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The world lost someone special this week – an icon, a maverick, an iconoclastic marvel of the 20th Century! It’s with hearts sodden with sadness that X-Press farewells a great inspiration and companion: RIP The Walkman.

The last ever Walkman rolled of its Japanese production line at the Sony factory this week, marking the end of the 31 year career for the once ubiquitous portable cassette player. Created for then Sony cochairman Akio Morita by audio engineer Nobutoshi Kihara in 1978 – so he could indulge in his opera obsession while reclining in first class high over the Pacific – Sony decided to take its kooky little invention to market in 1979. Two hundred and twenty million sales later The Walkman is, mournfully, no longer.

Truth be known, it’s been a slow and sometimes undignified decline for the ol’ Walkman, which quickly fell out of favour with the arrival of the revolutionary Compact Disc (that’s a shiny sphere often referred to as a CD, to all the Gen Ys indolently browsing this column on your iPads) and, its compatible portable player, the Discman in the late ’80s.

And after a little number called the iPod hit the market in 2001 the Walkman became about as cool as your granny’s Nokia 3210.

The consumer of 2010 is brutally unforgiving – if it ain’t got a touch-screen it just ain’t gonna fly. If it can’t tweet, cheat, ring, sing, bling, trade, invade, stalk, walk and offer contemporary theories on relativity in .0001 of a second then it simply ain’t smart enough.

Now indulge our nostalgic bones for just one moment, but there was something honest and perfect about The Walkman: its simple design, its simpler function. It was primal – you, your cassette of choice and the spinning wheels transporting you to a better place, as you watched the black tape hypnotically weave until the final ‘chck chck chck’. Then you’d ceremoniously flip the tape and start again, onto your next cosmic journey.

RIP Walkman

Tough decisions had to me made: what cassette is going to get me where I need to get to today? Kylie? John Farnham? Nope – today requires a hefty dose of George Michael.

Mix tapes became a thing of high art; fusing that perfect selection of songs to accompany you on the family holiday, or to offer to a friend as a kind of spiritual guide to greater terrestrial fulfilment.

In 2010 we’re dizzy with choice. I don’t know about you, but I all-too frequently throw my iPod down in despair and muddled exasperation after wheeling through its 120GB playlist. There’re just too many possibilities too close at hand, that it sends my brain into a nauseous spin.

The Walkman taught us to savour music, rather than carelessly consume it. It taught us how to conserve, and how to make tough decisions. And it brought out the inventor in all of us; ahh, the number of times I managed to resuscitate my cherished copy of Thriller with little more than a pair of scissors and some household sticky tape. Move over MacGyver.

The Thriller cassette lives on, but with Jacko – the indisputable king of The Walkman – now gone, perhaps it’s quite simply time to put The Walkman to rest alongside him. So, it’s with great sadness, we say goodbye Walkman. Thanks for the ear-aches but, most of all, thanks for the memories. _JULIAN TOMPKIN

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Spark up the reefers and the deep fried pineapple rings because roots’n’reggae festival Raggamuffin has just announced their line-up for 2011 and it’s a doozy! The stellar bill includes; Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Cliff, Maxi Priest, Sean Paul, The Original Wailers, Ky-Mani Marley, The Black Seeds and The Red Eyes and hits Fremantle Oval on Wednesday, January 26. With international performers like Mary J. Blige and legend Jimmy Cliff, this show is bound to be a bong-tastic ripper. So jump onto ticketmaster.com.au from Wednesday, November 3, to nab tickets.

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He is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures; a man who makes your mum blush while she’s shaving her legs, and he’s coming to Australia – Neil Diamond!

Yes folks, the legendary balladeer will be bringing his guitar and sequinned jackets Down Under next year. In his first Australian tour in seven years, he will be rocking out at the Perth NIB stadium on Tuesday, March 29, for one night only. Expect all the singa-long classics including Cracklin’ Rosie, Love On The Rocks and Sweet Caroline. Tickets are available from ticketmaster.com.au. Tickets go on sale from Tuesday, November 9.

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Set to hit the streets of Highgate, Northbridge and Mt Lawley on Saturday, November 27, the inaugural Beaufort Street Festival will bring together food, fashion, art and music for a day of fun in the sun that will pay homage to one of Perth’s main cultural hubs. Home to icons such as the Astor Theatre, The Queens Hotel, The Flying Scotsman and Planet Video, Beaufort Street is one of Perth’s oldest thoroughfares and is loved by more hipsters than you could poke a fixie frame at.

On the music front, stages will be set up on Grosvenor Road, Mary Street, Barlee Street and at the Ellington Jazz Club, and will be graced by a range of musos including the likes of the Brow Horn Orchestra, Split Seconds, Felicity Groom, Goodnight Tiger, Charlie Bucket, Diger Rokwell, TRG Trio, The Hounds and many more.

Art fans can satisfy their hunger for culture with The Locked Cabinet, an interactive exhibition that asks passers-by to get involved; Tattwash, which will see ololo art collective tow cars to the Barlee Street Carpark for live aerosol makeovers; Popp, an outdoor ping pong extravaganza and plenty more! There is literally way too much on for us to cover it all, get the full rundown at beaufortstreetfestival.com.au and be sure to pick up your copy of X-Press next Wednesday for our bumper Beaufort Street feature.

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“Starry starry night, paint your palette blue and grey.” Thousands of Australians will be able to enjoy those immortal lyrics when Don McLean embarks on a national tour of Aus next year. The seminal folk-rocker has been on the go since the ’70s and penned such classics as Vincent and American Pie. Since first hitting the charts in 1971, Don has amassed over 40 gold and platinum records world-wide and, in 2004 was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame. His songs have been recorded by artists from every musical genre, most notably Madonna’s #1 recording of American Pie in 2000 and Weird Al Yankovic re-write as The Saga Begins to send-up Star Wars. McLean will serenade audiences at the Burswood theatre on Wednesday, February 9. Tickets are available from ticketek.com.au from Wednesday, November 3.

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The manor is one of the very few original Perth drinkeries where wearing a fitted cap and a fresh pair of blazers is not only encouraged but expected. Having been a dedicated regular since the glory days I was quite shocked to be subtly asked by one (and one only) unfitted beanie wearing door douche to remove my cap. Really?!

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Thank the Lord for the ABC: Australia’s version of the BBC is pretty damn cool and manages to run programs that are both funny and challenging (United States of Tara) and gritty (Deadwood). Channel 7 needs to get a grip and start showing some decent stuff. And Today Tonight showed be binned – what a crock of patronising shit.

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Winter’s Bone was filmed entirely on location in the Ozarks of Southwestern Missouri Bleak, and tells a haunting, yet still hopeful tale about 17 year old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) who sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin’s code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth. This is a must see film, which won the best picture and screenplay at the Sundance Film Festival. Get your entries in to win a double pass to this moving film!

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Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren star in Red, an epic action comedy. These four used to be the CIA’s top agents but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their skills and stick together to survive, but once they come to uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history, will it be a fight till the end? We have ten in-season passes to giveaway for you and a friend, so get your entries in!

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Get your entries in to win one of five double inseason passes to see historic big screen event, The Rolling Stones Movie which features classic Stones performances from the 1972 tour and a special, cinema only interview with Mick Jagger recently filmed at The Dorchester Hotel in London. Jagger and Stones greats Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts take fans inside life on the road during that magical summer. So get your entries in now for this is not to be missed!

HELLOWEEN – 7 SINNERS

Just in time for Halloween, the long awaited album, 7 Sinners is now out. The band behind it is Helloween, a German power metal band launched in 1984, who were the founders of German melodic-speed metal. We are giving away five copies for our lucky X-Press readers!

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BROTHERS IN ARMS

Classic albums live presents the acclaimed best selling Dire Straits Album, Brothers in Arms, plus many of their greatest hits live on stage at the Burswood Theatre, on Saturday, November 6.

Featuring ten legendary Australian musicians including guitarists Phil Emmanuel, Rex Goh and Stuie French, this show will feature all your favourite Dire Strait numbers. We have five doubles to giveaway to our lucky readers so get your entries in fast for there is one show only!

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Cecilia Bartoli

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Get ready to lock away any crystal-ware you may own because Italian opera star Cecilia Bartoli is headed down under and those pipes of hers could smash through just about anything. With over 20 years experience and 10 million album sales under her belt, Bartoli is an accomplished per for m e r w ho ha s d e l i g h te d f a n s and critics alike over the course of her career. Perth will finally get to witness the magnificence of a Bartoli concert on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, when she takes to the stage of the Perth Concert Hall with musical accompaniment by Sergio Ciomei.

Tickets for this special show will go on sale at 9am on Monday, November 8. Bookings can be made through BOCS.

If you’re out on the town during the 2010 Pride Festival you may notice dykes on bikes and spandex clad menfolk waving a new take on the iconic rainbow flag. To celebrate this year’s Pride Festival, the folks at OnWilliam enlisted Deathbot to design an alternative rainbow flag, which will be available for free at retailers across Northbridge. Pop in to locations such as Red Stripe Clothing, The Butcher Shop, The Blue Room Theatre, William Topp, The Moon Café, Outré Gallery and 399 Bar to get a piece of the action. Be sure to grab your flag before 8pm on Saturday, October 30, when the Pride Parade will roll through the streets of Northbridge amid a cloud of colour and good vibes.

Once all the fun of the Parade has wrapped up, make your way to Connections Nightclub for Neon Ballroom: The Official Pride After Party. Boasting three drag productions and appearances from some special (secret) guests, the After Party is set to go off! Get your tickets now from Connections, Planet or pridewa.asn. au. Part proceeds from ticket sales will go straight back in to Pride to contribute to the festival in future years.

ANIMAL KINGDOM

The folks at RSPCA do such incredible work caring for creatures and on Sunday, November 21, the community will rally behind RSPCA WA to help raise funds to finance their many programs. The All Things Bright And Beautiful Fete will take over the RSPCA headquarters at 108 Malaga Drive for performances, markets, rides, fashion parades and dog agility contests. Potential pet owners will also get to meet some of the lovely animals that are currently looking for homes, so whether you’re looking for a new pet, or just want to support the folks at RSPCA, don’t miss out on this special day for all creatures great and small.

Darkest Hour

DARK ’N’ STORMY

Metal necromancers Darkest Hour will be crawling out of the shadows to play at Amplifier bar on Sunday, January 9. The Washington D.C. outfit have been on the go since 1995, wowing fans with their fusion of punk and metal. Notable releases include 2000’s Mark Of Judas and 2005’s Undoing Ruin. Supporting the US band will be Carnifex, who peddle dark and abrasive death metal. Tickets are available from moshtix.com.au from Friday, November 12.

NEW AND IMPROVED

Don’t be boring and stay in on New Year’s Eve drinking mulled wine with your gran, get out and party at The Rosemount Hotel’s New Year’s Eve Fiesta.

The crew down at the Rosie have announced a killer lineup of Perth’s biggest and best for the ultimate festive party.

Bands performing include Red Jezebel, Will Stoker And The Embers, Sons Of Rico, Simone And Girlfunkle, Emperors and Split Seconds. Doors open 6pm and tickets are available from heatseeker.com.au.

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RAMIREZ TO ROCK YA SOCKS

If you want to help out the homeless, then donate some of your old clothes and possessions to the charity Homeless Connect. To make a donation head down to the Donations Collection Centre on 339 Wellington Street Perth (Old Perth Gas Works) any Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (11am – 3pm) until November 16. The charity will hold its third Homeless Connect Perth event on Wednesday, November 17, at The Helenic Centre and Russell Square, Northbridge. Guests will also have access to a donation shop that offers new and used clothing, new underwear, shoes, toiletries, towels, canned goods and non-perishable food items, books and of course woven eco shopping bags to transport the goods.

