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The Victorians dubbed it Project O. The Feds were whispering in the corridors of power of Project Chicago. The Sydney Opera House managers secretly agreed to the unthinkable, to change its name for one night. And with a “cheers mate” it was revealed mission accomplished – the queen of the screen, Oprah was coming to Australia… along with 300 extremist acolytes.

Former tourism minister John Brown reckons it’ll be the biggest tourism boon for Australia since Paul Hogan offered to throw another shrimp on the barbie; and he probably knows, as he was the bloke behind that infamous ad campaign. It’s a dream come true for Tourism Australia, whose Christopher Skase inspired “where the bloody hell are you” campaign failed to unearth any Oz-o-philes (and lumped us with Lara Bingle). Internal tourism reports suggest results may have been greatly differed had they coughed up the extra coin for their first choice star of that campaign,

7 News 10 Reactions/Comp Thing 13 Flesh 14 X-Press Interview: Todd Rundgren 16 Music: Clare Bowditch 18 Music: Powderfinger 20 Music: Against Me 22 Music: Junip/Jaill 23 Music: Dum Dum Girls 24 Music: The Script/Seabellies 26 New Noise

Fatso The Fast-Arsed Wombat.

If all goes to script, Oprah will incite a mass migration of biblical proportions, encouraging gazillions of unemployed daytime TV addicts worldwide to forfeit their life savings to human traffickers (sometimes known as travel agents), battle horrific conditions (airport coffee queues) to finally arrive in the lucky country. The smugglers (budgie) will get off scot-free, and we’ll send our new arrivals deep into the desert, where you’ll find them trampling over Uluru and maybe getting naked, if they’re French.

Then, in 30-years-time the Australian Taxation Department will be attempting to nail Oprah for tax evasion, after uncovering her clandestine offshore accounts set up on Rottnest Island. Oh hang on; the Oprah circus isn’t coming to Western Australia. But word on the street is Tourism WA is vying for a piece of the Oprah pie. We suggest setting up an Oz theme park at Summer Bay (formerly Cottesloe Beach) where

Oprah, giving it up for Australia

Oprah and her acolytes can wrestle crocs and have their babies stolen by wild dingoes. It’d be a sure-fire winner! Oprah; where the bloody hell have you been? _JULIAN TOMPKIN

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Linkin Park

OUTTA THE PARK

Metal iconoclasts and perennial chart faves, Linkin Park will descend on Perth this summer, bombarding fans with their unique blend of nu metal and rap rock. The Californian legends will play a series of incendiary shows in a nation tour of Australia and will roll into the Wild West on Tuesday, December 7, to play the Burswood Dome. Playing tracks from their new album A Thousand Suns and old classics, it’s bound to be a ripper! Tickets go on sale Friday, September 24, and are available from ticketek.com.au.

In the ’90s one band stepped forward as grunge’s truly alternative voice. That band was Smashing Pumpkins. And now, so many years later, the seminal indie outfit return to Perth with a new line-up that has been hailed their best since their heyday in the ’90s. Billy Corgan will be joined on stage by drummer Mike Byrne, bassist Nicole Fiorentino and guitarist Jeff Shroeder for a national tour of Australia. Playing a mix of classics and new material from album Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, the tour is set to be a corker! The gang will arrive down under in October and play the PCEC Riverside Theatre in Perth on Tuesday, October 12. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, September 16, and are available from ticketek.com.au.

BUILT TO THRILL

With celebrity fans including The Simpsons’ Matt Groening, Built To Spill have built up a loyal following with their infectious brand of jangley rock. In fact, the band remains one of the most influential bands in indie rock, having affected almost all who came after. With a stunning new album in the bag - There Is No Enemy - that fuses Neil Young and The Flaming Lips, the band are set to burn up the road with some unforgettable live shows next year. The legendary Idaho band will embark on a tour of Australia in the New Year playing The Rosemount on Tuesday, January 4. Local support will be provided by 6s & 7s and Umpire. Pre-sale tickets are available from heatseeker.com.au at $48 plus booking fee from Monday, September 20.

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45 Salt Cover: Marcel Woods 46 Salt News 48 Salt Music: South Rakkas Crew/ Nervo 49 Salt Music: Lee Canning/ Chico Mann 50 Test Lab 52 Club Manual 54 Pub Scene: Llama Bar/ Brass Monkey 55 Pub Blurbs 56 Functions Feature 60 Live reviews: Toby/ Death Before Dishonour/ Smrts, South West feature 61 Rock X-Tras 62 Tour Trails 64 Gig Guide 66 Classifieds Cover: Clare Bowditch plays The Live At The Quarry on Wednesday, December 8, and Thursday, December 9.

Salt Cover: Marcel Woods plays Godskitchen on Friday, October 8.

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Attention dance music-junkies. Good Vibrations have just announced a cracking line-up for their 2011 music festival. Headlining are Faithless, joined by French indie rockers Phoenix, electronic pioneer Sasha, rap/reggae combo Nas and Damian Marley and viral phenomenon Cee Lo Green. Genre straddling diva Kelis will be bringing all the boys to her yard, alongside entertainment mogul Ludacris, soul sister Erykah Badu and Friendly Fires making a very welcome return to the line-up. The Perth show will be held at Claremont Showground on Sunday, February 20. Tickets go on sale Thursday, September 16, from gvf.com.au.

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We are giving away double passes to the state and national finals held at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, September 17, and Friday, October 1. Get your entries in and come support our Western Australian local music!

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The sensational sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire is a thrilling flick. After solving their first crime together, Lisbeth and Mikael are back onto it, investigating a sex-trafficking ring. Lisbeth is a wanted women and Mikael is the only one who can save her before her temper gets the best of her. We have ten double in season passes with a bonus t-shirt to giveaway, this fantastic film is yet another nail bitter!

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Mark Sholtez has been busy in the US over the past few months, putting the finishing touches to his latest jazz album The Distance Between Two Truths. Produced by Grammy award winning producer Larry Klein in Hollywood’s Sunset Sound Studio, this new release is bound to sound top-notch on your turntable. Sholtez is taking his jazzy-pop on the road and will play Manhattans Bar in Perth on Friday, September 24, and Saturday, September 25. Tickets are available from ticketmaster.com.au.

Kaki King

DARK SIDE

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Darklife – it’s like Parklife, only louder – is a haven for metal-junkies and has lined up a right gaggle of bands for their festival on Sunday, September 26, at The Den (Civic Hotel) in Inglewood. Headliners Reapers Riddle will be supported by Ill Vision, Threshold, Arkarion and Caprycon. Tickets are $10 on the door.

DEAR GOD

It’s just three weeks until some of the best DJs on the scene play at Godskitchen White party at Metro City – we hope you’ve started getting your outfit ready for Friday, October 8! X-Press, Mellen Events, Metro City and Transit Clothing are giving you the chance to go into the draw to win a $500 Godskitchen Prize Pack. It includes a double pass, $200 Transit Clothing voucher, Godskitchen CD pack and a $50 bar card to spend at Godskitchen’s White Party at Metro City. Head to mellenevents.com to enter (entries close Sunday, September 19).

The Basement Birds

Musical butterfly Kaki King will bring her music to WA this summer, playing the Fly By Night on Sunday, November 21. The Atlanta singer has built up a cult following with her unique mix of jazz, instrumental and shoegazing music. She has collaborated with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and composed the soundtrack for Sean Penn’s Into The Wild. The Atlanta-based singer’s last trip to Oz was in December ‘09, and since then the prolific artist has released her latest offering, Junior, to much acclaim, both here and internationally.

LITTLE BIRD

Indie-folk darlings The Basement Birds will be returning to Perth in October as part of their Good Evening & Good Night Tour. Their recent single, Waiting For You, achieved single of the week upon its debut on the Australia iTunes Stores and now the powerhouse collective returns home to WA, bringing plenty of special guests and surprises. They will be appearing at Chesters Restaurant And Winery on Saturday, October 9, and Sunday, October 10. Tickets are $85 plus booking fee, available from ticketmaster.com.au.

ACT IN THE COURT

Fremantle Arts Centre will be serving up a bonanza of live, free music over this summer as part of their Courtyard Music series. Head down to Samson courtyard to check out some great bands from all over the country. The music kicks of on Sunday, October 3, with music-poets The Holy Sea. Free entry 10am-5pm. Head to fac.org.au for more details.

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MEET THE SPEAKER

X-Press chats with Mark Pope, producer of the ARIA Awards, ahead of his appearance at One Movement For Music Perth.

One Movement is essentially about reve a l i n g t h e f u t u re o f t h e m u s i c industry. Are you confident in the future of the business?

Yes. While ever people have the need and desire to emote, they will have the need and desire for music.

Illegal downloading is still a dirty word still in 2010 – in your opinion what’s the solution?

I saw a commercial recently and I can’t recall what it was exactly for. It was about some cereal and the bonus items one gets in a Corn Flakes packet. That powerful message inadver tently said music is worthless. Over a long period of time all of us have sacrificed the margin for top line sales; not just the labels. All of us! Bonus discs, added tracks, you name it we all have done it. The advent of CD over vinyl gave 70 odd minutes instead of 40 odd.

So what did we do? Let’s put more tracks on the album. Think about it… music is an emotional purchase. If you walked into a record store and saw one album with 15 tracks versus one album with ten, seriously would any of us choose the one with more songs? No. People will buy something that connects emotionally and personally, be it online or CD. Live music is largely the top moneyspinner for most artists today, over record sales. Do you believe this shift is a positive one?

Ye s . Yo u c a n h ave 1 , 0 0 0 f r i e n d s o n Facebook and be alone at home on a Saturday night. Live music is a positive reason to bring people together; people want a communal experience and music does just that. If the experience live was a good one then the punter will buy the music; it’s the same as it ever was.

Aside from One Movement, how do you plan to spend your time in Perth?

Surfing.

In other One Movement news, Karnivool and The Jezabels have been added to the weekend festival line-up on Saturday, October 9, and Sunday, October 10. Head to onemovementmusic.com for full details.

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Rove sidekick Peter Helliar will have his pants at half-mast when he sails into Perth this summer. That’s because he’ll be making us laugh with some old-school stand-up in his Dreamboat Tour at the Astor Theatre on Thursday, November 18, and Friday, November 19. We’re told the misleadingly titled show will not feature any nautical gags about Masterbates, portholes and gay sailors. Jump onto bocsticketing.com.au to get tickets at $31 plus booing fee. We’ll see you there!

If you want to ditch the suit and tie, rock-out and help some needy people in the process, then Central Park Battle Of The Bands is for you. Corporate bands contribute $1,000 to enter, which covers the costs and also raises funds for the chosen charity this year, HeartKids WA – a charit y suppor ting families with children with heart conditions. Bands get to perform a three song set on a full outdoor concert stage (with all back line equipment provided) with a judging panel, outdoor cinema screen and a film crew providing the live close ups. The event takes place on Friday, 12 November, from 5pm-10pm in the gardens of Central Park tower. For more details contact Roger Blow at Jackson McDonald on rblow@ jacmac.com.au.

Total Eclipse, playing Mayhem

BROKEN BEATS

Organisers at Mayhem have line-up some cracking artists for their 2010 festival. For the hip hop heads they have Evidence from Dilated Peoples bringing nothing but solid rhymes all the way from sunny California, and Total Eclipse from X-Ecutioners scratching, cutting and jugglin’ tricks. Plus many more, including Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Chris.Su and B-Complex. The event will be held on Sunday, October 31, at The Deen and will have a spooky Halloween theme. Tickets are on sale now for $79 plus booing fee from moshtix.com.au.

THE SONG

Yes folks, the wait is over for songwriters throughout Western Australia, as 81 nominees in 16 categories are a n n o u n c e d f o r WA’s p r e m i e r e s o n g writing competition - WAM Song Of The Year! With too many great names to mention here, the competition features an eclectic range of musical styles including Blues & Roots – where Simone Keane is nominated for Burning – and the category Mentally Healthy – in which Rose Parker is nominated for Purple. As well as that, there is of course Pop, Country, Rock, Indigenous and many more. For full details visit wam. asn.au.

Old Man River

SING IN THE VALLEY

Mobin Master

THE MOB

ARIA nominated DJ and producer, Mobin Master created history when his hit single and iconic club anthem Show Me Love held strong in the ARIA Club Chart for a record 52 weeks. He’s not resting on his laurels and has been busy in the studio crafting his debut album Get Lucky – an affectionate tribute to the 1990s house music he grew up with.

The talented DJ will be spinning his wheels of steel at The Court Street Party (The Court Hotel) on Saturday, October 30. He joins the great Paul Mac, Sarah McLeod and plenty more. Tickets are available from moshtix.com. au and check out thecourt.com.au for all the juicy details!

La Nostra Vita, showing at Lavazza Italian Film Festival

MAMA MIA

Lovers of Italian film will be spoiled this October when the 2010 Lavazza Italian Film Festival comes to Perth. Now in its 11th year, the event celebrates Italian art and culture in all its guises with something for serial Italophiles as well as genuine movie buffs of any nationality. This year’s program showcases more than 20 films handpicked from the Cannes, Berlin, Rome and Venice film festivals.

The festival runs from Thursday, October 14, to Thursday, October 28, at Cinema Paradiso and Luna On SX. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, September 15, and can be bought in person through the cinema or online at lunapalace.com.au.

Old Man River is returning to Perth as a special guest at this year’s Lounge In The Valley, presented by X-Press. He’s a bit of a dab hand, and co-wrote Sunshine which won the Blues & Roots Work Of The Year category at the APRA Awards. Completing the line-up will be Tim Finn, who will play material from his solo career and Crowded House. With two brilliant singersongwriters playing in a gorgeous location it has all the makings of the perfect day out – perfect for chillin’ and swillin’. The festival will kick into action on Saturday, October 16, at Houghton Winery in Swan Valley. Tickets are available now from moshtix.com.au.

STUDENT NOISE

Student bands will lock horns at the NCBC State Finals this weekend. The bands will compete at The Rosemount Hotel on Friday, September 17. Bands performing will include Lionel (UWA), Village Kid (UWA) and The Caballeros (ECU). The bands will be competing to claim first price and the following goodies: $500 cash, $1,500 voucher from Kosmic Sound and two days studio time with Sumo Sound Studio. Tickets are available at the door: $15/$12 concession. For more details visit aaca.net.au.

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TODD RUNDGREN The Wizard, The True Star Having lived one of the more intriguing careers in contemporary music, Todd Rundgren is the genuine rock’n’roll maverick.

He comes to One Movement For Music Perth to spread his wisdom, speaking at the MUSEXPO Asia Pacific conference on Friday, October 8 (hosted by Molly Meldrum), then joining Sarah McLachlan, Court Yard Hounds, Paul Kelly, Kate Miller-Heidke, Pink Martini, Lil’ Band O’ Gold, Mama Kin and Kadangyan on-stage at the One Movement By Twilight Concert that evening on The Esplanade. See onemovementmusic.com for all details. their psychological issues come to the fore, and they are really self conscious about the possibilities of their record – good and bad. And suddenly now you have to be a shrink again! And I thought I was getting away from all the psychodrama – nope, it was right into the heart of the psychodrama.

And that was what I had to learn how to do; to deal with other people’s emotionality and try and explain in completely rational terms what is supposed to happen, realising that they’re not sleeping at night because they are so fretful about the outcome of their record.

You either have to sink or swim, and if a producer doesn’t eventually learn to be the most cool headed person in the room then it’s not the gig for you, no matter how smart you are about sound and music. You can’t escape these kinds of organic and human things that are essential for some artists. For some artists that’s what makes them what they are, is their ability to bare their emotions.

Todd Rundgren

In 1972 Todd Rundgren was a certified pop star.

His most recent album, Something/Anything?, was scaling the US charts and flowered a hit single in Hello It’s Me. Complete in Bowie-esqse face makeup, Rundgren seemed finally ready to seize his mantle as America’s next pop/ icon.

But this is Todd Rundgen we’re talking about.

By 1973 Rundgren was leading North America’s psychedelic prog rock cavalry in Utopia with sequins firmly affixed and synthesisers unsheathed, starting with the now classic record A Wizard, A True Star. And this from the man who founded his musical existence in 1967 with Philadelphia garage rockers The Nazz!

But it wasn’t purely onstage where Rundgren was defining a new musical future.

Mystified by the role of ‘the man behind the glass’, Rundgren followed his nose into production, crafting a not-so-secret double life on the other side of the desk. Steering records from artists as diverse as Patti Smith, Hall & Oates, The Band, New York Dolls, Grand Funk Railroad and Cheap Trick, Rundgren would enter the pantheon of record production with Meat Loaf’s omnipotent 1977 recording Bat Out Of Hell – an album that’s gone on to sell well over 40 million copies worldwide.

As the ’70s became the ’80s and then the ’90s, Rundgren found further inspiration in the revolution taking place in music and entertainment technology. In fact, he became one of the field’s pioneers, including video production, computer graphics (for Apple), 3D animation and the very first internet applications for music.

Indeed, by the mid-1990s Rundgren had already identified the internet as the earthquake that would rattle the rusty foundations of the music industry and launched Patronet, a service which offered music to fans online for a subscription fee.

Five years later Napster would arrive and alter the distribution of music for good. Rundgren could have said ‘I told you so’, but just kept on making great music instead.

Based in Hawaii, 2010 finds Rundgren near-on back at the beginning, offering up a new album of Robert Johnson covers. Technologies may change, but it seems Rundgren’s pure devotion to music is unyielding.

By JULIAN TOMPKIN In 2010 you’ve almost gone back to the beginning, revisiting the late great blues maestro Robert Johnson. Was this a project that was always burning in the back of your mind?

Well, at some point to possibly revisit the blues was in the back of my mind, but this was actually a circumstance that came about after finishing recording my last album, Arena. We were looking for distribution here in the US and when we found them they also happened to be administering Robert Johnson’s song catalogue.

And being creative in a way that record labels need to be these days – trying to maximise revenue from whatever assets they have – they were looking for an artist to do a cover album of Robert Johnson songs and so they figured, since I was doing this guitar thing in Arena, that I would be a likely candidate. That’s how it came about.

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In the ’90s you pioneered a new form of music distribution in Patronet, which preceded all major online music distribution. At that time did you foresee the collapse of the traditional music industry structure as it was, with the advent of file sharing?

It wasn’t just the advent of file sharing.

The music industry could have taken advantage of that but they were unable to imagine it. I got involved in the circumstance that put me right in everybody’s office; they could have made the decision to start putting their music on servers.

But we couldn’t find anybody who would allow us to put music that people would recognise onto a server; they just couldn’t get their heads around it. It was too complicated. And it wasn’t more than two years later that Napster started doing it for them.

It’s still an extremely polarised battle. Did the industry forfeit a great opportunity to embrace this new technology in the ’90s?

It wasn’t the internet alone; the internet came up against a culture that had evolved into something that was more business than music, and that started happening maybe in the late ’70s. After The Beatles you began to have the sales of music and the margins become bigger, because you had globalised artists. You could say The Beatles coming out of nowhere and taking over the entire planet wasn’t common before that. Then people rode on their coat tales, and all through the ’70s it led to the regular multi-platinum selling album, which had never happened. Frampton Comes Alive and Dark Side Of The Moon and albums like this; the margins on something like that is ridiculous.

The amount of money you can make on a multi platinum album, given that you only spent maybe a couple of hundred thousand, is like no other investment on the entire planet. And when people discovered that that’s when record companies started getting acquired by holding corporations that made the record company just another one of their businesses. And decisions about who would and wouldn’t be able to make their next record started getting made in some accountant’s office, who only looked at the fricken bottom line.

The first big alarm bell that went off was when Warner Brothers dropped Van Morrison, because he wasn’t selling as many records as he was five years ago – but that was after Warner Brothers got acquired by a larger holding company. Some of those decisions stopped being made by people who cared about music. So the whole demise of the record industry has been a long time coming.

What’s the answer to the big question: how to deal with music and the internet?

Well, it’s kind of like the genie is out of the bottle and you can’t put it back in – so it’s not a question of whether it’s good or not, it’s how you best deal with the reality of it being there. There are still certainly other things – the biggest artists in the world are still coming out of really lame old-school places like American

Idol and Australian Idol. But this produces the lamest kind of music for the largest audience, so you can say that in terms of music that it’s still there.

There are still genres of music that are healthy because they have a very predictable audience and they play directly to that audience, like country music. Country music never evolves; it’s always the same fricken thing – same kind of artists that all wear the same cowboy hat and the jeans and the boots, and it just plays to completely to audience expectations. There will always be that in some form or another. But people who listen to that are not necessarily music fans – they just like that style of music.

There are still going to be people there that like music, and those are the people as an artist or record company you should really be caring about.

You got your apprenticeship in music quite young with The Nazz, which itself was a pretty blood ’n’ bones rock combo. Where did your interest in technology evolve from?

It sort of evolved from those very first recordings I did with The Nazz, because we had no studio experience and we were especially mystified by the role of the producer. Nobody knew what a producer was before George Martin, essentially. But because of George Martin’s association with The Beatles suddenly the role of the producer became hugely important, and we always thought it had more to do with the sound of the record than with the music.

On the first Nazz record we just looked at records we liked the sound of and eventually wound up getting a guy we thought was involved in a good sounding record; which probably had more to do with the engineer than the producer. And we discovered, when the guy was in the studio, all he did was sit there and read the trades and look at his watch, and make sure the sessions didn’t run overly long.

He had very few suggestions for us – we were doing most of the creative work. And it was at that point I realised ‘Geez, I could do this – I could get in there and make these kinds of decisions’.

And moreover, once you’re standing over the consol you can’t help but put your hands on it. And once you put your hands on it then you start noodling with everything and figuring out how it works, and that was how it all evolved from the first recording project I was involved in.

As your production work developed did you discover you needed to have a different mindset as a producer, from a musician?

Yeah, I mistakenly thought after I left The Nazz in a huff – well, the band essentially blew up; an emotional battle ground – and I thought that what I wanted to do from then on was be a record producer, and that way I wouldn’t be involved in all of that band politics. I could just focus on music and sound and that would be fun, not realising that half the people that come into the studio with you are not comfortable there and suddenly all of

In terms of sound, what particular quality have you endeavoured to bring to your production work, whether it’s producing New York Dolls or Meatloaf?

The first thing has nothing to do really with me. Anytime I get a project the first thing I do is listen to it and try to not focus too much on the quality of the performance, and certainly not on the quality of the sound, but focus on the songs and see what the possibilities are in the songs – even if they’ve already got ideas about the arrangement, which may be completely inappropriate for the song because they are too close to it or they don’t understand a broader range of possibilities. But if you don’t have a good song you’re really swimming upstream the whole time. It’s degrading in a way.

