folk fusion artist says the we get to make our music out in your neck of memories of Australia. comparison is flattering and a little confusing the woods.”

“We first came down to Australia but says his group is simply communicating For those who have not experienced very early in our career,” he says. “I’ve got a through the medium they know best. a show by Jaron and his four-piece ensemble, lot of great memories of Australia but one in “I feel flattered by those comparisons, Jaron sums the group’s shows in one word. particular I’ll never forget. Our first time there these guys are and have been heroes of mine.

“Maybe it’s not a marketable way of we played the Myponga festival - we had a I do think describing music by comparing it to saying it, but with this band it is defined by its fantastic time, the promoter treated us like other music is always going to feel strange, to unpredictability. gold and rented some cars for us which we approximate it by comparing it to other music.

“We have a real commitment and the were driving around on the beach. One of the “We play music because it is a show is influenced by the space we are in and cars got stuck with the tide coming in - so different way of communicating than the the people we are in front of.

I went down to try and tow it out and I got written word. To us creating music is everything “It ranges from boisterous, stuck. It was a bit embarrassing really trying and the best way to communicate with the psychedelic, gypsy, bluegrass hoedowns through to tell the promoter that ‘well there were four world, I mean how would you describe your to more orchestrated lyrical and hollering Tom cars but now two of them are underwater’ accent?

Waits tunes at the top of our lungs through to (laughs).”

“All I can says it that I love Hendrix an Afro-type rhythm. and Tom Waits and anyone who listens to those “But it is music that came to us by albums, would like my album.” accident, so to us it feels like one cohesive vibe.”

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ED KUEPPER

everything I do as ‘Ed Kuepper, the musician’ is an absolute pleasure — then fuck off, it’s really not the case. There’s a whole bunch of things that are a drag, but I have to do the grinding, boring stuff — because I still want to put music out.”

Then again, if things had worked out Creation Vs Collection differently back in the mists of time, none of it may have happened at all. As Kuepper reflects: By his own count, Ed Kuepper’s Lost “Oh I’ve often thought of walking away from it Cities is his 50th album. He — periods where you think you really should be tells ROSS CLELLAND that under doing something more sensible.

different circumstances, the number might have been a lot higher. Or could have stopped at three.

Even as he reaches album number 50, Ed Kuepper isn’t really expecting the gold watch in recognition of the landmark.

“I’m not even sure ‘the industry’ would even know. But if someone wants to debate the number, I don’t care — I’m the one keeping the books here,” he laughs dryly.

From the original Saints to a myriad of solo work that now includes the recent soundtrack for Last Cab To Darwin and his latest, Lost Cities — described as ‘soloorchestral’ in style — it’s quite a catalogue.

But he still wonders if he could have done more: “I might have hit the 50-mark sooner, if things had run smoother at various times - putting records out can get difficult when your label is collapsing underneath you.”

Faced with that some years back, Kuepper now runs his own Prince Melon imprint.

But control comes with trade-offs: “If people expect me to say that every minute of

GREEN BUZZARD

old Marvel comics. I even had a story for the character of Green Buzzard that I had created.

So I suppose the band started a few years ago, when I was living on my parents’ farm in Oberon.”

Road From Oberon NSW-based alternative rockers Green Buzzard have just released their debut EP, Eazy Queezy Squeezy, and will support DMA’s on Saturday-Sunday, June 4-5, at the Rosemount Hotel. RHYS TARLING reports.

Their first live performance at Civic Underground in Sydney was a success. “It was really packed with our friends, so the vibe was While they’re still a fairly new band, having good. It was a bit of a mad scramble to get the just released their first EP, Eazy Queezy show together though, as we released our first Squeezy, Green Buzzard are revelling in an single with our label before we even played a older sound from a specific era. show.”

“For the most part, Green Buzzard is Pic: Rachael Barrett Even so, as with most new bands, inspired by a lot of American ‘90s college radio the biggest hurdle for Green Buzzard to bands like Guided By Voices and Dinosaur Jr,” overcome is the process of gelling as an outfit.

“Although it’s probably too late to frontman, Patrick Harrowsmith, says. “I always “These things always take time. You can’t stop now, but when The Saints first broke up I had the idea for us to make music that has the just be a great band off the bat. You need to really did think that was the time to move into grow naturally with the people in your band something else.” There even was a Plan B: “I had older songwriting ‘bones’ and pop structure of British music and the gritty, fuzz-guitar sounds (James West, Huw Feral, Micky Grossman, and a ton of records, books, comics —and thought of a lot of ‘90s American bands.”

Dave Constable). Another challenge, I guess, is I’d just go into the selling of ‘rare stuff’. That Harrowsmith reveals that before working out how to play most of the songs live. lasted for a month or so.” Ed Kuepper, the quiet Don’t tell anyone, but I don’t even know how guy in the corner record shop who used to be in Green Buzzard was formed – and before a single song was written – he had the name of to play my guitar,” Harrowsmith laughs. a band? the band, the specific sounds for the first few The process of gelling together “Not even that — The Saints weren’t songs, and even some artwork. as a band must already be paying off, as even well-remembered when we broke up. But “I had worked out a lot of artwork for Harrowsmith admits, “My favourite song on our I decided I was more interested in creating than potential album covers. I feel that if you have an latest EP is the opening track, Digging A Hole. just collecting. Deciding I might be the worst idea for how the artwork of the album covers I’m pretty chuffed with how that song turned retailer outside of Black Books also did occur to look, you can come up with songs to match out.” me. So I started writing songs again.” the aesthetic. Visually, I was largely inspired by

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With most of their records being recorded in a matter of days, Human Performance is an entirely different beast for New York’s Parquet Courts. The quartet found themselves having stints at Sonelab studio and Wilco’s visionary studio The Loft, but the majority of Human Performance was made at a massive pentecostal church in upstate New York.

Human Performance finds the band questioning their humanity and whether they are being authentic or if life is just a performance. Dust not only probes at the question, but it does so with minimal lyrics, a clever melody and an unexpected slew of keyboards. Parquet Courts have often come across as brash punks with a knack for an energetic melody. Human Performance sees them add considerably to their sonic palette and they are all the better for it.

The ethereal voice of Emily Lubitz once again transfixes on Tinpan Orange’s latest, Love Is A Dog. The mesmerising, breathy warble helming the Melbourne three-piece’s folktinged escapades is the star of their fifth album, but there’s some earthy substance beneath the glossy surface, no doubt with partial thanks to co-production by The Cat Empire’s Harry James Angus and mixing by Adam Selzer (M Ward, Monsters Of Folk). The distinctly feminine musings in Rich Man are underpinned by moody piano and strings, loaded questions like ‘Am I old enough to be old?’ in Cities Of Gold intrigue and Lucky One’s meandering guitar noodles break up the tension.

Atomic is Mogwai’s third soundtrack, this time for a feature-length documentary decrying nuclear technology. Perhaps it’s the retrofuturistic angle of the doco’s subject matter, but there’s an increasing prevalence of electronic instruments, notably the twinkling harp noises on the optimistic opener, Ether.

Sounding like they’ve taken tips from former tour-buddies Fuck Buttons, Mogwai have failed to replicate their edginess and lost their trademark heaviness. This might have been “one of the most intense and fulfilling projects [they’ve] taken on”, according to band leader Stuart Braithwaite, but there is no proof of that in this pudding.

Having amassed a multitude of downloads on many platforms, Sweden’s Elliphant offers up some physical product with the album Living Life Golden. Elliphant isn’t averse to genre hoping throughout this LP, kicking things off with the slow burn of Step Down, before targeting the club scene with Azealia Banks adds her voice to the rap-based Everybody.

Adding to the list of big names is Skrillex, who puts his name alongside one of the most forgettable tracks in Spoon Me. Despite Elliphant having the chops to make some fine tunes, Living Life Golden manages to derail a pleasant enough collection of melodies with an abundance of high school level sexual innuendo.

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his most recent record, Leisure Panic, to showcase while Gow will hit the road with Oh Mercy’s four albums, most recently When We Talk About Love, clasped in hand. The huge month-long tour — which Kelly says will see the duo “paying homage to some Australian heroes and friends who set us on our merry way with their songs and stories” — will hit Mojos on Thursday, June 2, and Jimmy’s Den on Friday, June 3.

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SMITH STREET BAND Beloved Aussie punk outfit The Smith Street Band have been relentlessly on the road in support of their acclaimed 2014 fulllength, Throw Me In The River, pretty much since its release. They’ve travelled the world on the back of the album but, before they head into the studio to turn their attentions fully to album number four, the band are heading out on one last local jaunt to give the LP a fitting send-off, having already taken it to festival and concert audiences around the country as well as the UK, Europe and North America over the past year-and-a-bit.

The Smith Street Band will bring their Throw Me In The River victory lap tour to Capitol, on Friday, June 10, with Luca Brasi, Joelistics and the Jess Locke Band in support.

Dan Kelly and Alex Gow

The George, Hip Hop High Tea

RAVO BLUES N ROOTS FESTIVAL

The Smith Street Band

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DAN GOW NOW Together yet apart — Oh Mercy’s Alex Gow and hard-working troubadour Dan Kelly have banded together to bring the Australian Dreamers tour to stages this May, with both solo artists taking the stage together on a co-headline tour. Kelly has 12

Perth’s biggest food festival, Eat Drink Perth, is on right now and runs until Monday, April 23. In its 12th year, the program is packed with over 130 events and special menus over the five weeks of the festival.

Foodies can indulge in a range of events including progressive dinners, walking tours, masterclasses, pop-ups, markets, long table dining, gin, whisky, beer and cider events and plenty of tasting opportunities. In addition to the events, the city’s restaurants and bars have put on unique Special Menus available every day of the festival. Go to visitperthcity. com/eatdrinkperth and imbibe all it has to offer.

Get set for the first annual Ravo Blues N Roots Festival at the Ravenswood Hotel on Saturday, April 9. Kicking off a great new tradition will be Russell Morris, Ash Grunwald, Dave Hole, Mike De Velta, The John Read Band, Zac Linton Trio and Chris Mathews, from 4-10.30pm. Tickets are $57 from ticketmaster.com.au or the Ravo on 9537 6054.

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Flash harry were one of the leading lights in the ‘80s Perth cover band scene, drawing thousands of people a week to beer barns all across the metro area. They’re gathering to celebrate their 30th anniversary on Saturday, April 16, at the Charles Hotel, with special guests Ragdoll.

The band packed crowds in the mid’80s in iconic venues such as The Generator in Morley, The Cloverdale, The Windsor and The Raffles. “The main memories are of the vibe of the huge crowds,” recalls voclaist, Ty Coates. “The way they would party hard when you fired them up and interacted with them.

It was just a big party and they all appreciated the effort you put in on stage!