Akil

MOVE OVER JURASSIC 5

Hello ’90s kids! If you weren’t secretly dancing to Backstreet Boys then Jurassic 5 would’ve been on your Discman back in the day. Hiphop legends Akil, known famously for Concrete Schoolyard, and mad beats singer/rapper Louis Logic are coming together to celebrate the release Akil’s debut album Sound Check and Logic’s new album Me And Everyone You Know. They’ll be kicking up a storm on an Australian tour with Melbourne’s DJ Sizzle, one of Australia’s crafty turntablists. These globe trotters are currently receiving rave reviews from sold out shows in England, Ireland, Norway and Scotland. If you want to re-live some Jurassic 5 classics and witness The Empty Cup from soul group The Typhoons then hit up Manhattans on Friday, November 5. Tickets $25 from heatseeker.com.au. Doors open 8pm.

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Though Fremantle is perhaps best known as the bustling port city home to the resurgent Dockers, sport and trade isn’t all it has to offer, with many artists, musicians and fashion designers all proud to call Freo home. Lovers of all things Freo will band together this November for the Fremantle Festival, a celebration of the people and places that contribute to Freo’s cultural vibrancy.

Featuring activities for rug rats and adults, the Festival will take to the streets throughout the month of November with performances, workshops, carnivals and exhibitions. There are simply too many fabulous events for us to list them all but you can get the full rundown on what’s on and when at fremantle.wa.gov.au.

BOXING DAY ABLAZE

For most, Boxing Day is spent in a post Christmas stupor that usually involves reclining on the couch with a stubby in hand and sport of some kind blaring on the idiot box. If you’re sick of boring Boxing Days, it’s time to rejoice because Scorcher at The Rosemount is going to set Sunday, December 26, on fire with performances all day and night in the sunny beer garden. Over 40 bands are set to take to the stage over the course of the day and the best part is that the line-up hasn’t been confirmed yet so local acts can still apply to join the bill.

If you want to get in on the action or just want to find out more about this brand spanking new event, head to scorcherfest.com.au.

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D. Ramirez, playing MOS Clubbers Guide Spring Tour

MOS Clubbers Guide Spring Tour is kicking off this weekend. To get your disco feet dancing will be D. Ramirez, Anna Lunoe, John Course and Shazam. Yes, all in Perth in one place! D. Ramirez, also known as Dean, has an impressive trail of awards, including Best Remix and Best Producer in DJ Magazine 2007 and Player Of The Year in iDJ for 2006. He’s currently revisiting Max Linen’s Soulshaker, which is already been dubbed as one of the most awesome tunes to hit Ibiza this summer. D. Ramirez is a fan of Wehbba, Pirupu and Sebastien Leger and is pumped for partying it up with Perth peeps. “I was in Australia for New Year and it was awesome,” he tells X-Press.

“I know exactly what to expect from them; they are all generally quite mad and up for it – great fun!” Get your disco pants on and head to Villa this Friday, October 29. Tickets $38.95 + booking fee and on-sale now from moshtix.com.au and Transit Clothing stores.

The JD Set has all the ingredients for a great gig: sublime location (Rottnest), great headliners (The Living End) and great booze (Jack Daniels). In a unique line-up twist, the sour mash boys give the public a chance to vote for which local band will support The Living End. Bands vying for the support slot include Fare Evader, The Moderns, The Snowdroppers and Good Little Fox. Voting runs for two weeks from Monday, October 18, at thejdset.com.au. The gig will be held at The Rottnest Hotel on Sunday, November 28, from 3-10pm. Fire onto thejdset.com.au for tickets.

WA’s performance community are dancing in the streets today because the folks at the Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts have just announced that their performance space will remain open, despite news that it was set to close earlier in the year. After immense community support, the folks at PICA have decided to keep the space open for shows and rehearsals in 2011, which is great news for theatre groups, dance companies and everyone in between. To find out more head to pica.org.au.

Damo Suzuki

IN THE CAN

The Bakery has always showcased the best in avant-garde music and they have secured another cracker in Damo Suzuki.

The Japanese artist improvises alongside performers he calls “sound carriers”; a group of talented local and international musicians.

With a different backing band each night, no two performances are ever the same, making for an exhilarating and unique event for the audience. The Japanese warbler achieved cult status with improvisational Krautrock band Can on their classic albums, Tago Mago, Future Days, and Ege Bamyasi. Damo Suzuki will hit The Bakery on Friday, November 12. Jump online to secure tickets at nowbaking.com.au.

If you enjoy singing in the shower and jamming with your mates in your garage, then you’re probably ready to take it to the next level at the open mic night at The Den. On Thursdays, from November 4 onwards, the Civic Hotel in Inglewood will be hosting the event. The team provide the PA and stage setup, so all you need to do is bring down your axe, drums, washboard or whatever. To register call Nick on 0438 451 215 to schedule a time and date. Doors open 7.30pm and entry is free.

ON A MISSION

The Mission In Motion are embarking on a national tour to launch their debut album Somewhere Safe. These punksters have supported the likes of US rock group Senses Fail and Scary Kids Scaring Kids and that’s only this year. Joining them will be America’s pop punk rockers Valencia, who were here in 2009 for Soundwave. Valencia have been busy working on their third album, Dancing With A Ghost, with producer Mark Trombino (Blink 128, Starting Line, Gyroscope), and will be released in time for the tour. Local punk powerhouse Colour The Sky will be supporting the YMCA HQ all ages show on Sunday, November 21. Doors open at 1pm.

Know Your Knot and Chasing The Ninth will now be supporting the 18+ gig on Sunday, November 21, at Amplifier. Doors open 8pm. Tickets on sale now at heatseeker.com.au, Planet, Mills and moshtix.com.au.

STICK TO HARDCORE

Hailing from OC, that’s the place not the TV show, hardcore lovers will be pleased to hear Stick To Your Guns are heading to Australia.

Known for their infectious live shows, they’ll be gearing up with San Francisco’s First Blood and Queensland’s home grown Wish For Wings. With heavy guitar riffs, fast-paced and viciously energetic, the moshpit will be going off. Harden up and head down to either YMCA HQ on Tuesday, November 23, or Amplifier on Wednesday, November 24, to join in the mosh.

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CHRISSIE HYNDE AND JP JONES Sister Havana The Pretenders may be teaming up with Blondie for A Day On The Green at Kings Park & Botanic Garden on WednesdayThursday,November 24-25,but Chrissie Hynde has just released an interesting new collaboration withWelsh musician,JP Jones.

Looking back, it was always going to be challenging.

In the world of rock’n’roll interviewing Chrissie Hynde has always been one of the more tricky customers. The straight-up sass that has characterised her songs with The Pretenders and seen that band prevail for three decades now is every bit as up-front in conversation. Before The Pretenders she was a rock journalist herself so she has seen it from both sides.

Hynde’s new release, Fidelity!, as Chrissie, JP & The Fairground Boys, she points out, is not about The Pretenders. It is a collaboration with Welsh singer/songwriter JP Jones, who approached her at a party in London in 2008, and began to talk of music and life over drinks.

The pair hit it off, eventually taking off to Havana, Cuba, and writing an album that tells the tale of a couple who fall in love, but cannot fall in with each other due to a 30-year age gap. If it sounds close to home, then yes, it is.

The opening track, Perfect Lover, says it all: ‘I found my perfect lover but he’s only half my age / He was learning how to stand when I was wearing my first wedding band / I found my perfect lover but I have to turn the page / But I want him in my kitchen and standing on my stage’.

As a background to this exchange, Hynde and Jones were in an LA hotel suite sharing a bottle wine over an evening of phone interviews. While all the promotion behind the album is very clear about the origins and the nature of their musical and personal collaboration, a directive had been issued that there was to be no questions about Hynde and Jones and no questions about The Pretenders.

Unfortunately this directive was not passed on (to this interviewer anyway). In any case the personal nature of the collaboration is so entwined in the music it’s hard not to reflect on it. Hynde tended to pre-empt questions with responses to what she thought was going to be asked and sometimes perhaps felt the need to correct what were clearly generalisations.

We got there though, quite sweetly in the end.

By BOB GORDON The reaction to the album has been very positive. Given it’s such a personal piece of work how have you felt about that reaction?

It seems that people are really connecting with it...

Chrissie Hynde: We’re as blown away as any artist is when people get it on the right level; when they respond to it. What more do you want as an artist?

JP Jones: We really didn’t expect the reaction we’ve had, because we didn’t know we were going to write an album together (laughs).

It’s just happened so quickly and stuff, it’s been mad.

Chrissie, you’ve collaborated with many people over the years but this is the first...

CH: I haven’t collaborated. I haven’t collaborated with many people at all. I’ve been a guest singer but not collaboration like this. I’ve done a small bit of songwriting collaboration but this for unique to me.

To this extent, yes. But to have this come out in album form, not as Chrissie Hynde and/or The Pretenders, was that a big move for you or did it just feel quite organic?

CH: Well it’s never been Chrissie Hynde And The Pretenders and I’ve never had my name out front and I’ve never allowed anyone to say Chrissie Hynde And The Pretenders, so...

This is a completely different band and it’s an amazing band. It all came to me in less than two years and I feel it was a gift of providence, really.

I guess people asked about how you first met at the party, it’s become part of the folklore...

CH: People have asked about 700 times now. Yes, you’re right. That’s why we put a bio out explaining exactly what happened.

Exactly. But when you first sat down to write a song together, were you surprised by how solid the personal and musical chemistry between the two of you actually was?

JPJ: (Pause) Yeah!

CH: Yeah, we didn’t even really sit down to write a song. I think we were walking down the street in Havana and we just started singing to each other and having nice meals and laughing and going back to this enormous, beautiful hotel suite we had at the top of the Hotel Nationale de Cuba. From there we just kept writing, writing in restaurants and wherever.

JPJ: I mean, when we started outing songs together we recorded them on a phone in Havana then came back to London and we did some demos and yeah, we were surprised at how they turned out. We knew there was something there that we thought was really good on them.

Do you feel there was something particular about being in that place, Havana, which really helped the music and the initial collaboration along?

JPJ: Well you feel isolated there more than anything. No one knows who you are; you’re in complete isolation in this beautiful, untouched, unaffected place with the loveliest people. I definitely think that had an effect being there; I don’t think we would probably have done it if we’d been in London or anywhere like that. I think that going there is why it happened.

I guess you wouldn’t have the distractions of musicians or friends as you would in the music business capitals. Is that the way you’d do it again?

JPJ: Yeah if we were going to write an album again I’d definitely do it somewhere isolated. There’s a lot of good places like that to write.

The album title Fidelity! stems from the proCastro graffiti around Havana. Are there other levels of meaning to that title or is it something you’d wish for people to ponder to themselves?

JPJ: Well I asked Chrissie, ‘if you were my age, would you have my kid?’ and she said yeah.

And we said we’d call it Fidel if it was a boy and Fidelity if it was a girl. If that happened.

When people who are attracted to each other but for whatever reason can’t be together, they tend to walk away from one another.

For you both it’s been the point of creativity and of writing together. Was it enjoyable to make something positive out of what had been problematic?

CH: Well it was a joy to write it because we wrote it within weeks of meeting each other.

We’d never really seen each other face-to-face, I’d been on tour and he sent me some songs and even without remembering what he looked like I loved the songs. And the songs were sort of addressed to me. You know, I was very touched by the songs.

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What’s it like performing them? They were of the moment and they are about you both and you’re singing them onstage together?