It’s a much better time, I believe for everybody in the studio, if you come in with complete and total confidence in the material, because the band can commit themselves to performing it and doing it, which is worth capturing. The problems is people come in and they’re a little unsure about the material and start getting distracted by other things – they think they are singing out of tune, and they’ll sing the same line 30 times trying to get it exactly right. But people don’t care if it’s perfectly in tune; they care whether it sounds like you mean it or not.

“THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU CAN MAKE ON A MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM, GIVEN THAT YOU ONLY SPENT MAYBE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND, IS LIKE NO OTHER INVESTMENT ON THE ENTIRE PLANET… DECISIONS ABOUT WHO WOULD AND WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR NEXT RECORD STARTED GETTING MADE IN SOME ACCOUNTANT’S OFFICE…”

Whether you planned it or not, you’ve been the master of reinvention – in both your career choices, music composition and stage presence. So much so that in the early ’70s you abandoned certified pop stardom to found Utopia. How do you explain your seemingly unstoppable urge to keep redefining who Todd Rundgren is?

Well, it’s a combination of that essential urge and the idea that to stop growing is to atrophy, so I am just fighting off the inevitable old age in one sense (laughs). But it’s also because I had a second career as a record producer. I had the freedom essentially to do my records without any consideration of the commercial possibilities therein – I was just making music. There was a time when people could think that way – they could think ‘I am just making music here, I am not making a commodity’, even though the end result is a piece of plastic that’ll go for a certain amount of money and the music will, if you’re lucky, be commoditised. For me, it was always about the experience of making the music and finding new possibilities in it. www.xpressmag.com.au

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CLARE BOWDITCH The Quarry Woman

Having sadly just lost her father,Clare Bowditch hit the road for her Winter Secrets tour in the chilly months of 2008.Solo – with nothing more than a Casio keyboard, her trusty Fender and a loop pedal for company – the ARIA Award winning artist would stumble upon the theme that would define her next album; replete with a new sound. JULIAN TOMPKIN falls victim to a Modern Day Addiction. Bowditch plays The Live At The Quarry on Wednesday, December 8, and Thursday, December 9.

“We live in times that really encourages the idea that there is a perfect human,” Bowditch offers, quickly draining her first coffee and ordering another. “That there is an answer – a way to fix broken hearts or feelings of insecurity about ourselves.

And it’s a lie! There’s no such product.

There’s nothing. We’re addicted to the solution. What I am singing about is an uncomfortable topic.”

If uncomfortable subjects are born of uncomfortable times, you wouldn’t pick Clare Bowditch as the messenger. From the outside, she embodies the immaculate Australian songstress – a gifted songwriter, a multi-tasking mother, a little mischievous, undeniably engaging, a beauty and humbly

successful. Her achievements are many, none least than being invited to interview that other famous Aussie lass Julia Gillard in the lead-up to the prolonged federal election for MySpace Today. But, as with our country’s other greatest purveyors of song, things are not always as they seem.

Modern Day Addiction, Bowditch’s fourth solo album (sixth if you include her pre-solo output) was born of tumultuous days. The passing of her father was the first sign for Bowditch that she was entering uncer tain days. With her husband and percussionist Marty Brown, and their children, Bowditch upped and abandoned the familiar surrounds of Melbourne for the global artistic Mecca of Berlin in 2009, looking for

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something new.

A r m e d w i t h s o m e i d e a s s h e’d developed in solitude on the Winter Secrets tour, Bowditch began to realise that not only was she strolling unfamiliar streets but entering completely foreign sonic territory. She’d stepped over a line, and the consequences were truly unknown. “ When I wrote The Start Of War (the opening track of Modern Day Addiction) it frightened the life out of me,” Bowditch reveals. “I though ‘what the fuck is this? It’s uncomfortable and new. What am I going to

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do with this and how will people take this?’.

But in the end I realised once you’re really serious about your work you just need to say something; if people don’t get it it’s okay.

“I have 25 more albums in me, so you need to start branching out and taking risks at some point,” she continues. “And really this is the first album I have been able to sink claws into, because the other ones have all been written on the back of a baby, where you grab your moments in the middle of the night to write songs. With this one I sat down and thought it through and arranged it in a different away. It’s the first time as an artist I have really got to indulge in something different – I am definitely putting myself out there in a new way. I guess I have become less afraid, so I can take risks.

It’s supposed to be an interesting life. It was time to see where the cards landed and see who I was now.”

A clarion call for a new dawn, The

“IT’S THE FIRST TIME AS AN ARTIST I HAVE REALLY GOT TO INDULGE IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT – I AM DEFINITELY PUTTING MYSELF OUT THERE IN A NEW WAY. I GUESS I HAVE BECOME LESS AFRAID, SO I CAN TAKE RISKS. IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE AN INTERESTING LIFE. IT WAS TIME TO SEE WHERE THE CARDS LANDED AND SEE WHO I WAS NOW.”

Start Of War launches a record Bowditch defines as her most immediate. Layered with edgy and lush pop orchestrations, but with a palpable undercurrent of paranoia, the record breaks away from the songwriter’s welltrodden path of folk pop, directly inspired by her long-time idol Paul Kelly’s ability to continually evolve.

With a passionate fan base (blink at a Bowditch concer t and you’ll find yourself lambasted for sullying the moment) accumulated on the back of unrelenting touring and very little airplay, Bowditch admits that she briefly faltered en route to her new sound, wondering what her audience would make of the sharp evolution – fears clearly allayed when Modern Day Addiction charted in the top 10 of the ARIA charts on release; her highest charting position yet.

“I love my audience, and I sound like friggen Lady Gaga when I say that,” Bowditch laughs, “but I don’t mean to. I am grateful that my audience has given us our livelihoods.

It’s them who didn’t give a shit we weren’t being played on commercial radio or didn’t have a chart hit; they just took us for who we were, and their letters have sustained me. It’s difficult to be an artist in Australia. It’s extra hard to be an artist with a family in Australia.

There are so many challenges, and the thing that reinspires me every time is them. “ I t ’s l i k e b e i n g i n a t e r r i b l e relationship some days,” Bowditch concludes, reflecting on her troubled relationship with songwriting, “and it’s the only way you can possibly commit to a life of making music in Australia, is because you are compelled in a deep and almost unnerving way to keep writing songs. Having any success means continuing to write songs without all outside circumstances, which includes making a living. There are far less knobs in the world than we actually think – that’s my theory anyway.”

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POWDERFINGER Reap What You Sow

As they embark on a massive national farewell tour, with three dates in Perth at the Supreme Court Gardens on WednesdayFriday, September 22-24, it’s slightly incredible to consider that Powderfinger were once, along with a host of other bands, seen as the future of alternative rock. Some of those bands – think Regurgitator, Spiderbait and Grinspoon – are still going, yet Powderfinger, the most commercially successful of the bunch, have pulled the trigger and ended their 21-year career.

As guitarist Ian Haug explained to LIAM DUCEY, it’s simply a matter of knowing when to call it a day.

Consider this – based on the numbers, based on the ARIA charts, based purely on record sales – Powderfinger are one of the biggest bands Australia has ever seen. Yet on April 9, they called a press conference to declare their Sunsets tour, which comes to Perth for three consecutive dates at the Supreme Court Gardens, would be their last. Speaking from his car just a week before the tour kicked off, Haug said this was not the first time the band had considered calling it a day, but it was the first time it felt right.

“It had sort of been bought up after every record for the past five records,’’ he says of the decision. ‘’This time it became a reality, it just felt right. I can’t remember who brought it up this time, and to a certain extent I’m not sure that’s really important, but I think it’s a decision we’re all happy with.

“There are plenty of bands that can stick around and play until they die on stage, but I just don’t think that will work for us. We sort of, our tastes individually in the band are very different now, not that there’s ever really been a conflict – actually I tell a lie, there have been conflicts – but it’s not an overriding one. I think it would become one, though, if we kept going.

“I mean most of us have got kids... we’re almost adults now. There’s a bit of you that never wants to grow up but we’ve all got commitments and other stuff.”

Coming from humble beginnings – Haug describes their debut album, Parables For Wooden Ears, as a “pretty metal” – the sun

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that was Powderfinger went supernova with Internationalist, and album that began a run of three consecutive ARIA awards for Album Of The Year, with Odyssey Number Five and Vulture Street also picking up the coveted award.

With Internationalist starting that incredible run, it’s no surprise that Haug nominates it as his favourite Powderfinger album, but what is surprising is that he rates the album that will stand as their swansong, Golden Rule, a close second.

“IT’S EXCITING TO KNOW THE NEXT STAGE IS HAPPENING, BUT I DON’T KNOW THAT IT’S THE SECOND HALF OF MY LIFE, IT MIGHT BE MORE, BUT YEAH, IT’S A GOOD THING TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO ASK ANOTHER FOUR PEOPLE WHEN I CAN GO ON A HOLIDAY.”

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“There was just something about the way it [Golden Rule] came together really naturally,’’ Haug elaborates. “We weren’t, or we didn’t... I mean the process to put it together was pretty stress free, in the argument sense, even though we worked hard at it.

“It just felt really, oh I don’t know... we were trying anything, just playing stuff and not trying to categorise stuff too soon and seeing where stuff went, and I don’t know, it just felt good. Similarly Internationalist, that album is just schizophrenic, it has so many different styles on it... actually I think we can say Internationalist is my favourite, I am really proud of the work we did on that.’’

Being proud of your work is one thing, but it’s important to remember Haug has been in Powderfinger since 1989. Twenty one years of his life have been devoted, apart from an extended hiatus between 2005 and 2007 when singer Bernard Fanning dedicated himself to his solo album, have been dedicated to Powderfinger.

He remained busy during those two years, forming The Predators with bass player John Collins and original Powderfinger drummer Steven Bishop and releasing the six-track EP Pick Up The Pace. While he says a future record with The Predators is highly likely, for the moment he’s content to great the future with a sense of giddy excitement and an element of complete freedom to what could almost be considered the

second half of his life. It’s part of the reason the band didn’t hesitate in pulling the trigger on their illustrious career.

“I’m actually excited about the opportunities that lay ahead with making this clean cut, as opposed to an extended break and wondering if we’re going to do something in five years,’’ Haug says with a hint of frustration. “It’s exciting to know the next stage is happening, but I don’t know that it’s the second half of my life, it might be more, but yeah, it’s a good thing to be able to not have to ask another four people when I can go on a holiday.

“It’s little things like that that add up.

I’m not complaining about the job, I love the job, but it’s one of those things, I’ve never really had time off. We had a bit of a break where Bernard went solo and I did something else, so just to get to a stage where it’s my choice if I can have a break is great.’’

So the end is the end. At least it is according to Haug. He’s firm in his belief that will not be a John Farnham style farewell gig, the first of many.

“You can absolutely guarantee this is the end,” he says.

“This is it. It’s over. No turning back.

No Farnsy, no Crowded House, this is the end of Powderfinger.’’

Sounds like the man means what he says.

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AGAINST ME! Willing And Gabel Over the last few years, Tom Gabel has had to perform a musical juggling act, going from Against Me! frontman to solo artist and back again. Having released White Crosses in the middle of this year, he is again headed back to Perth, only this time with his band in tow. GEORGE GREEN spoke to the enigmatic frontman ahead of Against Me!’s Capitol show on Wednesday, October 6.

Against Me!

It took three scheduling attempts before X-Press could finally get hold of Tom Gabel.This gives you a fairly good idea of just how busy he’s been since his band released their second full-length this June, and even with his busy schedule keeping him on his toes Tom Gabel still finds the time to be excited about our chat.

What a guy.

“I’m glad it’s finally happening,” Gabel says of our postponed phone call. “We’re in Flagstaff Arizona at the moment, about to play at a club called The Orpheum. We’ve been on tour for the past few weeks with Silversun Pickups, and now we’ve just started our album tour which so far is going really well,” Gabel continues before he gets distracted.

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“I’m sorry, I just gotta finish this phoner – but if you guys can just hang out I’ll be with you as soon as I can,” he politely says to some curious people in the background.

“I’m really sorry about that man. I was sitting here on the bus in the back-lounge playing guitar a little bit ago, and all of a sudden I heard someone start playing one of our songs from outside the bus, and there was a group of kids who were playing in the alleyway next to our bus.

I guess they were having a bit of an impromptu Against Me! jam session,” Gabel laughs.

“It’s weird because I have to do this acoustic in-store performance tomorrow, so I’ve been rehearsing some old songs that I haven’t played in a while, and the kids outside just started playing one of those older songs, so it’s a little strange.”

Since the beginning of Against Me! there’s always been a strong acoustic and stripped back approach to the way the band does business.

The original Against Me! songs were written by Gabel, who occasionally would enlist the help of drummers or bassists to translate the songs in the live setting. Even with the addition of the electric elements, there is still a heavy ‘solo-written song’ vibe to a lot of the Against Me! material. And when the band isn’t touring as a fully fledged rock outfit Gabel is taking the Against Me! songs on the road with him as a solo artist.

It’s this grass-roots approach that has since seen Against Me! become such a wellrespected and much-loved band throughout punk-rock circles. This sentiment is only solidified by having fans waiting outside your tour-bus,trying to lure you out by performing their interpretations of songs that you wrote. Depending on how you look at it, that is almost the very definition of success as an artist.

It’s with no surprise that this DIY approach has seen Against Me! rewarded with other forms of success, through strong touring and record sales, as Gabel is now starting to realise.

“The turnouts have been really great on this tour,” he affirms. “It’s a great feeling to see so many happy faces at a show, knowing that they’re all there for you. It usually takes about two weeks after your record comes out until you start seeing

“THE TURNOUTS HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT ON THIS TOUR. IT’S A GREAT FEELING TO SEE SO MANY HAPPY FACES AT A SHOW, KNOWING THAT THEY’RE ALL THERE FOR YOU.” the direct influence of that record at your shows.

Obviously you can’t release a record and play a show on the same day, and expect people at the show to know the songs and the lyrics, you know?”

One of Gabel’s main strengths as a songwriter is his passion about his craft. Not only does he inject every drop of sweat into actually promoting and pursuing his music, but he also takes a serious avenue in delivering and powerful message.

The title of their latest record, White Crosses, in particular sends a starkly confronting message about something that Gabel feels strongly about.

“I was living in St. Augustine, Florida, which is a beach-town about 75 miles from Gainesville, and around the corner from my house there was a church,” he explains. “And on the church lawn was 4,000 white crosses, about a foot high from the ground. There is a huge billboard behind the crosses that says each one of the 4,000 crosses represents every abortion that happens in America every day.

“It was something that really made me think, because obviously that’s a pretty powerful message to put out there. I would fantasise daily about smashing the crosses, but instead I just wrote a song about it. I’m pro-choice myself, so my belief is in opposition to that [of the church].”

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JUNIP Behind The Veneer

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For more than a decade, famed Swedish acoustic singer-songwriter José González has Burn, Baby Burn intermittently led the rock trio Junip, a band that’s only now releasing their first full-length LP Fields. González informs JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD, Junip is an excuse to have a little Having toiled away intermittently for the last decade, more fun. The band play 2011’s multi-day Southbound Festival.

Milwaukee psych-pop band youth with elements of ’60s-style Americana Basking in the high of a week spent folk, González, Araya and Winterkorn became Jaill upped the ante and filming on location at the Air Guitar World musical allies as skulking teenagers in their found themselves a home Championships in Finland, the soft-spoken native hometown of Gothenburg during the José González attests that sometimes at Sub Pop Records. CHRIS early ’90s. acoustic singer-songwriters just want to “We sincerely thought our songs were have fun. spoke to amazing – revolutionary even – but we listen HAVERCROFT Standing testament to the highback now and cringe at how terrible they really frontman Vincent Kircher spirited approach the folk crooner has taken were,” González laughs, explaining that the trio with long-time rock outfit Junip, THE recently have remained firm friends ever since, even about the latest offering, released video for single Always finds González while their frontman pursued his own artistic That’s How We Burn. and his bandmates transformed into a trio of air guitar champs by a guitar-loathing super powered madman with a fascist abandon.

“It’s really hard,” González exclaims with a chuckle, ’fessing up to a supposed incapability at playing the imagined instrument, which listeners may find hard to believe given the complexity of the intricate finger-plucked chord progressions he stylised on platinum solo efforts 2003’s Veneer and 2007’s follow-up, In Our Nature.

Serving as both the vocalist and guitarist for Junip, González’s long-time fans will find plenty to latch onto on first full-length LP Fields, with elements from the lightly plucked guitar to the dreamy timbre of his unhurried vocals unmistakably evoking his solo work.

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However, despite his role as frontman and songwriter for the outfit, González is keen to point out that Fields reflects the contributions of its three creators equally, with extraneous driving percussion and analogue synth-fuelled elements coming from his band mates Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn, respectively.

Bonding over an unlikely mutual vision to fuse the popular hardcore sound of their

endeavours.

“They claim they both knew Junip would get back together in good time, but with every year that passed I was always trying to reassure them that I wanted to come back to the band and that it would eventuate into something more than a castle in the air someday,” González explains, enthusiastic about bringing his new outfit to Australia for the very first time later this year.

“It wasn’t until the end of 2008, when duties for my last record were complete, that Junip was finally able to become the priority I had always meant it to be,” González concludes, “I’m just glad they waited for me so now we can bring the Junipsphere to you.”

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Milwaukee is hardly considered a hotbed of indie rock; but Jaill hope to change that perception. Kircher is quick to point out that there is no shortage of music lovers there, as they do have the largest music festival in the world – a two week event on the lakefront on Lake Michigan.

“It is definitely not a place that you generally get a start in the garage or indie scene, but it is affordable,” a pragmatic Kircher offers. “You can get to New York in about a 15 hour drive and play places like that, and live somewhere that is a nice place to live and affordable. We’ve got some pretty decent roots here so we have no plans to move to a Mecca of rock’n’roll.

“Milwaukee city is most famous for making beer; it is one of our claims to fame.”

Jaill may have been making music for around a decade but they only recently tried to get their music heard outside of Milwaukee. Previously they were merely releasing music based on how many copies they could afford to make, and rarely sold ver y many of them. Kircher sees Jaill’s signing to Sub Pop as a result of hard work and just straight luck.

“Being a musician goes in waves of how much you can get band members or yourself to dedicate to it,” he explains.

“You get lost in having a crappy job and you’re tired all the time, and maybe not recording as much music as you would like to be. At other times you get back into it and other things spark that. What better spark that to be picked up by Sub Pop to make everything exciting again?”

Before the signing to Sub Pop, Jaill’s approach to making music used to be: try some speed, smoke some weed and record some tunes. Kircher reports that process has changed with That’s How We Burn recorded in a short space of time, as opposed to the 12-months the quartet used to labour over making music. “ This time we just recorded the whole thing a lot faster,” Kircher continues.

“We didn’t have to run around and borrow things from friends to get the recording done. It was a more relaxing process. It sounds counter intuitive, that going into the studio would be more relaxing. But not having the weight of not deleting things or the hard drive crashing was great to have it out of my hands.”

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DUM DUM GIRLS Soft Core Girl gang and buzz band Dum Dum Girls have recently released I Will Be. CHRIS HAVERCROFT spoke to Dee Dee Penny - the brains trust behind the current leaders of the lo-fi scene - almost immediately following the release of the debut full length.

Named after an album by legendary Scottish outfit The Vaselines, Dum Dum Girls share the Scots love of the sounds of the ’60s and embrace their lo-fi ethic. Up until the release of I Will Be, Dum Dum Girls has essentially been a solo project for Penny. The outfit have only been fleshed out to a four piece when it became evident that Penny would need to take her show on the road.

“We’re just getting really excited to be going on tour and to play the record for people,” Penny chimes, of the tour to promote the album. “It took me quite a while to want to be in a band but once I had released a few things and got some pretty good feedback, it warranted playing a show or two. I made it a point to collect some good people to play with.

We are looking forward to the whirlwind that the rest of the year is going to be.”

Like the series of singles preceding it, I Will Be was recorded at home by Penny.

It wasn’t until she had completed the songs that the idea of getting a producer on board appealed to Dum Dum Girls. With such a passion for the sixties Richard Gottehrer – writer behind My Boyfriends Back and I Want Candy – was the favoured choice to polish the raw tracks.

“I sent him the raw tracks and said, ‘this is kind of what I am going for but I wish it didn’t sound so crappy, so do your legendary thing’,” Penny recalls. “He put every instrument in its place instead of my version of mixing which was in mono essentially and compressed within this weird mid-treble range. He helped to warm up the general sounds. Despite loving heavily reverbed vocals, I wanted them to be crystal clear and not muddy. He was able to gently finesse the good things out of what I had done instead of hiding it under effects.”

Dum Dum Girls are one of the increasing number of bands who have been signed due to their presence on MySpace. For a band whose sound is so anti-technology there is some irony in the way that Sub Pop approached Dee Dee. Regardless of the lack of polish on I Will Be, Penny is a full supporter of making records more accessible for people.

“Making music was just something

that I was doing to pass the time and to be signed to Sub Pop before I even had a band was a confidence booster, and mainly just a shock,” he explains. “It is amazing to be able to get to do what you love on a scale larger than you anticipated you’d ever be able to.

“When making records I think that I am always going to have a similar starting point, but I am hoping that with each record that comes out there will be a progression as I will have access to things that I didn’t beforehand.

I am really excited to record in a proper studio and use lots of old gear and record with people who really know what they are doing.”

With a photograph of Penny’s mother adorning the cover of the album, Dum Dum Girls have used an image that is remarkably similar to the one Vampire Weekend also used towards the beginning of the year. The press may have been eager to highlight the resemblance in the record sleeves, but Penny sees it as being a non-issue.

“IT IS A STILL FROM A GERMAN PORNO. I DON’T REMEMBER HOW I CAME ACROSS THAT. I HUNT ON THE INTERNET FOR IMAGES FOR FUN, COLLECTING VISUALS THAT I THINK I MIGHT USE.” “Those guys are friends so we didn’t get into a fight over it or anything,” Penny refutes of the album artwork. “It was just an odd coincidence, but in the big picture I didn’t make a record or choose an album cover for its place in 2010. I want it to be entered into the history of music. I don’t think I have to worry about one other album cover that came out in the same year that looked kind of the same.”

The retro sound is also something

that permeates into the fashion of the four women making up Dum Dum Girls. Penny had a passion for magazines like Vogue and adorned the walls of her bedroom with photographs.

These days she can live out her fashion dreams on stage and during press shots.