“All the guys have been working hard in preparation for the gig. The guys have become fantastic players over the years as well and will definitely turn it on. I’m really excited about seeing some of the old faces in the audience from way back when. We have also assembled our old crew, so it’ll be an awesome show in true Flash Harry spirit. It’s just going to be great to play with the guys again. It was a special time for us all, as we were learning our craft together, growing up together and we became very close. I can’t wait to be able to look across the stage at those faces again.”

Pre-sale tickets are $25 at the Charles Hotel bottleshop or via ticketmaster. com.au.

CARINE ROCKS The Northern suburbs has a much anticipated new live original music venue, featuring both local and touring acts of all genres, with The Carine offering a renewed commitment to live music.

“The room is quite unique in that the capacity is up to 600 with a configuration that also caters to intimate 200-capacity events,” says venue manager, Jen Rider. “So it has huge potential to make a bit impact on the Perth live music scene and in fact already is. It’s very exciting stuff.”

Coming up this Saturday, April 9, is Red Engine Caves with The Southern River Band. Following weeks will see the likes of Shimmergloom, Spit Syndicate, Zarm, Twin Haus, The Tommyhawks and Taxiride take the Saturday stage. More details at thecarine. com.au.

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WAM SONG OF THE YEAR The winners of the WAM Song Of The Year Awards will be announced this Saturday, April 9, at Fremantle’s B-Shed warehouse.

Leading this year’s nominations is Joni In The Moon with four nominations, while artists including Chaos Divine, Figurehead, Brayden Sibbald, Eastwinds and many more have all scored nods.

While all 16 category winners will walk away with $500 cash and free recording at WA’s best studios, this year’s Song Of The Year grand prize winner will pick up $3000 cash, recording time at Sydney’s Albert Studios, a RODE Microphones package, the opportunity for a publishing and sync licensing deal with Perfect Pitch Publishing, an online tutorial in publishing and licensing, the opportunity to perform at the WA Music Award-nominated State Of The Art Festival this year and a guaranteed spot on the 2016 WAM Festival line-up, plus so much more.

For the full list of nominees and more details re the SOTY party head to wam. org.au.

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second story that is unique to Fremantle using any camera, in any film genre or style.

Upload your video masterpiece at fremantlestory.com.au/myfreostory. Vote for your favourite #MyFreoStory video by liking, commenting and sharing on Fremantle story YouTube channel. So get cracking, full entry details at fremantlestory.com.au/MyFreoStory.

Competition closes 5pm on Monday, April 18.

BREWED LAUGHTER For the first time ever this April Vulture Culture and The Dutch Trading Co will provide you with the most entertaining beer tasting around. Each hour-long session is hosted by a different comedian and features six different beers. Brewed Laughter: Beer Tasting With a Comedian, it’s part comedy show, part beer tasting and part game show.

For the next four Fridays - April 8, 15, 22 and 29 - your stand-up hosts will respectively be Rory Lowe, Darren Matthews, Ben Darsow and Luke Heggie. Beer and laughs, why not? Tickets available via vc.oztix.com.au or at the venue.

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OPIUO TOUR Electronic artist Opiuo is about to hit the road for an Australian tour in April, hitting Perth this Friday, April 8, at Jack Rabbit Slims. His unique take on electronic music has seen Opiuo take on some of the biggest festivals in the world, including sets at Coachella (USA), Glastonbury (UK), and Shambhala (Canada).

Tickets are on sale now from opiuo.com.

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CALLING ALL FILM MAKERS The City of Fremantle is calling on budding film makers, storytellers and lovers of all things Freo to share their unique ‘Fremantle story’ in a short video for a chance to share in a $7,000 prize pool.

The video stories could be something that makes us laugh, cry or squeal. It could be about a place, a business, a person or a thing – anything that shares the quintessential nature of Fremantle.

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COMIC TRAGICS Greetings From The ‘Strip Stephen Collins The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil 2014 42 x 60cm | Collection the artist

The way we look at the medium of comics and graphic novels is about to change thanks to the Art Gallery of Western Australia hosting a new exhibition, Comic Tragics, from April 9 until July 25.

Art Gallery of WA curator Robert Cook says the idea behind the exhibition has been on his mind for some time.

“It has been on my mind and on the gallery’s books for five or six years and you have an idea about making a great show and then it gets scheduled.

“The impetus for the show was to share some work from artists that I love and in their own right and on their own terms. The works really speak to people and have a unique level of sophistication and it just happened

they are comic-type people. I wasn’t trying to show the depth or breadth of comics but it was really about bringing the work of these great artists out of the pages.”

Cook says the mood of the works stretches from tragedy and sadness through to more frenetic and joyous works.

“It is quite a varied lot, we have Gabrielle Bell from the US whose works are diaristic and very small and detailed but they also weave in very subtly with aspects of magic realism. She is a comic art version of a stand-up comedian.

“She is amplifying various themes but they are about her and her encounters in the world and have that stand up vibe about them.

“With Stephen Collins we have a big sequence of his book, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, so basically it is a beard that starts growing on an office worker called Dave - it

keeps growing and growing and it challenges the entire town. He has drawn it by pencil and it is a great piece, he is a weekly cartoonist for The Guardian.

“We also have John Porcellino who has been making comics since 1989 and the punk theme and the DIY aesthetic in and around the hardcore scene. They are quite small and very similar - he is a comic art minimalist. Just with a few lines he has created an environment you really feel.”

Some of the works on display are quite sombre, but a necessary addition to the collection of works on display.

“We have Aisha Franz from Germany bringing in works from her book, Earthling, and some stand-alone comics. Her works track things like her first love, who happened to be a big beefy lifeguard and he doesn’t reciprocate her feelings and instead falls in love with a ‘Pamela Anderson’ and is heartbroken.

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“We have Anders Nilson with his classic work, Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow, which is about the death of his fiancée, Cheryl Weaver.”

Cook says people can expect the unexpected when viewing the collection.

“I think people will come in as comic tragics and go in with a mindset but two steps in you will see it is an art exhibition and they speak to you as artworks and drawings.

“I think people should expect to be moved and also interested in the skill levels and the command of the visual language but will transform most people’s ideas of what is possible in comics.

“Every one will have their own expectations whether they are Asterix or Phantom fans, they will find them honest and searching speaking to them as one human to another - they are very honest, real works.”

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TRAVIS BETTS 1982 - 2016 Every issue we bring you the best in fashion, food, shopping and lifestyle.

SPADILLE CAFE & GARAGE Another hidden gem, this multipurpose West Perth space sits at the intersection of hipster and greaser cool. It’s a cafe, a garage, a performance space, a retail shop... anything it wants to be, really.

KAFKA, A COFFEE SHOP A tiny little bean bar tucked away on Fitzgerald Street. Snag a takeaway in a hand-dyed cup.

THE LOCAL SHACK Serving up classic milkbar fare - burgers, beer-battered chips, milkshakes et al across three locations, this micro-chain is definitely one to pop on your To Do list.

Oh, and they’re licensed, too! Find them in Scarborough, Joondalup and the CBD.

THEO & CO The undisputed Perth master of pizza, Theo Kalogeracos, has jumped ship from Little Caesar’s and is doing amazing things under his new banner, with locations in Vic Park and Leederville. If nothing else, you need to try the Chicago-style deep dish pizza.

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The Perth alternative scene lost one of its leading lights on the Easter long weekend when Travis Betts was killed in a tragic motorcycle accident.

Travis Betts | Pic: Jacqueline Jane

Known professionally as Travis Doom and Travis Rose, among others, Betts was a tireless and prodigiously talented musician, DJ, artist and promoter, working chiefly in the gothic, industrial and electronica genres.

A public memorial service will be held at Seasons Canning Vale at 12pm on Friday, April 8, with a gathering at the Flying Scotsman in Mt Lawley for friends and family afterwards.

He was a singular talent, and he will be missed.

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If you think only noodles are on offer, think again. The name hails back to the East Coast launch in ’98, explains Laing, which was very noodles-driven. The original concept was around that kind of Asian hawkers market, and he says while there are still noodles, now there are all sorts of This time last year more than 115,000 people in WA enjoyed the other things as well.

“I think it’s first Night Noodle Markets. Now how it started off, but it’s back and the city’s foodies it’s become much more are enjoying the taste explosion. representational of all kinds of Asian cuisines, “We’ve found the Perth reception and even desserts. for the markets last year was great and it’s Desserts become a showing no signs of dying off this year,” says huge growth area in Fairfax Events Head of Food, James Laing. the market… I think it’s Laing says elements that made evolved, is the best way Elizabeth Quay an attractive option for the of describing it.”

Night Noodle Markets in 2016 included the The markets boast modern Asian, waterfront location, and the fact it was Korean, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese and a nice, flat space (“last year the Cultural Japanese dishes across a total of 26 stalls, so Centre was great and very atmospheric but chances are you’ll be scheduling in more than we were effectively running three separate one visit. sites, so it became quite difficult for people In terms of an evening out, it’s not to navigate”), while also being easy walking just about the food: also in the mix are popdistance from the city, and close to a train up bars, a beer garden, DJ’s, lion dancers, and

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a lantern garden installation. “It’s just a great atmosphere, I mean, when you get down there it’s obviously very late night, it’s free to go in, it is a beautiful setting, and the weather is being kind to us.”

Perth Night Noodle Markets

The Perth Night Noodle Markets take place at Elizabeth Quay until April 10.

Mon-Wed: 5pm-9pm. Thurs-Fri: 5pm-10pm.

Sat: 4pm-10pm. Sun: 4pm-9pm.

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tunes which I then sat down and arranged for of years; I really, really enjoyed it, definitely.” the jazz orchestra.

So what would Grey say to people “It’s kind of making everything fit thinking of coming down on the night? and trying to get the best out of the band we “I would say this is a one-off thing, possibly could, but all based off pre-existing we might not ever get to do this again, and stuff from their various careers, so a lot from if you’re fans of the MCs themselves - which recent mix tapes and is Silvertongue, Alex The Premiss Collective albums.”

Ford, Coin Banks, It’s clear Marksman Lloyd, and Grey enjoyed his Hy Class - if you like Want to hear the music of local own experience with their music, you’re MCs gets the West Australian gonna love it like this, Youth Jazz Orchestra treatment? WAYJO. “Yeah when I was studying through ‘cause nothing swings The Premiss Collective, a project WAAPA (Western like a big band, and created by WAYJO alumnus Australian Academy nothing feels as good Brendan Grey, does exactly that. of Performing Arts), as it feels in this kind I did the Bachelor of of scenario.”