CH: On a good night when we’re in a good mood it’s fucking amazing. It’s great. I’ve never known anything like singing to the person

JP Jones and Chrissie Hynde

CHRISSIE HYNDE: “I’M NOT SUCKING UP TO YOU BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT TO ANYONE… FOR MANY YEARS AUSTRALIA WAS GIVEN THE SHIT END OF THE STICK BECAUSE THEY WANTED AMERICAN, THEY WANTED ENGLISH, UNTIL MTV CAME ALONG AND IN ITS WAKE DESTROYED MUSIC AS WE LOVED IT. BUT THE ONE GOOD THING IS THAT IT INVITED AUSTRALIA INTO IT. WE’RE GUYS WHO LIKE TO CHAMPION OTHER ARTISTS AND WE HATE THOSE DIVISIONS THAT THE INDUSTRY CREATED. SO WE LIKE AUSTRALIA, YOU KNOW?” that you wrote the song with and about and have them standing next to you. Our voices are very different but when we sing together he completes my voice in those moments. It’s bliss.

It’s a revelation.

Chrissie, in interviews it seems you often have to reluctantly go over The Pretenders’ long history. By the very nature of this collaboration it’s about the last two years and then going ahead. I know you’re not that big a fan of doing interviews, but is it good to at least talk about something that is very much in the now?

CH: Yes it’s the fucking best thing I’ve ever done in my life. But unfortunately we’ve been asked the same questions so many times now, about our relationship; are we a couple?;

how did we meet? It’s actually taken a bit of the wind out of my sails because I was hoping they would be a more creative... I don’t know. I mean, it’s been great but it’s a little bit too probing for my tastes.

So where musically from here? Chrissie of course you’re coming out to Australia with The Pretenders in November, but are there plans for the two of you to do another album, or will you just keep things organic?

CH: Well we have a plan; we’ve always had a plan. We keep saying that it was very organic and it surprised us, but we’ve always had a vision and we wouldn’t have set up our own record label, LaMina, if we didn’t think there was a future in it. So no, it’s not a one-off project.

Will you play any of these songs when you perform with The Pretenders here? Or do they just belong to this?

CH: Absolutely not. This has nothing to do with The Pretenders.

No, I just thought some people may want to hear some of your new stuff live...

CH: Well we have a single coming out that’s called Australia. That was one of our master plans because we both have our personal affections for Australia. It was used as a metaphor in the song, which is about meeting someone and taking them to a place that’s far away.

JPJ: I wanted to call it Wales, but it wasn’t exotic enough.

Oh dear...

CH: I’m not sucking up to you because I don’t know how to do that to anyone. Like I say, we both have our personal affections, we’ve both been there. For many years Australia was given the shit end of the stick because they wanted American, they wanted English, until MTV came along and in its wake destroyed music as we loved it. But the one good thing is that it invited Australia into it. We’re guys who like to champion other artists and we hate those divisions that the industry created. So we like Australia, you know?

Australia’s always liked your work. Since I was a teenager and I first saw you on Countdown doing Brass In Pocket I’ve always wanted to interview you...

CH: Well I’ve always wanted you to interview me, so yeah (laughs).

Oh good, the 14 year-old in me is blushing.

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FAITHLESS Lords Of The Dance With a new album out and a headline tour of Good Vibrations announced for Claremont Showgrounds on Sunday, February 20, it’s all aboard the Faithless train once again, as the original and still one of the greatest live dance acts fire up their engines.

ALFRED GORMAN speaks to club doyenne, keyboardist, DJ and all round top sort, Sister Bliss.

Faithless

The classically trained pianist’s simple, yet elegant synth stabs and key progressions are the cornerstone of all good Faithless tracks.

Along with long time studio collaborator, Rollo – and still probably the only Buddhist rapper in a stadium dance band, Maxi Jazz – Bliss has carved a niche in dance music folklore with Faithless, setting a benchmark for live electronic bands.

It’s been 15 years now. After they toured their Greatest Hits five years ago, there were rumours it would be their last. But then a year later they returned with To All New Arrivals which Bliss dedicated to her first child; and rumours abounded again that it would be their last album. Now four years on and they’re back.

“When we made Arrivals I was pregnant with my son, so that album had a very different energy - it was very reflective and melancholy,” she says. “I think maybe some of the people that got into Faithless in the early days, through the clubs, the dance, they might have been a bit disappointed. But you have to be true to yourself as an artist, and the only way you can do that is to make the music that expresses you at that particular moment.”

Evidently Bliss is pretty psyched at the moment, as The Dance definitely sees a return to their original clubby sound.

“New Arrivals was a mellower record, so

this one I think was welcomed with open arms,” she explains.“I’m really proud of that because that’s how we started. I wouldn’t be here talking to you if Insomnia hadn’t been a club hit, and hadn’t been played by DJs. Before we ever went near radio, it was the dancers on the dancefloor responding to what they heard booming out of the speakers that gave us the chance to put together a band and tour.”

Charging through questions like a well rehearsed veteran, she is an affable geezette, still passionate and enthusiastic.

“Dance music has become so big now - it’s become this global force,” Bliss continues.“It’s become the new pop music – you’ve got R&B singers lining up to appear on generic European dance records! It’s changing the face of pop in America; which we never would have thought possible when we got our first record deal over there.

“I feel blessed to be part of a scene that has not withered and died, but gotten stronger and more diverse. I think what’s great is that the horrible, cheesy, disposable, commercial side, is balanced with the underground, twisted, experimental side – I’m particularly interested in that side, but I think Faithless manages to straddle both.”

They certainly are one of the few live dance acts that can hold their own with the big

rock bands, and their live shows are truly awesome.

“I’m really proud of the album. I think it’s After a busy northern summer that has seen them got a really positive, sunny vibe – not least of all polish up the touring machine, they’re looking because some of it was recorded in LA, and some forward to taking the show down under. of it in Jamaica! Maxi’s been building a house for “We’ve just finished playing a whole his mum over there and he went to visit her, and bunch of amazing festivals over here and it’s was sat on the balcony watching the sun come been great the way the new tracks have been so up… he wrote most of the lyrics for the album well received,” Bliss says.“It has been quite a while over there.” since we’ve been to Australia, though I was there not long ago for Summadayze, which was fantastic.

“I FEEL BLESSED TO BE Perth’s such a wonderful city – it’s just so far away,” PART OF A SCENE THAT she laughs.

As one of the greatest live dance acts, HAS NOT WITHERED who do Faithless admire on the current circuit?

“I love LCD Soundsystem and James Murphy – he’s AND DIED, BUT just got that whole art-funk thing down to a tee,” GOTTEN STRONGER Bliss answers. “Prodigy are still absolutely rocking – they’ve come back and shown everyone how AND MORE DIVERSE. I it’s done. I’m really looking forward to this Good Vibrations tour – it’s a genius line-up. I can’t wait THINK WHAT’S GREAT to see Janelle Monae; I just saw her in the UK IS THAT THE HORRIBLE, and she blew my mind! It’s going to be a musical smorgasbord for everybody – we can’t wait!”

CHEESY, DISPOSABLE, The new album features a few guest vocalists besides Maxi, with Rollo’s sister Dido COMMERCIAL SIDE, IS making a return for two glorious tracks, and our BALANCED WITH THE own Dougi Mandagi of Temper Trap features on Coming Around.

UNDERGROUND, TWISTED, “Dougi’s such a star – he’s such a lovely guy,” Bliss gushes.“We were so lucky to get him in EXPERIMENTAL SIDE – I’M to the studio, ‘cause they’re so crazily busy at the PARTICULARLY INTERESTED moment. They’re really one of those bands that have properly moved me. I think their music is IN THAT SIDE, BUT I THINK outstanding and emotional. Dougi’s got the most beautiful voice and I’m so glad he’s on our album.”

FAITHLESS MANAGES TO The new album has also seen a change on the STRADDLE BOTH.” label side of things, with Faithless’ record deal now fulfilled.

“Our major deal with Sony had come Indeed Bliss seems to be living up to to an end and we were going to look for another her name and is in a very happy place. Could it be one, but times have changed so much,” she possible Faithless have another album or two left explains. “Our management have also worked in them? with Radiohead, so they’ve been at the forefront “We never say never,” she exclaims, of looking at other ways to reach fans in. So we’ve “Though it was a herculean effort to get this one put it out ourselves and it seems to be working off the ground. It takes a lot of coordination and out really well. We’ve done it in our own time, so a lot of hard work – but the joy of making music, weren’t subject to those pressures that a major to your own timetable, can’t be underestimated. It label can put on you. feels great!”

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ED KOWALCZYK Ed Or Alive

Ed Kowalczyk

After more than two decades and seven albums as the frontman of multi-platinum US rock outfit Live,‘90s icon Ed Kowalczyk is embarking on a new chapter with the release of his debut solo LP; a formidable record aptly titled Alive.

Ahead of his performance at Metro Fremantle on Monday, November 8, JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD discovered how the singer-songwriter conquered his qualms about taking his next musical step alone.

Although Ed Kowalczyk had fans worried he had disappeared from rock’n’roll forever after vanishing from the spotlight following the release of Live’s final album, 2006’s Songs From Black Mountain, the unmistakable bald headed singer is back and ready to rock, albeit without support from his band this time around.

“There’s a kind of literary metaphor I like to use when talking about my career,” the Pennsylvania native divulges. “It’s like: if you wrote down all the moments of my life in music into book form you’d have reached the page where it reads ‘Part II’.

“It’s like, you’re reading and you think you know exactly where the story is going and then all of a sudden there’s this stop and, even though it’s confusing as all hell because you weren’t expecting it, there’s all this anticipation and you know something big is coming – that’s exactly how I feel; like something big is happening and I’m smackbang in the middle of it.”

As the driving force behind one of the most popular ‘90s American rock groups, Kowalczyk delivered seven studio albums including the hugely successful Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi.

However, following the dissolution of his group in early 2007, Kowalczyk admits it took a few years of uncertainty about his personal and professional future to reaffirm his desire to continue on his journey as a musician.

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To support the release of his debut soloalbum, Alive, Kowalczyk has announced dates for a national tour through November, during which a combination of fresh songs and reinterpretations of fan favourites from the Live back catalogue (including the tunes that made him a household name in Australia – Dolphin’s Cry, Lightening Crashes and I Alone) will be delivered with a brand new backing band formed earlier this year.

“I’ve reached this stage where I’m reinvigorated and raring to perform again,” Kowalczyk says, explaining that his acoustic-steeped solo international tour in 2009 – which included an August show in Perth – whet his appetite for performing in the live setting, and asserting that now, more than ever, he’s itching to get back on the road to share his new tunes with audiences across the globe.

“For more than two years, I’ve been playing alone on stage with nothing but my guitar backing me up, so I’m absolutely feeling ready to come back and rock out,” Kowalczyk says. “In my heart I always knew I would come back to the big, driving full-scale rock sound… That’s the setting in which I learned to perform and, to be completely honest, I just feel more comfortable and confident rocking out.”

Despite the return to his rock roots, Kowalczyk explains that playing his tunes unaccompanied has certainly taken acclimatisation.

“I’VE REACHED THIS STAGE WHERE I’M REINVIGORATED AND RARING TO PERFORM AGAIN. FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, I’VE BEEN PLAYING ALONE ON STAGE WITH NOTHING BUT MY GUITAR BACKING ME UP, SO I’M ABSOLUTELY FEELING READY TO COME BACK AND ROCK OUT.” “It gets to a point – usually about halfway through the set – when I suddenly realise I’m the whole show and I can’t throw to a big band jam and rely on them to back me up,” he explains.

“Knowing that it’s just you and the people, and if it doesn’t sound good there’s no one you can blame but yourself – that’s a very daunting thing for a performer.”

In spite of this low lying anxiety, Kowalczyk admits that he ultimately views his solo performances as an incredible opportunity to connect with his fans in a more intimate way than he had when performing as the frontman of Live.

“I’m there with the people in a different sort of way, and I think they will be pleasantly surprised with the voice and clarity that my new songs have,” Kowalczyk explains. “I’m reconnecting with the fans and they, in turn, are re-inspiring me both as a musician and as a person.”