“I do love good style and I like when people present themselves well and look put together and that was kind of what I was aiming for that we would have a cohesive, powerful visual element to our band. It is fairly easy to coordinate, as I wear lots of black vintage things and we are all similar in aesthetic and what we like so it was pretty painless.”

Also available at the time I Will Be was released, was a cassette only compilation titled Blissed Out featuring earlier Dum Dum Girls

Dum Dum Girls recordings. There are no visible signs of who features on the cassette, just a photograph of naked women standing together outside.

Penny is an avid collector of visuals and explains this ones origin.

“It is a still from a German porno,” Penny concludes. “I don’t remember how I came across that. I hunt on the internet for images for fun, collecting visuals that I think I might use. I don’t know if I was looking up school children and I wrote it in German, but it is from a soft porno called Schulmädchen which is like ‘school girls’ or something. I knew that Sub Pop wouldn’t put out something with that much nudity anymore so I used it on the cassette.”

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THE SCRIPT

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Recently-released Science & Faith, the follow-up to The Script’s 2008 platinum self-titled debut album, sees the talented Irish alt-rock trio poised to take over the world.JENNIFER PETERSONWARD chats to drummer Glen Power about finding inspiration in the GFC, living the dream, and stepping out of the shadow of another very famous Irish band.

Newcastle act Seabellies first came to our ears when they took As drummer Glen Power can certainly attest, standing as the perfect case point example past three years have been very kind to of the band’s desire to plug into the Irish trait away the major prize in the Garage To V competition. Since the of finding hope and optimism in the face of The Script. being awarded that accolade in 2007, the band had a spate of Tipped by none less than musical adversity.

“For The First Time tells the story of U2 and Paul McCartney for highsingles that have featured on the youth radio network. CHRIS luminaries profile opening gigs, the Irish alt-rock trio a couple who find themselves in the recent HAVERCROFT spoke to one half of Seabellies songwriting duo exploded onto the international music scene in recession. They lose their money, their cars and 2008 with the release of their self-titled debut their jobs, but they find that when everything Kyle Grenell, about debut album By Limbo Lake. album, which skyrocketed to platinum status is stripped away they are really meeting each The band’s run of singles has kept them in the public eye, but the six-piece had holed themselves away to work on a more cohesive approach for By Limbo Lake. It was a process that brought Seabellies to work with Wayne Connolly, who took on production duties for the album.

“Mostly from Youth Group really,” Grenell says, of how Seabellies found themselves in Connolly’s capable hands. “He knows how to tighten up the band, as we are a lot more chaotic by nature. So he was quite the opposite to us and we met half way. He helped us focus on the core of the songs a bit better.”

In comparison to being in the studio, Seabellies live show has a more chaotic nature.The band that has won the Garage To V competition clearly see live performance as their bread and butter.

“Our focus has always been on making sure our live show is something that people will continue to talk about,” Grenell explains. “With a competition people are not just evaluating the music but they are also looking at how you interact with the audience. That is something that we have picked up on and try to keep doing. It is in our nature now to have the crowd involved.”

Seabellies have been lumbered in with the current crop of ‘dream pop’ artists. Grenell doesn’t have a problem with that particular

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moniker, as he feels it makes the band sound like they are “doing a better job than they should be praised for”. Grenell also cites Broken Social Scene as a big influence on his music.

“Their large numbers really is what we enjoy about them,” he jokes, about the Canadian collective.“It is not so much sounding like them… again it is a live performance thing. I have seen them three or four times now and their live show is just so engaging, and it takes their music to another level. I would cite them as a band to go and watch if you want to know of the influence.

I also want to put it out there that people should come out and watch us!”

After having started out in bands that were on the muscular side, Grenell decided to start playing the type of music that he was listening to.

Seabellies were a sprawling outfit in the beginning, but morphed into a more focussed partnership during the making of Of Limbo Lake.

“We have settled down a lit bit and don’t swap instruments as much,” Grenell concludes. “It was getting a little too chaotic and tangled, so we decided to settle on our own instruments. There is still a bit of swapping for percussion and keyboards, but we are mainly settled in our key roles. It is good not to have to swap too much and just be able to do the role that you are most competent in. I like banging the skins as well but it is more an interest than a talent.”

on the heels of three top ten smash-hit singles including Breakeven and We Cry, garnering fans and global attention along the way.

“The fact that these massively talented artists were taking us on really validated what we were trying to do,” Power explains. “We have finally come to a place where our peers are giving us a nod and audiences are supporting what we are doing by buying records and coming to our gigs and that’s a great feeling.”

However, despite an unswerving gratitude towards the more-established acts, Power admits his desire that sophomore LP Science & Faith will help establish the trio’s distinctive sound as entirely their own.

“You can’t pick up a guitar in Ireland without somebody, somewhere, comparing you to U2,” Power chuckles, good-naturedly.

“Although I honestly see it as a compliment – I mean, you could have someone compare you to Jack and his band playing covers down the local pub. There comes a point where you just want people to like you for you, not for anything or anyone else.”

Laying down emotional lyrics that are as soulful as the music backing them, Science & Faith blends hip hop lyrical flow with pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art production with anthemic rock dynamics and classic song construction with gritty contemporary narratives, with first single For The First Time

other for the first time,” Power explains. “When you are left with each other, that’s really all you need.”

Although Power certainly agrees that meeting with such tremendous success so quickly has given the threesome of Irish rockers greater confidence, he maintains that The Script are still as down to earth as ever and aren’t likely to develop big heads anytime soon.

“These are moments you can never imagine or forget when they happen to you for real,” Power incredulously exclaims. “On more than one occasion I’ve found myself literally pinching myself. You can’t dream dreams like this.”

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DOM MARIANI Rewind And Play

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With a busy schedule and a considerable TV addiction Kasey Chambers wasn’t planning on releasing another album anytime soon, but the tunes that make up Little Bird came to her more quickly than she thought was possible. When faced with this batch of tunes she knew that they had to be recorded immediately.

The Chambers that appears on Little Bird is much like the one on her early albums – a woman with a mastery of a pop song with a country tinge and a voice that can break hearts and strip paint at the same time. She doesn’t put a foot wrong throughout with Invisible Girl finding Chambers sounding youthful and vulnerable, Devil On Your Back is brimming with bar room hustle and Love Like A Hurricane being a classic duet with weeping steel guitar.

She may be happily married with young children, but that doesn’t hinder Chambers when it comes to penning tunes about heartbreak. The bristling pop of This Story and the classic country of Bring Back My Heart are as good as any in the Chambers cannon.

With childrens’ albums and collaborations with her husband taking her attention of late, an album consisting solely of Chambers’ songs is well overdue. Little Bird is the sound of a more confident and comfortable Chambers, and it’s a peach!

As the name suggests, the Liberation Blue Acoustic Series has Australian artists unplugging their guitars and reworking their back catalogue in acoustic mode. The series so far has given us some mixed moments but the cream of the crop is surely from Perth’s finest exponent of pop music Dom Mariani.

Rewind And Play is a fine reminder of the quality outfits that Mariani has put his name to, without even drawing tunes from his most recent projects. The short lived, but highly lauded project The Someloves is well represented with Sunshine’s Glove being given a classy workover. Mariani may have stripped these songs back, but they have lost none of their pop sheen or melodic charm with a blistering solo or two thrown in for good measure.

Classic songs from The Stems get an airing including the Ramsay St favourite At First Sight and DM3’s Just Like Nancy (Girl In Boots) being transformed into a relaxed meander. With no shortage of his own material to draw from, Mariani takes the opportunity to interpret one of his favourite songs Here Comes The Night.

Rewind And Play includes versions of some of Mariani’s finest moments played in a fashion that makes them far more appealing than many tired unplugged records. Purchase! _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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It may have taken a decade to release their debut but for Shrapnel, Perth’s two-piece thrash assault rifle, it was worth every second of the wait.

Fronted by a pair of local metal stalwarts, Louis ‘Disaster’ Rando (The Furor, Mhorgl, Pathogen) and Andrew Doepel (exVespers Descent) – the aptly titled Hellbound is exactly what you would expect from the duo – a balls-to-the-floor lesson in ‘80s thrash, with no bullshit attached. Held together by Rando’s trademark blistering duties behind the kit, guest guitarists Rob Thorpe (Mhorgl), Neil ‘Empath’ Walton and Alestair Brown bring the armageddon as they inject their own virtuoso tastes into each track.

The bottom line is that this has all been heard of before. But what makes Shrapnel a little different from the norm is the natural aggression that comes through each track. It is the cultivated blackened, crust vibe that is boon of this ride. And, of course, where would thrash be without the customary drink-drankdrunk anthems (Six Pack Attack, Friday Night Thrash Attack) – with the gang vocals in tow. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY

Anyone familiar with Predrag Delibasich’s particular body of work – we’re talkin’ bands like Abe Sada, Soviet Valves and Bamodi, to name a couple – knows he doesn’t do a half-arsed job of anything. If anything, it’s his attention to detail and his undeniable ambition that defines his work.

Sun Sets On A New Tomorrow, the debut album from smRts, could well be the album that defines Delibasich. Bringing on-board members of The Tigers and Injured Ninja, Delibasich has crafted an album that is truly world class in scope and an absolutely essential purchase for aficionados of modern, guitar-based instrumental rock.

Most bands rely on singers to tell a story, but with three guitar players laying down complex, multi-layered work that interweaves through the remarkably restrained drumming, smRts are quite content to let their instruments do the talking. They’re a lean beast as well – you’ll find no extravagant, extraneous guitar solos here.

Everything they do is absolutely essential to the songs.

The opening salvo of Pencil Writes With Its Heart and Curious Bird set the tone for the album, but it’s the closer – a cover of Lenin’s Funeral March – that leaves an indelible impression. Grandiose and imposing, the distorted guitars and precise drumming pound the melody of a man considered both a saviour and a tyrant into your brain. Buy this album. _LIAM DUCEY

LITTLE RED Midnight Remember

WE THE KINGS Smile Kid

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Deciding to (almost completely) abandon the ‘60s-revival doo-wop shtick that brought them so much success on their 2008 debut was a brave move for Australia’s favourite beat-group Little Red. Their sophomore LP Midnight Remember proves the group’s courage in breaking cleanly from the style they perfected so well has paid off immensely.

By going to great lengths to get their own sound down pat, Little Red might have lost their most instantly-identifiable feature, however Midnight Remember illustrates they still have a deep reverence for giants of the past and present, from the Phoenix-inspired quasi-electro indie-pop opener Get A Life right through to climatic Dylaninfluenced closer Chelsworth.

Dedicated fans of the outfit will almost certainly be disappointed that there’s no scenestealing breakdown a la smash-hit-summer-romp Coca Cola on the new record, with the slinky synths of surging anthemic single Rock It coming the closest to a killer hook.

Although their artistry is never fully realized, Midnight Remember still stands as a surprisingly ambitious, balanced and highly charged release.

I remember when I was a teenager, boy bands were boy bands. They weren’t trying to be anything other than five guys singing in an airplane hangar, or walking side-by-side, ankle deep in the foamy waters of a picturesque beach somewhere.

Ten years on, and boy bands – in the traditional sense of the word – are becoming harder and harder to spot. Well guess what?

I just found one. My very first boy band in disguise, in the form of Florida’s We The Kings.

Four guys who appear as if they could play some sort of alternative punk-rock music, but are merely nothing more than a seemingly fabricated and commercialised pop machine.

The problem with We The Kings lies within that very word – machine. Nothing on Smile Kid feels like it has any human aspect to it. The structure of the songs is mechanical, to the point where you can expect that the title of every song is going to be the last line in the chorus, sung on it’s own as the music comes to a halt.

I would much rather listen to a Backstreet Boys record over We The Kings. I’m not even kidding.

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As anyone with an ounce of musical intelligence will tell you, crafting the perfect pop song is no easy task. Whilst catchy hooks, witty phrases, and memorable melodies are all important aspects, there’s something to be said for that intangible quality that makes people want to hum, whistle and wiggle along, without really needing to focus.

Bouncing joyfully through forty-five minutes of dreamy multiple-movement pop songs, Everything Under The Sun finds Washingtonbased indie-popsters Jukebox The Ghost largely backing off from the dramatic orchestral-heavy chamber-pop which characterised their debut Let Live And Let Ghosts.

Not since Ben Folds rocked the suburbs back in the mid-90s have we heard a goofy drawl and sloppy piano-fisting as endearing as that embodied by frontman Ben Thornewill.

Much like Folds, Thornewill rarely reaches for poetry, opting instead to simply lay his thoughts out for listeners in plain sight, an approach which serves him particularly well on the rollicking Schizophrenia, an exultant proclamation of the merits of throwing caution to the wind and coming off a little less than sane.

For listeners who like their pop thrills to be instant, this is one hot little potato.

This Manchester-based band are beginning to get noticed in the land of crap weather and worse food, but in Australia they’re generally an unknown quantity apart from a few in-the-know rock snobs.This is a shame, because if discordant, acerbic and utterly aggressive hard rock is what you’re into, then this band kicks 17 different kinds of arse.

Take Leather Penny for example – it’s probably their most accessible song for beginners, and that’s not saying much. It’s repetitious and aggressive, with a genuine sense of menace, musically speaking. When vocalist Magpie’s demented vocals kick in, the menace morphs into paranoia.

Musically speaking, the cues come from Jesus Lizard, Shellac and Fugazi, but comparing them directly to any of those bands is doing as much as a disservice to Kong as it is to those groups. They are their own beast.

With a new album - allegedly titled Ribbons – coming out soon this is the perfect time to dig into the slight back-catalogue of a band that have been criminally ignored in this country.

Key Tracks: Leather Penny, Blood Of A Dove _LIAM DUCEY

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BOTCH We Are The Romans

SWANS My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky Young God Records/Midheaven

“THIS IS NOT A REUNION. It’s not some dumb-ass nostalgia act. It is not repeating the past.” – Michael Gira, SWANS frontman, 2010.

So the legend behind this no wave/ industrial/ apocalyptic folk outfit was reborn. Thought for more than 13 years to be securely in the ‘post’ section of Gira’s back catalogue, the nihilistic vocalist returned to his most beloved days of yore after five albums under the Angels Of Light moniker to “move forward”.And, without curtailing to the hype of such a deed, this album is a sheer work of untainted art.

The first thing to note is this is not just a mere continuation of the outwardly dystopic sounds of SWANS’ Filth (1983) to Children Of God (1987) glory days,but it is more of a metamorphosis – splicing later hypnotic Soundtracks For The Blind (1996) tastes with the darkness of his AOL project.

This fact is accentuated with the collective’s lineup showing a mash-up of founding, AOL and new members.

Further still is where this six-piece dares to tread, sonically. There is a focus on orchestration here, with underlying melodies arching towards maniacal rhythms and abrasive, soaring electric guitars (Eden Prison). This reunion offering really is beauty, in its most raw and hateful form.

When Botch’s undisputed masterpiece, We Are The Romans, was released ten years ago, you suspect the listening public just didn’t know what to do with such an ugly beast of a record. Alternately labelled mathcore or metalcore, sometimes both, the band broke up a mere two years later. While the members have all gone on to other bands you suspect they would probably regard this as their finest hour. It’s wildly inventive, hilarious and sinister, but the real key to We AreThe Romans is that there isn’t really another album that sounds like it. The softer moments are like the breaks in a set of waves – they give you just enough time to get to the surface and catch a breath before the next tsunami-sized waves of complex, downtuned noise hit you.

It’s an absolutely essential purchase for anyone wishing the majority of shitty metalcore bands out there at the moment would die in a fire.

Key Track: Man The Ramparts _LIAM DUCEY

Eleven Seven Sony

As far as full-length records go, Time For Annihilation is a fairly unconventional approach to the standard release method. Consisting of five new studio tracks and nine live tracks, Time For Annihilation just doesn’t really cut the mustard as a serious release.

The first five tracks are hard-hitting rock numbers, and had they continued along that path with more serious studio songs, Papa Roach would have found themselves in possession of a fairly decent full-length.

The problem with Time For Annihilation lies in its live content, and not so much for the live content itself.

The live tracks on Time For Annihilation themselves aren’t all that bad.

They’re performed with gusto, and sound pretty dominating. The downfall comes in having to listen to the arrogance and betweensong bullshit that vocalist Jacoby Shaddix spews forth.

You will not get to the end of this recording without thinking ‘this guy’s a fucking dickhead’, and that single live persona kills this record.

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Schlock horror all the way this week with even more zombies. First up comes low budget horror comedy Zombies Of Mass Destruction.

While it sounds like a scathing satire on US foreign policy and racial tensions it’s more about the classic set-up of a group of people trying to stay hidden and safe as the hungry hordes descend.

The inhabitants of a small coastal town find themselves under attack after a government bio-weapon turns most of the townspeople into the undead. While there’s far better around it’s worth watching if you’re a fan of the genre.

So from the dead to the alive with, er… It’s Alive. It’s the remake of a little-seen early ‘70s shocker, and if the premise doesn’t make you laugh you probably have no cause for complaint if you don’t like the film.

New mother-to-be Bijou Phillips goes to a remote cabin to have a baby that’s growing at an accelerated rate inside her (never a good sign – see horror films from Alien to Splice). But when the doctor cuts the umbilical cord, all hell breaks loose as the baby goes beserk and kills everyone in the room except its mother (yes, you read that right). The ‘baby’ is in fact a mutated monster, you see, who reacts to fear by killing.

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He’s asked us to Have A Little Faith, told us his Heart’s On Fire and on Sunday, November 28, John Farnham will prove once and for all that he’s the voice, and that he can definitely understand it. Thanks to the organisers of An Evening On The Green, Farnham will take to the stage at Kings Park and Botanic Garden this November to revisit tracks from his huge discography, with backing from his acclaimed band. Farnham will be supported on the evening by music greats Richard Clapton and Ross Wilson. Tickets are on sale now Ticketmaster. To find out more about the gig head to adayonthegreen.com.au.

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If you’re the kind of person who relishes squishing your face up against the photocopier screen whenever your co-workers aren’t looking, then chances are you’ll love Photocopy Club.

Created in 2005, Photocopy Club is a magazine that features works created with, you guessed it, photocopiers. Members of the public are invited to submit their photocopied creations, whether they are collages, photos, poems or copy bloopers, and the best submissions will be collated and turned into a magazine. Submissions close on October 10, so interested parties better get that photocopier turned on and warmed up! For more info head to photocopyclub. tumblr.com or email photocopyclub@gmail.com.

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Fremantle’s Swan Lounge will play host to five lovely lasses this Saturday, September 18, thanks to Ladies At The Lounge, a showcase of local acoustic music. Featuring sets by WA Academy Of Performing Arts students, the show will shine the spotlight on solo performers who have music coursing through their veins, including Billie Rodgers, Jessica Morhall, Kate Gilbertson, Beth Brown and Helen Shanahan. Doors open at 8pm and entry is only $5.

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If you’re desperate to travel to Italy but your wallet is as emaciated as Donatella Versace, fear not, because the Lavazza Italian Film Festival is set to bring the best of Italy right here to Perth.

Taking place from Thursday, October 14, ’til Thursday, October 28, at Cinema Paradiso and Luna on SX, the Lavazza Italian Film Festival will feature screenings of the latest flicks from the land of pizza and pasta, including La Nostra Vita, Draquila – Italy Trembles, Sorry If I Want To Marry You and Happy Family. Tickets are on sale now from lunapalace.com.au.

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Ace Cinemas Rockingham turns one this month and to celebrate, they’ll be slashing the price of tickets this weekend – Saturday, September 18, and Sunday, September 19. All standard tickets will be discounted to $10, with further discounts available to holders of an Ace Card, or members of Silver Screen. Prizes/presents will be given away all weekend and to be in the draw, all you have to do is head along to see one of the many new release flicks at Ace. Boasting eight luxury cinemas and two fully licensed Gold Lounge Cinemas, Ace Cinemas Rockingham is the perfect place to view the latest Hollywood blockbusters. Book your tickets today at acecinemas.com.au.

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KASEY CHAMBERS Free As A Bird

year so I’d better start writing songs’.

“It was a real bonus to see it was still in me – that I could write naturally. It was a refreshing feeling. All of these songs literally fell out; it was so nice.”

Sonically Chambers’ most buoyant record yet, Little Bird is a confident slab of country folk rock, informed by the weekly jams with her dad and husband (trading as The Lost Dogs) every Thursday down at the local pub throughout 2009, playing to a lucky 100 punters and charging $12 entry (“we’d earn enough to buy the week’s groceries”). But interwoven amidst the good times are ballads of the endearing insecurities that made Not Pretty Enough such a radio classic.

“Growing up on Hank Williams, you never lose the sadness,” Chambers laughs. “I am like any person – I have days where I wake up and feel strong and can take on the world, and then other days I feel insecure and invisible.

I have normal things going on in my life like everybody, and everyone has different ways of dealing with things; and I guess I write songs about them. I am also really aware that it’s okay to feel those things.

“Little Bird reminds me of The Captain and Barricades & Brickwalls – it’s natural and real,” she concludes, leaning back into her chair.

“I produced it true to the songs, and how they were written. In a way this feels like my first solo album since Wayward Angel. It is as if I am reborn.”

In late 2006 Australia’s leading songstress Kasey Chambers made a secret admission to herself: she’d probably never write a song again. Now, back with her first solo album in four years – Little Bird, released tomorrow, Friday, September 17 – she explains “these songs literally fell out of me”.

After three hugely successful albums, and a string of hits and accolades, Kasey Chambers was searching for something new in 2006.

Heavily pregnant, and with a young son to care for, she crammed her songwriting into those rare but precious windows of peace that most parents cherish, driving down to her parents’ house for some respite to develop the songs.

It was clear from the outset that Carnival wasn’t going to be as straightforward as The Captain (1999), Barricades & Brickwalls (2001) and Wayward Angel (2004). For starters she had very few new song ideas, and had made a decision to explore a new sound. Chambers slowly built up a fractured collection of songs which she’d finally release in late 2006, as Carnival. A modest success both here in Australia and in the US, it would inevitably be the album which would nearly bring down one of the country’s most successful – and accomplished – songwriters.

“I honestly thought that I didn’t have it anymore,” Chambers explains, gazing off into the distance. “If I really think about that it’s a heavy thought, but I didn’t really think about it at the time. I just thought ‘okay, my life is different now. I don’t have that same passion for writing songs that I used to, but I have these other passions in my life that are so much better than writing songs. I have my kids and my family’. The spark was gone – I didn’t labour over it or cry over it.

It’s just the way it was.

“In my mind I gave up at that point. I had really had enough of music being a job.”