“I’ve been working as a band leader Jazz course there, I The Premiss and a composer in Perth for the last two or did WAYJO for five Collective, featuring three years, working specifically in hip-hop,” years I think it was in the end, playing all the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra, Brendan Grey, explains Grey. “I started a little project of different saxophones and that kind of stuff, Coin Banks, Silvertongue, Marksman Lloyd, my own a couple of years ago where MCs which is awesome, just a tremendous amount Hy Class, and Alex Ford happens on Friday, would send me eight or nine of their tracks, of fun being able to play so many different April 8, 8pm-10pm, State Theatre Centre I’d arrange them and compose them for a types of gigs and so many different types of Courtyard. Tickets through Ticketek.com.au. smaller band, just like an eight piece. We’d get jazz as well. up and we’d play the gig and videotape them, GILLIAN O’MEAGHER “Just being in that kind of that kind of thing, show what the possibilities environment when you’re playing in it, it gets were for the live medium when it came to very easy to understand how to write for it hip-hop in the Perth scene.” because you understand where everyone’s The hip-hop tracks performed on supposed to be and how it’s organised and the night are the original material of local how everything is supposed to sound when talent. “For this we picked five of the MCs it’s working at its best. Was a hell of a couple I’ve worked with, they all sent me four or five WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU

PUBLIC2016 CAMPUS April 1-17 Curtin University

VISUAL ARTS HENSE - PUBLIC2016, Photography Bewley Shaylor, Images courtesy FORM

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line is not as easy, you have to really think about what you’re doing. But my work is so freeform Popular American artist Hense, and kind of spontaneous that it makes for an interesting project.” aka Alex Brewer, is in town as part The artist doesn’t shy from bold of PUBLIC2016 and takes a break from painting a mural on a ceiling at colours, although he says some of his early work was predominantly black and white. “I guess first Curtin University to talk about the project, and his approach to his art. I started to use a lot of bright and bold colours in my Considering last year’s PUBLIC event saw Hense public art pieces and then started incorporating that into my studio practice.” Originally under paint grain silos in the wheatbelt - and the fact the impression artists have to be a little cautious he’s covered entire buildings in artwork – one of colour, and very selective, Hense decided to guesses painting on a grand scale appeals? ignore that and go for any colour that came to “Absolutely, I love being able to work on a large scale and on interesting architecture,” mind. Primary colours are something he really likes; he loves to mix his own, and describes says Hense. “I think with the silos, that was very colour as tremendously important to his work. appealing: not only the location, the beautiful “I’ve always loved colour but I didn’t realise how landscape, but also the industrial quality of the much, or how important it was to my work until actual structure was really fun, and the fact I started to really be able to express myself on a that it would be viewed from very far away is large scale with a lot of bright colour.” also an element that I really like to explore, just Hense’s past commissions include the because everything needs to be very, very big creation of site-specific pieces for the likes of all the shapes, all the forms need to be vey bold Facebook Global Headquarters in California, and and graphic so you can see them from quite a Apple Inc. in Miami.

His advice to urban artists distance.” starting out is to experiment and take risks. “Not Anything outside of the box appeals being afraid to take risks is just something that’s to Hense. This is the first time he’s painted a really important.

I try to, with every project, treat ceiling, and he says like the silos, it has curves, each project different, make each project unique, which changes the view. “Different angles, you know?

Make every painting in my studio shapes and forms appear to look differently, so unique, and really try to not shy away from trying that’s something that’s a lot of fun to play with. new things.”

It’s also challenging because getting a straight fight it and try and change up colours, but now I just let it happen; if the colours work with the space, I’m going to keep using it.”

He says the current PUBLIC2016 project at Curtin is probably the biggest challenge he’s had in regards to painting on a surface. “Because it’s a ceiling, in terms of the installation, the way I Perth-based approach it is probably a Chris Nixon -PUBLIC2016, Photography Bewley Shaylor, Image courtesy FORM bit different to the way I illustrator Chris usually would; I have to Nixon’s resume think about how I can actually physically get up is diverse, including everything to these parts of the ceiling and paint them.” He from public art to children’s books points out that with a wall, no matter how big and merch designs for the likes of it is, it’s face to face so he can get around any Tame Impala (Remember the blue problems. “But with a ceiling there’s obviously wave? That was Nixon). The artist is a limit to how much you can work on your currently painting a ceiling at Curtin back, or how close you can get - all of those University as part of the creative sorts of things, so yeah, it’s going to be a good PUBLIC2016 festival. challenge.”

When beginning a project he likes to Of his wide-ranging portfolio of visit the site and see what would work in the projects, Nixon says, “I love it. It means I can space, and says the allocated location at Curtin work really tight on something quite small in the is covered in concrete and really dark. “That’s studio, and then I can get out and paint really dictated how I would approach the design large works or look at installations and other bringing a bit of nature, lots of colour and just sort of public art pieces. It just means I keep bringing a bit of brightness and lightness to that challenging myself across different platforms. I space so people can enjoy it and experience it enjoy it.” in a different way.” Whilst he does start with His output shows a distinct preference sketches, “it will often just evolve out of an for the colour blue, which is not a favourite colour idea for the space to begin with, what I want to but something he identifies with, reminding him achieve with it, and I can go from there.” of the ocean and the coastal lifestyle. He notes GILLIAN O’MEAGHER that blue has become a bit of a go-to. “I used to

ART, ART, AND MORE ART

PICA Jan-July Program Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts (PICA) has released its guide for the next six months up to July. Exhibitions, performances, resident artists and education dominate the scene, providing a landscape for wide community to enjoy, including pieces such as Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg’s The Secret Garden, the always massive Revelation Film Festival, PVI Collective’s blackmarket, and more. For the full program, head to pica.org.au.

Fawlty Towers - Live On Stage One of the most beloved television series of all time comes to the stage for a strictly limited engagement. Written by series creator John Cleese, Fawlty Towers - Live On Stage sees Stephen Hall as outrageous hotelier Basil Fawlty and Blazey Best as his long-suffering wife Sybil in a show that is sure to have fans of British comedy howling with laughter. Check in at the Regal Theatre from Thursday, November 17, until Sunday, December 18.

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PUBLIC Campus The entire Bentley Campus of Curtin University becomes a canvas when PUBLIC canvas takes over the school. Local and international street artists will be creating murals, installations and space activations across the campus until Sunday, April 10, all brought to us by the good folks at FORM. For more info, head to form.net.au.

Fairbridge Festival A stellar lineup was announced last week for the upcoming Fairbridge Festival - leading the list of names, which span across folk, country, Americana and world music include Things Of Stone & Wood, Neil Murray, Bullhorn, Tinpan Orange, Los Kumbia Killers, and Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin. The event takes place over three days from April 15-17, with early bird tickets available until February Selkie | Pic: Callum Sims 19 from Moshtix. For more info, head to fairbridgefestival.com.au.

THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE Selkie Writer Finn O’Branagain and director Joe Lui unite for a new work that uses the Celtic legend of the selkie, a magical seal that can transform into a beautiful woman, to explore themes of love, cultural exploitation, and domestic oppression. It runs from Tuesday, April 12, until Saturday, April 30, at the Blue Room Theatre. Go to blueroom.org.au for tickets and info.

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 until Thursday, April 7, 2016. For full details, go to lunapalace.com.au.

Spanish Film Festival 2016 Spanish Affair 2 heads up the roster of great cinema coming our way with this year’s Spanish Film Festival. Running at Cinema Paradiso and Luna On SX from Wednesday, April 21, until Wednesday, May 11, the festival brings us the best cinema the Spanish-speaking diaspora has to offer. For more details, head to lunapalace.com.au.

Picnic At Hanging Rock Black Swan State Theatre Company brings Peter Weir’s seminal Australian film to the stage in this new production Big Sky Readers & Writers Festival directed by Matthew Lutton. In 1901, a From Friday, May 20, until Sunday, May 22, rural community is thrown into disarray Geraldton is the place to be for lit-lovers when a group of schoolgirls goes missing and bibliophiles. Headlined by Australian after the eponymous picnic. It runs from actor and author Steve Bisley, the festival Friday, April 1, until Sunday, April 17, at encompasses more than 22 events over the State Theatre Centre. three days, including Steve Bisley, Big Sky Readers & Go to bsstc.com.au for readings, debates, Writers Festival tickets and session times. masterclasses and Tommy Tiernan - Out Of The Whirlwind: Riverside Theatre Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan has announced his Out Of The Whirlwind tour, coming to Australia in April.

Tiernan 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 comic power.”

For more details, check out tommytiernan.com.

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presentations. For more information, go to library.cgg. wa.gov.au.

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THE JUNGLE BOOK Eye Of The Tiger Directed by Jon Favreau Starring Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Nell Sethi Hunted by the scarred tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba), the orphaned man-cub Mowgli (Nell Sethi) must flee his jungle home. Along the way he meets a bear called Baloo (Bill Murray) and learns there may be more to life than he was initially taught.

The Jungle Book attempts to mesh the classic 1967 Disney animated movie (the last work with studio founder Walt Disney’s direct involvement), with the more serious tone of Kipling’s literary works. It is a brave decision that ultimately undermines the film. There is a jarring tonal shift as the film moves between these two states. The audience can be jolted from a musical number straight into a terrifying fight to the death. It is disorientating, and leaves the film feeling inconsistent.

Worse still, this somewhat saccharine outlook affects the narrative. Everything about the film builds to the bitter-sweet ending, and we are denied that. The resulting ending feels unearned and as if the moral of the tale has actually been turned on its head. Mowgli

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has not learned from his actions but is instead exempted from them, earning a privileged status.

All of which may seem like an overanalysis of a family film, but The Jungle Book lends itself to this by the strong literary tone established in the early half of the film. Until Bill Murray’s Baloo shows up in the second act, the film is played with the deadpan earnestness of a biblical epic. When Murray does appear he breathes life into it, leading to some of the best sequences of the film, but this also leads to the very inconsistency of tone and vision mentioned above. For all intents and purposes Disney wants to have its cake and eat it at the same time.

Still you have to admire director Jon Favreau’s chutzpah here. Sure, The Jungle Book may veer between kiddie friendly and nightmare fodder with alarming speed, but it is a beautiful vision. The world is utterly believable in terms of look, with the animation meshing seamlessly with the vocal talent to bring the creatures to life. It vastly ambitious in it’s attempt to meld the two visions of The Jungle Book, and although it gets the mix wrong, it is at least different and interesting. For all its faults, this is still a compelling and entertaining film to watch, but it may leave you vaguely unsatisfied by the end.

A beautiful, ambitious fail, that falls just short of being a classic.

DAVID O’CONNELL

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT?

semblance of structure, while Michael Moore examines ideas of social justice and progressive advancement. These ideas (or more to the point, how they have been enacted in other societies) might seem somewhat alien and strange to current American thinking, but many of them originated in the US (well, according to Moore). It is Utopian thinking, but in the most achievable sense of the phrase, due to many nations having these concepts already The Moore You Know functioning and giving tangible benefits.