As for Live fans who are saddened with Kowalczyk’s departure from the much-loved rock band, he hopes most will understand that the change was necessary for this new chapter in his musical career.

“There are always some people who will be upset about it, but for the most part the response to the new music has been pretty positive,” he concludes. “What I’m putting out right now is who I really am and, in the end, I can only hope that the fans are still going to be willing to support me when I get to Part III, IV, V and beyond.”

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THE CRUEL SEA The Way Home The Cruel Sea play a special one-off gig at the Astor Theatre this Saturday, October 30. BOB GORDON reports.

The three-legged dog is back. The silent whistle went out and The Cruel Sea heard it, regrouping for a special show at the Astor this weekend.

Drummer, Jim Elliot, says he been a “bit of a layabout” of late, but he’s looking forward to playing now that the troops have been called together. These days it seems The Cruel Sea gather when they please and the pressure would seem to be off.

“That’s very well put,” Elliot laughs.“We get together two weekends a year, approximately, to rehearse or do a warm-up and then we do a few gigs. It’s just fantastic fun. It’s like the old days again because we play without any of the buildup of tension that seems to accumulate on long tours, as I remember. We’re all old enough and ugly enough and have enough muscle memory that the songs are all in there. We’re getting better at recapturing that spark we had when we were younger and freer.”

The Cruel Sea were always a band stronger on feel than formula, one wonders if the songs feel different because the times and circumstances are different?

“Certainly,” Elliot considers, “but overwhelmingly they feel better. For me being a drummer, personally, I believe you never learn to do a song perfectly. They’re a constantly evolving being and they should be. You can always play it slightly better; something can be a bit more tasteful. Playing in time is the greatest challenge I

The Cruel Sea

face. The more relaxed or confident I am, the better I play. So generally trying to get all sides feeling like that, being in a good mood and communicative, that’s when you can’t miss and you have a great gig. We’re getting better at it. Everyone’s just more relaxed and healthier when we see each other these days.”

The band’s last appearance in Perth at King’s Park two years ago was testament to that. The band were loose and happy. After the show they sat drinking beers at the hotel, happy in each other’s company. They may as well have been bowling. James Cruikshank was the subject of the evening’s mirth because he’d just seen Baz Luhrman’s (then) new movie, Australia, on the day of release.

“We love to give it to each other,” Elliot says. “And when someone gets caught doing something like seeing that movie Australia... on the day of release! Thanks for reminding me. I’m gonna give it to him when I see him on Saturday.”

This was a band that at one point was never going to play again. And it’s interesting because rather than being thrown together out of contractual obligation – and Tex Perkins knows about those, hello Ladyboyz! – the band who was never going to play together is doing so because they want to. This is not how it usually happens.

“Yeah, well it’s a funny thing,” Elliot ponders. “We’ve all been together 20 years and being in a band you experience a lot of intense moments and a lot of tedium. It’s a very strange

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organism and by the time we stopped in 2003 we were quite dysfunctional. I never thought we’d play again but lo and behold five years later, it worked.

“When you look back you do remember and realise that the good times far, far outnumber any bad experiences you might have had. It’s an incredible privilege to be a musician and we’ve been a very lucky band. There’s a lot of good bands who don’t get lucky breaks or live to see the light of day or travel to another country or sell CDs. So we’re constantly thankful for that and we’re grateful to get together now and celebrate it and have some people come and see us. It’s fantastic.”

It does seem that longevity breeds wisdom and/or patience in rock’n’roll bands. No longer living in the bubble brought Dave Faulkner ‘round to reforming the Hoodoo Gurus some years back. It appears that a logic exists that doesn’t seem apparent when one is young with fire in the belly.

“WE’VE ALL BEEN TOGETHER 20 YEARS AND BEING IN A BAND YOU EXPERIENCE A LOT OF INTENSE MOMENTS AND A LOT OF TEDIUM. IT’S A VERY STRANGE ORGANISM AND BY THE TIME WE STOPPED IN 2003 WE WERE QUITE DYSFUNCTIONAL. I NEVER THOUGHT WE’D PLAY AGAIN BUT LO AND BEHOLD FIVE YEARS LATER, IT WORKED.” “Of course, you never expect to be in that position when you’re young and got fire in the belly,” Elliot says. “I mean, I would have played music my whole life anyway. I would have been driving cabs or something to sup port it. I should point out though that the Hoodoo Gurus only ever broke up for 10 minutes. It was the best thing they ever did, the next thing they’re playing the Grand Final and they’re all over the telly. And they’ve got a decade on us; they really are a great Australian band.

“They hardest thing in a band is staying together. Any number of things could break you up, besides spending most of your time in a Tarago, hotel or at an airport.”

When asked if there is an album of songs or a particular moment when The Cruel Sea never fails its audience, Elliot has an immediate answer, its basis staked in both past and present.

“I feel that about our second album, This Is Not The Way Home. Our little record company [Red Eye] had been swallowed by a major record company and they looked at their little roster of bands – The Clouds, The Crystal Set, us – and decided to give The Cruel Sea some money to make an album. That hadn’t happened before, our first album we saved up money from gigs, we’d make $150 from three sets. So we weren’t really well known but our crowds were building.

“So we recorded the whole thing in five days, it was an absolute pleasure and we were all playing so well. None of us could have imagined it, getting money to go into the studio. No one was affected by all the trappings of any success, we didn’t have a lot of money or notoriety, we were just genuinely enjoying the vibe. And This Is Not The Way Home, I think, is the best song we’ve ever done.”

They’re certainly a band who have not played the game, who have always gone their own way. Even the mention of the possibility of a new album elicits a giggle.

“It’s more of a chortle than a giggle,” Elliot laughs. “There’s been some mumbles when we’ve been rehearsing or hanging out and we’ve played some new stuff. It’s still there. Everyone’s got their own lives now, kids and so on, so maybe... never say never. I’m hoping if we do it it’s because we’ve got some music that is so good we can’t not do it.”

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SARAH MCLEOD Down, Then Up Again

PAUL MAC

Heat Seeking Pleasure Machine

There was a time when Sarah However following the release of the second McLeod was dropped from her record McLeod was one of the most single, label. Then, seemingly, she dropped from the Paul Mac is,these days,mostly recognisable names, and face of the earth.

McLeod herself is painfully aware of her known for his partnership faces, in Australian rock’n’roll. absence but, as she explains, her disappearing with Daniel Johns in The was necessary. Eleven years into a career, Starting out with The act sometimes you need to shake up the cart, to Dissociatives. But in 1994, Superjesus in ’94, she enjoyed explore new genres and ultimately undergo selfhis partnership with Andy Sarah McLeod huge success with the band examination.

“I was in New York for a while, then off for McLeod. She says that she has enough Rantzen under the moniker until she left to release her solo London, and while I was there I did pretty well pay material for three albums and rather than culling Itch-E And Scratch-E put but write songs,” McLeod explains, almost album, Beauty Was A Tiger, in nothing breathlessly. “I wrote three consecutive albums everything down to one she’s going to release techno music firmly in the albums. A trilogy, if you will, detailing five 2005. Ahead of her show at that I never released. I withdrew a lot, I moved three years of hard work that saw her cross the globe mainstream consciousness lot, I changed a lot, and I really didn’t want to in an effort to get away from her Aussie rock chick the Court Street Party after ashow any of it to the public until I felt like I’d come the Pride Parade on Saturday, through the other side clear, and I finally feel like persona. “Some of [the songs] are just going to with their success of their be a reminder to me, some of them we’re talking single Sweetness And Light.

October 30, McLeod spoke to I’ve done that.

“I was just used to doing the same thing. about releasing bits and pieces down the track,” Ahead of his show at The LIAM DUCEY about the chaos I never pushed myself physically; I never pushed she explains.“I’ve got the Madness record coming Court Street Party after the myself creatively, personally, or anything. I was just out, then I’ll put out the Love record and then the of the subsequent five years. comfortable in my little scene, and sometimes it’s Freedom record. I’ve got so much material that just Pride Parade this Saturday, hard to get out of that and I needed to experience fits into those categories, and I’ve always wanted Five years ago the world was full of potential new genres of music, and I think the only way to call an album Madness Love Freedom. I’ve had October 30, Mac talks with for McLeod. to do that is to try and hang out with different it tattooed on my back for about 10 years. It’s Her solo album Beauty Was A Tiger people, to go to different countries and hang out about time, I’ve got songs oozing out of every LIAM DUCEY about releasing had been released, along with the first single in different environments, meet new people and poor, there’s no point in leaving everything on the his first album with Rantzen Let’s Get Together and the second, a duet with work with a lot of styles.” cutting room floor. So instead of one album, why in 10 years,and why nostalgia The Living End’s Chris Cheney, Private School Kid. This five-year absence, however, may not three?” has no place in dance music.

Paul Mac Everything old is new again. Techno music is coming back. Every band in the Top 40 has a synthesiser.

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None of this is lost on Paul Francis McDermott.

Along with Andy Ratzen, he is the man responsible for introducing techno to Triple J audiences. In a way, it makes a lot of sense that Itch-E And Scratch-E have reformed. While he’s not at the stage where he can afford to do whatever the hell he wants – “I still need to eat,” he says with only a touch of humour – Mac yearns for the freedom of early techno.

“Really I just get bored working on my own, I always know what I’m going to do,” he says.

“Back in the Itch-E And Scratch-E days techno was new and it felt like a revolution, making future music that was really exciting. Once you have a bit of success and start doing more commercial stuff… I just really missed that freedom.

“I bumped into Andy and asked him if he wanted to do some more, with getting back to that spirit and the fun of not really giving a fuck if it’s not going to be Top 40 or anything like that, it’s just fun to make.”

It might not be Top 40 anymore, but nobody told the kids at the Big Day Out earlier this year. Playing to a crowd of 19 year olds that were barely alive when Sweetness And Light came out, Mac quickly realised the kids, with absolutely no nostalgia to draw from, just got it. He’s not surprised, either – anything remotely nostalgic was left on the cutting room floor – but he points the finger squarely at the Top 40 charts when trying to explain the resurgence of techno.

“Every rock band has a synthesiser and techno is everywhere,” Mac says, clearly meaning this is not a bad thing. “The Top 40 charts are essentially old rave music with R&B vocals over the top. It’s everywhere and the whole movement is back with a vengeance. Not that we necessarily tap into that, we’re just doing what we’ve always thought was good music.

“Some of it sounds like we used to, you can here influences, but anything that sounds nostalgic we killed. For us it had to be forward looking and trying to invent a sound, rather than recreating things.”

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LISA MITCHELL Girl Wonder Since rising to fame on season four of Australian Idol back in 2006, Lisa Mitchell hasn’t stopped to catch her breath, keeping herself busy with touring,writing and recording in Australia and beyond. Ahead of her Live At The Quarry shows on Wednesday, November 10, and Thursday, November 11, Mitchell caught up with EMMA BERGMEIER to chat about life in the fast lane.

Following four jam-packed years, Mitchell is finally about to embark on a short holiday to the US, where she plans to relax while soaking up the culture and atmosphere of one of her favourite cities in the world, New York.

“I’ve only been once before and I went for about four weeks and it was summer and it was so beautiful,” she gushes.“I have some friends in Brooklyn so it was the most beautiful holiday and I fell in love with the place. Ever since I left I’ve wanted to go back. Nobody seems to grow up in New York, people live there to follow their dreams.

I got a really good feeling last time I was there.”

When asked if she’s started work on her sophomore album (the follow-up to 2009’s Wonder), Mitchell admits that she’s still waiting for inspiration to strike, something she hopes might happen during her time in NYC. “I definitely have the idea in mind of getting a new album on the boil,” she begins.