In many ways, Carnival was the soundtrack to the upheaval taking place in Chambers’ life at the time. She’d split from a long-time partner and was now a single mother, but would soon fall in love with and marry fellow songwriter Shane Nicholson and give birth to her second child. After Carnival’s release, Chambers would split with her long-time record company EMI (her other family), and sign on with Michael Gudinski’s new Liberation label.

She also vowed to her new label, and brother and manager Nash Chambers, that she wouldn’t be recording another solo record anytime soon.

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_JULIAN TOMPKIN

“I HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT I DIDN’T HAVE IT ANYMORE. IF I REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT IT’S A HEAVY THOUGHT, BUT I DIDN’T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AT THE TIME. I JUST THOUGHT ‘OKAY, MY LIFE IS DIFFERENT NOW. I DON’T HAVE THAT SAME PASSION FOR WRITING SONGS THAT I USED TO, BUT I HAVE THESE OTHER PASSIONS IN MY LIFE THAT ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WRITING SONGS. I HAVE MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY’. THE SPARK WAS GONE – I DIDN’T LABOUR OVER IT OR CRY OVER IT. IT’S JUST THE WAY IT WAS.” Chambers bided her time in collaboration, releasing Rattlin’ Bones (with Shane Nicholson) in 2008 and The Little Hillbillies in 2009; a children’s album replete with a small army of ankle-biters! But by 2009 she recognised an emotional flutter she’d accepted years before had died; a trickle that would in 2010 prove a flood.

“When I was about halfway through writing the songs – and the songs only took about a month to write – I was starting to think ‘wow, I might be writing an album right now’,” Chambers explains. “But I didn’t want to try and think about that too much, because I think part of the reason all of these songs started coming out was I took the pressure off myself. I told everyone ‘don’t expect an album, there’s not one coming – so don’t even ask me’. I just wanted to get back to writing because I just write songs, not because ‘oh, I need to get an album out this Australia’s highest circulating Street Press

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EASY A Harlot Letter

PLEASE GIVE Guilt Trip

Easy A

Directed by Will Gluck Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas Haden Church, Lisa Kudrow Emma Stone’s career has been building nicely for a while now, with excellent supporting turns in such films as the Judd Apatow produced Superbad and last year’s Zombieland. Now Easy A should put her firmly in the spotlight. It’s a bright, sharply written high school comedy about gossip, social isolation, adolescent sexual confusion and all the other terrible teenage experiences that mean only complete morons believe high school was the best time of their lives.

Stone hands in a sharp, charismatic performance as the whip-smart Olive, who accidentally starts a rumour that she’s had sex with an older guy. That alone is scandal enough to see her ostracised, but the situation is complicated further when her gay friend Brandon (Dan Byrd) convinces her to pretend to sleep with him so he’ll stop being targeted by bullies.

As more high school outcasts engage Olive’s services, her initially minor falsehood spirals out of control until she’s labelled the school skank.

Rather than fight the slur, she embraces her new identity, and her new-found sexuality brings her into conflict with sanctimonious Christian queen bee Marianne (Bynes).

It’s all a riff on The Scarlet Letter of course, but director Gluck also acknowledges the film’s roots in the teen dramedies of the ’80s, with direct nods to John Hughes’ oeuvre and the Patrick Dempsey vehicle Can’t Buy Me Love,

which must surely have been a direct influence on the screenplay. Having said that, the most obvious antecedents are more recent fare, such as Clueless and Mean Girls. Indeed, Easy A is almost a direct echo of the latter film, and Stone’s winning performance here is comparable to Lindsay Lohan’s star-making turn.

Stone gets able support from the rest of the cast, and although some of the student roles lean towards the bland - Penn Badgly as Stone’s love interest is particularly guilty of this the adult players more than make up for it. Tucci and Clarkson shamelessly swipe every scene they’re in as Stone’s wry, too-honest parents, and Thomas Haden Church brings his usual solidity and California charisma to his role as Stone’s jaded but gold-hearted English teacher. Even Kudrow, whose performance style can politely be described as divisive, is in fine form as Church’s guidance counsellor wife.

Refreshingly, the film offers no easy answers to the questions it raises about sexuality and identity, instead simply acknowledging that sex, tricky terrain at any age, is a veritable minefield during adolescence. It’s this honesty and lack of judgment that sets Easy A above the average teen comedy; it’s actually trying to say something, although the complexity of the subject matter means that its conclusions are ultimately a little fuzzy around the edges. All up, it’s an intelligent, witty piece of work, and streets ahead of anything else the teen comedy genre has offered up lately.

Directed by Nicole Holofcener While her husband and business Starring Rebecca Hall, Elizabeth Keener, partner Alex (Oliver Platt) is cheerfully pragmatic, Elise Ivy, Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt Kate exorcises her guilt through acts of inept charity – whether she’s offering expensive Nicole Holofcener is like the Noah Baumbach leftovers to a man in the street, keeping the local (Greenberg) of white middle class women. Her drag queen in Chanel lipstick, or hosting a 90th bittersweet comedies are full of characters that birthday dinner for her acid-tongued next-door are obsessive, narcissistic, and neurotic; but neighbour Andra (whose apartment she and Alex because they’re doing their best to grapple with have bought, and plan to renovate – once she life’s quandaries, we embrace them – whether dies). Like Kate and Alex, Andra’s granddaughters, it’s the painfully image-conscious actress Rebecca (Rebecca Hall) and Mary (Amanda Peet), in Lovely And Amazing, or the self-involved are studies in contrast; the former gives of her screenwriter in Friends With Money. Holofcener time and energy selflessly, at the expense of her has mastered the exposition of those everyday, own needs; the latter is unapologetically (and private moments of vulnerability that we refreshingly) conscience-free. Over the course of recognise in ourselves, and cherish in others (if the film, however, all these characters are on a only in commiseration). trajectory toward balance.

Holofcener’s fourth feature stars her At a time when it’s increasingly consistent muse Catherine Keener as Kate, difficult to ignore the impact of our lifestyles a successful vintage furniture dealer living and consumer choices – and the poverty on in Greenwich Village. She has a comfortable which these are premised – Holofcener seems marriage and a beautiful apartment, but is to suggest that charity begins at home, and plagued by guilt - from the nebulous middle that we might do well to tend to our intimate class kind, to the realisation that her business is relationships first. Please Give seems like the premised on the exploitation of grieving relatives, director’s most upbeat film yet, but perhaps it’s and the nagging sensation that her attitude just that she’s refined some of the rawness of her towards her 15-year-old daughter Abby’s basic ingredients. expensive tastes is somewhat hypocritical. _DEE JEFFERSON

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Directed by Lisa Cholodenko Starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson Like it or not, the family is at the heart of all things, and is a subject that will always be deeply ingrained in our pop culture. Of course, our notions of what can constitute a family have come a long way since the nuclear unit was the norm, and that’s where Cholodenko’s (High Art, Laurel Canyon) new film comes in. Centring around mature lesbian couple Nic (Bening) and Jules (Moore) and their teenage children Joni (Australian Wasikowska, last seen in Alice In Wonderland) and Laser (Hutcherson), the film is an insightful and archly amusing study of postnuclear family dynamics.

The engine that drives the story is 15 year old Laser’s curiosity about his biological father, which leads him and his sister to track down the sperm donor, Paul (Ruffalo). Paul, a goofy, laid back hippy who runs a wholefoods restaurant, is the catalyst that brings all the underlying tensions in the family to the boil. He’s not the father figure that the children expected, and Nic, a patrician matriarch by nature, is threatened by Paul’s intrusion into their lives.

It doesn’t help that there are cracks starting to show in Nic and Jules’ relationship, and the situation is only worsened when Paul and Jules embark upon a spontaneous and ill-advised affair.

It’s a closely observed film; each character is well drawn and subtly shaded,

and it’s easy for the audience to plug into the underlying relationships being dissected.

Bening and Moore give an honest portrayal of a long-time couple who have perhaps grown too comfortable with each other, so used to forgiving each other’s foibles that they are beginning to feel trapped and unappreciated.

While Bening’s Nic is the more controlling, rational partner, Moore’s Jules is a free spirit who, in middle age, is feeling stifled by domesticity, and it’s this that leads her into her dalliance with Paul. Ruffalo brings a rumpled, shabby charm to his role, which belies the threat he poses to the family; while Paul bears no malice, he lacks a sense of consequence, and this leads him to inadvertently harm others. While not exactly the villain of the piece, his presence can’t help but cause turmoil. Wiakowska, who is surely on the cusp of international stardom, brings exactly the right balance of innocence and insight to her part, while relative newcomer Hutcherson makes Laser a perfect portrait of bruised, confused adolescent masculinity.

Although wryly funny, The Kids Are All Right is not a belly-laugh comedy. It’s a film whose humour comes from well written characters and an excellent sense of how these characters relate to one another. There are plenty of labels that could be applied to it: postnuclear, post-gender, post-millennial, but any political agenda here is sublimated to the needs of the story. It’s a film about people, not politics, and as such is one of the better family dramas to come along in recent years. _TRAVIS JOHNSON www.xpressmag.com.au

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ZAC EFRON Cheer Up Charlie Known to the masses as the bright eyed, bushy tailed and annoyingly enthusiastic heart-throb from the Highschool Musical series, Zac Efron makes the move into ‘serious cinema’ this month with the lead role in Charlie St. Cloud. Ahead of the film’s release on September 23, X-Press caught up with the star to talk about his latest project.

How did you feel when you first read the script for Charlie St. Cloud?

The second I read it I immediately felt that the biggest challenge for me would be to get to the emotional place I had to go to, and sustain it. And if anyone was going to help me achieve it I knew it would be Burr Steers (director).

a great time doing things on the weekend like going up to Whistler.

This film represents a bit of a departure from your previous work. Did that appeal to you?

Absolutely! Scripts like these don’t come all the time, and this was an opportunity to so something new by giving life to a sort of withdrawn character

Who is Charlie St. Cloud in your eyes?

He is a warrior with that golden boy kind of charm; which makes it so weird when he falls off that path and goes to a dark place. I guess he is too good of a guy to just shake it, and I think that happens to a lot of people when they experience loss; This is your second film in a row with but at least Charlie is able to bounce back.

Burr Steers, how do you find working In the movie your character is a with him?

The good thing is that we skipped co n s u m m a t e s a i l o r, b u t yo u h a d t o those first couple of weeks it normally takes a c q u i r e t h o s e s k i l l s . H o w w a s t h a t for me and the director to get to know each learning experience for you?

Initially I thought the wind blew in other. So, I knew what I was in for with him.

Burr is very generous and, in the end, just a your sail and you just went with it. So, how hard could it be? Well, it’s very hard! And I’m really good person.

He is a great filmmaker who knows usually pretty good at picking up a new set perfectly well what he wants. And he is of skills, but sailing didn’t come that easy diligent and always very focused on the to me as you are constantly making minute acting, which is great for me as I have adjustments based on where the wind so much to learn. Burr is a perfectionist comes from and how it changes. You really who never lets you quit, and that’s very have to multitask. comforting because you know that if he says we are good we really are. I feel very Now that you are able to sail, would you like to continue doing it as a hobby? safe with him.

I’d love to continue sailing; which is why I wanted to make sure I learned enough What was the energy like on set?

There was constant laughter if the of it. It’s a great way to see the world! scene wasn’t too serious. We had an amazing multicultural crew, and we ended up having _JIM DOWNES

The Last Airbender

THE LAST AIRBENDER Elemental Enemies Directed by M. Knight Shyamalan Starring Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel Is it fair to argue that there are two camps divided on the issue of M. Knight Shyamalan: those who can forgive him for The Lady In The Water, The Village, The Happening, and Signs, and live in the vain hope that he might redeem himself; and those who think The Sixth Sense (and maybe Unbreakable) were the only good films he ever wrote. I know it’s such a harsh assertion, but I’m inclined to think the latter.

Four duds in a row doesn’t bode well – is it that the director can’t write, or that the writer can’t direct? We might find out next year when Devil comes out, written by the man himself, but directed by the Dowdle brothers, who did a pretty good job of scaring the pants off us with Quarantine, the remake of the Spanish scream-fest, Rec. In the meantime, we have The Last Airbender to test the water, so to speak. Shyamalan has adapted the award-winning animated series to the screen, and it’s a pretty thing to behold. In a world torn apart by magical battles between humans blessed with power of the elements of earth, wind, water and fire, only one person can control all four, and like the Dalai Llama, the

avatar is chosen from an order of monks charged with serving his fellow humans in the pursuit of peace. But the last avatar has disappeared, and for a century, the world has been riven with war, as one element seeks control over the other. The Fire People are the most aggressive, and they know that the only way to global domination requires the subjugation of the last airbender, but where can he be?

Noah Ringer is the elusive Airbender, Aang, while his unrelenting pursuer, Prince Zuko is played by Dev Patel of Slumdog Millionaire, and both deliver pretty solid performances, even if the eventual trajectory of both of these characters is pretty obvious. Some of the other cast members are shamefully wasted, from the talented Kiwi, Cliff Curtis as the ruthless Fire King to Anakin Skywalker clone Jackson Rathbone as Sokka, a doe-eyed waterbender.

There are some very pretty sets and choreography in this film, and the occasional glossy special effect. But The Last Airbender is dragged down by stunted dialogue and clunky exposition, poor direction of the actors, and quite inconsistent pacing. If that’s not enough, some of the most staggering sequences in the film are omitted from the actual film – or are they saving that battle for the sequel? Oh, M. Knight … How could you? _TIM MILFULL CELEBRATION OF WA MUSIC SCENE —11AM TO 5PM THIS SUNDAY— Live music in the shop all day!

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AMPLIFIER Business Time Propel Youth Arts’ free Amplifier program takes place at a range of venues across Perth during September and October. More information can be found at propel.org.au/ projects/amplifier.

It can be a tricky business being a full time artist; it’s not easy to juggle your creative passion and your finances, which is why the folks at Propel Youth Arts created Amplifier. Designed to equip creatives with the skills they need to succeed in the art world, Amplifier is a free series of arts business workshops hosted by industry professionals who know their stuff and have already done the hard yards.

One such individual is Serena Chalker from Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre Company, who will co-present the Amplifier Creative Collaborations forum and the Growing Money On Trees workshop.

When X-Press gets Chalker on the line, she’s busy completing a grant application – a painstaking process which many artists undertake each year.

“Funnily enough, I’m just working on

our next grant application. It’s going to be down to the wire to get in it but they always are,” she chuckles. “We’ve applied for quite a few grants before and have been rather lucky – we were successful for three DCA grants in the past, one Australia Council grant, one Propel Youth Arts grant and one from Joondalup council.”

When asked about her impressions of Amplifier, Chalker is quick to sing the program’s praises, stating that “it’s a really invaluable resource for the transition between institutionalised learning and actually being out there in the real world having to earn money.

“I went along last year to see what it was all about so it’s going to be funny being on the other side of the lecture theatre! A lot of it was a confirmation of things we had encountered along the way but I think it’s a great series for young artists. There’s a lot of really practical information about ABN, tax, how to write a good grant and how to work collaboratively. I think it’s really important thing for young artists and people who are still at uni, to discover what they want to do with themselves.”

Quindell Orton and Serena Chalker of Anything Is Valid Dance Company (photo: Jarrad Seng and Todd Marsh)

In addition to the workshops Chalker will co-present, Amplifier will also feature programs such as Getting Started, which aims to help artists develop and plan their business; Getting The Word Out – a marketing seminar; Arts Finance, which will cover all the basics (tax, ABNs, GST etc); Arts Law – the essential info you need to know as an artist; Event 101, a seminar on how to plan a successful event; and last but not least, Pricing Your Product, a workshop designed to teach folks how to price their work and get it

out into the public forum.

“I think that this project is unparalleled in Australia,” Chalker enthuses. “A lot of people diss WA in terms of opportunities and resources but I’m actually from Sydney and I think that WA is the best set up state to support emerging artists if you know where to look for the money and take heed of the advice that’s available. It’s absolutely outstanding and I don’t think people realise that.” _EMMA BERGMEIER

they vie for entry through the Pearly Gates.

“Our relationship is ver y much like brothers - we think like brothers, and brothers always rib each other and compete in friendly ways,” Shane explains, “We’re just manifesting that ‘brotherly-love-gone-slightly wrong’ element on stage in as comical a way as possible.”

Featuring more plot than is often found in a sketch-driven Umbilical Brothers performance, Shane explains the 60-minute show is “really just a metaphysical excuse for an action movie. People can expect a bit of God, a bit of dance, a lot of action, some skydiving, space travel and a nice amount of incense.”

As with all their adventures, Shane attests that the duo has again raised the physical stakes in this especially gruelling performance.

“What audiences don’t see is me doubled over in the wings desperately trying to catch my breath,” Shane laughs, “We’re running around making funny noises while jumping up and down off the walls and off each other.

“It’s hard work, but we’re keen on doing it as long as we are physically able to,” Shane continues, “Hell, we’ll probably even still be doing it when we’re rolling around in wheelchairs; we’ll just have to modify the action to incorporate some more senior-friendly moves.”

Although audiences around the world have laughed like idiots at their acclaimed performances in this classic show, Shane admits he’s eager, and a little anxious, to gauge Perth audiences’ reactions to Heaven By Storm.

“We have to work harder to make it really funny because we know audiences over in WA are smart – but they also get the selfreferential humour and more understatedly funny bits beyond the slapstick, which means we can work in deeper levels of humour.”

Despite the religious focus, audiences shouldn’t go thinking they’re in for any deep spiritual ponderings, as Shane proclaims, Heaven By Storm remains, at its heart, an Umbilical Brothers show like any other: “really just a series of excuses for us to act like idiots.”

UMBILICAL BROTHERS The Divine Comedy Following a whirlwind sell-out tour around t h e g l o b e, M e l b o u r n e - b o r n co m e d y phenomenon The Umbilical Brothers are finally bringing their slapstick farce Heaven By Storm to the Regal Theatre from September 17-19, promising shows with non-stop laughter sent from comedy heaven. Bookings through Ticketek.

“If you don’t believe in God Heaven By Storm will certainly work for you because basically we’re making fun of the whole thing – but if you do, it can still work for you because we’ve got some universal human messages in there,” explains Shane Dundas, one-half of Australia’s favourite comedy duo The Umbilical Brothers, “Besides it’s really all about finding the funny and if you can’t do that in a comedy show, where can you do it?”

Returning to their roots in this Perrier Award-nominated smash-hit show, the farcical duo die on the way to the theatre and when it comes time to enter Heaven, there is only one spot left, fuelling a competition of larger-thanlife proportions which finds Shane and partner Dave warping the entire comedy spectrum as

The Umbilical Brothers

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COMPLEXIONS Modern Movement Complexions Contemporary Ballet will perform six shows in Perth, kicking off on Tuesday, September 21, and running ’til Saturday, September 25, at His Majesty’s Theatre. Bookings can be made through BOCS.

BEACH TO BUSH FESTIVAL

31 October - 28 November 2010

AS PART OF THE LEAD UP TO CITY OF WANNEROO’S BEACH TO BUSH FESTIVAL, THE CITY IS CALLING FOR TWO ARTWORK INSTALLATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL’S ANTICIPATED RETURN. Artists, students or recycle enthusiasts are invited to submit their ideas of how to best showcase all that represents the City of Wanneroo in line with the ‘Beach to Bush’ theme.

The two best ideas will be invited to create their display at one of the two (or both!) locations. A $400 prize will be awarded for each 2m x 2m display or $800 for both displays.

Download an artist brief at wanneroo.wa.gov.au or contact 9405 5362.

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It must be stated that, culturally, Perth is really coming along. These days you’re just as likely to read about an international supermodel’s show stopping, Perth-only, performance, as you are about the mining tax or Ben Cousins. The latest cultural phenomenon to hit our shores is New York City’s hottest dance company, Complexions Contemporary Ballet who are set to perform at His Majesty’s Theatre this September.

It was in 1994 that founders Dwight R hoden and Desmond R ichardson put together what they call ‘New York City’s most daring contemporary ballet company’.

Their sensual and sensational choreography and groundbreaking mix of methods and style celebrates excellence in dance and has wowed audiences the world over with their passion, physicality and the power of its performers.

Mixing classical ballet with contemporary dance, Complexions combines the best bits of each dance form to create a unique repertoire. They aim to educate, cultivate talent and champion diversity as America’s original multi-cultural dance co m p a ny. A r t i s t i c D i re c to r s D e s m o n d Richardson and Dwight Rhoden are in constant demand – you’ve probably even seen them or their work already on shows like So You think You Can Dance where they have appeared as both choreographers and as celebrity guest judges. They are a seriously talented duo. The New York Times described Dwight as “one of the most sought out choreographers of the day,” and has said about Desmond that he is “one of the most majestic dancers ever to tread the Metropolitan Opera House stage.” Wow – praise like that doesn’t come along every day!

Doubters or haters of ballet should fear not. This is not your average show the sound track is eclectic, featuring the music of Muddy Waters, Rachmaninov, Billie Holiday and U2. Even most boys will like this performance, if only to see the gorgeous girls in – let’s be frank – not much at all as they tear up the stage.

The costumes are modern and the set minimal. The spotlight is on the dancers and their incredible bodies – ahem – dance skills.

Having performed at all the major European dance festivals including Italy’s

Parma Dance and Spoleto Festivals, the Isle de Dance Festival in Paris, the Holland Dance Festival, the Steps International Dace Festival in Switzerland and the Grand Pas Moscow Ballet Festival, Perth is lucky to be able to witness the dancers’ extraordinary skills and astonishing power right here in our own city. Young dancers will be inspired, retired dancers will reminisce and those who never have will marvel. This is a show for everyone to enjoy. _CAITLIN IRVING

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VISUAL ARTS City In Bloom, various locations from Kings Park to Northbridge.

City In Bloom, a spin-off event to the biennial Art In Bloom exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA, will see some of Perth’s best artists produce botanical art installations around public sculptures, shop windows and the city’s built environment.

Starting at the Art Gallery, visitors to the city will be able to follow a floral trail through the city’s streets and laneways, eventually ending up at Kings Park for the Kings Park Festival. Artworks will be installed in 14 city retail spaces including in Myer, Dilettante, Boffins Bookshop, Wesley Quarter, Zekka, one40william, Lush, Pigeonhole and more.

Sculptures will be on show from Friday, September 17, ’til Sunday, September 19. For more info head to perth.wa.gov.au.

Kiss And Fly, Emerge Art Space, 676A Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley.

Iraqi born artist Ayad Alqaragholli presents Kiss And Fly, an exhibition featuring silicon bronze sculptures. Ayad was an established and acclaimed artist in the Middle East before coming to Australia as in immigrant with his family several years ago. Ladders, suggestive of the worthwhile but risky work migration entails, are a reoccurring motif throughout his work as figures appear to be climbing up them at dangerous angles where the person could fall but chooses to fly towards a better life.