Directed by Michael Moore There is fair degree of crossover to Starring Michael Moore Australia as well, as we dismantle With America mired in many aspects of our war, substantial national previously established debt, high crime and welfare safety net, an increasing divide in move to commercial wealth, Michael Moore healthcare and shift to sets out across the world greater privatisation of looking for other countries government services. to invade. This time it is Really, Where not about stabilising a To Invade Next? region (or allowing access to resources), but is as simple as that. There is not much looking at ideas to plunder and bring home to pretence beyond that initial concept in this make America great once more. In this vein documentary. Instead it is presented in a he sets out across Europe and the Middle East relativity straightforward manner, without the to look at concepts of education, work place usual confrontational tactics found in Moore’s relations, gender equality, rehabilitation, and previous works. The result is a gentler and healthcare. All have had a stunning impacts on somewhat more palatable film. It is a mature the countries they have been applied in. and considered conversation, rather than the In fairness, the central premise of angry diatribe of Bowling For Columbine or invading countries to loot ideas from them really Fahrenheit 9/11. It may lose some of it’s fire doesn’t work. Seeing Moore plant the American and shock value, but it is also slightly more flag in another countries claiming they are honest for that. It freely admits that it is “cherry invaded for their ideas actually seems awkward picking” the better aspects of the societies it is and disrespectful every time it is done. visiting, but in assembling a Utopian wish list, However that premise doesn’t really that really is kind of the point. need to work for the documentary to. It is DAVID O’CONNELL merely a loose idea upon which the narrative is hung so as to give this polemic some

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OUR LITTLE SISTER Love Under The Cherry Blossoms Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu Starring Ayase Haruka, Nagasawa Masami, Hirose Suzu When their estranged father dies, three sisters (Ayase Haruka, Nagasawa Masami, Kaho) travel to his funeral and meet their younger half sister (Hirose Suzu) for the first time. Finding her in the care of a negligent step-mother, they invite the young Suzu to the live with them in the seaside town of Kamakura. There the sisters discover how a new member fits into their already established family dynamic, and realise that there is a lot of emotional turmoil that still remains unresolved about their parents’ divorce.

Our Little Sister cleaves closely to its subject matter. Based on the Japanese josei manga (‘ladies comic’ - conveying a more realistic version of love than its counterpart, shojo manga) Umimachi Diary, it translates elements of the plot and art directly to the big screen.

This also means that the traditional three-act structure is missing from this film.

Instead the plot for Our Little Sister meanders.

It is a world to be dipped into in a relaxed manner, rather than expecting a strong,

narrative drive to drag audiences along. If you can relax into this gentle storytelling, then there is a great deal of reward seeing the growth of these characters. It is an exploration into the importance of family and how these familial dynamics work. Much is slowly teased out, dealing with responsibility and the lost childhoods of Sachi and Suzu, but it all develops organically.

Setting and character are what is key here. Both dominate the story, as the audience is given an inside look into the lives of the sisters, in the seaside town. This is a glimpse behind the walls of a house and feels intensely personal, although never intrusive or voyeuristic.

Food also plays an important part, both in the preparation and in the eating. It’s emphasised as a communal activity, and often form the basis of social interactions. This may be the most food obsessed Japanese film since Tampopo (do not make the mistake of going into it hungry). It does enrich the ‘slice of life’ drama that we are seeing, all forming a part of the rich cultural texture of this film.

Enchanting and beautiful, Our Little Sister is a work of gentle wonders.

DAVID O’CONNELL

Our Little Sister screens at UWA’s Somerville Auditorium until Sunday, April 10, as part of the Perth International Arts Festival’s Lotterywest Festival Films season.

RYAN MCNAUGHT The Brick Man Experience Proving that LEGO is definitely not just for kids is Ryan McNaught, one of only 13 LEGO Certified Professionals in the world (and the only one in the Southern hemisphere), who brings his celebrated Brick Man Experience Exhibition to Elizabeth Quay from April 7-20. SHANE PINNEGAR reports.

Featuring over 60 exhibits - including Ryan McNaught’s biggest ever Star Wars LEGO build, a Qantas A380 jet, a LEGO Ferrari one quarter actual size, the world’s largest LEGO flower, as well as works centred around the theme of ‘transport’ from other LEGO Certified Professionals around the world - the exhibition features over five million LEGO bricks.

McNaught says, “that’s three big double semi-trailers worth. It’s about six or seven years’ worth of work, so hopefully it doesn’t break on the way!”

While the exhibits are transportable, there’s always a little patch-up work to do at their destination.

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travel secure in transport, so as a whole they’re pretty, I guess, fundamentally solid… but that’s the good thing about LEGO - you can just put them back together pretty easily. To give you an idea, it takes two of us about four days to put it all back together.”

LEGO launched its plastic bricks in 1949 to instant acclaim. To what does The Brick Man ascribe the fascination?

“For me LEGO is one of these things where a brick can one minute be in a car and the next minute be in a house and then it’s in a space ship and it’s in whatever - and it’s the same Lego brick,” McNaught explains.

“So as kids’ tastes evolve, you know, one minute they’re building houses and the next minute they’re into racing cars so… LEGO can adapt and evolve with them.

So it kind of becomes this thing that, I guess, withstands trends.”

With LEGO being such a hands-on toy, The Brick Man Exhbition features plenty for kids to do as well as see.

“Whilst we’ve got 60 exhibits set up, all sorts of various LEGO models, there’s a good dozen or so models where we actually need their help in helping us build them. So not only is it awesome stuff to look at, it’s also very hands-on as well. So we’ve got a whole range of things for them to be involved in to help us build some of those models too. So yes we’ve got some stuff where we don’t particularly want kids climbing all over and that kind of stuff, but we make up for that with all the activities and things they can do too.

“So it’s not just an exhibition, it’s a bit more than that.”

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CITY OF BAYSWATER

Small Town Heroes

AMPFEST This year Youth Advisory Councils from across the Western Suburbs have partnered to present AmpFest, an all ages music event featuring young musicians playing original music thanks to a Youth Week grant from the Department of Local Government & Communities.

The Mosman Park Youth Advisory Council, Subiaco Voice of Youth, Nedlands Youth Advisory Council and Cambridge Youth Network have hand-picked five amazing local musical acts to perform – Sly Withers with their 60’s pop to 90’s grunge influences, indie pop band Red Moon, 60’s/70’s inspired blues rock band The Desert Sonnes, pop punk/rock band Small Town Heroes and 2014 X-Factor finalist and WAM Song Of The Year nominee, Sydnee Carter.

This free all-ages music event takes place from 5pm to 9pm on Sunday, April 10, at the Corner Gallery in Subiaco.

This is an alcohol-free event, food and drinks will be on sale throughout the night.

Follow the AmpFest Facebook page for more details: www.facebook.com/ ampfest2016

To celebrate National Youth Week, the City of Bayswater Youth Advisory Council will host the Youth Environment Challenge at Have A Go Day on Sunday, April 10, 10am1pm at the RISE in Maylands. Have a Go Day is a community event which provides the opportunity to connect with local organisations, groups and clubs.

The Youth Environment Challenge will feature a mobile zoo with the chance to interact with a dingo, possum, python, cockatoo and lizard. There will also be a native animal quiz and some great prizes up for grabs!

The Youth Environment Challenge is supported by the Department of Local Government and Communities as part of National Youth Week. For more information, contact 9272 0658 or visit facebook.com/ yac.bayswater.

NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK (NYW) OH!16 National Youth Week’s OH!16 event is for you to get involved in skate, scooter and BMX comps, see art exhibitions, catch a drumbeat showcase and open mic event plus a range of information stalls.

Brought to you by Mission Australia and YMCA AND Supported by the Department for Local Government and Communities The Youth At Risk Network - it’s all happening on Friday, April 15, from 4-10pm at YMCA Headquarters, Leederville. Head to the YMCA Facebook page for more details.

Alice Alder’s winning image

ESPLANADE YOUTH FESTIVAL, FREMANTLE On Sunday, April 17, from 10am-4pm, the City of Fremantle will host the EYP Festival, the City’s National Youth Week event.

Fremantle will host the official closing event of National Youth Week in WA and it is also two years since the Esplanade Youth Plaza opened. The day will be jam packed with loads of action and music.

All activities are free and include: four local upcoming DJs; hip hop demo/ workshop, instameets, intermediate skateboarding clinic and Game of Skate, parkour, slacklining, amusements, heaps of awesome interactive games from Scitech, Dismantle BikeArt, food and interactive art stalls.

Young Bunbury designer, Alice Alder, won the poster design competition which has been used for the EYP Festival branding. The design will be used to print a 3D model on the day as part of Scitech’s display.

Head to the City’s Facebook page for more information.

TYNE-JAMES ORGAN @ ARCADE Having created a powerful online following through his You-Tube channel, Tyne-James Organ is now winning fans over in real life, and collaborating with a bunch of cool artists, including the likes of Allday Catch Tyne at Arcade on Saturday, April 14,the event starts at 6pm and runs all the way through to 10pm, but there is a limited amount of tickets so get in quick.

Tyne James Organ at Arcade is a fully supervised, drug, alcohol, and smoke free event organised by the City of Joondalup Youth Services and bag searches will be conducted at the door. There will be no pass-outs. Tickets are $10 each and there is a maximum of 4 tickets per booking. Please be aware this event is strictly for 13-17 year olds, For further information visit y-lounge.com.au or call 9400 4929.

CARINE FEST Carine-FEST is coming up during National Youth Week - WA Amusements, sausage sizzle, giveaways and a BMX, Skate and Scooter competition will be on for the afternoon of Monday, April 11, at Carine Skatepark.

The City of Stirling and the City of Joondalup join forces to bring the Carine Fest and BMX Skate and Scooter Competition.

Date: Monday 11 April 2016 Time: 12.00 noon - 5.00pm Venue: Carine Skate Park, Beach Road, Carine This free event features live DJ, sports and amusements for kids aged 11-18 years.

The BMX, Skate and Scooter Competition is open for 12 - 18 year olds. Entry is $2.50 per competitor, spectators are free.

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To find out more about the City of Joondalup’s youth programs and events, send your details to youth.services@joondalup.wa.gov.au to receive the monthly Youth e-newsletter; like City of Joondalup Youth Services on Facebook; visit y-lounge.com.au or phone 08 9400 4225.

NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK KICKSTART FESTIVAL DAY 2016

and hit up the Reels On Wheels mobile youth film festival at Council House on Friday, April 15. Get down to Cathedral Square on Saturday, April 23, for the live storytelling extravaganza that is Barefaced Stories: KickstART Edition. For info on all these and much, much more, go to propel.org.au/kickstartfestival/

KickstART Festival

KICKSTART WORKSHOPS KickstART offers a range of workshops and forums for you to spark your creativity. All workshops are free of charge. All you have to do is haed to propel.org.au/kickstartfestival/and register in advance!