“I have a handful of tracks that I’m quite happy with but really I need a lot more. I’m not really too worried about it because I think the key is that the less you think about it the more productive you are anyway. It’s such a work of love, so I don’t want to rush it.

“I’ve been doing bits and bobs, some demos and stuff. It’s coming together slowly. It’s ridiculous to think ‘okay, I’ll bang out an album in six months’ when I had my whole life to do my last album. So in one half of my brain I know it’s ridiculous and think that I should just go away and live for a while then write something when I feel like it but I guess I probably am doing that to be honest anyway (laughs).”

Though her next album is only taking shape slowly, Mitchell has been busy nonetheless, having recently joined forces with fellow muso Andy Bull to record the vocals for his delightfully melodic track, Dog; but she’s quick to point out that she’s still getting used to the whole concept of collaborating during the song-writing process.

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“Along the lines of actually writing a song with somebody else I dread it. To me writing is a selfish thing – it’s a self indulgent luxury; it’s like meditating. I think maybe when I’m less greedy with my writing I’ll let someone else in. Writing is my glorious, indulgent time.”

So when does this busy lass manage to find time to write- on tour perhaps?

“I prefer to write when I’m at home and relaxed. I do write on tour sometimes – songs come at random times. It’s hard to write on tour because you’re constantly out with friends and meeting new people. When I’m at home I’m a complete hermit who focuses on my music and avoids people. I love my friends a lot but I’m a hermit, I savour my alone time!”

Never one to rest on her laurels, Mitchell promises to mix things up for her shows at the Quarry, which may be some of her last before she heads back in to the studio to create album #2.

“I end up changing my sets a lot when I’m playing my own shows because it keeps you

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on your toes and you don’t get bored – it feels fresh, which is important if you’re on a long tour. I try to change it as much as I can without screwing up everyone else too much. I’ve played with a fairly big band – there were eight of us at one point – and you want to change it to keep things fresh but you don’t want to screw everyone up either. It’s a balance.

“I’m really excited to play the Quarry – I’ve heard so many good things about it. I played at the Astor last time I was in Perth and it’s such a beautiful place, I loved that show. My friends Georgia Fair are going to be playing at the Quarry shows in November and they played at the Astor too, so it will be somewhat of a repeat of that – I’m really looking forward to it.”

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HOLLY THROSBY See!

STEALING O’NEAL Don’t Sleep

ABC Music / Universal Music

Shock Records

Not too many will have had a busier 2010 than H o l l y T h r o s b y. T h e Sydney songstress has a solo album sitting in the can, is working on an album where she teams up with Sarah Blasko and Selly Seltmann, and with See! she puts out her first collection of children’s music.

It used to be a desperate measure for an artist to make a record the whole family could enjoy, but with former Del Fuego, Dan Zane giving the genre some credibility and Yo Gabba Gabba taking things a step further and bringing independent musicians to parents and their kids alike, Throsby could be on to a winner.

The gentle voice of Throsby is well suited to the simple stories that she relays on See!. A chorus of children singing along to the cute as a button Diamonds Are So Shiny is a highlight as is the catchy as a dose Putt Putt.

Throsby ’s foray into a different demographic is bound to make the summer holidays more bearable as See! drowns out the sounds of ‘are we there yet?’ coming from the back seat on many a car trip.

Melbourne’s Stealing O’Neal have been making waves around the country for the last few years with their two EPs, and spent more time than anticipated producing their debut full length. This extra time spent writing and recording has paid off in spades, as Don’t Sleep is an incredibly impressive debut.

Stealing O’Neal have raised the bar with songwriting and structures, but have also shown exceptional maturity towards album planning.

With EPs, bands generally throw their five catchiest songs together in order of their favourites, but albums require a lot more thought dynamically. Stealing O’Neal’s approach to dynamics on Don’t Sleep sees each song complimenting the next, resulting in a record full of cohesion, rather than 11 miss-matched songs lumped together on the one disk.

Tracks like Hometown and Circle / Square set the pace for a record full of great tracks, and you know you’re in for a cracker of a record when a song as strong as Retreat After Me can be tucked away at track 10. Strength in _CHRIS HAVERCROFT songwriting and musicianship allows Don’t Sleep to be a killer listen right until the very end. _GEORGE GREEN

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Country music has seen its fair share of successful sibling acts – The Carter Family, The Louvins, and The Everly Brothers, to name a famous few – and the newest addition to the familial fold, Alabama-based sister-duo The Secret Sisters, seem set to follow with the release of their first full-length effort.

Backed by the legendary Jack White (who juggles backing-vocals, drumming and production duties), the sisters do an outstanding job of capturing the vintage sound of 1950s and ’60s country music, transporting listeners back to the golden age of folk with their unique light-and-shade two-part harmonies and vintage textural tones.

As such, it’s easy to hear the sisters’ songs — tales of mortality and faithless love, set to Celtic-Appalachian waltzes and reverb-loving countryish rock — in the shadow of White’s analogue-loving Americana.

Enveloping listeners in an oldfashioned atmosphere, the tootling keyboards and accordion echoes in the album’s first songs soon give way to pedal-steel, fiddle and acoustic guitars which round out a rip-roaring cover of Johnny Cash’s Big River.

Girlishly feisty and unwaveringly resolute, this fantastically promising debut serves as a great introduction to a promising pair of talented singers who are unlikely to be a secret for much longer. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

Being known as a Nashville musician has been a poisoned chalice lately, such is the city’s obsession with rewarding mediocrity, but Caitlin Rose appears to be cut from a different cloth to her fellow country music loving townsmen. Her debut Own Side Now finds her reflecting on the classics while tipping her hat to the road less travelled.

A swag of Nashville’s best session players and Rose’s irrepressible southern drawl gives Own Side Now the sound of yesteryear and is crystal in its clarity. The simplicity of tunes like Own Side and Sinful Wishing Well are perfect porch strumming material, while Things Change is the jewel in the Patsy Cline loving singer’s crown.

The meandering heartbreak of For The Rabbits and tasteful twang of Shanghai Cigarettes show that Rose can delightfully tread the territory between Neko Case and Jenny Lewis. To top it all off Rose covers Fleetwood Mac with great result.

With an album like Own Side Now under her belt at the tender age of 23, it appears that the sky is the limit for this talented crooner.

GARETH LIDDIARD Strange Tourist

THE CHARLATANS Who We Touch

_CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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There’s a ver y good reason as to why The Drones are put on a pedestal as far as Australian rock bands go – they’re just that good. But Strange Tourist is not a Drones album. It is very much a Gareth Liddiard album, and it will go down in history as one of the great Australian albums.

Liddiard’s lyrics are as eloquent as his voice is tortured, and the tales he spins of depression, suicide, bombs and, uhm, tight-rope walking are – and there’s really no other way to put this – beautiful in their tragedy.

Words can’t really describe what this album conveys. If you think the single, Blondin Makes An Omelette, is depressing, then The Radicalisation Of D – a tortured, 16-minute ode to the troubles of David Hicks – conveys such an intense feeling of utter, utter sadness and hopelessness that it may go down as Liddiard’s finest work yet, just as this album will go down as an unmitigated classic.

For some intangible reason British indierockers The Charlatans have never been considered one of the ‘major’ British rock bands, despite a successful international career spanning more than 21 years.

While Who We Touch is not the finest album that The Charlatans have produced in their longstanding career, it is an album clearly put together with a huge amount of care and does tick many of the same boxes as their best work.

Fans will be pleased to hear that the vintage rockers are still using a Hammond organ better than any other indie outfit out there (just as they did on 1990’s Some Friendly) and they’re still oozing jazzy piano-heavy funk out of their every musical pore (as on 2001’s Wonderland).

While The Charlatans can scarcely hope to win much in the way of mainstream success in a musical landscape so utterly different from that of their heyday, there’s enough solid material here to ensure these talented survivors hang on a little longer.

_LIAM DUCEY

_JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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CARL BARÂT Self Titled

CHARLIE MAYFAIR Myspace.com/charliemayfair

Rough Trade Records

With The Liber tines’ reunion still fresh and talks of possible further material on the cards, Carl Barât – one half of their formidable lead double-act – has picked a risky time to justify his solo musical significance.

For a star whose entire currency is based on a youthful brand of British punk rebellion, Barât’s obvious attempt to mould his music to the tastes of today’s indie-rock listeners ultimately comes off irrelevant and self-defeating.

Far from the indie-punk of his previous band, the swaggering ruffian’s self-titled debut sees the singer take a reflective and surprisingly dramatic about turn, although ultimately he is grasping for grandiosity at odds with his capabilities, inadvertently sapping his songs’ power along the way.

A jumble of contradictions from top to bottom, his tunes makes for a disorientating brew, as lyrics seemingly lifted straight from the pages of a Zen self-help manual are pasted on top of lurching cabaret-style brass instrumentation and dreadfully tacky midi-synth textures.

Although, with an eager following of fans leftover from The Libertines days, Carl Barât’s side project is sure to see steady, though not necessarily well-deserved, success. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

Full of energy, bursting with love, and spilling over with songs to sing and stories to tell Brisbane-based Charlie Mayfair’s unique style of folk-fired pop has stunned listeners, drawing hoards to their sweetly understated love songs delivered with summer-scented voices.

The five equally talented musicians share a pure appreciation and innate devotion for amorous music which permeates through their impressive debut EP Watch My Hands, a five-track release laden with simple and sad tales of heartbreak and missed connections, with hooky melodies and not a single artless moment to be found.

While folk-lovers on the east-coast have come to know and love the charismatic group in the last eight months, the quixotic quintet are ready to bare their hearts and souls (along with their sweet, sweet glockenspiel) to the rest of the nation with the release of their debut video clip for single If I Fell Down this week.

Key Track: If I Fell Down _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

THE T HE BEATLES 1967-1970 Apple / EMI

BRUTUS Self Titled Firestarter

Let’s get it out of the way.

Brutus are not Subtruck, and if you come to this album expecting Subtruck Mk II, then you’re both simultaneously underestimating Phil and Jake Bradley and Rob Troup and insulting them. So quit while you’re ahead.

If, however, you approach this selftitled debut effort with an open mind, you’re going to be rewarded. This isn’t to say Brutus don’t carry the hallmarks of what made Subtruck such a force – huge, crushing riffs, a rhythm section tighter than, well let’s just not go there – but Brutus are so much more than what Subtruck were.

For starters, there’s an immense sense of melody in the songs. Royal Jelly is basically a pop song, with a real sense of swing. There’s no rigidity to this, it’s flexible, fluid and ultimately as rewarding – perhaps more – than anything Phil and Rob have been involved in before.

Sure, it still hits hard – look at High Horse or the crushing closer, No Name – but it’s a different kind of hard, and ultimately, a better kind of hard.

There is never a bad time to rediscover The Beatles, but when stuff is reissued and repackaged there really is no reason why you wouldn’t. The latest reissue for Liverpool’s finest is the hits collection 19671970 (also affectionately known as The Blue Album) which now comes with some new liner notes and photos.

1967-1970 is a snapshot of the second half of The Beatles recording career and kicks off at the revolutionary point where they turned popular music on its head and embraced psychedelia. Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane became the precursor to Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and music as we know it changed forever.

By the time you find your way to the second disc George Harrison moves out from behind the Lennon/McCartney shadow with four of his finest moments. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes The Sun and Something stack up against anything the band produced.

The later half of The Beatles career marries the exceptional songwriting with the studio genius of The Fab Four and shows why 1967-1970 is the suggested point for new listeners to introduce themselves to the Beatles.

Re-discover or discover it is a wonderful trip. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

_LIAM DUCEY

WARPAINT The Fool Remote Control / Rough Trade

There are bands that are as much about atmosphere as they are about melody, which is not to say the two are mutually exclusive, but there’s something to be said for a band that can grab your complete attention simply through textures.