Exhibition runs ’til Friday, September 24.

Fragile Inheritance, Elements Art Gallery, 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith.

Brooke Zeligman’s sculptural practice incorporates performance, glass and mixed media. Fragile Inheritance is an investigation that engages with historical and contemporary perspectives of female behavior through lived experience. On show are two bodies of labour intensive works that reflect the

continuing importance of the hand-made within contemporary art and feminist praxis.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, September 25, and runs ’til Sunday, October 10.

Fashion Trails, The York Mill, 10 Henrietta Street, York.

Fashion photographer Michelle Taylor invites viewers to step behind the scenes of the fashion world where millions of dollars are invested and the beautiful are born thin. Shattering images of model lifestyles and airbrushed perfection, this is the real life of the poetically unbalanced gypsies that travel in mass migration between the fashion capitals on the illusive fashion trail. It is the winter lights of a dim and seductive Milan, a grey cloaked secretive Paris, a bright eyed overt NY and the melancholy comforts of London.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, October 3.

Lavage, Holmes à Court Gallery, 1/11 Brown Street, East Perth.

Created by Thomas Hoareau, Lavage reworks five classic French paintings by artists such as Géricault, Delacroix and Courbet. Hoareau’s paintings are set in Midland, layered with an underlying social commentary which is the common and intrinsic feature of the original nineteenth-century works.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, October 17.

Shimurabros: Sekilala, PICA, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth.

PICA is pleased to present the first Australian showing of work by Yuka and Kentaro Shimura, a Japanese brother and sister artistic duo that work together as Shimurabros. The duo is well known in Japan and across Asia and Europe for their inventive and pioneering approach to the motion picture. With Sekilala, the Shimurabros have taken their interest in the motion picture into a new realm by extending film beyond its two-dimensional limitations and employing advanced 3D technology and

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by Alexander Boynes

Black Light, LK Galleries, 123 Hay Street, Subiaco.

Emerging at the intersection of street art and traditional printmaking techniques, Black Light is a vibrant and innovative series of sculptural light forms by Canberra based artist Alexander Boynes. It is through a combination of meticulous etching and the immediacy of spray painting, combined with light that Alexander arrives at a moment in which time has been paused - an ‘electric drawing’.

Exhibition opens on Friday, September 17, and runs ’til Thursday, September 30.

A Collection Of Organised Spaces Part II by Jacqueline Ball

A Collection Of Organised Spaces Part II, Gallery Central, 12 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge.

Presented by Perth photographer Jacqueline Ball, A Collection Of Organised Spaces Part II is an ongoing project that investigates constructed imagery. Ball’s images are physically built on different scales using common materials. Central to this project is the exploration of how light, form, materiality and colour can be arranged to promote emotive responses.

Exhibition opens on Friday, September 17, and runs ’til Wednesday, October 6. virtual reality programming.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, October 24.

becoming the unwitting prey of her erratic housemates and sometime protégés, Kil and Bear. Jack & Jill reinterprets classic themes of Beyond Garment, West Australian Museum – greed, love and power.

Maritime, Victoria Quay, Fremantle.

Season runs ’til Saturday, September Beyond Garment is an inspiring and unique 25. Bookings can be made through The Blue exhibition that investigates the boundaries Room on (08) 9227 7005 or blueroom.org.au. of fashion beyond the ‘frock’ and will be a strong focal point of this year’s Perth Fashion The Last Man To Die, Blue Room Theatre, 53 Festival. The exhibition is an investigation of James Street, Northbridge. fashion accessories from the commercial to the A blend of drawing, percussion and performance, conceptual; with works presented not just as The Last Man To Die asks you to step into the accessories to dress but as forms of art in their distant future and look backwards in time to own right. The creations on display will include explore the emotional and social consequences those of Elizabeth Delfs, Alister Yiap, Antipodium, of artificial extension of human life - as well Maggie Baxter, Eunjeong Jeon, Narlda Searles and Sophie Kyron, with some designers creating as the theories and responses from literature, pop culture and the media. This performance pieces exclusively for the exhibition.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, November installation invites interaction between the audience, live performers and computer driven 28. audio and visuals, as the theatre is transformed Alternative Instructions For Everyday Life, John into an abandoned museum from the future that Curtin Gallery, Building 200, Curtin University, celebrates humankind’s ability to extend their lifespan indefinitely.

Kent Street, Bentley.

Season opens on Wednesday, Tanya Lee’s practice takes everyday tasks and transforms them into difficult and bizarre September 29, and runs ’til Saturday, October 16. adventures. The humorous, often tragic, Bookings can be made through The Blue Room engagement between herself, the world and on (08) 9227 7005 or blueroom.org.au. ordinary objects is explored through performance, drawings, photographic documentation and sculpture to construct a narrative. Alternative Instructions For Everyday Life shows the way in which the rituals of everyday living and That Velvet Echo, September 17 interaction with commonplace objects define Kulcha; bookings via kulcha.com.au our identity, space and the rules that exist between the two.

James Reyne, September 18 Exhibition opens on Friday, September Charles Hotel; bookings through BOCS 17, and runs ’til Friday, December 10.

Ash Grunwald, September 19-26 Various venues bookings through BOCS

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Jack & Jill, Blue Room Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge.

When his estranged father dies unexpectedly, rural, small-town Christopher ventures to the unfamiliar inner-city to visit his half-sister Jillian, whom he has never met. Upon meeting Jill the charismatic artist, Christopher is naively enthralled with her colourful world, soon

Trio Alegra, September 25 Kulcha; bookings via kulcha.com.au Scale Variable, September 25 Winthrop Hall; bookings through BOCS Freeform, September 30 Kulcha; bookings via kulcha.com.au

FASHIONS FROM FREO To celebrate the Perth Fashion Festival, the creative minds behind the Fremantle Fashion Collective presented Atmosphere, a runway presentation and installation at Victoria Hall. Featuring designs

by Ashe, Batchelor, Chinky Wooster, Cocoon Textiles, Kartique, Leah Tarlo, Loop, Love In Tokyo, Megan Salmon, She Seldom Blushes and Totomoto, Atmosphere celebrated work from designers and stores based in the port city.

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FASHION SHORT STUFF

As the temperature rises so do hemlines, and this summer, the biggest trend is going to be the minidress. Just in time for the warmer weather, boutiques across Perth are starting to receive their summer stock, with many stores already offering a splendid selection of minidresses.

Boutiques such as Zara Bryson and Billie & Rose have plenty of high-hemmed frocks up for grabs, including gorgeous designs by labels such as Friend Of Mine and Lonely Hearts Club.

If you’re keen to embrace the minidress trend this summer, there are a few rules to adhere to. First, make sure your legs are worth showing off – bid your pale skin adieu and instead embrace a sun kissed look, but avoid bright orange fake tans. Prevent disaster by shopping around for your fake tan – find a colour that suits you and your wardrobe, and doesn’t make you look like a greasy rotisserie chicken.

When it comes to length, make sure that your minidress don’t sit at the widest point of your thigh – look for frocks that sit approximately 10cm up from the knees, to ensure that your legs look lovely, long and lean.

If you love mini dresses but don’t love your thighs, get yourself a pair of bike shorts or knee length leggings to wear underneath for added modesty. Lace bike shorts are going to be a hot ticket item this summer – look no further than Planet Video Clothing or American Apparel to find the perfect pair.

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BACK FOR SECONDS

Spring has finally sprung and to celebrate, the ladies behind Two Bucks ’Til Wednesday will hold a massive second hand extravaganza this weekend at the Mt Hawthorn Lesser Hall (197 Scarborough Beach Road).

Designed to raise desperately needed funds for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, the sale will offer up vintage finds in all shapes and sizes, with everything priced between $2 and $20. Expect beautiful blouses, pretty pants, dapper dresses and summery skirts, hand picked from op shops around the state by the lovely Two Bucks team. The sale is set to take place this Saturday, September 18, from 2pm ’til 5pm, but you’ll need to start lining up early if you want to snag yourself a bargain.

Happy shopping!

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The creative duo behind Romance Was Born, Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett, will touch down in Perth today for Fashion Talks at the Fremantle Arts Centre. While they’re in town they plan to treat lovers of their label to a one day sample sale, set to take over the Velvet Lounge tomorrow, Friday, September 17, from 12 ’til 6pm. Expect massive discounts, beautiful threads and plenty of colour. For a taste of what will be on offer, check out romancewasborn.com.

VINTAGE TAKES FLIGHT

The Pigeonhole nest is never empty – it seems that every month or so another store hatches into existence, offering shoppers cool and quirky clothes, accessories and gizmos from around the globe. The latest addition to the Pigeonhole family is Pigeonhole Vintage, a store dedicated to selling pre-loved clothes for guys and gals. Nestled in the Bon Marche Arcade off Barrack Street, Pigeonhole Vintage is choc-a-block full of lovely garments, so much so that new, specially built, clothing racks were needed to take the weight of all the second hand stock!

If you’re hunting for preloved treasures, be sure to pop in to Pigeonhole Vintage; tell them a little birdy sent you. _EMMA BERGMEIER

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MADE IN WA The fashion pack flocked to the city on Saturday, September 11, to celebrate the work of emerging and established West Australian designers. Featuring designs by Poppy Lissiman, The Butcher And The Crow, Lonely As A Cloud and Leanne Lim, plus many others, the evening gave Perth a taste of what to expect from Spring/Summer fashions.

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City of Perth Pride Fairday October 9th - Russell Square - Northbridge -11AM to 9PM A great day for the whole family.

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FLYING HIGH Polytechnic West Training Centre, Jandakot September 1, 2010 Polytechnic West students, graduates, teachers and friends gathered recently to celebrate the launch of Polytechnic’s AeroSpace Training Centre in Jandakot. The new centre will be the hub of Polytechnic’s aviation engineering, airport management and other related training.

Earlier this year, the Centre also took delivery of a former OzJet Boeing 737-200 which will be used as a training aid. The Centre also has a Robinson R22, Beechcraft Baron and Cessna 340 for students to train on.

Discover your options at Murdoch

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Maybe you know exactly where your passions lie and what kind of career you’d like to pursue. And maybe you don’t. Either way, Murdoch University can help you discover some career paths you might enjoy – and figure out how to get there.

• Murdoch has over 100 courses for you to choose from • You can design a degree to suit your needs and you can mix and match courses to create personal double majors/degrees • Apart from English, there are no formal subject prerequisites for admission into Murdoch • Murdoch has excellent facilities and equipment to give students essential, handson experience

• Yo u s h o u l d c o n s i d e r c h e c k i n g o u t alternative pathways to gain entry into Murdoch University – including Entr y Awards and Media Portfolio pathways • Remember that your first preference should always be the course that you most want to study Applications for university admission to Murdoch are closing at the end of September. Once you’ve selected the study area you’re passionate about, Murdoch will bring your uni experience to life. For further information or help with your preferences, contact 1300 687 3624 or head to ask.murdoch.edu.au.

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FTI

Working closely with organisations such as ScreenWest,Screen Australia and the ABC,the Film & Television Institute WA (FTI), provides students real world experiences that open doors.

FTI’s fast tracked learning programs prepare students for an immediate start to their careers in Film Production, Screen Acting, Documentary or Animation. Training at FTI gives students more than a Diploma.

The industry focused courses are delivered by professionals who provide practical and up-to-date knowledge, which is essential in the rapidly changing media sec tor.

FTI has two work ing cinemas, which show the best student productions at public screenings and industry showcases, and regularly hosts networking events that allow students to mak e industr y

connections and develop career opportunities.

If you’re interested in a career in film and television, look no further than FTI – enrolments are now open, contact (08) 9431 6708 or visit fti.asn.au/learn for more information.

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With so many big names hailing from the Netherlands, one really has to set themselves apart from the thousands of budding artists attempting to break into the scene.

GLEN CANNING caught up with Marcel Woods to discuss the secrets behind the success of his genre bending productions.

2008 can best be described as the year that Woods emphatically burst onto the world stage. With two of the biggest releases of the year (Advanced and Cherry Blossom), his varying styles of productions also saw him become the first ever DJ to play both the Sensation White and Black parties in the same season.

“Everything exploded for me after releasing Advanced and Cherry Blossom in 2008 and I started touring around the world so you could say that it changed my career a lot,” muses Woods in a recent chat. “Tiesto was the first one to get hold of it and then he played it at a big festival in the Netherlands and the press was going off, saying ‘what the hell did he play?’ and I got a lot of text messages coming in on that day!”

D e s p i te h i s d i ve r s e s o u n d earning him some unique achievements, Woods explains it can be both a blessing and a curse, “I was always hard to tag, is he hard is he soft, is he trance, is he house and sometimes that can work against you because people have difficulty attaching you to one specific genre.”

With the boundaries of particular genres continually being redefined, there still exists an almost primal urge to label every artist into a particular field. Woods shares his intriguing perspective, “if you go to a McDonalds you don’t go and check out the salads they’ve got there and I think particular people think like that. It’s easier for them to tag something so that they can

understand it,” continues Woods, “otherwise it can become hard trying to explain what you’re doing or what you’re selling. I think that’s the whole basic thing behind it because people want to understand it.

“Sometimes you walk into trouble with that and you’re on your own but on the other hand I love it and wouldn’t want to trade it with anything else. This is what I choose and I’m really happy with who I am now.”

Arising from this chaotic state of affairs was the inspiration for a new brand and the Musical Madness concept was born.

“I’ve been doing it for quite a few years now,” explains Woods.

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 BINGO LIME Paul Bäumer and Maarten Hoogstraten, AKA Bingo Players, have been left gasping for air after a seriously hectic year with bookings all over. A mix of hard work, devotion, a knack for producing massive hits and frenzies on the d-floor sees the boys from the Netherlands kill it time after time. Their remake of the dancefloor classic Devotion stayed at #1 for two weeks, with over a month in the top 10! Not to mention the skyrocketing success of recent track Tom’s Diner, which saw the OneLove compilation Sound Machine 14 fly off the shelves. Check out the Players’ skills when they hit Limelite, joined by special guest Gramophonedzie, on Friday, October 28, at Metro Freo. Doors open 9.30pm, $15 before 10.30pm, $20 thereafter.

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Bag Raiders

THURSDAY

Pasha’s Kitchen THE BIG MAN COOKING UP MEATY BEATS

FRIDAY

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

SATURDAY

TRANSMISSION Perth’s essential pre club night for discerning music lovers bringing you indie, electro, rock, punk & club classics with Andrei Mazz 8pm Free Entry

SUNDAY

$10 Pizza & Pint special special with Nathan J, Chris Wright and The Nisbit.

WEDNESDAY

IN THE BAG Sydney duo Bag Raiders have well and truly announced their return to the scene with their single Way Back Home currently caning the airwaves and their self-titled debut album set to hit shelves early October. Both old and new fans alike will be taken on a journey of sonic proportions when the Bag Raiders unveil the aforementioned self-titled album in the form of a very special, very new live show. The boys embark on a huge, 16 date tour featuring friends Flight Facilities, The Holidays, The Swiss (DJs), Cassian, Mitzi and Graz on selected dates.

Catch them in Perth on Sunday, December 5, at the Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, September 22. For more information be sure to stop by modularpeople.com.

UNI-QUE $10 jugs kicks off at 8.30 with Missile & Morgan

DEFECTORS (UP-STAIRS)

THURSDAY DJ Moogy presents

“Ritmo!” an intoxicating blend of Latin styles.

8PM Free Entry.

FRIDAY Suite Beats for the end of the week! Disco, House, Funk & Breaks with residents

MICAH & SHARIF GALAL + guests. Kick off the weekend in the comfort of Defectors and the sounds of the Beat Suite. Fridays 9pm – 1am.

SATURDAY Lucid Dreaming presents

BULLET BEATS For over a decade, the name Bulletproof has stood for nothing less than the forward thinking futuristic neurofunk style of dance floor drum ‘n’ bass. In the early ‘90s, his relentless passion and devotion to drum ‘n’ bass established Jay Bulletproof as one of the nation’s leading drum ‘n’ bass DJs. Inspired by names like Grooverider, LTJ Bukem, Ed Rush & Optical, Matrix, Fierce, Jonny L and Cause4Concern, his entrance into production in 99” lead to Bulletproof becoming Australasia’s first international drum ‘n’ bass export, signing his tracks to one of the leading labels of the time. Don’t miss your chance to catch the founder of the country’s longest running drum ‘n’ bass label Cyanide Recordings, Bulletproof, when he hits Shape on Friday, September 24. Support from Rregula, HighRoller, DUB Z and Access. Tickets are $15 before 11pm or $20 after, door sales only.

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2MUCHFUN Parklife is just weeks away and now there’s another reason to get excited –2manydjs have been added to the already jam-packed Parklife line-up! Known worldwide for their wildly ingenious, Molotov cocktails of exciting DJ sets, 2manydjs are the last word in electric stage sets. There will be plenty of Parklife customers jumping for mashed-up dance joy with the Belgium duo’s addition to the 10th anniversary Parklife bill, which includes headliners Missy Elliott, Groove Armada, The Dandy Warhols, Kele, Soulwax and dozens more. Tickets are selling fast, get in quick at parklife.com.au.

JACKIN’ HOUSE With a fresh venue and a line up to die for, Jack In The Box returns this weekend. Hutcho is a local icon who has extensive experience in playing the Perth scene. He is a force to be reckoned with on the decks; this time serving up a Haciendastyle tasting plate of musical delights. Known predominantly for his work at The Loft and Sin, Asciimov brings you an old school techno set with a style and enthusiasm, which is truly unique.

Amnesia, AKA Amnesia Effect, part of the once festival regulars Super Supreme Team will be bringing you a delightful and delicious assortment of some of the early sounds of house, whilst NVS Bone Thugs-N-Harmony continues the theme with ‘90s house anthems.

Breaking out your smoothest moves and dressing to kill on the night could win you a $50 prize - there BONE THUGS BACK will be talent scouts positioned to appoint the Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh- prestigious titles of Best Dressed and Best Dancer.

N-Bone and Bizzy Bone, AKA Bone Thugs- Friday, September 17. Doors open 10pm. $5 before N-Harmony, went from being broke, hungry 11pm, $15 thereafter. Pump up the volume! and homeless in 1993, to watching their unique brand of fast-paced, flowing, rapid-fire, harmonised rap, dubbed the ‘Cleveland Sound’, SNEAKY SECRET hit the top of the charts. With over 30 million New fortnightly club night Sneaky has all the albums sold worldwide, and tracks recorded punters talking, with the action continuing this with some of the most respected names in the Friday. The ground floor will be dedicated to business including 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G, and Sneaky Pop and will feature DJs Angry Budha, Mariah Carey to name but a few, Bone Thugs- Headayke, Moe Steez, Adroc and more. Level Two N-Harmony remain one of the most popular is Sneaky House, with Maxwell, Kastel, Paul, Scott groups in hip-hop and continues to have a and friends holding down the reigns, and Level devoted cult following to this day. Bone Thugs- Three sees Karl Blue, Selekt and Dazz K serving up N-Harmony are back with a new album entitled good time grooves. Head to the Library nightclub Uni-5: The World’s Enemy and to celebrate, in Northbridge to get your Sneaky on and be they’re coming our way, playing a show on sure to check out sneakylife.com.au to enter the Friday, November 19, at Metro City. Tickets from fortnightly major competition. Doors open 9pm moshtix.com.au or 1300 GET TIX. for $15.

a night of house / Deep House/ Disco/ Tech House “FORE” Featuring Harry Webb, Vinae, Katesy, Aarin F. It’s Free Entry and all kicks off at 9pm.

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“Back to Mono” Perth’s essential Free”N”Funky Sunday Sesh.

Rare Groove, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Afro Beat. With Dj’s Gareth Richardson, Ted Schlechte & Death Disco’s Anton Mazz. 5pm Free Entry

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Bad Love and Tick Tock have put together a killer afterparty for this year’s Parklife. Keep the good times rolling after the first festival of the season will be Bohemia, just round the corner from Wellington Square in the cosy surrounds of Shape Bar. The headliners will be none other than New York’s Golden Boys of Disco, Holy Ghost!, the duo responsible for the global nu disco hit Hold On, as well as the live musicians for DFA’s James Murphy and Juan Maclean and remixers for artists such as MGMT, Cut Copy, Phoenix, and Moby. On top of this, two rooms of the finest disco, indie and electropop will be dished up by Perth’s best locals, including P.C.J., Bastian’s Happy Flight, Lightsteed, Petrosex, Rex Monsoon and Audageous. Bohemia takes place on Sunday, September 26, at Shape. Doors open 9pm. Tickets $20 from shapebar.com.au or $25 on the door.

FRIDAY Sonic Velvet presents

Sidewalk Diamonds, Art In Algebra, good little fox & Michael Swann and the fox fantasy (8pm, $10 entry)

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We Heart Vintage.

The collectomaniacs Launch a Monthly Market. Men’s & Women’s clothing, accessories, collectables, records, art and more. Entry $2 11am – 5pm P.M.

Pineapple lounge presents Dub-step wobbles, Electro beats and Drum and bass heaviness featuring Fusion Six, Eggchan, Vandan, Paul E & VJ Shoes &Socks.

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We are now weeks away from the second Godskitchen installment for 2010, due to hit Friday, October 8. Featuring some of the biggest acts in trance and progressive, including trance superstars John O’Callaghan and Andy Moor, it’s sure to be just as spectacular as the Special Winter Edition earlier this year. With five internationals topping the bill for the event, people seem to have forgotten it’s also a white party! So for those in attendance on the night, make sure you are dressed in white to make the night even more special.

To ensure you don’t miss out on the biggest white party of 2010, secure your tickets now from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com. au).

In related news, former Godskitchen headliner Gareth Emery is set to debut his first artist album Northern Lights later this month. Emery, who has been on fire since smashing his way into the DJ Mag Top 10, is sure to become even bigger when his album hits stores next Thursday, September 23. With the album’s first single Sanctuary already topping Beatport and other major music sites, the album is expected to follow suit. Featuring collaborations with Jerome Isma-Ae and Activa, Northern Lights is sure to propel Emery to dizzying heights of success.

In addition to Northern Lights, finish duo Super8 & Tab will be releasing their highly anticipated artist album Empire on Friday, September 24. Empire, which is to be released on the iconic trance label Anjunabeats, will feature a number of vocal

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tracks with Jan Burton as well as Julie Thompson to name but a few. With the recent success of their past two performances at Future Music Festival, this album will help satisfy Australian trance fans ‘till they return in the near future.