Please ensure you arrive 10 minutes prior to any workshop you register for. Workshops are for ages 12 – 26 unless otherwise noted.

Presented as part of National Youth Week, KickstART Festival Day is the biggest event on the KickstART calendar. Saturday, April 16, so mark the date and don’t miss out on taking part in the many exciting interactive activities on offer throughout the Perth Cultural Centre.

Check out the different zones dedicated to science, technology, relaxation and, of course, art and creativity! It’s an all day feast of markets, music, workshops, performances, robots, BAREFACED STORIES bicycles, giant board games and more. You can MASTERCLASSES also download the new National Youth Week Learn the basic tools of storytelling with WA App on iOS and Android now, or shoot over Barefaced Stories co-creators Andrea Gibbs to propel.org.au/kickstartfestival/ for more info. and Kerry O’Sullivan, in this fun introductory workshop. Perfect for dipping your toes into the KICKSTART FESTIVAL SPECIAL storytelling waters, learning how to identify a EVENTS great story and refine it for performance, which you can participate in at the end of KickstART. Running from Saturday, April 9, until Sunday, Bring a notebook and pen.

April 24, the KickstART Festival is packed to Important: you must attend all three workshops the brim with special events and happenings. within your age range!

Start the festival off right with a free screening Barefaced Stories: Sophomore Series (ages of the Disney/Marvel smash hit Big Hero 6 18-26) at the Northbridge Piazza on Saturday, April WHEN: Monday 11, Thursday 14 & Thursday of 9, from 5.15pm. Spend some time at the 21 April, 6.00 – 8.00pm KickstART Hub, a multi-use space located at WHERE: Showcase Gallery @ Central Institute CIT’s Showcase Gallery for young creatives to of Technology. collaborate and brainstorm. Get on your bike

KICKSTART YOUR ENGINE!

HIP HOP NONSTOP

It’s never too early to get moving! Get your groove on with Elan Dance Est. in this If you own a car and are interested in workshop using hip hop musical elements to learning how to change your own tyres or assist young dancers with their fine motor oil, Polytechnic West can help. This full-day course is ideal for young car owners who want skills, coordination, memory retention and confidence building. All achieved in a fun and to learn about basic automotive tasks from supportive environment. changing tyres, to replacing wiper blades, to WHO: Suitable for all ages (under 10s to be inspecting and changing spark plugs – and accompanied by parent / guardian) many things in between! You may bring your WHEN: Tuesday 12 April, 10.00am – 1.00pm own car or work on one of the workshop WHERE: Grassed area @ Cathedral Square models. Get ready to get your hands dirty!

WHO: Suitable for ages 17 - 26 WHEN: Monday 11 April, 9.00am – 3.30pm WHERE: Room ET13 @ Polytechnic West BRING: Long pants, long sleeved shirt, strong leather closed toe shoes, notebook & pen.

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CIRCUS SKILLS 101 Step right up and get ready to join the circus with this workshop filled with all your basic circus skills! Show us your tricks with unicycle, hula-hoop, juggling and more! All ages are welcome, all you have to do is bring your friends and see how coordinated (or uncoordinated) you are! Facilitated by Access Circus.

WHEN: Friday 15 April, 1.30 – 2.30pm (suitable for ages 6 – 12) Friday 15 April, 3.00 – 5.00pm (suitable for ages 12 – 26) WHERE: Grassed area @ Cathedral Square

OPEN YOGA @ THE ORCHARD

MAKING MOVIES WITH EVERYDAY OBJECTS

Join Laura Carroll, from Northbridge Yoga, for an introduction to vinyasa yoga: a flowing dynamic practice connecting body, breath and mind. Yoga is great for building strength, flexibility and coordination of the body and for developing enhanced mental focus, improved breathing and stress relief. This class is suitable for all levels and beginners are very welcome.

WHEN: Saturday 16 April, 10.30 – 11.30am WHERE: Urban Orchard @ Perth Cultural Centre

Use everyday objects to tell your story through film! Skateboards, phone cameras, coat hangers, masking tape… it’s all you need to create a visually and emotionally engaging movie. This workshop also covers story writing, rehearsal, production, post-production and special effects, while proving you don’t need a big budget to make a big impact!

Participants will ideally leave this Amoebic Expansion workshop with a finished video and the tools to continue creating and crafting their distinctive film-making voice.

WHEN: Saturday 16 April, 1.30 – 4.30pm WHERE: Room A252 @ Central Institute of Technology BRING: Any device capable of capturing film smartphone, iPad, DSLR camera, etc.

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT Create light trails, light graffiti and orbs by changing the exposure time on your DSLR camera. Join Stephen Humpleby and have fun playing with your camera settings and light sources. Light trail photography (aka light painting) involves long exposures, during which light sources are used to paint into the scene.

WHEN: Sunday 17 April, 6.00 – 8.00pm WHERE: Grassed area @ Cathedral Square BRING: DSLR camera and a tripod

FROM JUNK TO JEWELLERY

KickstART’s for everyone

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Come and use your old jewellery and found objects to create a new piece of wearable art.

We will string, cut, glue and transform these pieces of ‘junk’. Please bring along beads, one off earrings, broken pieces or anything interesting

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so we can assemble and design something new.

WHO: Suitable for ages 12 – 26 (under 12s welcome, with parent / guardian supervision) WHEN: Monday 18 April, 10.00am – 4.00pm WHERE: Community Room @ Northbridge Piazza BRING: Any old, broken, mismatched, or unwanted jewellery you have!

AN INTRODUCTION TO ART & LIFE MANIPULATION This very special workshop will enable the participants to get a taste of lab work as well as engage in the larger questions of how biotechnologies change our understanding of what life is and who and for what extent can humans manipulate it. The workshop will include: A lecture Introduction to the field of Biological Art, Biosafety, DNA Jewellery making.

WHEN: Tuesday 19 April, 10.00am – 2.00pm WHERE: SymbioticA @ School of Anatomy Physiology and Human Biology, UWA BRING: Notebook and pen

FIX IT: BIKE MAINTENANCE Work with Dismantle’s BikeRescue Mechanics to learn how your bike works and how to fix it. This course is for anyone who would like to get their hands on tools and have a go at bike mechanics. The session will finish with some safety checks and test rides, so bring your helmet.

WHO: Suitable for ages 12 – 26 (under 12s welcome with a parent/guardian) WHEN: Wednesday 20 April, 2.00 – 5.00pm WHERE: Grassed area @ Cathedral Square BRING: Your bike and helmet!

THE STATE OF SEXUAL HEALTH TODAY

MAKE SOME NOISE WITH DADAA! Bring your voice, your body, and get ready to make some noise! This inclusive workshop is part jam session, part pop-up performance.

DADAA focuses on creating significant positive social change and opportunities for people with a disability or mental illness. Let us know if you have any support needs.

WHO: Suitable for all ages WHEN: Friday 22 April, 2.00 – 4.00pm WHERE: Grassed area @ Cathedral Square

Young people are rarely given the resources needed to feel completely in charge of their sexuality. The LGBTIQ community and people with disabilities are often left in the dark during conversations surrounding sexual health. This forum challenges myths surrounding sexual health, with a focus on the LGBTIQ community and people with disabilities. Tackling these questions will be a panel of experts consisting of a reproductive health specialist, a representative for the LGBTIQ community, and a representative for people with disabilities. Participants will be able to anonymously submit questions for the panel.

WHEN: Wednesday 20 April, 6.00 – 8.00pm WHERE: Northbridge Piazza, cnr Lake Street & James Street, Northbridge

HOW TO ADULT: LIFE ADMIN FOR BEGINNERS What does becoming an adult mean to you?

Graduating from high school? Graduating from university? Getting your first ‘real’ job? Maybe it means buying your own health insurance?

Whatever it may mean to you, there is no denying that adulthood comes with a host of duties that often raise more questions than answers. These answers are assumed to be common knowledge amongst young people making the transition into adulthood, meaning that young people are often left to fend for

themselves when facing these obstacles. Here we want to help. This forum aims to give you the right tools to fix your everyday adult woes.

WHEN: Thursday 21 April, 6.00 – 7.30pm WHERE: Northbridge Piazza, cnr Lake Street & James Street, Northbridge Further Information Propel Youth Arts WA is coordinating the KickstART Festival as part of National Youth Week WA 2016. All enquiries can be directed to hello@propel.org.au or 08 9328 5855.

KICKSTART FORUMS FOR YOUTHS What are you passionate about? What interests you? The National Youth Week Planning Committee have exclusively devised and organised a range of discussion forums to spark conversations regarding topics important to young people today. Inquire, connect, share, learn and have your say about topics relevant to you!

Once again, the KickstART Forums will be streamed online in real time. Young people living in regional WA can register, tune in online and participate over the net!

Whether you’re attending in person or online, forum registrations are limited so book your place now at propel.org.au/KickstARTForums , where you can also find up-to-date information on forum hosts and speakers.

REACHING OUT: BUSTING THE MYTHS OF MENTAL HEALTH One in four young Australians has a mental health condition, yet the stigma surrounding mental health and its treatment remains. This forum focuses on ways to reach out – whether you’re concerned about your own mental health or that of a family member or friend. Our panel will work with participants to debunk myths surrounding mental health. The forum will wrap up with tips on how to take care of one’s mental health and what to do in situations that require ‘mental health first aid’.

WHEN: Friday 15 April, 6.00 – 7.30pm WHERE: Northbridge Piazza, cnr Lake Street & James Street, Northbridge

DECODING THE NEWS: CRITICAL THINKING AND THE MEDIA When major news stories require a wealth of background knowledge to be understood, deciphering them can appear impossible. How can we keep abreast of current events in an age where the news cycle is more immediate and prolific than ever before? How can we know which news sources are reliable? This forum will present pointers on how young people can decode news stories that seem overwhelming, along with advice on how to be a critical thinker and how to “read between the lines” in the news.

WHEN: Monday 18 April, 6.00 – 7.30pm WHERE: Northbridge Piazza, cnr Lake Street & James Street, Northbridge

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TINPAN ORANGE Fairbridge Weather Ahead Tinpan Orange kick off their Love Is A Dog national album tour with appearances at the Fairbridge Festival on April 15-17, returning for a headline show on Saturday, June 4, at the Fly By Night Club. STEVE BELL chats with vocalist, Emily Lubitz.

Their music has always had a somewhat grandiose quality to it, but on their fifth album, Love Is A Dog, Melbourne indie-folk darlings Tinpan Orange have expanded on this aspect of their existence even further, crafting a beautiful, lush soundscape to house frontwoman Emily Lubitz’s warm lyrics and vocals.

Helped once more by her husband Harry Angus (of The Cat Empire fame), who co-produced the album, Lubitz explains that they attempted to harness the band’s innate synergy in the live realm while in the studio crafting the album.