LA four-piece Warpaint are such a band, and their debut album The Fool surges and pulses with the best established purveyors of psychedelia and post-punk.

Using singer Emily Kokal’s soaring, exquisite vocals as an anchor, Warpaint weave intricate guitar lines around her hypnotic voice to construct a pastiche that is totally, completely disarming. The Fool is the kind of album you’d struggle to resist even if you utterly hated what they play. It sounds nothing like a first album should, so self-assured and dense is their sound.

If we’re going to be picky, nine tracks over 47 minutes is probably a bit much, but it’ll be over before you even know it. This is a very good album from a very, very promising band. _LIAM DUCEY

Lock the door, leave the lights on, put garlic on the walls and draw a five pointed pentagram on the floor and it might keep the demons and monsters of the world at bay on DVD this week as Sony studio unleashes a howler of a collection.

First is the mostly-panned but guilty pleasure Legion, about a group of people who hunker down at a desert truck stop when God decides to send the forces of destruction upon the Earth to sweep away all evil. Paul Bettany does a winged Rambo as the archangel Michael who decides to protect mankind from destruction, and it’s demons, angels and automatic weapon fire all the way.

Also up is the little-seen, straight to video sequel to 30 Days of Night, adapted from the comic by Perth-born artist Ben Templesmith.

Stella decides to join another band of survivors from Barrow, Alaska and track down the creatures who rained bloodshed and destruction on their town.

Lastly is a film that’s as comfy as putting on your favourite slippers if you’re a horror fan, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead, digitally restored and remastered. Relive all the outrageous terror and high camp as Ash and his friends descend on the wooded cabin and mistakenly awaken the evil power that haunts the woods around them. Don’t forget the ancient wisdom – the only way to stop them is with… (dramatic pause) bodily dismemberment!

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Traffic on Whatley Crescent in Maylands will come to a stand-still on Sunday, November 7, when the Maylands Street Festival takes over the café strip to give locals a hearty dose of culture, music and fashion. Running from 10am ’til 3pm, the event will feature sets from acts such as the West Australian Symphonic Wind Ensemble, plus fashion parades by local boutiques, market stalls and plenty of rides and activities to keep the rug rats occupied.

Organised by 12 entrepreneurial students from Edith Cowan University, the Festival is set to be a great day for young and old, so don’t miss out on the fun next weekend!

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Performance fans are invited to follow a waist-coat wearing rabbit into his dark den this November when the folks from Twisted Vaudeville present an Alice In Wonderland inspired extravaganza. Set to take over BamBOO at 446 Beaufort Street in Highgate, Through The Looking Glass will feature burlesque beauties, fire dancers, aerial artists, acrobats and contortionists, who will take audiences on a surreal journey full of magic and mystery. Kicking off the summer performance series at BamBOO, the Through The Looking Glass showcase will excite and amaze on Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6. Tickets are on sale now from bamboobamboobamboo.com.

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Just like Martin Luther King Junior, Perth lads Henry Inglis and Aaron McCann have a dream, a dream to create Perth’s first ever sitcom. Though their cause may not be quite as noble as King’s, their level of passion is the same, which is why they’ve entered into Movie Extra’s national Webfest competition, which pits filmmakers against each other for the chance to score $50,000 to fund their project. To get their hands on the whopping, oversized novelty cheque, Inglis and McCann need you to vote for them, which you can do at Facebook.com/movieextrawebfest.

If they manage to take out the competition, the pair promise to create a hilarious seven part sitcom charting the existence of two best mates who podcast from home. Voting remains open ’til Monday, November 15, and punters can cast a vote every day, so don’t delay, jump onto Facebook and help these Perth boys make their dream a reality.

The Perth Cultural Centre will come alive with music, dance and art this November and December as the folks from the Perth Institute For Contemporary Arts present Now Right Now! a celebration of performance in all its many forms. A range of beautiful, challenging and hilarious performances are set to take place, including a replica of the U.N. populated completely by Dachshunds (or sausage dogs as they’re more commonly known). Created by WA’s own Bennett Miller, the Dachshund U.N. will see the PCC Amphitheatre converted into a makeshift U.N. where sausage dogs will reign supreme!

Get on down to PCC on Saturday, November 6, or Saturday, November 13, at 2pm to watch the fun unfold. Also on offer are shows such as The Perth And Sydney Echo, Behind The Door, Public Demands; to find out what’s on and when, head to pica.org.au.

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If you’re a photographer who loves living in Perth then chances are the Passion For Perth photographic competition will be right up your alley. Organised by the Perth Centre For Photography, the inaugural Passion For Perth competition is free to enter, and asks photographers to depict the Perth lifestyle using naught more than a camera or two. A cash prize of $1500 will be awarded to the overall winner and $500 will go to the best photographer under the age of 21. Interested parties can lodge their entries by jumping online to committeeforperth.com.au. Entries close on Friday, November 19.

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Etica, a new professional music ensemble, is seeking to establish Perth as a vital center for contemporary chamber music, providing local audiences with unique, s t i m u l at i n g a n d e n l i ve n i n g m u s i c a l experiences at one fell swoop. Their debut performance will take place at the Perth ABC Studios on Friday, November 5.

As professional cellist-turned-conductor Jon Tooby attests that one of the drawbacks of living in a small, isolated city like Perth is establishing loyal audiences that are not afraid of committing to new contemporary music.

“Much like modern art, a lot of p e o p l e p o o - p o o co n te m p o ra r y m u s i c because they find it controversial, offensive or simply unnecessary,” Tooby explains.

Etica aims to see many of these traditional assumptions swept aside, instead offering local listeners interesting and varied programs with a definite ‘what next?’ factor.

“People tend to forget that all music – from Bach to Beethoven – was considered

new at some point, and only by pioneering original material can history be made.”

U n d e r To o b y ’s d i r e c t i o n t h e ensemble is dedicated to the performance of the works of established 20th and 21st century Australian and international composers, presenting iconic contemporary repertoire alongside recently commissioned local pieces.

Tooby attests that WA audiences will see and hear a handful of highly trained musicians interpreting music (most pieces written within the last 10 years and frequently performed in public) for the very first time ever.

“Although it is usual for contemporary Australian works to make an appearance in the performances of large scale orchestras and ensembles, there is currently no local group dedicated to pioneering new works exclusively,” Tooby says.

The ensemble will give its premiere performance at the ABC Studios, presenting a program which reflects the repertoire that will typify Etica programs into the future – including pieces from John Adams’ Chamber Symphony, James Ledger’s Inscriptions and Roger Smalley’s ECHO II. Tooby explains that Etica’s concerts are truly on the eclectic and cutting-edge creative trends of the 21st century chamber music, and as such, presenting such diverse material requires very particular musicians with both technical and stylistic flair.

“Etica is made up of some of the finest musicians in Western Australia who are really excited by the challenges associated with these works,” Tooby explains. “These are musicians who are not simply great instrumentalists but who share a commitment to performing contemporary music.”

Ultimately, Tooby says he hopes his work with Etica will normalise the experience and expectation of hearing new music.

“At the moment WA audiences aren’t exposed to the same variety of contemporary chamber music as listeners in the eastern states. this. By bringing together this energised ensemble of players we’re filling a gap and ensuring that a variety of wonderful new works are performed at the high standard Perth audiences deserve.”

Local audiences will be able to catch more of Etica’s performances in early 2011. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD www.xpressmag.com.au

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Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves are supportive and encouraging but are forced Directed by Nigel Cole Starring Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda to question their own beliefs as things quickly Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike escalate and put their own future as the family breadwinner on the line. Union executives and Before watching Made in Dagenham, I can’t say I company men are appalled that more important had any idea that a group of female upholsterers issues are being put aside to focus on a furore at the Ford Motors factory in the UK played a caused by women. pivotal role in creating legislation for gender I think at times some of the male salary equality. By the time the film was over, I characters are a little villiainised, but the lead was giving these 187 women a virtual high five. character’s husband, Eddie, and one sympathetic What may have started out as an empty threat union representative Albert (played brilliantly by of industrial action after the award that covered Bob Hoskins) help offer some counter-balance. female sewing machinists was changed to reflect The female characters are strong but their work as unskilled labour, it quickly escalates not without their own flaws. The characters vary into a far bigger fight. from young, beautiful girls with big hair and short Made in Dagenham shares the story of shorts to the wife of an army vet suffering from a group of strong – and at times clueless – British post-traumatic stress. Each has strengths to draw women who start a country-wide media circus as on and personal demons to conquer. Lead actress they championed the cause for women to receive Sally Hawkins is fantastic as the increasingly equal pay for equal work. The film is engaging and confident and outspoken Rita O’Grady who educating, but what else would we expect from becomes the face of the cause. Geraldine James director Nigel Cole of Calendar Girls and Saving is also wonderful as Rita’s close friend Connie Grace fame? and I particularly enjoyed Miranda Richardson’s This story is told with humour, emotion performance as minister Barbara Castle – although and a sufficient dose of realism. During the early I kept thinking how much she reminded me of stages of the movie we laugh with the women Margaret Thatcher. at the ridiculousness of their workplace as they Although there are times when you suspend umbrellas above their working areas to wonder how much of the story is real and how combat the leaking roof or strip down to their much has been exaggerated or emphasised for underwear to combat the heat. our viewing entertainment, there are also times in With each scene their passion for what this film that I wanted to cheer in support for the they realise is a just cause continues to grow, but so brave actions of these few women. The feminism does the reaction they receive from those around isn’t poured on too thick, but at the core is the them. It is clear none of these women expected message that a few people can, and have, affect what impact their stance would have on their politics and set-off countrywide and even global families, colleagues and the local community. change.

It is interesting to see the various Make sure you don’t leave before the reactions of male characters to this sudden and credits start to roll as in many ways this is the unexpected turn of events. Many of the husbands highlight of the film. While the credits run we get to meet the real women who instigated this industrial action. Interviews about their experiences are interspersed with real life video footage really helps bring together the message of the film and makes it all seem just a little more real.

Overall, although at times the movie is a little slow, the premise is interesting, the cast is engaging and the fashion is a lot of fun. This film is a great one for a girl’s night out. I’d suggest grabbing your mum and even your grandma and heading along to see this.

Future Shorts 1 screens at The Bakery on hard to ask that of our audience. We have to Saturday, November 6, at 7pm. For more info almost bitchslap our audience to get them to check out futureshorts.com. pay attention!”

Broadfoot is also aware of the various “I think everyone’s blaming the internet for issues that are specific to Perth’s isolation and killing the industry, and they’re also hoping the small population. “It’s a numbers game,” she internet’s going to save the industry. Neither of says. “When you look at our population size of which are completely accurate. I think there’s two million people, and you take out the people massive amounts of collaboration with other who aren’t around in town, the children, the industries that we don’t even realise yet. And I grey-hairs, you’re left with a really small potential think fusion art forms are the way of the future.” audience. Whereas, in Melbourne and Sydney, Amy Broadfoot isn’t just pontificating still taking away those numbers, you still have about the general state of the film industry; decent audience size. I think we really cut off she’s talking about the factors that have driven our nose to spite our face when we continue to Future Shorts to launch FS1, their latest initiative market the same thing to the inner-city trendies designed to bring film - short film in particular - who already have so much competing for their back to the forefront of cultural consciousness. attention. We, as artists, need to look elsewhere Kicking off at The Bakery on Saturday, November for our audience, whether that be in the mining 6, it promises to present a fusion of film, music, dance and art the likes of which Perth has never communities, the regional areas - I would love to see more regional stuff happening. There’s seen.

“One thing I find really interesting massive amounts of potential that I don’t think is how we engage with stimulus,” Broadfoot WA has really tapped yet.”