With 2011 fast approaching, the rumours of who will be performing in Perth for the 2010/2011 summer have begun to flood in. The hottest of them all is the return of Above & Beyond for early 2011. The groups’ Anjunabeats stage at this year’s Future Music Festival was well received by fans, with the stage showcasing the successful trance and progressive label, as well as the incredible performers that they are. Other hot rumours include tech-trance icon Sander Van Doorn returning early 2011, who at present is currently topping world trance charts with his track Daddyrock.

Maor Levi, one of Anjunabeats’ famed artists, has been almost none existent over the past eighteen months. The Israeli trance producer has however come out of the woodwork to produce one of best releases for 2010. Featuring the incredible vocals of Ashley Tomberlin, their track Chasing Love combines elements of progressive house with melodic trance, making it stand out from the current crop of tracks being released.

Those wanting to listen to Chasing Love and more of the latest trance and progressive tracks can download my monthly show The Jason Creek Podcast from iTunes or from jasoncreek.net. www.xpressmag.com.au

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SAMIYAM FEELS IT ALL The Ann Arbor native Samiyam, AKA Sam Baker, encompasses the capacity to seamlessly blend the genres hip-hop, dubstep and glitch to create his own unique and distinctive sound, which is revered the world over.TYSON WRAY gets to know Samiyam before his Red Bull Music Academy tour performance in Perth.

Samiyam Through his superb talent to layer and coherently mould samples from everything from soul, funk, horror movie soundtracks and even Nintendo bonus level music, Baker has formulated his own futuristic and admired musical genus.“I don’t really think that often about trying to classifying what I do.To me, it’s still hip hop.That’s where I came from and that’s what made me want to make music to begin with; listening to a bunch of hip hop in the ‘90s” he quietly reminisces, “I wouldn’t be able to think of too many similar artists. That said I don’t really listening to a lot of new music, I draw most of my influence from my record collection.”

With an already impressive catalogue of productions, Baker regales the influence and transformation of his sound,“I first started making beats about eight or nine years ago, I really got into it thanks to people like DJ Premiere and Alchemist.

When I first started making music it didn’t sound anything like it, but I wanted it to sound like DJ Premiere. I was obsessed with that sound. I was trying to find lots of little records and cut up a few

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samples,” he pauses for a moment, “it changes a lot, but at some point I stopped thinking ‘I want to sound like this’ mentality and that’s when my music really started to develop to what you hear now. I think my main influence has just come from my everyday life. How I feel, who I’m with and what I’m listening to at the time”.

Constantly producing new solo creations along with his collaborations with Flying Lotus under the FLYamSAM moniker, fans of Baker’s gloriously disjointed work will rejoice with the news of his upcoming record,“I have an album that’s just about done now, I’m currently working on the mastering. It’s a lot of instrumental stuff. It’s different to my Rap Beats stuff. It’s a proper record.

It’s something you’ll get to hear early next year,” he shares excitedly, “I’ve still got a lot more going on, I’m always writing new stuff. I want to get back to writing some more rap stuff next year too, as I said that’s what got me into this in the first place so I want to go back. Aside from that I’ve still got a lot of new stuff happening, I’m always making new tracks.”

Baker’s live performances are renowned for a distinctive yet formidable blend of his productions, influences and culture,“my sets usually consist of my own music. They’re usually a mix of stuff I’ve released and new stuff I’m working on, but sometimes I’ll play music from a few friends of mine who I’m always exchanging stuff with”, he pauses, before continuing “I might even play some random ‘80s R&B or ‘90s rap that got me into this. I want to let people hear the full spectrum so they can get the feel of what I’m about and throw in all of my influences”.

Making his debut Australian visit this week, Baker discusses his high expectations for the tour and the Australian scene and culture,“I’m really expecting that it’s going to be a really great time. I’ve heard nothing but good about Australia and New Zealand. All of my friends that have been down there have said the people are amazing, just really friendly and cool. Whenever I travel anywhere I love to just explore the city and check out the culture.

“I’ve heard Australia has some fucking amazing food so I’m really looking forward to that.

I think from everything that I’ve seen and heard it’s going to be a really great tour”.

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by Liv and Mim. It doesn’t hurt either that these producers, writers, DJs and all round wonderful gals are easy on the eye too, as RZ discovers.

“Musically, we’ve always been into it I guess,” starts Mim in a recent chat, “we started piano early on and our parents encouraged us to pursue music. We’re immigrants and our parents were born in Italy and music was a real luxury for them and they wanted us to learn it.

It was a musical appreciation that they gave us and I ended up playing piano just to zone out and enjoy; therapy was reading music and relaxing. Our parents said we were so loud that we needed to use our vocal abilities elsewhere!”

“So we started in choirs and things; then we started making demos for producers and we did it for pocket money basically. Then a song that was half written saw us put together a few words and the producer liked it and that was that. We were about 18 but we got writing

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and involved with a producer who worked with Human Nature and Delta Goodrem and his publisher in the USA liked us too – and then a publishing group in the UK saw us starting out.

It has been a hard slog but completely worth it!”

Come 2010 and Nervo’s name appears on the biggest line-ups from the UK to the USA and everywhere in between. As well as having produced for David Guetta; even Armin has a few exclusives from the girls lined up – and before they’ve been able to blink, they’re travelling the massive global club circuit.

“Now,” says Mim, “the challenge is to produce and travel and find the time.”

Their One Love mix – a triple disc compilation of which the girls mixed the middle disc - is the first they’ve ever done and it’s going to go down a treat. “We actually met the crew in Miami at the WMC,” says Mim. “We had to submit a whole bunch of songs – like 60! Then it was hard to narrow them down; there were records that were released a month before and you need to try to get the stuff that’s not fitting the time line of the CD.” So before you get told about these girls by your next door neighbour – get involved.

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SOUTH RAKKAS CREW FREE WARE

Releasing their full-length album The Stimulus Package on Diplo’s label, Mad Decent, at the start of the year,SouthRakkasCrewtellREUBEN ADAMS why they decided to give it away for free.

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Dennis Shaw, one half of the South Rakkas Crew, is tremendously likable over the phone from his hometown in Orlando. Despite the lengthy South Rakkas resume and the coveted ‘tastemaker’ tag there is no god-like ego, which he probably has every right to. The South Rakkas Crew comprises Dennis Shaw and Alex Greggs. “Alex is into computers, he’s into the gear and he’s always on top of new equipment and technology,” explains Shaw.

“Especially now that we have started the South Rakkas live show, I’m more involved in the DJing, running around the planet honing my DJ skills while Alex focuses a lot more on the production.” So think of South Rakkas as a traditional family unit then. Greggs stays at home working on the production, while Shaw goes touring around the world with an extended and varied family of artists to add a live element to the shows.“Yeah, so I’ll tour with an emcee, so this time I’ll be coming out with Serocee from the UK, a brilliant artist. Back in the studio Alex and I just work it out together.”

Getting a name producing boy-band behemoth N Sync when they were at the height of their panty-crushing powers, Dennis Shaw and Alex Greggs moved onto their own blend of dancehall/electro/dubstep but didn’t lose the slick production skills of those early years.

“I guess it reinforced a pop sensibility in terms of how songs are formatted and arranged, and in a lot of ways it carries over into everything that we do,” explains Shaw. “Even though our music now is a little bit more edgy, a little bit more grounded and urban we still carry over that cool and polished sound. It lends itself to everything that we do, production wise.”

A chance meeting with Diplo a few years back was the beginning of a very important relationship for both parties. “It was actually through MIA,” he reveals.“A few years ago, after we dropped an album called The Red Alert she asked

South Rakkas Crew us to do a remix of one of her tunes. One time she was in Miami when we were in Orlando, and she said ‘come down, I’ll take you guys out for dinner,’ so we went and Diplo was with her.

“He was her boyfriend at the time, I suppose. He was like ‘I’m a DJ, I do this, I have a small label and I’d love to put out some stuff for you guys’,” remembers Shaw. “So that’s how it all started.”

Diplos ‘small label’, Mad Decent was the platform that the South Rakkas Crew used to release their free full-length album The Stimulus Package at the start of the year. Making it a giveaway wasn’t always the plan, however.

“No, that idea came about in the last, maybe, month before we dropped it when the album was pretty much done,” chuckles Shaw.“All the labels that we were talking to had their own ideas about how things should be dropped, and everyone was talking ‘So, we’ll drop a single and then in the summer we’ll drop a second single...’ and it got to the point where we were like ‘you know what? Let’s just give this album away for free rather than going through all of this’.”

Shaw now explains when the idea to release an album went from half serious to a reality, “It started out as a joke but the more we thought about it we were like ‘we could get a lot more publicity if we could give it away for free, and it would be worth more than the amount we would make in sales’.”

That was most definitely the case; since the album dropped at the start of the year, Shaw, as the touring member of the South Rakkas Crew, has been living the life of a musical journeyman. And as he’ll tell you, it isn’t all rainbows and marshmallows.

“It’s tough touring. I’m having a ball and it’s all good but it really is hard work touring all the time,” he sighs. But despite the near 14 hour trip to Australia, Shaw maintains that it’s still one of his favourite countries to play. The gigs are totally worth the pain of the travel, he says. “I love Australia. Every time I go there I have a ball, it’s like my favourite place to play because it’s always a great party and I can play the music that I want to play which is really refreshing. Everyone is very receptive to what I’m doing.”

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Perth boy Lee Canning has an obvious gift for production. His tracks aren’t just melodic and uplifting,theyarerichlylayeredwith a level of intricacy that has to be seen and heard to be believed. But don’t take this writer’s word for it; this is a man with a very impressive resume.

REUBEN ADAMS investigates.

It was a happy accident that Chico Mann sprung into existence in the winter of 2004. Up until that point, Marc Garcia was better known as the guitarist for Afrobeat collective Antibalas, but messing around with his childhood Casio keyboard one night lead to something both unexpected and soul-stirring at once. Combining electro, afrobeat and afro-freestyle rhythms under his new Chico Mann moniker, Garcia was fast proclaimed‘the undisputed James Brown of the Casio’ – BIRDIE finds out why.

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Since early 2008 his unique style of uplifting, melodic trance has been filling the airwaves overseas with nine of his original and remixed tracks played to millions of listeners on iconic radio shows like Armin Van Buuren’s A State Of Trance, Ferry Corsten’s Corsten’s Countdown, Above & Beyond’s Trance Around The World and Markus Schultz’s Global DJ Broadcast.

He has released tracks on multiple labels, including Trance Essential, Just Peak Music, Red Force Recordings and Perth’s own Amon Vision.

2009 also saw remixes of his track The Universe included in three best of 2009 compilations and made Armin’s Top 15 tracks in August resulting in Armada licensing the track to appear on a compilation.

So why have very few people heard of Lee Canning? The answer is pretty simple; he doesn’t DJ. But that’s all about to change.

“For the people in Perth who get into trance, much of their exposure would be through the DJs they are going to see,” Canning says.

“Unless these people are DJing themselves, buying my tracks and stuff like that, it’s hard for someone like me to get exposure. That’s been a lack of marketing on my behalf, I suppose,” he admits.

“I’ve never gone out of my way to look for gigs, and I guess my focus has always been on production and getting good at that side of things,”he explains.“I think from that I have a better platform from which to DJ. I want to be respected, have people say ‘Look, this guy isn’t just a DJ; he’s a producer who can make some good tunes and can DJ as well’. So I suppose that’s how I look at it.”

The lack of exposure bothers Canning slightly, but he expects things to improve very soon.”I do believe that things are going to get a lot better,”he asserts.“I guess what I have going for me

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Lee Canning is that I have a bunch of good tracks behind me now, not just one or two.

“I would love to get some more gigs, and I think the time will come very soon where I can get my decks back out, buy some tunes, do some mixes and send them to a few people,” says Canning. “I think it’s time to polish up my skills on the decks and get some fresh tunes together.”

His goal at the moment is to be one of the few Australian producers to have an original track released on one of the biggest labels in the world, like Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats or Corsten’s Flashover Recordings. “That’s the dream part of it, but the long term goal is to produce quality tracks and release on good labels, as well as getting played by big DJs on a regular basis,” explains Canning. “Also to be able to DJ my own stuff, and play at events every now and again, I suppose.”

“I’ve got a couple of new tracks coming out on international labels very soon, They are remixes that I’ve done for other people, ones called Confidence in the Future by Martin Everton and B-Prime, on Upbeat Music. The other one is for Silent Shore Recordings and the guy that did it is called Mindful Innovations, and it’s called Promises.” Already getting the props that he deserves overseas, it’s time for Perth to recognise our own Lee Canning.

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“What I enjoy doing is creating a rhythmic landscape that you can sing an anthemic melody over, and the Cuban and afrobeat elements are perfect for that,” says Garcia.“It’s a simple call-andresponse approach. Right now is a very significant time for artists to showcase their abilities and not feel restrained to break the limits. What we think of as commercial is no longer really commercial, and what we don’t consider commercial has commercial elements.”

And while Garcia agrees his three-piece band Chico Mann are still very much experimenting with sounds and instruments, by no means is this an instrumental band. “What I’m doing isn’t experimental music, but we are an experiment as a band,” he says with a chuckle.“That’s because the definition of what is ‘commercial’ is changing right now and I think it will keep changing.

“I think the current explosion of creativity that we’re seeing in the music business right now has come about because so many people are able to record completely on their own. We don’t need a label anymore, we don’t need a big expensive studio or a producer to make this happen.

“Right now is a very significant time for artists to showcase their abilities and not feel restrained to break the limits. What we think of as commercial is no longer really commercial, and what we don’t consider commercial has

Chico Mann commercial elements.”

On the subject of commercial and mainstream music, Garcia momentarily hesitates before boldly stating one of his guilty listening pleasures… None other than Lady Gaga, quite surprisingly.

“That happened accidentally, though,” he adds. “That’s my iPod confession! I’d done a brief collaboration with her producer [Rob Fusari] at one point in New Jersey. I decided that I wanted to get up to speed with what was considered modern and contemporary pop at that moment and I found myself checking out her stuff… You didn’t see that coming, right?”

Nope. Especially when considering Garcia’s involvement with his other band Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - the experimental funk group that’s about as far away from mainstream music as it gets. And although Garcia is wholeheartedly dedicated to his Chico Mann project, it doesn’t mean that Antibalas is a thing of the past.

“It’s just that Antibalas has been tied up with different projects, which includes my own,” he says. “I’ve been doing Chico Mann full-time since last year and I think I’ll keep doing it for now.

I’m actually in the studio right now finishing up a recording of new material, I’ve got about seven tracks done and it sounds like… space music!

The original vision was to do it as a sound system but play it as a live band and make a really strong impact.”

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BIG BOI VARIOUS Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son Of Chico Dusty MOS Trance Nation #2 – tyDi/MaRLo [Def Jam] [Ministry Of Sound] After six albums as half of hip hop’s most consistently brilliant and groundbreaking duo OutKast, Big Boi’s long awaited solo album Sir Lucious Left Foot… is another outstanding addition to his discography.

The album was oft-delayed due to disputes with Big Boi’s former label Jive Records; however, the only clues are a few dated lyrics, such as when he raps about the upcoming 2008 presidential election on the barnstorming opening track Daddy Fat Sax. Besides this, Sir Lucious Left Foot… is as innovative as any hip hop album released this year.

Quirky club banger Shutterbug, Shine Blockas (featuring Gucci Mane with one of 2010’s catchiest choruses) and the Janelle Monáe assisted Be Still are highlights on an album full of great songs and, through it all, Big Boi sounds as fresh as he ever has in his 16-year long career.

Even if the unconfirmed seventh OutKast album never materialises, Sir Lucious Left Foot… will reassure fans that the quality output doesn’t end with Big Boi and Andre 3000’s partnership.

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After last year’s successful return of Trance Nation it’s not surprising that Volume 2 was to follow.

Released in June, the compilation has been extremely well received and both tyDi and MaRLo are currently touring Australia with a string of gigs to promote its launch. tyDi takes disc one honours with an eclectic fusion of moving melodies, soothing vocals and at times some downright nasty beats.

Featuring the brilliant Rank 1 remix of Velvetine’s Safe (Wherever You Are) and tyDi’s own deliciously evil rewrite of Will Reckless’ Heaven Scent, disc one ebbs and flows nicely throughout and would be the perfect party starter.

Dutch born MaRLo takes control of disc two and although beginning with a similar feel to disc one, the atmosphere begins to darken as it progresses, delving into a primal world of electro inspired tech trance. This is where the party switches into overdrive.

As disc two grinds along, MaRLo expertly builds towards an epic crescendo which culminates in three scintillating tracks in a row; Ummet Ozcan’s rollicking Trinity, Sean Tyas’ intensely epic remix of the 4 Strings’ classic Daytime and MaRLo’s own banging remix of Ferry Corsten’s Brain Box. With tyDi and MaRLo spreading their artistic flair over a broad spectrum of sound and styles, they’ve managed to truly represent the multitude of varying elements that trance incorporates today. An impressive follow up by two very talented Aussies.

GLEN CANNING 4 / 5

ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E Hooray For Everything Rejoice! Australian electronic pioneers Andy Rantzen (Itch-E) and Paul Mac (Scratch-E) have reformed for a one-off album, after a 10 year hiatus, and have lost none of their eccentric style.

Kicking things off is r.E.f.r.E.s.h., their awesome remix of Scribe’s F.R.E.S.H., which they’ve morphed it into an entirely new twisted, electro jam. The duo has obviously soaked up everything going on around them for the last 10 years, while still blazing their own uncompromising path. Mac’s way with a melody is always evident, as on the jacking Back 2 The Jack, while Rantzen’s deep rhythms and old school rave sensibilities keep things locked down tight.

You could imagine the guys having a ball in the studio, churning out experimental, instrumentals like the driving We Are Enablers, the spasmodic, tweakin’ Cat Vs Mouse and the wonky beat of Halogen Moon. The ambient groove of Imperial Rockets shines as brightly as anything they’ve created, harking back to their seminal piece (and one of the best things ever produced in my humble opinion) Sweetness & Light.

Other Planets, in Mac’s words is “one of the most bent pieces of music they’ve ever made”. With NYC’s MDNA riding the beat with Eminem-esque rapping and equally demented lyrics - “Never call me a fag, even when I’m cruising dressed up in drag” and “I sprinkled some meth in your drink when you left”. Itch-E & Scratch-E were never shy ones, and it’s great to have these Aussie rave legends back.

ALFRED GORMAN 4/5

SKREAM Outside The Box [Tempa/ Inertia] This is an album that skreams juxtaposition more than direction for dubstep’s premier tastemaker. So with this in mind, a review of Outside The Box is going to tackle the tired distinction between his artistic roots and the invariable shift toward a mainstream audience.

Let’s be frank then. This album is nothing short of brilliant, a journey from the endearing and fragile beauty of opener Perferated, the pop-friendly gambit of The Way You Love Me, to the ballsy and blip-ridden Wibbler.

On the face of it, an album chocfull of collaborations is a precursor to cringe worthiness, yet Skream has a rare talent that allows him to infuse vocals into a tune rather than letting them dominate and overpower it.

The delicate voice of La Roux on Finally seems to integrate perfectly with the music, creating something far more powerful than the sum of its parts.

Anyone who says that this doesnt work as an album purely because it has something for everyone has their head up their own arse. Granted, history shows that diverse albums often lack cohesiveness, which disappoints an established fan base and fails to fully capture a new one.

But the unrelenting melancholy of this album binds it together perfectly, even if the diverse styles on offer do not.

REUBEN ADAMS 5/5

MARCEL WOODS ECLECTIC VISIONS “The label, the podcast and the events. For me Musical Madness stands for two things; it’s crazy what we do as a DJ because it’s not normal to travel the world and get paid for doing what you love the most.”

“It’s also madness to me how people always try to tag you, why can’t people just listen to music and cut out all the marketing and hype and just stick with what we love? And that’s dancing to some really good electronic music.”

The Musical Madness Volume Two compilation was released in June in addition to the recently released Godskitchen 3D compilation, to promote the upcoming tour of Australia. As Woods reveals, it was all smooth sailing.

“It was a free range for me, the guys from High Contrast asked me if I wanted to do the CD and I said ‘okay of course!’.” I have two of my own tracks on there, The Bottle and Tomorrow and seven of the tracks are from my label Musical Madness.”

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of his work has been the patience that he has demonstrated in completing his first full artist album. Whereas some artists tend to generate quantity in rapid succession, Woods understands what matters most and it’s this dedication to quality over quantity that makes this release all the more mouth watering.

“I’m still busy with the album,” explains Woods, “I’ve already postponed it twice so some tracks are almost done but I haven’t picked any new deadline yet because deadlines aren’t working for me so hopefully it will be released sometime next year.”

It’s that time of the year again when people are asked to choose their favourite DJs and vote in DJ Mag’s Top 100 and Woods confesses to being a little confused on its place in the industry,“What is the list about? I don’t know!

It’s about votes and votes count but where are the votes coming from? It is crazy but it’s there and we have to deal with it!”

“How the hell can you compare a DJ

like Tiesto with Carl Cox or Fatboy Slim? I don’t even know if Fatboy Slim is even in the list anymore despite having 200, 000 people at his shows, yet you’ve got some other guys that are just there because of a lot of marketing and to me it’s a load of rubbish.”

Australia holds many fond memories for Woods as his last tour in 2008 was also his honeymoon and he’s thrilled about returning to our shores for the 3D Godskitchen tour in October.

Unfortunately Perth misses out on the 3D experience but as Woods insists, it’s all about the music, “I’m going bring my musical madness and we’re going to have a party whether its 3D or not you know, it’s real life for the dance floor, that’s what it is!”

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UWA TAVERN OPEN DECKS SESSION If you’re an aspiring DJ or would just like to see what DJing is all about, then head down to the Open Deck Session at the Tav, where anyone can have a go. Pick up some really cool pointers and tricks from the EMAS crew and listen to some fresh new tunes. Everyone is welcome. Cool giveaways including Godskitchen tickets and much more. 3pm – 5pm.

VILLA SAMIYAM/TOKIMONSTA {move} are proud to present a night of bass weight and synthfused sonic weaponry, featuring the absolute bleeding edge of modern bass music artists: Samiyam, TokiMonsta, Martyn and Illumshpere. Samiyam and TokiMonsta hail from the groundbreaking LA beat scene, performing regularly at the seminal Low End Theory parties and releasing music for Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder dream-team/ label. Martyn and Illum Sphere are two true innovators amid the global bass phenomenon.