“We wanted to create a separate world in the feeling and in the sound, and we did that — I think there’s a kinda thread through the album that links the songs together in some kind of musical, sonic, vibey kinda world,” she reflects. “I don’t know what or where it is but it’s a place we created, and that was a real aim. Other than that I think we just wanted to record our songs in a really live and honest way, and that’s it. We didn’t want to reinvent ourselves too much, we just wanted to be honest.

“Sometimes we’d take a long time to get the right sound, and also the right take of us playing together. We really wanted to capture that feeling of us playing together — myself and my bother Jesse and Alex Burkov, who plays violin, have been playing together for 10 years, so there’s a lot of instinct and intuition we share when we’re playing together. We really wanted to just capture that, that feel of us playing together, and that would sometimes require a few takes to get right.

Plus we were so busy with our lives — my brother had a baby and I had my second baby, Harry was touring a lot with his band — that really, on paper, this album shouldn’t have been

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made, but we were very determined. We love the band and we felt that there was place for another album to be made.

“I think Harry has a lot to do with the musical direction — he’s kind of our MD, although Alex also comes up with some string arrangements and stuff like that. All of that was really live but we rehearsed and made sure that we were prepared so that when we got to the studio it came out right.”

From a lyrical perspective Love Is A Dog examines the illusion of happiness, although Lubitz concedes that this wasn’t entirely intentional.

“I guess we noticed after the fact — it wasn’t intentionally trying to write a concept album or anything — but a lot of the songs have this feeling of the downside of good things,” she muses.

“Like the downside of loving someone too much, or the downside of wealth and privilege. I was reading (F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel) The Great Gatsby at the time of writing a few of the songs and I was interested in how you can have that world of real wealth yet no one seems to be really happy... and those ideas crept into the album.”

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JORDAN MCROBBIE Candleland

You’ve been really busy touring of late, describe your adventures...

Yeah it’s been amazing! I’ve been touring since December, 2014, around the country and played a bunch of festivals as well as a 27-date residency in Perisher and Thredbo; snowboarding every day and performing at night on the resort was epic! I also got to support Angus & Julia Stone and tour with the Beautiful Girls which was great too.

Jordan McRobbie launches his new single, Candle, this Saturday, April 9, at Mojos with help from Colourbound and Stella Donnelly. You’re also playing at Fairbridge, are you BOB GORDON checks in. looking forward to that. What are your own

JACK RABBIT SLIM’S

Tell us about the new single, Candle?

It’s a song I’ve had in my set for a little while now but it’s taken ages to get it down in the studio because of all of the technical percussion and tapping elements. I worked on it with Jordan Power, a producer in Byron Bay who had recorded Xavier Rudd and Angus Stone and I’m finally stoked on the finished track.

It’s the first glimpse of an EP you’re releasing, what is the rest of it going to be like?

The new EP’s going to be a mix of production between Jordan Power and Nick Didia who’s worked with bands like Pearl Jam and Powderfinger. It’s heavily influenced by prog-rock bands like Karnivool and Tool while still retaining a warm ethereal and acoustic feel. There are five more tracks to be recorded in the coming months.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

When The Guns Were Young Perth band Navarone were one of the leading original hard rock outfits on the local scene in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, along with the likes of Greenroom, F.U.L.L., Stoneface, T-Cells and The Meaning Of. Vocalist/guitarist, Todd ‘Reg’ Bridgeman, has complied a book, The Biggest And The Mightiest, detailing the history of the band.

BOB GORDON turns the page.

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How’s the rest of 2016 look?

I’ll be flying back to Byron Bay after Fairbridge and a couple house-concerts to play Perisher Peak fest in June.

I’ve also got another twomonth residency in the snow through July/August where I’ll be boarding my brains out and playing pretty much every night. I’ll be coming back to WA in November to release the full EP. So yeah, I’m really excited for there rest of the year!

MUSIC GEAR & TECHNOLOGY

NAVARONE

BRASS MONKEY

memories of that festival?

Fairbridge is awesome! I love the atmosphere at folk festivals like this.

Everyone’s super relaxed and happy cruising around watching amazing music. It usually ends up as a massive jam in one of the lodges with all the bands trading songs and singing together

the years, right from the first mention of us as Spudgun as we assumed it would be the only time we’d get a mention! So every photo or mention we got, Ross (Bridgeman) and I ‘scrapbooked’ it because we knew we’d want to have a beer and reminisce one day. There is heaps in there that I’d forgotten about and pleasingly some nice reviews too, but it wouldn’t have mattered if they were bad. They were awesome times and I still get a lot of joy from looking back at it all.

How detailed is the book in terms of the band’s history - beginning to end?

It’s as detailed as the resources and my memory would allow, and there are certainly some ‘grey’ areas. In fact the whole start to the band is actually disputed. Chad (Lockwood) and Phil (Thomas-Hall) have a different recollection to how I remember that first fateful jam session When did the idea of a book about the band came about. I have left in some generalised date first occur to you and how did you go about references but the important thing for me was making a start? to not leave out anything that painted a picture I was just tidying up my home studio of the emotion - the mood, the excitement, and came across some of the old X-Press articles the disappointments that we went through. I and photos that I’ve had all this time. It was was also conscious of the fact that this was the great to look back, and I started to wonder one go at it, so everything has to be in there. I if the other guys had the same or different didn’t want it to be too light on, but I did want artefacts to me, and if they did, how would we to keep it interesting. The end result shows best share them. So the idea came from that, how much detail was there to start with. I think ‘let’s consolidate everything into one definitive every photo and every press clipping is in there. record, so we can stop carrying around a box full of stuff’. Putting it all into a book sounded Is there any sensitive stuff? Rock’n’roll bandlike the right vehicle for telling the story in a life can be up and down and tumultuous, with timeline that made sense. opinions differing in retrospect...

Not really, no. It’s certainly not The You have a lot of clippings and memorabilia, Dirt by Motley Crue; not a lot of sex and drugs they’d be great for jogging the memory? or fist fights etc, but I think it’s pretty honest.

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KIM SALMON Surrealist Shopping With a history including legendary names such as The Scientists and The Surrealists, WA treasure Kim Salmon has released what is actually his first real solo album, My Script. He chats to ROSS CLELLAND ahead of his forthcoming shows at Mojos on Friday, April 22; Bar 459 on Saturday, April 23, and RTRFM’s In The Pines at Somerville Auditorium, UWA, on Sunday, April 24.

Just shy of 40 years into an idiosyncratic musical journey, Kim Salmon admits to not quite knowing just what he is, but is strident when dismissing what he’s not.

For starters, don’t call him a ‘veteran’. “Well, it is a war out there sometimes,” Salmon muses. “But I really shy away from being described as anything like that — you sound like you’re crusty, a bit irrelevant.” He then arcs up a bit further: “And save me if you’re called ‘roots’ — or worse still a ‘heritage’ act. Piss off! I’m not having that. I know it’s not meant to be disparaging, but you can take it that way.”

He then takes a slightly unexpected tangent: “I don’t even like being a called a ‘guitar player’.” This from a man whose howling primitivism with The Scientists became one of the blueprints for generations of punk and grunge. And echoes in the racket still coming from a million angry kids in garages — whether they realise they’re aping him or not.

Salmon clarifies: “Here’s something: David Bowie was a really accomplished guitar player, but do you think of him as a guitar player? No. Because he was always clever enough to get somebody else to do it,” he chuckles. “I’m not a virtuoso.

I’m not Tommy Emmanuel or Carlos Santana — and probably don’t want to be. I’m a singer, an artist — a performing artist. The guitar is just one tool.”

So, to the mostly solo new album, My Script.

Where Salmon gets a couple of more unusual instrumental credits, like making percussion tracks and loops from an old dictaphone voice recorder, or simply sticking a finger over a buzzing guitar lead to make more new noise.

“I still think I write pop songs,” he explains. “I think of a melody first, making something that nobody’s heard before.

Then I have to come up with words to sing over them — and that can just come off the top of my head. I often go back and wonder, ‘What did I say that for? What was I meaning?’ See, it’s easy,” the former Surrealist smirks.

Thus, there’s music from glam stomps to comparatively reflective balladry across the album. “I dislike bands going all over the place, but not really knowing what they’re trying to say. I’ve tried to keep it a bit cohesive, but go all over the shop — so it’s not so much a shop, it’s more a department store (laughs).”

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that annoyed us, but I don’t think there’s too much that could be contentious or controversial.

on a much smaller scale of course. The difference is this is our story, and Perth’s rock history so it’s worth documenting. We were there. We were part of it. It was an awesome time for local original rock music.

How would you describe the process of putting the book together and the feeling now that it’s coming out?

Navarone, The Biggest And The Mightiest is available to It took ages, and a couple of ‘let’s start again’s. purchase via bridgemusic05@hotmail.com.

Probably 18 months of bit-by-bit construction. I’m no author or publishing wiz so I had some learning to do with the layouts, etc.

So it feel like hundreds of hours but it was absolutely a labour of love - I had an awesome time going back over the history and recalling it all. All of the photos and articles had to be scanned and placed in the right order, and then I got the other guys to tell me what they remembered. On some occasions I interviewed them with specific questions so I could quote them directly.

I really wanted a coffee table style book and wanted it to be something that took a while to get through, just so it didn’t seem like there was nothing to tell, but I really think we have a story here and I’m really happy with it.

Navarone, The Biggest We all read band biographies from the big bands of And The Mightiest Pic: Chris Gibbs the world, but we don’t realise that we have similar stories, just 09/04 Jordan McRobbie Candle Single Launch @ Mojos 09/04 Childsaint Hallelujah Heartache Single Launch @ The Bird 22/04 Edie Green Single Launch @ The Bird 22/04 Kim Salmon My Script Album Launch @ Mojos 22/04 Kripke’s Illusion Suite Murder EP Launch @ Civic Hotel 29/04 Jaime Page Dark Universe Album Launch @ Civic Hotel 29/04 Josh Johnstone Album Launch @ The Odd Fellow 29/04 Hailmary Evolve/Dissolve EP Launch @ Amplifier 06/05 Lionizer Be Alone EP Launch @ Bar 459 07/05 The Jangle Band Edge Of A Dream Album Launch @ Bar 459

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excitedly squealed ‘YES!’ the crowd roared its approval while Hughes continued to camp it up to the max, accepting hugs from band members and gloating well-deservedly, ‘She did not see that shit coming!’

By this stage Jesse Hughes | Pic: Stuart McKay it was obvious that the sound upstairs was not going to get any better, with a bass hum that alternated between a buzz and a physical shaking of the furniture, and leaving lyrics and banter barely distinguishable.

Thankfully downstairs fared considerably better, but for such a venerated and long-standing venue, that’s inexcusable.

The rest of the night was a blur as great songs came and went, the band danced and played up to their selfaggrandised reputation, whilst delivering song after song in blistering form from their four albums.