However, she is enthusiastic about the elaborates. “So, whether it be at a rock concert or a football game, something that’s really quality of content in FS1’s programming. “We’ve quite visceral, you get your entire body into it, just partnered with Unkle to release some of you cheer for your team or whatever - at the their video clips online, and we get about two end of the day, we are reacting to stimulus, million hits through our YouTube channel every whether it be sight or sound. And with film, month, so that’s an interesting partnership. you’re asking the audience to give not just You’re gonna see a lot of shorts which you their hearing, but also their sight as well. By wouldn’t think would fit the short film format, doing that, you’re asking them to stop paying you’re gonna see minimalist documentaries attention to absolutely everything else, don’t about human engagement, as well as high talk to your friends, you have to stop all of this quality, high production value stuff. It’s quite a and pay a 100 per cent attention to the film, special program.” and just to compete with all the other stimulus _ALECIA HANCOCK that’s going on in our environment - it’s really _TRAVIS JOHNSON

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KEVIN GREUTERT Sight For Saw Eyes

ART WITH HEART Graphic designers, artists, illustrators and their admirers gathered at the Claremont Hotel on Friday, October 22, for the opening of State Of The Arts, a fundraising exhibition for Lifelife WA. Featuring work from a wide range of creative minds, the exhibition showcased an array of contemporary art styles.

Photographs by Julius Pang

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The Saw franchise, originally brought to gory life by Australia’s own James Wan and Leigh Whannell, is undoubtedly the 21st century’s premier horror phenomenon. That’s why we’re about to see the seventh instalment in as many years hit our screens in beautiful, blooddrenched 3D. Director Kevin Greutert, however, believes that the appeal of the series does not lie in its myriad messy murders.

“I think it really is the story,” he says.

“I know people deride that a bit, because the reputation these films have is that they’re just about the gore, figuring out the worst ways you can torture people.

It’s true that that is a very up front element of the franchise, but I really do think that the intricate plot and the diabolical motivation of Jigsaw, and just the fact that we don’t really know what the fuel is behind Jigsaw’s evil [is key]. I think that mystery surrounding his character, and all the crazy shit that he dreamed up to torment us all, I just think that that is something that has really intrigued people for a long time.”

Having said that, the gore is still a key factor in the success of the films. Does he feel we’re becoming desensitised to screen violence?

“Not necessarily. But I think that the extreme gore aspect of some horror films will always find an audience. It might be a smaller or greater percentage at any given time. People definitely love suspense based horror, ghost based horror - these things do shift around a lot.

Ultimately gore is very fun, it’s very

visceral. It’s here to stay, just in varying amounts.”

Greutert speaks from a position of authority, having been a part of the Saw franchise since its inception. Prior to directing Saw VI, he has edited every film in the series.

Directing, however, was always on the cards for him. “ It was always an ambition. Ever since I was a little kid I’ve been an artist and a writer. When I first got access to a movie camera, I was hooked.

I went to film school and continued trying to get into directing, but as you may know, it’s not just something you fill out an application for and get the job. It took a while, it took a lot of work on my part, but ultimately I got there, and I got there through Saw, so I’m very grateful for that.”

For only his second film, though, he has had to contend with the added complexity of shooting in 3D. “It’s something that requires a lot of thought. There’s a kind of brutal learning curve. I was brought onto the film just before we started shooting, so I had a lot of catching up to do with all kinds of aspects of production.

The major one was 3D, but fortunately I’d been interested in 3D for a long time. I talked to a lot of people and there were a lot of different opinions on how or if things should be done, so you have to kind of process a lot of different material in order to figure out your own stance towards making a movie in 3D. Fortunately I had a really good crew; they helped me through it, we experimented a lot, and I think the result is good.” _TRAVIS JOHNSON

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SCENE STEALERS Students from the WA Academy Of Performing Arts’ design and production courses converted the foyer of QV1 into a makeshift theatre on Monday, October 25, for the opening of Behind The Scenes, a showcase of work created for the Academy’s 2010 productions. Running ’til Friday, October 29, the exhibition features costumes, props and set pieces created by students for a range of plays, demonstrating their incredible ability to create something from nothing.

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PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: A COLLECTION IN VENICE Different Kind Of Lady The Art Gallery of Western Australia hosts Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection In Venice ’til Monday, January 31, 2011. Tickets can be purchased from the Art Gallery ticket desk or through BOCS on 9484 1133.

La Sonnambula

WA Opera’s staging of Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula comes to His Majesty’s Theatre from tonight, Thursday, October 28, until Saturday, November 6. Tickets are available through bocsticketing.com.au.

It’s a pickle most brides would pray to never find themselves in: sleep walking on the eve of your wedding day, you awake to find yourself in another man’s bedroom (a handsome Count at that) and then get sprung by the village gossips.

Whoopsidoo! So explodes Vincenzo Bellini’s operatic tour de force La Sonnambulla (The Sleepwalker).

Originally staged in Milan in 1831, this WA Opera production – directed by Julie Edwardson – updates the setting to a Swiss village in the early 1900s; a time when Freud and Jung were uprooting centuries of psychology with their studies on the conscious, unconscious and collective consciousness.

Traversing the murky no-man’s-land between dream and reality, this ancient saga trudges through a treasure chest of emotions – from superstition to jealousy – to deliver a work striking in its contemporary relevance.

“There is an intensity in the emotions,” Perth singer Zoe Kikiros explains, who plays Lisa, the jilted former lover of Elvino – the groomto-be. “And it works quite well today because you have this girl [Amina, played by acclaimed WA singer Rachelle Durkin] who is completely

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misunderstood because she’s found asleep in a stranger’s bed; so there is an intensity of the misunderstanding of her fiancé [Elvino, played by Aldo Di Toro] towards her actions. There are a lot of emotional things that people will relate to.

“It’s interesting because to some point we live with reality and when sometimes things get hard we can shut it out, and I think that’s what happens with Amina. She represents the semi-conscious state, and then you have the Count [played by Andrew Collis] who represents the conscious and wide-awake state; so there’s constantly a cross between the two points of view and that’s realised also in the set and the lighting, so it’s quite cleverly done.”

Infamously one of the most challenging pieces in the operatic repertoire, La Sonnambulla has proved a trademark work for many of the world’s finest singers, including Patti, Jenny Lind, Toti dal Monte, Galli-curci, Callas and, of course, the late Joan Sutherland in her unforgettable recordings. Florid with some of the most decadent and expressive runs in opera, Kikiros says the piece is both a contest and a pleasure.

“You have to be quite vocally agile,” she concludes, “and in a way Bellini is one of the best things for your voice because if you’re not singing properly you won’t be able to sing it at all.

It’s medicine for your voice. It puts the voice back into good working order.” _JULIAN TOMPKIN

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When you envision an ‘art collector’, you generally picture someone fairly wealthy, who makes art purchases based on what society has deemed ‘collectable’, mainly for superficial reasons. New Yorker Peggy Guggenheim, raised on the Upper East Side and heiress to a small fortune, only really fits into the first category: ‘extremely wealthy’.

But whilst most rich heiresses don’t make a particularly useful contribution to society, Ms Guggenheim, through her unusual collation of what was, at the time of purchase, ludicrously non-commercial art (works by the likes of Picasso, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Magritte, Ernst, Duchamp and more) has played a vital part in documenting the history of some of art’s most pivotal movements.

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is currently hosting Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection In Venice, the first exhibition of a new series entitled Great Collections Of The World. This highcaliber exhibition of an internationally prestigious institution will give Perth people the chance to take in the likes of Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Piet Mondrian, Constantin Brancusi, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.

The exhibition, which is the private collection of Ms Guggenheim, and usually has its home in an 18th century palazzo in Venice, takes the most complete form in which it has ever been displayed outside of Venice. Gary Dufour, deputy director and chief curator of the exhibition, speaks to us about the Perth exhibition.

“In previous displays, the layout of the collection has focused on the schools or styles within the collection, without so much focusing on Peggy herself as a collector. The Perth exhibition is notable in that it includes a focus on Peggy herself, which hasn’t been done before.

There’s about 25 items of Peggy ephemera – everything from a pair of her glasses, to her correspondence, as well as several photographs of her.”

Indeed, Peggy Guggenheim was an extraordinary figure. As well as championing young, unknown artists, doing things like giving the carpenter in her building a monthly allowance to create artworks and hold exhibitions (carpenters that would later become Jackson Pollock), the heiress was widely known for her multiple public love affairs with famous men, which she later documented in a sexually frank memoir that doesn’t see her love of art score a mention until page 110!

Says Dufour: “Peggy’s first husband Laurence Vail was an American who lived in Paris – he took Peggy with him to Paris in the ’20s and gave her the opportunity to meet writers like Samuel Beckett, and artists like Marcel Duchamp. Peggy had an extraordinary aptitude for attracting people to her, and a lot of these

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people became confidantes and advisors, whilst others became lovers.”

Continues Dufour:“She was remarkable, she wanted to be in the middle of ideas and working with artists, I think it was Samuel Beckett who told her that if she wanted to be serious about it, she should work with living artists. To do that you need to work with people at the beginning of their career, and she had tremendous insight, developed relationships with artists, and was able to acquire their work early on.”

One of these ‘living artists’ that Peggy championed was Jackson Pollock (whose work Blue Poles was notoriously purchased for the National Gallery by the Whitlam Government in 1973), giving him money to paint full time, and holding exhibitions of his work and encouraging her friends to buy it. “It was really a very symbiotic relationship where they both grew together,” explains Dufour,“Together they built an extraordinary career and changed the history of 20th century art. Jackson Pollock without Peggy Guggenheim wouldn’t have been the same, and the Guggenheim museum without Pollocks wouldn’t have been the same.”

Peggy’s Venetian gallery, an 18th century palazzo, opened in 1950 and was available to be viewed by the public every summer until Peggy’s death in 1979. Rumour has it that while visitors strolled through her garden and her exhibition, Peggy would hide out in her bedroom which overlooked the Grand Canal. The Palazzo collection was notable for its museum-like format, says Dufour, “It was the only collection in the world that started out that way. While it’s not large for a gallery – 253 objects in total – it’s a fascinating look at the history of abstraction and surrealism in the first half of the 20th century.”

In laying out the Perth exhibition space, Dufour says he “took a leaf from the way she set up her space in NYC in the ’40s: there’s three main spaces, one for abstraction, another for surrealism, and then another to Venice in the ’50s when she was working with Pollock.” One notable difference with the Perth exhibition, says Dufour, is that “the Venice palazzo is actually quite small – so you can get back a few steps from paintings and see them, which you can’t do in Venice.”

Peggy Guggenheim represents a fundamentally different kind of collector – she was almost an art historian in collection of pieces she thought were worth guarding against obscurity. The exhibition marks a wonderful opportunity for Perth people to learn about European and American art pieces that changed the world.

Dufour says that Perth people should utilise the opportunity to see the exhibition and witness paintings that might only journey to Australia once in our lifetimes, “I hope people come away knowing more about that incredible dynamic moment of the early 20th century when abstraction and surrealism was in the air.” _DANIELLE MARSLAND

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Tangled, Outré Gallery Perth, 260 William Street, Northbridge.

Audrey K awasak i is an artist of Japanese heritage - living and working in the US - with a flair for gentle and mysterious visions o f f e m i n i n i t y. A u d r e y has carved a niche with her perfected visions of exotic Lolita delicacies.

With a touch of whimsical lightness and moments of art nouveau stylistic flourishes, to say she has won many hearts worldwide is an understatement.

Her sharp graphic imagery is combined with the natural grain of the wood panels she paints on, bringing an unexpected warmth to enigmatic subject matter.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, November 6, and runs ’til Saturday, November 20.

Make Mo Friend II, Norfolk Basement, 47 South Terrace, Fremantle.