Between them they have produced music for the most innovative labels of their time Hyperdub, Fat City, Tempa, Fabric, Hessle Audio and Warp to name only a few. Both currently reside on Martyn’s own highly soughtafter 3024 imprint. On top of all this, local (sine)wave-makers Ta-Ku [aka Flip] and Vishnu represent the Perth end of the global spectrum of talent.

Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Righteous Club Bayview –Hush- Sox Draw / Maxwell Club Marakesh –DJ Simon Cottesloe Hotel - DJ Shots / DJ Andy M Dolce – Maxwell/Damian John/ Hippo Club Eve –DJ Tony Allen Flying Scotsman (Main Room) Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Flying Scotsman (Defectors) Ritmo Geisha – Aperture - Dan Da Silva/ Nik Nak/Frankie Buttons Kulcha – Wildstyle DJs Leopold Hotel - DJ Riki / Roger Smart Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda / Dj Nino Brown Manhattans – Shitbird / Bonehouse / Frozen Ocean / Donny James Rat Mustang – DJ James MacArthur Niche Bar – Flaunt / Johnni P / Feminem Newport – Culture Clash - Mills Records DJs / Micah Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford Paddy Hannans – Dr Bogus / Crazy Craig Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ DJ Serge/ DJ Don Migi The East End - DJ Midfield The Queens – Kapitol P The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth The Shed – DJ Andyy Toucan Club -Shut Up & Dance DJ Matty J / Darren Nixx Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin Wolfe Lane - The Soul Purpose Sound System

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MOJOS HORRORSHOW are two 21 year old inner west Sydneysiders: Adit produces the music, with Solo handling vocals. Attending Fort Street High School (whose musical output includes Josh Pyke, Unkle Ho from The Herd and Joelistics from TZU, among others) both Solo and Adit were heavily involved in bands, ranging from jazz through to rock. Along with fellow school mates and current peers Spit Syndicate, they embraced hip hop as the genre made big strides in Australia around 2000.

Horrorshow take over Mojos tonight, with support from Seth Sentry and Mathas. Tickets for this show are $17 plus booking fee, available thru Oztix or $20 on the door until they run out.

LIBRARY SNEAKY A sneaky new Friday clubbing experience has taken over the Library nightclub, embracing Perth clubbers with three unique and sneaky experiences within the one club, featuring some of Perth’s biggest DJs. This week Adroc, Masterdash, Angry Buda, Moe Streez and

loads more are ready with the tunes to help you let your hair down. Doors open 9pm. $15 entry.

Ambar – Democracy 3rd Birthday - Berghain / Marcel Dettmann/ Aarin Fraser / Massiv Trav / Craig Hollywood Amplifier - Jamie Mac / DJ Shannon Fox Bar Open – Jack In The Box - DJs Hutcho / Asciimov / NVS / Amnesia Bar 120 - Treat - The Fix / DJs Anton Maz / Wombat / Maz1 Bar 138 – Lokal Bayswater Hotel –Beat Off! ShockOne/The Pearly Whites Bird – Hand Stands For Ants / Sugarpuss / The Moltens / F.A.I.M Project Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol –Retro Mash – Lady Penelope Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Deville’s – Rocket To Memphis / Barbara Blaze & The Blazers / DJ Razor Jack / Mondo Inferno Double Lucky – Full Circle – DJ Cee / DJ Adam Kelly / Ben Jam Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) – Michael Swann & The Fox Fantasy CD Launch / Good Little Fox / Art In Algebra / Sidewalk Diamonds Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Time Tunnel - DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19 Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Micah / Sharif Galal Geisha – Plush – Frankie Button/ Tizer High Wycombe – Fill In Da Gap Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Impact Bar - Vybz Cartel / Busy Signal /Mavado / Demarco / Tony Matterhorn/ Aidonia / Lady Saw / Baby Tash / Cecile Leederville Hotel –Minky G & The Effects Library – Adroc /Masterdash /Angry Buda /Moe Streez / Maxwell /Kastel /Paul Scott / Selekt /Karl Blue /Dazz K Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55 / DJ Jewel / DJ Stevie M Lakers Tavern – Fresh Fridays - DJ Dooey Manor - Todd Terje Merriwa Tavern – DJ Real McCoy

Mojos – Horrowshow / Seth Sentry Mint – Club Retro – Chris McPhee Mustang- Swing DJ / DJ James MacArthur NormaJeans–DJPhil Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paddy Hannans – Just Ace / Crazy Craig Paramount - Flyte /DJ Morgan/ DJ Jordan Principal Micro Brewery – DJ Simon Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Rise – A*S*Y*S / Scot Project Rocket Room - DJ Jessica Kill Rubix – Gene Bourne/ Kenny/ Riki Sail & Anchor - Balcony Beatz / DJ DOC Spin Sapphire Bar – SuperFly Shape – The Hypnosis Records Awakening – Droid Sector / The Abyss / J.Nitrous / Killswitch / Cella Swan Basement – Karma fx / Aztech Suns / The Dark Woods / Starcleaner The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – DJs Birdie / Tony Allen / JJ / Tony Don Migi The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Saint - DJ Jordan The Queens – DJ Rueben The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 Tiger Lils – Paul Malone / Joby / Alex K The Vic - DJ Durra Toucan Club – Ladies Night -DJ Misschief Windsor – Dj Riki and Ray Woodvale Tavern – Dr Bogus Villa – On The Floor- Samiyam / Tokimonsta / Brainfeeder / Martyn / Illumsphere Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin

SATURDAY 18/9 BAR OPEN (UPSTAIRS) LOVE SATURDAYS embraces you with the sickest house and electro party bangers dropped by a selection of some of the finest local DJs, guaranteed to rock your world and will leave you screaming for more when the morning comes! It’s time to get your A-game on again this Saturday - Love have locked and loaded some of hottest and freshest DJ talent scratching around Perth right now, including

the official return of Thee Hat and Gorjy igniting the fuse as they throw open the doors to dirtiest d-floor in P-town. Paul Scott returns to the Love camp for another house stompin’ session along with young guns Cut ‘n’ Kill.

To get on the VIP guestlist, email info@lovesaturdays.net before Friday 6pm with ‘love’ in the subject line. Doors open 10pm for $10.

RISE RESONATE is back again, after Resonate IV recently blew it out of the water, Rise are giving you another LRG line-up.

Resonate is a night devoted to broken beats and bass, bringing together the tightly coiled productions of dubstep with the fast breaks of drum ‘n’ bass in perfect combination on a system with the brutal force that enables you to feel the sub-frequencies reverberating through the very essence of your being. Local legends Phetsta, Xsessiv, Rekab, J.Nitrous, Killafoe, Sempy and Signalcomers present the good, bad and dirty but only the best the genres offer tonight.

Doors open 9.30pm. Free entry before 10pm Rise members free before 11pm, $5 thereafter. Nonmembers $5 before 11pm, $10 before 1am, $15 thereafter.

Ambar – Japan 4 – Blend / Philly Blunt / Wish / Prizzy / Mono Lisa / Marty McFly Amplifier – Pure Pop - Eddie Electric Bar Open (upstairs) – Richie G / Kenny L /Cut & Kill /Acebasik -VSPaul Scott /Thee Hat -VS- Gorjy / Dangerfield -VS- Bezwun Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Bird- The Revelationship / The Blue Finish/ My Mad Flow / Cygnet Committee Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol (Upstairs) – Cream Of The 80s – DJ Ryan / Death Disco DJ’s Capitol (Downstairs) – Enter Shikari / Mandalay Victory Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Dood Clink- DJ Cheese

Club Bay View – VIP Saturdays – DJ Ryan Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Crush – DJ WhiteLabel Deville’s - The Accumulated Gestures / DJ Little Franco Berry / Big Ear Chad Double Lucky – Charlie Bucket Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve – Eve DJS Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Lucid Dreaming - Harry Webb / Vinae / Katesy / Aarin F Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Transmission – Andrei Mazz Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) - Fusion Six / Eggchan / Vandan /Paul E / VJ Shoes & Socks Geisha – Joie –James A / Cam Duff Hush - DJ Karl Blue / Headayke / Junior / Kyte Kutter / Adroc / Angry Buda /Raji D / Karl Blue High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Indi Bar – Direct Influence Leederville - DJ Loco Ren Library – DJ Jimmy Phatz / DJ Vicktor /DJ Gareth Richardson Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55 / DJ Stevie M Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Metro City –DJ Slick / Matty S / Angry Buda Metro City (R&B Lounge) - DJ Ruthless / Brett Costello / Kyte Kutter Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – DJ Rockabilly / DJ James MacArthur Niche – Frankie Button / Cee / Jonny Zimber Norma Jeans – DJ Darren Onyx - DJ Kayper Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount –DJ Meezy / DJ Jordan Queens Tav - Gareth Richardson Republic – Scrilllex (see above) Rise- Resonate – Phetsta / Xsessiv / Rekab / J.Nitrous / Killafoe / Sempy / Signal Rocket Room - DJ Brett Rowe Rosemount - Horrowshow / Seth Sentry Rubix – Kenny L/ Delaney Sapphire Bar – Kiss & Tell – Maxwell/Paul Scott/Damian John/T-Box

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Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Bird - Mental Powers / Arm One / Wigwam / DJ’s Waters / Tom Freeman / PC+Jamie Captain Stirling – WhiteLabel Clancy’s (Applecross) – Upbeat – DJ Andy Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / Rueben Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Double Lucky – Jack In The Box Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Flying Scotsman- Missile / Morgan Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Mint – Open House - DJ Chris / DJ Matt Manhattans - Sure Fire Midnights / Piano Donkey /Novocain’s DJs Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen / DJ Kaela / DJ Tom Niche - DJ Frankie Button Paddo - Ben Merito Rosemount – DJ Shannon Fox Shape - Knowledge – Alix Perez The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Queens – Wriggle on

Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bayview – DJ Pete Bird – LAZE Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – DJ Birdie / MC Jex Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Back To Mono – DJ Gareth Richardson / Ted Schlechte / Anton Mazz Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) Nathan J/ Chris Wright Geisha – Loft Sundays - Cyndi Jett/Owen Heir/ Atroboy / Asciimov Manhattans- Diger Rokwell / The Colab Jam Band / Mathas / Delirious / Maxy Bills /Boost Hero Man Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny L Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys Paddo -DJ Riki Players Bar - DJ-Udas Queens Tav- DJ Rhys Rubix – The Rotation – Krule/ Dazz K/ Untertone/ Lyndon Swan Basement - Gignition feat. – Oldboy / The Crossbars / Starcleaner / Energy Commission The Cott - Cott Sessions The Saint - DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andyy

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THIS WEEK

Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – Plastic Max / The Token Gesture The Paddo - DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy

Samiyam / Tokimonsta / Brainfeeder / Martyn / Illumsphere

TUESDAY 21/9 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Bird - In Search Of The Miraculous DVD Screening Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards Double Lucky - Brazilian Independence day – Sambaliciou / DJ Gabriel High Road Hotel - DJ Matty J High Wycombe - DJ Ricky Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart The Cott (Upstairs) –Maxwell/ DJ Jus Haus/ Damian John The Paddo - DJ Deepad Victoria Park Hotel - DJ Melvin

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Spring Fling Beach Party Saturday, September 25 @ Rise Kid Kenobi Saturday, September 25 @ Ambar Parklife feat. Missy Elliot/ Cut Copy/ Groove Armada/ Soulwax/Holy Ghost! /Busy P/ Midnight Juggernauts/Uffie/ Classixx /Mix Master Mike Brodinski/ Jesse Rose/The Swiss + more Sunday, September 26 @ Wellington Square NEW

Scot Project & A*S*Y*S Friday, September 17 @ Rise

The Offiical Parklife After Party feat. Jack Beats Sunday, September 26 @ Villa

Bass Kleph Saturday, September 18 @ Villa

Produce Friday, October 1 @ Ambar

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Deetron (Sui) Sunday , October 3 @ Geisha Bar

Bulletproof Friday, September 24 @ Shape

Sun Araw / Grouper Saturday, October 8 , Sunday, October 9 @ The Bakery

Lee Burridge Friday, September 24 @ Ambar

Godskitchen feat. Andy Moor / John O’Callaghan /Marcel Woods / Wippenberg / Jon O Bir + more Friday, October 8 @ Metro City

Deadboy Saturday, October 16 @ The Bakery Circo Loco Friday, October 22 @ Villa Ice Cube Friday, October 29 @ Metro City Bingo Players Friday, October 29 – November 5 @ Metro City

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Sasha Votoff Saturday, October 16 @ TBA

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DJ Hostage Friday, October 29 @ The Bakery Mayhem Saturday , October 30 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre Pendulum Saturday, November 6 @ Challenge Stadium

Stereosonic 2010 – Tiesto/ Carl Cox/Robyn/Major Lazer/Sebastian Ingrosso/ Benny Benassi/Wiley/ Ricardo Villalobos/Infected Mushroom/Jeff Mills/Afrojack + more Sunday, November 28 @ Claremont Showgrounds Phife D & Ali (A Tribe Called Quest) Friday, December 3 @ The Bakery NEW

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Freestylers / Plump DJs / Freq Nasty / Kid Kenobi / Rico Tubbs + more Sunday, December 26 @ Belvoir Amphitheatre Summadayze 2011 feat. Erol Alkan/ Chromeo/ Armin Van Buuren/ David Guetta/N.E.R.D/ Bob Sinclair/ Wolfgang Gartner/ Rivastarr/Miami Horror/Yuksek/ Aeroplane + more Saturday, January 8 @ Supreme Court Gardens Southbound 2011 feat Public Enemy/Bliss n Eso/Peaches (DJ set)/Yacht Club DJs/A-Trak + more Saturday, January 1 – Monday, January 3, 2011 @ Busselton, venue TBA

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The Brass Monkey Friday, September 10, 2010

The Shed Saturday, September 11, 2010

A Northbridge icon and the most photographed pub in WA, The Brass Monkey is a one stop shop for good times, with numerous bars, restaurants and courtyards to cater to all your entertainment needs.

If your funny bone needs a’flexing, head on down to The Brass Monkey on Wednesday nights for Laugh Resort, a stand up night dedicated to all things hilarious.

Situated in the heart of Northbridge, The Shed blends pub culture with a nightclub atmosphere, with live bands, DJs, and a sprawling beer garden that’s perfect for a pint on sunny afternoons.

During October, The Shed will ditch its Australiana theme in favour of all things German for Oktoberfest. Expect pretzels, steins of beer, bar wenches and slap dancers. Find out what’s on and when at the-shed.com.au.

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a beverage with mates in one of the three spacious bars.

Dedicated to entertainment, whether it’s watching live music, music clips or your favourite sporting events on two massive projector screens, there’s always something happening at The Leopold. Play pool or sit back and have a punt in the pub/TAB or host a function. Mid week happy hours, raffles, poker and bikini girls make having a drink at the Leopold an absolute pleasure.

NEWPORT

Culture Clash Thursdays at the Newport are going off! This Thursday, September 16, legendary Perth DJ Micah makes a special guest appearance, supported by Ad Lustre and T-Mac. It’s the last chance to check out the local art exhibition in the Laneway Gallery.

Come along and enjoy a free barbecue and a game of ping pong.

MT HENRY

Next Tuesday, exit off Manning Road and you will find a deal that will satisfy your hunger, quench your thirst and keep that budget in tact with a $5 Scotch Fillet and chips with a purchase of a pint. With specials, entertainment, live sports and a great range all week, Mt Henry is an ideal hang out place.

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ROCKET ROOM

This Friday at The Den, garage-grunge rockers Ultra Detectives launch their very first single Take my Hand with Desertship, The Witches Promise, and Limpin’ Dave Foley & The Straight Legged Freaks – pick up your free single on entry! On Saturday in The Backroom catch local heavy rock trio Opia with Arkaya, State Of Order and The Book Of Lillith. Doors open 8pm both nights

INDI BAR

On Sunday September 19, ARIA award nominated roots troubadour Ash Grunwald hits the shores of Scarborough once more at the Indi Bar. Wednesday September 22, try something a little different and catch Matthew Hale’s Comedy Hypnosis Show for some mind bending fun!

JB O’REILLY’S

See them before they are famous at JB O’Reilly’s, with one of Perth’s best pubs hosting some of Perth’s very best original music every Sunday.

If there’s one place to be on a Sunday, it’s JB O’Reilly’s.

AMPLIFIER

Get ready to show everyone what you’ve got from midnight on Friday night as Eddie Electric will be spinning the best indie tunes to get you moving on the Amplifier dancefloor. Amps on a Friday night is an institution in this town and Eddie’s playing stuff you haven’t even heard of yet, so from midnight ‘til late Amplifier is the place to be.

FLY BY NIGHT

This Friday, September 17, blues troubadour

Five weeks in and Saturdays are still raging with two bands on after midnight.

After wowing crowds around Perth for the past year since their formation the Rocket Room is happy to have Gasoline Inc performing as the new co-resident late night band. Kickstart will be performing their rock cover tunes into the early hours of the morning, and have you shaking your money maker!. Resident DJ Brett Rowe will also be spinning your favourite rock, metal and punk tracks all night long in between sets.

Ash Grunwald returns to the Fly. Then on Saturday, September 18, The Woodstock Experience captures the original spirit of the 1969 festival with a multi media show. Three days of peace and music in one night only, at the Fly.

VELVET LOUNGE AT THE FLYING SCOTSMAN

T h i s S a t u r d a y, f r o m 1 1 a m - 5 p m , T h e Collectomaniacs launch a monthly market.

Men’s & women’s clothing, accessories, DJ Micah collectables, records, art and more. Entry is out for spot on the national grand final. Doors only $2. open 8pm and entry is $15 or $12 with student concession, door sales only.

POW @ THE PADDO Don’t miss the weekly lineup of local bands playing each Wednesday at the Paddo. On RAILWAY HOTEL Wednesday, September 22 come see Blac Blocs, The Railway Hotel hosts the debut of AstroPig 7 Years, Stone Circle and Danni Ammon. Bands (featuring members of The Corner, Satan Himself and more) this Saturday, September 18, start at 8pm and as always, it’s free entry! with support from The Tumblers, Aaaggh Bats and Lummix. Doors open 8pm and entry is $8.

ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Rosemount hosts the WA final for the National Campus Band Competition this Friday, THE LEOPOLD HOTEL September 17, with Lionel, Village Kid, The The Leopold has had a facelift and is now Kirbens, Sam Carmody, The Caballeros, Dave looking better than ever. Located south of & Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill battling it the river in Bicton, it’s a great place to enjoy

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Every now and then there are moments when we all scratch our heads and wonder where to go for a drink around Perth, or where to hold our next function. No matter what you’re planning, these top function venues are biting at the bit to help you plan that special occasion!

THE SAINT

The newly refurbished function room is a prominent feature of The Saint George and is capable of accommodating up to 1800 party goers. The friendly and helpful Saint George staff can guarantee that you and your guests will be treated to freshly prepared cuisine, a fine selection of wines, great international beer and a funky cocktail list that will lift anyone’s sprits.

Mustang Bar

MUSTANG BAR

Metro City

METRO CITY

Not only can you enjoy shaking your booty on Saturday nights at Metro City, you can also choose from the many rooms to host your very own function. Whatever your taste or style, the Metro team can help. Choose from the R and B lounge where you can get down and dirty (great for a hens or bucks night), or the Red Bar, Copper Bar, Arcade Bar or for that real VIP treatment, the Gold Bar. To book any of these function rooms email info@metroconcertclub. com.

Want to leave your next function in good hands? The Mustang Bar has over 10 years experience in catering for functions, birthday parties, hens nights, Christmas celebrations, social events, fund raisers, anniversaries and whatever else your heart desires. Staff at The Mustang can help tailor a function to meet all your individual needs, with free room hire, free decorations, drink packages, live entertainment and lots more.

The Mustang is a great venue to make your special occasion go off with a bang!

THE LEFT BANK

THE PADDINGTON ALEHOUSE

The Paddington Ale House

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With three different function rooms and the temptation of joining the Paddo’s Beer Hall Of Fame, why wouldn’t you want to hold your next function here at The Paddington Alehouse? Catering for birthday parties, bucks nights, hens nights, wedding receptions, The Paddo is the perfect place for all kinds of functions. The winner of 10 AHA Awards, The Paddo can arrange special packages including set menus or the more laid back full buffet style. Call Toni today to book your next function on (08) 9242 3077 or paddo.com.au.

The Saint

Whether you are planning a corporate function, a birthday party, wedding, engagement, Christmas party or just a celebration of life, the Left Bank can help you create the perfect atmosphere for your special occasion. Situated on the beautiful bank of the Swan River in East Fremantle, this magnificently restored heritage building will create an environment that will have all your guests smiling. To find out more, call Jayde on (08) 9319 1136 or email functions@leftbank.com.au, for a night to remember.

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THE COURT FUNCTION PACKAGES

Food and drink packages available At The Court Hotel we have a range of different food and drink packages available to suit any budget.

Choose between per head packages, a cash bar or a bar tab with the freedom of including and excluding whatever drinks you wish.

Choose from four amazing areas for your party.

The Red Bar Our most popular function room, this bar can hold up to 50 people with the option of opening the dance floor to increase numbers to 100. Perfect for cocktail style functions or large lunches / dinners.

The Beer Garden The Court Hotel has one of the largest inner city beer gardens.

The beer garden can cater for functions for up to 500 people.

The area is partially undercover so you can enjoy sunshine or shade while listening to music from our range of Perth’s top DJs.

The Restaurant Our restaurant seats up to 48 guests. Enjoy meals from our standard menu or work with our chef to create a customised menu just for you.

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The Charles Hotel

THE CHARLES

Let the Charles Hotel take all the pain out of organising your next event so that you can kick back and relax. There’s a fantastic sound system already in place for your convenience, which will get the party pumping. Visit charleshotel.com.au to view packages and menus.

DEVILLE’S PAD

Senor Deville invites you to hold your next private or corporate event in his dark and magical lair. Deville’s Pad will give you and your guests a fun, rock ‘n’ roll, 1960s atmosphere, with fantastic staff on hand to make your function a night to remember. Deville’s is also a great place for fashion shows and dance performances – with a large stage and space for a big audience.

Book your function at Deville’s and they promise they’ll have you and all your guests boogieing on the dance floor.

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FEELS LIKE HOME TOBY / Tiaryn Fly By Night Friday, September 10, 2010 Blessed not only with a pair of powerful pipes but also a wicked sense of sonic humour, popular local roots chanteuse Toby made her much anticipated return to the WA circuit on Friday night, inviting old and new fans alike to trek down to the Fly By Night in Fremantle to celebrate the launch of her fourth LP Sleeptalk.

Unassuming and gentle, local trio Tiaryn charmed early with simplistically alluring vocals, subtle percussion, ear-catching guitar progressions, and tinkling keys, strung along by talented frontwoman Tiaryn Griggs’ sweet whisperings.