So, a night of highs and lows, then, but one undoubtedly worth seeing.

curl his moustache with flair and affix his mirrored shades.

Launching their rock’n’roll dance party night was crowd favourite, I Only Want You, complete with two false finishes, Hughes

and Matt McJunkins and the Flying V guitar-wielding Dave Catching throw their instruments back and forth around their necks, exhort and cajole the crowd to scream and yell and clap, and play second bananas to

revved the crowd up with his loose-hipped sex-god act. It’s a tough ask to drag your eyes away from Hughes, bouncing around like a turbo-charged, tattooed pinball, but hip guitarist and bass player Eden Galindo

their frontman’s rock comedy routine.

The real highlight of the night was Hughes calling keyboard player girlfriend Tuesday Cross to centre stage, dropping to one knee and proposing to her. After an

All The Colours Metropolis Fremantle Tuesday, March 29, 2016 “We’re All The Colours,” announces bassist Josh Moriaty of the opening trio from Melbourne, before surprising the crowd with a truly interesting and mostly engaging set of forward-thinking retro-rock.

With their heavy riffs, catchy tunes, quirky high-pitched vocals and take-no-prisoners presence it’s hard not to think of these guys as EODM and QOTSA’s biggest fans, but with some technically exciting and enjoyably brash attitude they kept a groove sustained for most of their set. Playing a mix of songs from both their albums plus a raucous cover of classic Baby Please Don’t Go, a 50-minute set strained attention spans, but the beefed up ‘60s pop feel of Angel ended things on a high note.

It was a full hour’s wait of muffled tunes through the PA later that Jesse ‘The Devil’ Hughes and his Eagles Of Death Metal cohorts literally danced onstage to the disco funk of Kool & the Gang’s Ladies Night, the frontman standing still only long enough to

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without alienating himself drew intrigue from many members of the crowd.

Heating things up even further was DJ Defs Worthit, DJ Defs Worthit (Kevin Parker)/ better known as Kevin Benjamin Witt/Old Blood/Leon Parker. His hour-long Osborn/POW Negro/Joe Macc set was a mix of J-Shed somewhat unexpected Saturday, April 2, 2016 selections including TNGHT, 50 Cent and Following the release of their Koi Child MIA with classics like debut album, Fremantle hipPic: Matsu Photography Diana Ross’ Upside hop/jazz fusion outfit Koi Child Down. took to the road in their largest Australian Koi Child commenced their set with the tour to date. With sets across the country instrumental, Grease. As the sold-out crowd including Victoria’s famed Golden Plains, the flocked to the stage, MC Shannon Patterson seven-piece cultivated by Tame Impala’s Kevin sat head-down, drink in hand until they moved Parker have played the final leg in hometown into Touch Em. The high intensity track set the Freo supported by some of the best local talent scene for the rest of the set with dancing, solos around. and a whole lot of energy.

Fremantle’s own Leon Osborn kicked A midst the mayhem, instrumental off proceedings with his glitched-out electronic breaks gave the MC a chance to engage beats until POW Negro took to the stage for with the crowd and deliver a well-practiced their showing of what a hip-hop band should interpretation of what can only be described as be. ‘scratch-scatting’.

Joe Macc then donned the ones and Crowd favorite Slow One featured an two, blending hip-hop and house to keep things incredible keys solo from Tom Kenny before going before and after blues outfit Old Blood. moving into the moody Wumpa Fruit and the Playing to a rapidly growing crowd, Old Blood album’s first single, Black Panda. put on a show indicative of why they’re some of Going through the rest of their debut the most respected blues artists in WA. Vocalist full-length with notable numbers in Frangipani, Tony Papa-Adams delivered a harrowing Japes and Preserve, the performance was performance, even delivering some of the best nothing less than quality. air-guitar seen since Freddie Mercury.

Their only downfall on the stage is Following up Joe Macc’s second set, Patterson’s vocals in the mix. Of course, it’s Benjamin Witt of The Chemist fame brought extremely difficult to come in over a trombone his solo act alive with some help from a few and saxophones with clarity, but it’s definitely leading locals including the eclectic James something they will need to address in the Ireland. His scratchy melodies and lo-fi penchant future. may not have been the most fitting opening for JAI CHOUHAN Koi Child, but Witt’s ability to be experimental

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS

Stiff Little Fingers, see you at the bar

The Caballeros/Leeches!

Capitol Tuesday, March 29, 2016

powerhouse of a band: highly melodic, technically sound, with thoughtfully written songs, the band were on fire tonight, genuinely appreciating a jam packed venue.

With a very healthy early crowd Leeches!

Opening with Wasted Life, Just Fade graced the stage, wasting absolutely no time Away and Roots. The band gave the punters as they smashed into their own brand of exactly what they want. Charging though ‘80s hardcore inspired rock-n-roll. A flawless songs from various eras of SLF catalogue, rhythm section led by a ferociously lovable every word seemed to ring true as the aging front man, Benny J Ward, navigated in and out crowd proudly represented their heroes in the of varied time signatures, never at the mercy pit. of the hook, keeping the swelling crowd well Loud, fast, sometime abrasive, the big stand out at a SLF show are the quiet entertained. Despite Benny hilariously telling times between songs, when singer Jake Burns everybody how much they hate the support tells a story, captivating the crowd with band, Leeches! went down an absolute treat.

The Caballeros know how to put on tales of ‘70s Belfast, the meaning behind the songs and life as a young punk rocker. It feels a rock’n’roll show! Jake England solidifies his like for a second I’m a young boy hanging status as one of Perth’s great frontmen, The out with a cool uncle that’s had too many Caballeros never miss out on an opportunity whiskeys letting me in on a few truths in the to impress, calling on the vocals of The world, and then boom back into the tunes.

Shakeys’ Claire Hodgson for MC5 cover, Finishing the set off with the ear American Ruse, drawing an increasingly damaging Alternative Ulster, SLF never let the rowdy crowd in closer. Catchy and engaging, crowd off the hook once and continued to be careful when watching this band; while be as relevant today as the day they began in you are in the toilets afterwards, staring Belfast all those years ago. ambiguously into the mirror questioning your own sexuality, Jake England has already STEVEN KNOTH bought your girlfriend a drink at the bar, but suck it up, because this is rock-n-roll baby!

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SARAH MILLICAN 6 & 7 Octagon Theatre JIMMY WATTS 6 Caves House Hotel 7 Defector’s Bar 8 House Concert 9 The Provincial Hotel BRIAN WILSON 7 Riverside Theatre OPIUO 8 Jack Rabbit Slim’s CALIGULA’S HORSE 9 Amplifier ED KUEPPER 9 Fly by Night JAMIE LAWSON 9 Astor Theatre JIM JEFFERIES 9 Perth Arena TRIVIUM 10 Metropolis Fremantle THE UNDERACHIEVERS 12 Jack Rabbit Slim’s NICO & VINZ 13 Villa ASKING ALEXANDRIA 13 Astor Theatre THE PROCLAIMERS 13 Perth Concert Hall KARNIVOOL 13 The Wintersun, Geraldton 15 Pier Hotel, Port Hedland 16 Tambrey Centre, Karratha BLACK SABBATH with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 15 Perth Arena THINGS OF STONE & WOOD 15 Mojo’s Bar CITY CALM DOWN 15 Jimmy’s Den 16 Mojo’s Bar DAMIEN LEITH 15 Astor Theatre TYGA 15 HBF Stadium GANG OF YOUTHS 16 Astor Theatre GANG OF FOUR 18 Astor Theatre APRIL 2016 TUKA 22 Capitol KIM SALMON 22 Mojos Bar 23 Bar 459 THE STRANGLERS 23 Metropolis Fremantle DILLON FRANCIS 23 Belvoir Amphitheatre JAUZ & MIJA 24 Villa 30

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AVIARY ROOFTOP SESSIONS ft. NICOLE MILLAR 24 The Aviary TOMMY TIERNAN 25 Riverside Theatre MILLENCOLIN 26 Metropolis Fremantle KARNIVOOL 27 Prince of Wales 28 Badlands 29 Badlands 30 Badlands SARAH BLASKO 30 Astor Theatre HILLTOP HOODS 30 Perth Arena THE DRONES 30 Rosemount Hotel RUFUS 30 Red Hill Auditorium LADI6 & PARKS 30 Clancy’s Dunsborough SARAH BLASKO 30 Astor Theatre MAY 2016

KARNIVOOL 1 Badlands TEX PERKINS 4 Norfolk Hotel 6 The Ravenswood 7 Charles Hotel MATT CORBY 5 Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre MS MR 5 Rosemount Hotel RATATAT 5 Metro City VIC MENSA 5 Villa TWENTY ONE PILOTS 5 Astor Theatre CELTIC THUNDER 5 Albany Entertainment Centre 7 Perth Arena 8 Bunbury Entertainment Centre THE BLACK MASQUERADE ft. JOE LETZ, RUBBLE OF EMPIRE, COLD FATE, ONE OF NONE 7 Gilkison Dance Studio GROOVIN THE MOO ft. ALISON WONDERLAND, BOO SEEKA, BOY & BEAR, BRITISH INDIA, DRAPHT, MS MR & more 7 Bunbury DANNY BROWN 8 Metro City HINDS 9 Rosemount Hotel COHEED & CAMBRIA 13 Capitol L7 13 Metropolis Fremantle MENTAL AS ANYTHING 13 Charles Hotel

COHEED AND CAMBRIA, MAY 13 @ CLUB CAPITOL

IRON MAIDEN 14 Perth Arena THE SCREAMING JETS 14 Charles Hotel THE WONDER YEARS 14 Amplifier THE UPBEATS 14 Villa CAST 15 Capitol ELUVEITIE 17 Capitol A WILHELM SCREAM 19 Rosemount Hotel VIOLENT SOHO 20 Metro City APIA GOOD TIMES ft. DARYL BRAITHWAITE, KATE CEBERANO, JOHN PAUL YOUNG & JON STEVENS 21 Perth Concert Hall 22 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre O RAPPA 25 Metropolis Fremantle 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 ALEX GOW & DAN KELLY 2 Mojos 3 Jimmy’s Den THE VANNS 2 Odd Fellow 3 Settlers Tavern 4 Four5Nine DEAFHEAVEN 6 Rosemount Hotel FEAR FACTORY 8 Metropolis Fremantle NORTHLANE & IN HEARTS WAKE 10 Metro City THE SMITH STREET BAND 10 Capitol RICHARD MARX 14 Astor Theatre 15 Astor Theatre THE LIVING END 16 Astor Theatre MAT MCHUGH 16 Jimmy’s Den 17 Mojo’s Bar 18 Indi Bar 19 Clancy’s Dunsborough

BIG COUNTRY 18 Rosemount Hotel THE RUBENS 18 Metro City FOSTER & ALLEN 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION TOUR 23 Astor Theatre BEATS IN THE HEAT ft. JOHN WILLIAMSON, POTBELLEZ, THE CAT EMPIRE, DRAPHT, ART VS SCIENCE & more 24 & 25 Karratha Entertainment Complex Bulgarra SWERVEDRIVER 28 Amplifier Bar BLACK STONE CHERRY 29 Capitol WES CARR 30 Albany Entertainment Centre JULY 2016 RUSSELL HOWARD 15 Riverside Theatre WEEDEATER & CONAN 17 Rosemount Hotel AUGUST 2016 MACKELMORE & RYAN LEWIS 11 Perth Arena ROLLING THUNDER VIETNAM 17 – 20 Crown Theatre SEPTEMBER 2016 CRYPTOPSY 4 The Rosemount Hotel PAM ANN 5 Regal Theatre THE WHITLAMS 8 Rosemount Hotel BRING ME THE HORIZON 14 HBF Stadium FROM THE JAM 17 Capitol LOUIS THEROUX 22 Riverside Theatre MARINA PRIOR & MARK VINCENT 23 Perth Concert Hall HENRY ROLLINS 23 & 24 Regal Theatre 25 Margaret River Cultural Centre COG 24 Metro City JOE BONAMASSA 25 Perth Concert Hall OCTOBER 2016 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 5 Metropolis Fremante THE LEVELLERS 12 Capitol ELLIE GOULDING 12 Perth Arena

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ANDRE RIEU 3 Perth Arena DISTURBED 9 HBF Stadium THE MISSION 16 Capitol BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT

W E E K LY CRIMINALS 29 Kings Park & Botanic Garden WEDNESDAY 06/04

BIRD Alwyn Lewis Phocal Natalie Mae Bahasa Malay CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Songwriter’s Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Alchemy FLY BY NIGHT The Gaslight Club ft.

The Wildings Chuck Hombre Mike De Velta INDI BAR Club Acoustica ft.

Dawn Barrington Chris Matthews Sascha Seabourne Robbie Jalapeno The Bureaucrats JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Novelist MOJO’S BAR Thunderdogs Racoo Charles Luke Dux Elephant Isle MOON CAFÉ Jeremy Segal Pro Amateur 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Kallan Phillips Band Grace Sanders John Martyr’s Ghost QITO ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rock’N’Roll Karaoke UNIVERSAL BAR Decoy THURSDAY 07/04

BABUSHKA RDA Marlinspike Turtle Island Juicy Juicy Fruit Peach Flavour CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything King of the Travellers Racoo Charles DEFECTORS BAR Songwriter’s Club

CHILDSAINT,SAT 9 @ THE BIRD

ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Fire Power INDI BAR Open Mic Night MALT SUPPER CLUB Old School Thursday MOJO’S BAR Dubarray Barefeet Sojourns NEWPORT HOTEL Strangelove Hinterland Dreams Nodes 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Villain Marmalade Mama Mung Dahl Yellow Castle Jonathan Bramfield ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Desert Sonnes Rukkus Yin Elephant Isle SETTLERS TAVERN Helen Townsend METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Gumbo Thusdays UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record FRIDAY 08/04

AMPLIFIER King Parrot Grotesque Sanzu Tempest Rising Suffer in Rot Tusk Dawn of Leviathan Thrown to the Lions BABUSHKA The Proletarians Sounduh Nodesllldok & Wrelmz Segue Safari Palm Soma The Piscos The Midnight Mules BASSENDEAN HOTEL Tom Fisher & The Layabouts Dirtwater Bloom The Jayco Brothers Wayward Johnson BIRD Plaze presents Inner City ft.

Zah Doctor S Orion Space Nug Frank CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Steve Parkin CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Diamond Dave & The Doodaddies ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Lucky Oceans Allira Wilson The Multiple Doormen INDI BAR Morgan Bain and The Hunting Birds

WANDERLUST, SAT 9 @ ROSEMOUNT

JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Opiuo JIMMY’S DEN Joe White MOJO’S BAR Average Rap Band Childs Play Corduroy Club Olithvgxd MOON & SIXPENCE Soul Corporation 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Tim Hampshire Joe Guiton Dan Raw Christian Hancock ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Van Gogh Dejan Cukic SETTLERS TAVERN Dubarray UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves YMCA HQ Red Moon Ragdoll Last Lions Velvet Elevator SATURDAY 09/04 AMBAR Japan 4 ft.

Esobe Bezwun Philly Blunt Invoker Yattaman AMPLIFIER Caligula’s Horse Chaos Divine BABUSHKA Average Rap Band Hyclass Jack the Sloth Kazienza BIRD Childsaint French Rockets Jacob Diamond The Spunloves CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Riffz2000 CLAREMONT PARK Clare Bowditch ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jason Ayres Throw Back 90s FLY BY NIGHT Ed Kuepper INDI BAR Matt Gresham JACK RABBIT SLIM’S UV boi Collarbones Gill Bates Villette JIMMY’S DEN Mysc OMAC X KABS X DEEZY New Found Heights Greeley MOJO’S BAR Jordan McRobbie Mister and Sunbird Colourbound Stella Donnelly

MOON & SIXPENCE Hi – NRG Dr Bogus Switch RAILWAY HOTEL LEECHES! Aborted Tortoise Bikini Cops The Sperts Thee Loose Hounds The i’s Dennis Cometti Dr Bumface The Kramers 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Lachlan Bryan Davey Craddock ROSEMOUNT HOTEL POW Negro Slick Monks Wanderlust Ruby May Sealamb The Drools Fuzz Toads Filthy Apes SETTLERS TAVERN Courtney Conway UNIVERSAL BAR Soul Corporation SUNDAY 10/04

BABUSHKA Barefoot Sojourns Yaqui Yeti Furball Grant Touchell CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Limelights Jazz Brekky Session CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Goons of Doom Psychedlic Porn Crumpets Purple Urchin Wash CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Dilip n The Davs ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Juliana Frassatti INDI BAR Shovelful of Blues ft. Rick Steele and Friends METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Trivium MOJO’S BAR Paul Dempsey ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BACKYARD) Get Down ft.

Aslan Klean Kicks Pawel Good Company DJs Sleepyhead Beni Chill Jo Lettenmaier Tim King UNIVERSAL BAR What’s The Fuss

SHIT NARNIA, WED 13 @ THE BIRD

MONDAY 11/04

CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Quiz Night CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Lost Quays ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB A Tribute to Keith Jarrett & Paul Motian MOJO’S BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia SETTLERS TAVERN Andrew Winton TUESDAY 12/04

CHARLES HOTEL Perth Blues Club ft.

Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges Billy Neal & Lez Karski Duo The Nevous Investors CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything JACK RABBIT SLIM’S The Underachievers MOJO’S BAR Brain Caramel 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Sean Little ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Brian Posehn ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BACKYARD) David Craft Band WEDNESDAY 13/04

BABUSHKA Bex’s Open Mic Night BIRD The Hayley Bethstival Shit Narnia Erasers Laurel Fixation Stina CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Songwriter’s Night FLY BY NIGHT The Gaslight Club ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin INDI BAR Club Acoustica ft.

Jaron Freeman-Fox Patient Little Sister MOJO’S BAR Skegss Three Hands One Hoof Verge Collection MOON CAFÉ Tourist Kid Atripat

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LILT, FRI 15 @ JIMMY'S DEN

THE PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL I Killed The Prom Queen 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Vorsen The Jump Doubles ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rock’N’Roll Karaoke SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic Night

MAKE WAY FOR MAN, SAT 16 @ AMPLIFIER

459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL SKEGSS ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Tijuana Cartel A Conscious Coup SCARBOROUGH SPORTSMANS CLUB The Comedy Shack ft.

Ben Darsow Matt Dyktnski SETTLERS TAVERN Orquesta Yambeque

THURSDAY 14/04

AMPLIFIER Last Night ft.

I Killed the Prom Queen BABUSHKA Junkadelic The Crux Charlie Bucket CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Writer’s Block DEFECTORS BAR Songwriter’s Club ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Baker Suite MOJO’S BAR NO ZU Sui Zhen Phil Stroud DJ Joe Alexander NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club Season Five ft.

The Gunners ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Keeblers Cloning the Mammoth Deli Days Said the People SETTLERS TAVERN Tijuana Cartel FRIDAY 15/04

AMPLIFIER Tyne-James Organ BABUSHKA No Zu Kashikoi Usurper Of Modern Medicine DJ Joe Alexander BASSENDEAN HOTEL Datura4 Huge Magnet The Whiskey Pocket Acid County CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Diamond Dave & The Doodaddies ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Libby Hammer Quintet Brown Sugar - A Tribute to D’Angelo JIMMY’S DEN City Calm Down Lilt Problems MOJO’S BAR Things of Stone and Wood Billie Rogers Her Country Gentlemen

SATURDAY 16/04 AMBAR Japan 4 ft.

Pussymittens BAWS DNGRFLD Bezwun Childish Antics AMPLIFIER Make Way for Man Statues Shangrilá At Depths BIRD Slick Monks HUSSY Beach Aunty Tashi CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Brayden Sibbald Oliver Quinlan Danny Alcorn ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Hello: A Tribute to Adele Vicious Von Vixen’s Late Night Cabaret INDI BAR The Volcanics Maverick JIMMY’S DEN Tigertown MOJO’S BAR City Calm Down Problems Lilt 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Secret Buttons Dirt Water Bloom Cavalier ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Total Science Sistym Skinny Temple Impulsv Rufkut SETTLERS TAVERN SKEGSS SUNDAY 17/04

BABUSHKA Norman Westberg Craig McElhinney BIRD Nadia Reid CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Ladywood ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Danny Moss Jnr and Friends

INDI BAR Moorditj Brothers Ben Catley Nate Lansdell MOJO’S BAR STRAIGH-TEE CAL DUST Sam Perry Vic The Bitter DJ “LIMBO” 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Raksha Sunshine Punk The Kramers Fine Court ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BACKYARD) Get Down ft.

Aslan Klean Kicks Pawel Good Company DJs Sleepyhead Beni Chill Jo Lettenmaier Tim King SETTLERS TAVERN Blue Child Collective MONDAY 18/04 CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Song Lounge April ft.

FlameTree Fiona Rea The Littlest Fox Siobhan Cotchin MOJO’S BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia TUESDAY 19/04

BABUSHKA Jameson Feakes Tourist Kid Opium Leafy Suburbs & Lana BeHn Stacy & Steve Paraskos & more CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Rafael Rosa MOJO’S BAR Brain Caramel PERTH BLUES CLUB The ANZAC Show ft.

PBC Legacy Band The Ripping Horn 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Steve Parry Jamie Oehlers Pete Jeavons Danny Susnjar Vista Needle ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Lycra Tuesdays 31

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