Utterly sumptuous and occasionally sizzling, Tiaryn’s collection of feel-good numbers may not set the world alight anytime soon, but they certainly offer something warm and comforting, perfect for a cool spring evening.

After a surprisingly short interval, Toby took to the stage complimented by a steady stream of musicians who flitted on and off the stage throughout the set, filling every nook and cranny of the venue with her engaging, enjoyable tunes and serving as a delicious instrumental counterpoint against the talented songstress’ powerful choral whisperings.

Starting her campaign to hypnotise punters with an achingly-heartfelt ballad I Can’t Fly, Toby’s songs broadcasted their emotional content

PEX APPEAL SMRTS / Eraser / Rolling Pin / Wind Waker Rosemount Hotel Friday, September 10, 2010 There was no surprise when a hefty crowd rocked up to the Rosemount Hotel last Friday night for the launch of smRts’ debut album, Sun Sets On A New Tomorrow. With two of Perth’s best noise/drone/psych/improv/whatever bands backing them up, in the form of Wind Waker and Erasers, plus the unknown quantity that was jazz group Rolling Pin, it promised to be a good night to release what started as Predrag Delisabich’s solo effort, but quickly morphed into a whole band deal.

A mumbled Fresh Blast promo from Wind Waker bassist Will Hooper – “I’ve been told I need to read this out,” – started the night, and in keeping with the mumbled, straightforward announcement, Wind Waker got straight to the point for the entirety of their set. If you’re going to take the minimalist approach to music, you’ve gotta have the fundamentals down, namely a rock-solid rhythm section and a handy grasp of the textures you need to inject into your music if your basis is going to be repetition.

A lot of other bands could take their cues from Wind Waker, because they have this down. There’s a strong surf influence in their sound but they’re not a surf band, per se, and they never fall into the trap of focusing on that aspect for too long. They’re a rock solid band with an infinitely good grasp of loud/soft dynamics.

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- anxiety, melancholy, resilience - with a refreshing straightforwardness rarely heard outside the folk/ roots genre which only served to intensify the indepth storytelling present in her lyrics of love, life and loss.

Luckily, her minimalistic lyricism didn’t detract from the ample melodic and textural pleasures, with every backing vocal, lilting string, trumpet line, brushed drum texture and hovering piano run, being meticulously crafted and scripted into her invigorating musical architecture, proving particularly successful in adding an infectious groove to the combustible banjo funk of Smile and slinky saxophone-riddled Little Man. Playing through new album Sleeptalk in its entirety demonstrated that Toby’s songs are subtler and richer this time around, as layers and textures, both musical and emotional, revealed themselves in the live setting with shimmering ease.

A refusal to settle on one style served Toby well, allowing her to mine a mix of folk, pop, roots, rock and reggae styles to suit her needs, thus ensuring that fans of her quietly powerful, reassuring music were aptly satisfied.

Less about the surface, than what lies underneath, Toby’s songs gently hooked their way into the subconscious of listeners, as her honest and compelling tunes left her reverential crowd of followers with warm hearts and more than proved why local audiences have found a home in her music.

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SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR/ Dropsaw/Born Into Suffering/Turning Tides Amplifier Bar Friday, September 10, 2010

Tough guy hardcore is dead. What’s that? It’s not? Well, it damn-well should be. Though the motley crew that spattered the scene at Amps, just to see a slice of Boston hardcore ‘greats’ Death Before Dishonor, may disagree. This evening set in stone that a genre that used to thrive on pure, raw, fucking aggression has become an absolute scripted joke. Though, of course, this view is always _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD up for contention.

Prime example of this? Perth starters Turning Tides. Sure, it is a fairly brutal assessment.

But when they have songs such as Loose Lips, which touches on why girls should keep their “… legs closed” and has a chorus catch-cry of “…you fucking bitch”, with vocalist Matty P launching into a tirade about despised ex“crack-whore”girlfriends as an introduction…need more be said? Match that to a perfectly choreographed two-step hop of the band and an overcooked, and misconstrued, ’88 youth crew vibe - and the seeds of discontent just keep on growing.

But, there is always one exception to the rule. Local follow-up Born Into Suffering was way above the calibre of this billing. Even a bit of a random drawcard you could say. Layering walls upon walls of abrasive strings and stark tribalistic pounding, they were able to tread an interesting Toby (Photo: Michael Howard) line between old-school flavours and more crust/

Rolling Pin were up next and a somewhat perplexing choice for the support.

In a night where the three other bands toyed with the idea of jazz yet remained rooted in a firm structure, here was an actual jazz band, free to do whatever they liked, unconstrained by structure. In the context of the night, I don’t think it worked.

While the other three bands are taking instrumental music in interesting directions, Rolling Pin’s soft jazz style felt conspicuously out of place, and it cleared the room fairly quickly. Maybe I just don’t have the skill set to review jazz – it’s a distinct possibility – but I think I can speak for the rest of the crowd when I say they missed the mark.

Sorry, did I say instrumental music?

I should correct myself. Erasers, God bless their cotton socks, were the only band to use vocals on the night, but these are not vocals as we know them, Jim. It’s best to view Rebecca Orchard’s vocals as another instrument as she almost chants over the impossibly tight rhythm section, lending an imposing sense of doom to the whole occasion.

Erasers’ songs always threaten to go places, but they never go where you expect , and just when they sound like they’re building up to a climax they go in the exact opposite direction. It’s really wonderful stuff, and the middle-aged businessman who performed a bizarre kind of tribal dance to the right of stage had the right idea. Fantastic stuff, can’t wait for an album.

I didn’t realise smRts had two drummers as they took to the stage, but after watching their epic set I can understand why.

While on their excellent new album they sound at times delicate, live they are a whole different proposition – they sound absolutely huge especially when opening with the menacing album closer, Lenin’s Funeral March.

They’re also incredibly intricate and immensely catchy, and in terms of song structure they were the most conventional band of the night. Album openers Pencil Writes With Its Heart and Curious Bird were met with huge cheers, and when Matt Bairstow dropped a tiny hint of the dungeon theme from Super Mario Brothers, you just got the impression that on any given night, smRts will be unstoppable.

Friday night they weren’t just unstoppable, they were also in impeccable form, dropping two new songs. Wryly introduced by Delisabich, “We’re going to try something different, a song without vocals”, they were even better than the material on the record, which for a band that are launching their debut album, is a genius sign. _LIAM DUCEY

metallic influences without getting too wanky about their chosen path. Also worth noting their outstanding interpretation of Alice In Chains classic Them Bones.

Though what goes up, must go down.

Not too down, in the case of Newcastle’s Dropsaw.

They just ventured into the more refined or,daresay, polished, arena of the TG HC festivities. Which the pit dug, to the extent of inserting the customary dance moves here. Drawing heavily from their latest Hard Justice, they certainly inflicted just that in the only way they know how – through thrashy down-tuned rhythms and melodic flourishes of the strings – with Wasted Youth bringing the ‘mosh’.

The so-called masters of beatdown then took the stage. Death Before Dishonor had trekked all the way from Boston to give Australian audiences a taste of hardcore from their neck of the woods. And, heck, they are good at what they do. Great, rolling drumbeats that only prescribe themselves to circle pit shenanigans – which came aplenty – booming, thumb-driven basslines with guitars there to provide the wailing needed to push punters to the brink. The best thing about these lads was they didn’t take themselves too seriously; an unexpected plus.

Working themselves into a slow, grooving frenzy – they launched into newer territory though material from latest Better Ways To Die (2009). Our Glory Days helped Perth to travel back to the shining past of HC roots before launching into classic Boston Belongs To Me – with that slamming chorus getting everyone to raise their voices, and glasses, high. Then taking a nod to their more traditional cop-hating punk atheistic through Boys In Blue – frontman Bryan Harris stomping his burly mass from side-to-side, almost rapping his lines out. Entering in a few words about how boring they thought Adelaide was, the date before this show, to get the crowd on side – they took the night home with older tracks 6.6.6 (Friends Family Forever) and Never Again. Sure, it was fun, but this show was smothered in a feeling of déjàvu…and that’s a thought to ponder on. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY

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NO TEA PARTY

Jeff Martin – that’s Jeffrey Scott Brill to his mum - made his name with Canadian hard rock legends The Tea Party, but after relocating to Perth in 2008 he’s now on an acoustic folkrock trip. The great thing about Perth, is that it’s only a quick jaunt down that outstanding new highway until you’re in the South West. Martin is playing an acoustic at the Prince of Wales Hotel on Thursday, October 21, and tickets are available from The Prince or from heatseeker. com.au for $25.

VIVA LA MEXICO

Tijuana Cartel are intent on bringing world music to bigger and better stages, and they don’t get any bigger or better in the South West than Bunbury’s Prince of Wales Hotel. They’re hitting the Prince on Friday, September 24 before sneaking down to Dunsborough Tavern on Saturday, September 25. They’re backing those two shows up with a slot at Hyden’s Wave Rock Weekender on Sunday, September 26. Their new EP, White Dove, is in the can and they’ve chosen WA audiences to be their test case, so don’t miss ‘em. They’ll be supported

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MIDNIGHT RIDE

We here at X-Press reckon Little Red’s new album, Midnight Remember, is a bit of a ripper – infact, if you check page 26 you’ll be able to find a review of the new album, which is easily as good as their breakthrough Listen To Little Red. To launch the new album they’re heading to the South West for a show at Settlers Tavern on Thursday, September 30, before dashing up the road for a show at the Prince of Wales Hotel to bring in the new month on Friday, October 1.

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Blues and roots favourite Ash Grunwald has just released his fifth album, Hot Mama Vibes, and he’s continued his development beyond blues and roots, incorporating electronic elements into a primordial soup that can only be described as… well as pretty damn good. He’s currently undertaking an extensive WA tour, and later this month he hits the South West with local blues rock maestros The Joe Kings in tow. Grunwald plays the Prince of Wales Hotel on Thursday, September 23 and Settlers Tavern on Friday, September 24. www.xpressmag.com.au

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

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RED JEZEBEL

The hard-hitting boys from Opia are getting some outstanding reviews for their latest release, Emotion Evolution, so to cap things off they’re having a huge show this Friday, September 17 at the Civic Hotel. They’ll be joined by Arkayan, State Of Order and The Book Of Lillith, so for a taste of what to expect head to myspace.com/opiaband or hit up iTunes or any good record store to grab a copy of the EP.

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FLIGHT OF THE SHITBIRD

Manhattans is quickly becoming a venue that is really getting behind local original music, and Thursday, September 16 will see the debut of Shitbird, featuring members of Mongrel Country, Cat Black, Scotch Of St James and Slaughterhouse Five. Based on that pedigree this bird is going to make one unholy racket.

Support comes from Bonehouse, Frozen Ocean and Donny James Rat.

CRACKERJACK

There’s nothing like a day at a bowls club. The grass between your toes, the 1975 beer prices, the gentle art of getting close to the jack, the 1975 beer prices, there’s just nothing like it, but I digress. This Saturday, September 18, The North Perth Lawn Bowls Club hosts the Benedict Moleta Band, The Wednesday Society, Bermuda and, playing their third show, Ramona Bird. There’s also a barbecue and bowls between bands. Doors open at 6pm, the bands are on from 8pm an entry is a paltry $10.

BERK, WHERE’S MY LUNCH?

Metal is on the menu this weekend at the Swan Basement as Metal For Fishes presents Monsters In The Basement. The heavy-hitting lineup features Blunt Force Trauma, From Isolation, Cellardoor and Left To Die. Doors open at 8pm and entry is your first born child or $10.

Red Jezebel

Longtime local band manager and promoter Luke ‘Rinnaz’ Rinaldi is genuinely one of the nicest guys you could ever meet in the Perth local music scene – but that doesn’t stop his bands pulling the piss out of him.

Red Jezebel singer/guitarist Paul Wood is one of the main protagonists behind the annual Look Like A Rinnaz Day, which falls on September 17 each year, and with this Friday being that very date Red Jezebel just happened to have a show scheduled at the Norfolk Basement. Basically, Look Like A Rinnaz day sees almost every local music identity you can poke a stick at change their Facebook profile picture to a picture of Rinnaz. Wood, however, is quick to declare the Red Jez show is just a coincidence.

“Don’t get my wrong it’s a great coincidence, but it is just a coincidence,” Wood explained. “I was actually one of the protagonists of Look Like A Rinnaz Day, along with Brett Rowe and Dave Cutbush. I found a very old, ridiculous photo of Rinnaz on the Internet, and we decided we loved the photo that much that we started finding others and it just kept going, it just snowballed.’’

While he wouldn’t elaborate on the possibility that there would be Rinnaz masks and t-shirts handed out on the night – he didn’t deny it either – Wood has another reason to be playing a show. Being the veterans that they are, Red Jezebel are embracing the future and launching their new single, Closer To You, online through their website “We’re working on new stuff but there’s no real plan to release an album, just songs,’’ Wood elaborates. “Our plan from now on is, basically the stress of putting out an album in just one hit is just too much. We’re going to put singles on our website free for a month as they come out, let them go viral then ship them off to iTunes. It’s the way of the future really, and most bands these days seem to make most of their money from playing shows rather than actually releasing anything and we’re pretty happy to embrace that. ‘’ Red Jezebel play the Norfolk Hotel on Friday, September 17 and the Amplifier Bar on Saturday, September 18 with support from Emperors and Split Seconds. To grab a copy of the single – free until the end of September – head to redjez.com

VELVETINE

That Velvet Echo get busy this week with two shows, the first on Thursday, September 16 at The Rosemount Hotel and the second on Friday, September 17 at Kulcha. Formed by travelling musicians Scott Nicholas and Gabrielle Harter and featuring the talents of Perth musicians Timothy Sandhu, Mitch Becker, and Sylvie Millard, their debut, selftitled EP is out soon and should be one of the best releases of the year. At the Kulcha show, they’re supported by special guests Mitch Becker, Craig Sinclair and Simon Kelly.

LAVA AND GASOLINE

The Volcanics’ resurgence continues this week as they hit the Rocket Room on Saturday, September 18 with support from Stillfire and One Thousand Years. Sporting an almost entirely new lineup, The Volcanics remain as powerful and as vital as they were during their heyday circa 2004. Their last two shows at the Indi Bar have sold out, so make sure you get there early. Speaking of the Rocket Room, Gasoline Inc play the last show of their late-night residency on the same night.

SNOOPIN’ AROUND

Perth four-piece Ultra Detectives are launching their first single – entitled Take My Hand – at The Den this week. Support comes from Desertship, The Witches Promise and Limpin’ Dave Foley & The Straight Legged Freaks. Doors open at 8pm and entry, with a free copy of the single, is $10.

You can’t beat value like that.

MUSTANG… CAL?

Cal Peck & The Tramps are riding high on the back of the release of their Kill For You album, so it’s only fitting they should play the Mustang Bar on Thursday, September 16. Supported by The Big Old Bears, Cal and the band will be playing all the songs off both Kill For You and their Cinnamon EP as part of their set of foot stompin’ garage rhythm and blues. Entry to the Mustang Bar is free, doors open at 8pm and Cal Peck & The Tramps are onstage at 10.30pm.

MANHATTANS MISCHIEF

Manhattans will be overrun by treacherous rodents this Friday, September 17 with the Sneaky Weasel Gang unleashing their badass blues-funk hybrid onstage. They’ll be joined by rockin’ blues benders Datura and the indie coffee-pop rock of Trent Williams. Doors open at 8pm and entry can be gained by the donation of a paltry $5 of your hard-earned.

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LOOSE NUMBERS

Loose Unit’s last album, The House Of Piper Laurie, was one of the best hard rock albums to come out of our sleepy little town this year. On Friday, September 17, they’re launching their new single, Greater Numbers, at Amplifier with support from the always excellent The Devil Rides Out, desert rockers Blackwater Station and Sanur Dogs.

They’ll also debut the video for the single on the night as well.

Tuesday, September 21 will forever be remembered as the day when Jimi Hendrix cashed his ticket and went to the never-ending gig in the sky. His untimely passing at the age of 27 doesn’t mean he’ll be forgotten, and Perth Blues Club are intent on keeping the memory of the great man alive. To celebrate the massive impact he had on all elements of That Velvet Echo

WITNESS THE BONFIRE

Since signing to Fremantle Records on May, The Witness have been hibernating at Hines Studio, perfecting their much-anticipated debut EP. They’ve know awoken from their recording-induced slumber and are ready to launch the first single from the EP, Bonfire, on Saturday, September 18 at Mojo’s Bar in North Fremantle. With support from Naik, The Brow Horn Orchestra and Laced Affair, it should be an outstanding night.

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the musical landscape, they’ve put together a show called Hendrix: Plugged and Unplugged, bringing together some of Perth’s finest bluesbased bands to put their own spin on some of his most well known – and not well-known – songs. The unplugged show will feature sting and flute ensemble Les Trois Amies, the jazz sounds of The Adam Springhetti Trio, the celtic stomp of The Gypsy Eyes Band and Rick Steele and Wayne Freer. The plugged version features Gary Cox and The Hendrix All-Stars Band, with Lindsay Wells and Kent ‘Beast’ Hughes on duelling electric guitar joined by Ric Eastman on drums and Gary Cox on bass.

If you’re a Hendrix fan – and if you’re not, then you’re doing something wrong – this show is a must. For more info head to the event website at hendrix40.com.

BASEMENT BASH The Dark Woods – formerly The Usuals – are creeping closer to releasing their debut EP and on Friday, September 17 at the Swan Basement you’ll get a chance to catch their hypnotic sounds. Supported by fellow youngguns Starcleaners, Karma FX and Aztech Suns, doors open at 8pm and entry is $5.

HIGH DISTINCTIONS The WA final of the National Campus Bands Competition is on this Friday, September 17 at the Rosemount Hotel. All the heats were close and this really is an open race, with Lionel, Village Kid, The Kirbens, Sam Carmody, The Caballeros, Dave & Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill all vying for some really outstanding prizes.

Entry is $15 - $12 with student concession – and tickets are only available on the door, so if it sells out you miss out. Get down and support your band, it could determine the victor!

HOODOO YOU DO

It might have seemed like Abbe May has been a bit quiet over the last six weeks or so, but truth be told she’s been working damn hard – she’s just been in a different country. Ms May flew to New York to film the clip for the first single from her forthcoming album. The single is called Mammalian Locomotion – one guess what that’s about – and it featured Abbe riding around Manhattan, with a whole bevvy of bikini-clad rollerbabes in tow. If you want to see what six weeks in New York has done to everyone’s favourite blueswoman, your best bet is to head to Manhattans this Saturday, September 18. Abbe will be unleashing her new band, with support from Goodnight Tiger and James Teague, and doors open at 8pm.

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Dan Kelly, September 24 at Rosemount Hotel

Bob Log III, September 23 at Deville’s Pad

THIS WEEK SEPTEMBER 16 – 22 ASH GRUNWALD 16 Freemasons Hotel, Geraldton 17 Fly By Night 18 Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome 19 Indi Bar 22 Icon, Karratha

JAMES REYNE 16 Eastern Hotel 17 Ravenswood Hotel 18 Charles Hotel

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ENTER SHIKARI 18 Capitol

ANGUS & JULIA STONE 18 Fremantle Arts Centre

COMING UP SEPTEMBER ASH GRUNWALD 23 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 24 Settlers Tavern 25 Premier Hotel, Albany 26 Redcliffe On The Murray, Pinjarra

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TIJUANA CARTEL LITTLE RED 23 Metro Fremantle 30 Settlers Tavern 24 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury OCTOBER 25 Dunsborough Hotel 26 Wave Rock Weekender ZEP BOYS 27 Indi Bar 1 Ravenswood Hotel 2 Charles Hotel BOB LOG III 22 Judds, Kalgoorlie LITTLE RED 23 Deville’s Pad 1 Prince Of Wales, 24 Amplifier Bunbury 25 Wave Rock Weekender 2 Astor Theatre 26 Dunsborough Tavern 27 Mojos Bar BIRDS OF TOKYO 2 Fremantle Arts Centre POWDERFINGER 22/23/24 Supreme Court THE HOLY SEA Gardens 2 The Bird 3 Fremantle Arts Centre CHICO MANN 24 The Bakery SO FRENCHY SO CHIC 3 Rosemount Hotel DAN KELLY / DAVE

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McCORMACK PARKWAY DRIVE / THE 24 Rosemount Hotel DEVIL WEARS PRADA / 25 Wave Rock Weekender THE GHOST INSIDE / 50 TAME IMPALA 22 Astor Theatre 26 Mojos Bar LIONS 3 Challenge Stadium METALLICA MARK SHOLTEZ 22 Burswood Dome 24 / 25 Manhattans Bar ONE MOVEMENT (Sarah 23 Burswood Dome Mclachlan, Xavier Rudd, WAVE ROCK Grinspoon, Paul Kelly, CONCRETE BLONDE WEEKENDER 25-26 Wave Rock, Hyden Children Collide, British 23 Astor Theatre India, Dead Letter SIMPLY RED & MARCIA PARKLIFE ( Missy Elliot, Circus, Shape Shifter, Cut Copy, Groove HINES Dan Sultan + more) Armada, Soulwax, Holy 6 /10 The Esplanade 23 Sandalford Estate Ghost, Busy P, Midnight THIRSTY MERC Juggernauts, Uffie, Mix SVENSSON 27 Players Bar, Mandurah Master, The Swiss + 8 Kulcha 28 Settlers Tavern more) PARAMORE 29 Astor Theatre 26 Wellington Square 10 Challenge Stadium 30 Prince Of Wales, MAYHEM Bunbury SMASHING PUMPKINS 26 Capitol 12 PCEC Riverside SOILWORK REGURGITATOR Theatre 28 Rosemount Hotel 26 Walkington Theatre, GUTTERMOUTH ICE CUBE Karratha 13 Rosemount Hotel 29 Metro City 27 Amplifier Bar CYPRESS HILL/ SPIT SYNDICATE 29 Metro City

DEAD MEADOW & NADJA 13 Amplifier Bar

PAT BENATAR / THE BANGLES 29 Perth Zoo

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Brother and sister duo Angus & Julia Stone are on an absolute roll at the moment, with a sold-out UK tour under their belt and rave reviews following their performances in the US, UK, Europe and Canada. The soulful duo are wildly popular in Australia, with their shows regularly selling out and their show at the Fremantle Arts Centre on September 18 was no exception. Luckily for fans, they have added yet another show the following night, on Sunday, September 19, and tickets to this show are still available through heatseeker. com.au. Get in quickly, because there is a serious chance this ultra-talented duo may sell out the second show.

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