Make Mo Friend is back for another fantastic group exhibition, and this time the theme is ‘Movember ’. Boasting a great line up, featuring one of Australia’s most recognised and controversial pop artists alongside some of Per th’s most acclaimed street artists and photographers, Make Mo Friend II promises to be a wonderfully diverse show.

Ben Frost’s unlikely collage style pop art has exhibited internationally in Beijing, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam and London as well as featuring in countless magazines and publications both here and overseas.

Joining him is local urban artist Twenty Eleven and photographers Patrick Leonard O’Brian, and Jack Searls with his Don’t Call It Frisco series.

Exhibition is open for one night only on Saturday, November 6, at 7.30pm.

Madagascar, Playhouse Theatre, Pier Street, Perth.

Madagascar is the haunting stor y of a mysterious disappearance that changes three lives forever. At three different points in time, three people find themselves in the same hotel room overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome: June, a young woman who works as a tour guide of the city’s ancient ruins; Lilian, her wealthy and elegant jetsetting mother; and Nathan, an awkward university economist and the best friend of Lilian’s deceased husband. Slowly, their individual stories unfold: their relationship to each other, what this room means to them, and why they have been called to it slowly reveal themselves.

Season runs ’til Sunday, November 7. Bookings can be made through BOCS.

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Tama Ma, Dolphin Theatre, UWA, Stirling Highway, Crawley.

Tama Ma follows the autobiographical story of dancers Taiaroa Royal and Taane Mete as they travel from boyhood to manhood delving into their love, life, joy and sorrow. The five-part cyclic tale starts with their birth, explores their connection to Whanau (family) and Iwi (tribe), their ideas of identity as mature Maori men, and ends at the gates of heaven. Claudia Alessi and Alexandra Harrison will support Tama Ma with Twisting The Straight Line, which will see the two women navigate a precarious line discovering unexpected twists and turns.

S e a s o n o p e n s o n T h u r s d a y, November 25, and runs ’til Saturday, November Dream, The Geoff Gibbs Theatre, WAAPA, 2 27. Bookings can be made through trybooking. com/GEQ. Bradford Street, Mt Lawley.

The finale of the 2010 dance season at the WA Academy Of Performing Arts, Dream will be performed by second and third year The Cruel Sea, October 30 dance students and features contemporary Astor Theatre; bookings through BOCS. works by acclaimed choreographers Anton and Matthew Morris, and a new work by Beethoven’s World, October 31 WAAPA Lecturer Justin Rutzou. Completing Perth Concert Hall; bookings through BOCS. the program will be a treat for lovers of classical dance: Kim McCarthy has created a delightful ballet version of Shakespeare’s A Renee Geyer, November 6 Midsummer Night’s Dream. Choreographed Charles Hotel; bookings through BOCS. to the original Mendelssohn score, this production will capture the mischievous Brothers In Arms, November 6 humour of Shakespeare’s tale of love, lust and Burswood Theatre; bookings through mistaken identity.

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concept for this exhibition is to peer into their visual diaries and examine works from their student days, find ideas which have lain dormant, and regurgitate them.

Exhibition opens on Wednesday, November 3, at 6pm and runs ’til Wednesday, November 17.

The Lost Boys, Elements Art Gallery, 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith.

The Lost Boys presents another visually subtle yet haunting body of work by Betty T Doll and includes a new collection of hand etched glass work and concept drawings aptly named ‘ice gothic’ Never Never Land series. Each ghostly doll portrait is drawn from dream-like narratives grounded in the Freudian uncanny concept (or the gothic in Lacanian terms). Betty extracts elements of disappearing reality and fragmented existence to reflect a sense of loss, isolation and disconnection inspired by recent studies Waiting For The Miracle, Turner Galleries, of the contemporary gothic movement.

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Exhibition opens on Saturday, G r a h a m M i l l e r ’s e x h i b i t i o n o f n e w November 6, and runs ’til Sunday, November photographs, Waiting For The Miracle, is 21. named af ter a Leonard Cohen song in which an aging man laments the time he Gather Round Me And I’ll Draw You A Story, has wasted waiting for the miraculous, John Curtin Gallery, Building 200, Curtin transformative relationship that will finally University, Bentley. make him feel connected, to feel loved. Lee Mansbridge’s Gather Round Me And I’ll Alone, he lives with the vague regret that Draw You A Story draws on the subjective he was blinded to the possibilities available and intimate gathering and recording of to him earlier in his life. A sense of yearning, unofficial narratives to develop a personal loneliness and time passing, is evident in system of storytelling. This two-part body many of Graham’s photographs of people, of work, depicted through paintings and landscapes and homes. sculptural works, is the story of the Maori E x h i b i t i o n r u n s ’ t i l S a t u r d a y, p e o p l e o f Pa r i h a k a , w h o r e s i s t e d t h e November 13. invasion of their settlement by Europeans in the 1800s and the tragedy that ensued.

The Now Recent Past, Heathcote Museum Exhibition runs ’til Friday, December & Gallery, Duncraig Road, Applecross.

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Three WA ar tists take an open-minded approach to traditional views of rural Australia in The Now Recent Past, exploring the cultural tapestry woven from the fibres Dachshund U.N., Perth Cultural Centre of an Agri-lifestyle. With a subjective inquiry Amphitheatre, Perth. into farm ideology, contemporary manhood D a c h s h u n d U . N . i s b o t h a l a r g e - s c a l e and fantasy of the land, these artists respond architectural installation and a participatory intuitively with sensor y awareness and performance work that examines the role of the United Nations as a risk management diversity of materials.

E x h i b i t i o n r u n s ’ t i l S u n d a y, organisation. Bennett Miller will transform the Perth Cultural Centre Amphitheatre into November 14. a replica of a former U.N. office in Geneva, Regurge, The Junction Gallery, Polytechnic Switzerland. The structure will play host on consecutive Saturdays to a meeting of West Midland Campus.

The Easterlies are a group of artists who the U.N.’s Commission on Human Rights, have studied art at Polytechnic West over wherein all of the national delegates are the last 10 years. They have come together live dachshunds!

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Emerging Perth designer Jaime Lee Major attracted a lot of attention when showcasing her other wordly creations at the Perth’s Fashion Festival grand finale in September but it’s only now that admirers of her Jaime Lee label can get their hands on her spectacular designs. From Monday, November 1, ’til Sunday, November 14, Jaime will set up a pop up shop inside Zara Bryson boutique in Subiaco, promising plenty of prints and lashings of colour. Find out more at jaimelee.com.au.

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FROCKS AT FRANKII Though most Perth shoppers seem to think that One40William is just where the new William Street underground train station is located, the centre is actually home to an array of charming boutiques, including the brand spanking new Frankii store. Wander beyond the Transperth signs and you’ll discover a range of fashionable establishments that are sure to whet your appetite for a spot of shopping.

A sister store to the unisex boutique of the same name in the Gateways Shopping Centre, the Perth Frankii is bursting at the seams with womenswear that traverses the line between street wear and cocktail attire.

Stocking labels as diverse as Nookie, Style Stalker, Backstage, Hussy, Wildfox, Natasha Gan, Tallulah, Bec N Bridge, Carly Paiker, Nicole Fendel,

Samantha Wills, Who’s Charlie, Lyla Black and Peep Toe Shoes, Frankii caters to lasses of all shapes, tastes and sizes.

To launch their new store in style, team Frankii recently invited local artist Pip McManus to adorn the walls of their boutique with beautiful fashion illustrations, which set a distinctly girly vibe fitting of the many frocks, skirts and blouses on offer.

Whether you’re hunting for something to wear to the races, or just want to check out what Perth’s newest store is dishing up, be sure to pop in to Frankii at Shop 14 in the One40William complex on the corner or Murray and William Streets in the city. _EMMA BERGMEIER

Temptation by Betty Sugar

SWEET TOOTH As a girl growing up with her mother in Vietnam, Betty Tran was exposed to the world of fashion manufacturing at an early age and though she didn’t fall in love with the industry straight away, her passion for fashion grew a little every year during her adolescence.

“Sewing is a family thing,” she shares when asked about her love affair with clothing design. “My Mum has been in this business for about 25 years, since we lived in Vietnam. I didn’t like it when I was younger because it’s extremely hard work. I started sewing when I was five years old and didn’t enjoy it but as the years drew on I found that this is my fate.”

After moving to Australia to complete her high school education in 2004, Tran found herself drawn to the fashion industry and decided to enrol in Curtin University’s Fashion and Textile course to further her understanding of garment design and manufacturing.

It was during her studies at Curtin that Tran was honoured with a nomination for the Perth Fashion Festival’s WA Fashion Awards, which kicked off her career in style. Since then, Tran has perfected her design aesthetic, which is evident in the cohesive debut collection for her Betty Sugar label, entitled Temptation.

“With my philosophy in design I really like to keep things simple, I think simplicity speaks a lot about beauty. The women who wear my designs are contemporary, very classy, with a clean/minimal look. I like creating garments that are minimal yet still stand out at the same time.

“I want women to be able to put on a Betty Sugar dress in the morning and then take off something or add something and it becomes an evening look. My goal in the future is to create garments that people can wear everyday that still look glamorous at night time.

“The biggest thing when I design is to have a specific woman in mind; her character inspires me to create the collection. I think Australia’s highest circulating Street Press

about who she is and where she’s going to wear it, that image inspires me to create.”

Though she only completed her Temptation collection four weeks ago, Tran has already secured an array of covetable stockists, with boutiques in Victoria, Queensland and WA all proud to stock her beautiful creations. Perth ladies can get their hands on Tran’s gorgeous designs at Soul Sisters and Studio Collection in Mt Lawley.

To view the full Betty Sugar collection and to find out more about the label, head to bettysugar.com.au.

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Bart B More is Perth-bound for Stereosonic. RZ gets up close and personal.

Bart B More had his attention for music captured at a very young age. House music was specifically where it was at, and mainly because his brothers got involved with it.“That dragged me in,” he chimes. Since then, he has always lived, breathed and dreamed about music.

“It’s something I really believed in but never thought I would actually do for a living – so I consider myself very lucky.”

Doubtless, his songs are those you’ve heard and danced to and his demeanour is one of charm and wit. He’s a great bloke and a damn fine DJ to boot.

“I’ve been touring a lot lately,” he says.“I’ve just gotten back from another North American tour which has been really fun and inspiring and now I’m getting excited for this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event, which is just around the corner. One thing I’ve noticed too, which has been interesting, is the way DJs have been exploring different styles. For me, I’ve always said that musical direction is not really something I think about. I just go into the studio and do whatever feels natural. Sometimes it drives me crazy because I can come up with a new record that’s totally different from the last one!

“For me it’s also a thing that I always want to come up with something that doesn’t sound like someone else. Anyone can be a copycat. I get the most satisfaction out of coming up with something good that hasn’t be done before or at least hasn’t been done before in the way I’m doing it!”

Indeed, he is part of the school that has noted the move away from DJs being locked into a musical corner. Artists are really branching out and it’s not uncommon to see techno DJs playing dub and trance DJs playing techno. And for Bart, ideas are similar.

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If you know you spend too many dollars on music festivals over summer, here’s a treat. Future London born Femi Kuti is following in his Twins is offering a strictly one week only (or until sold out) double pack which includes a Future father, Afrobeat master, Fela Kuti’s footsteps.

Music Festival ticket and a Summadayze ticket for $229.90 plus booking fee. You’ll save $24.10 Hot on the heels of his father’s success in the on even the early bird prices. If you want in, tickets go on sale today, Thursday, October 28, from Broadway production Fela! based on his life ticketmaster.com.au. One week only so get planning for the future! and music, Femi Kuti created his own 16 piece band Positive Force and is now making a return after the Womadelaide performances in 2007.

If you like a good beat and believe in social DO THE ZOMBIE SHUFFLE and political change then head down. Friday, Just in case you’re living in a cave, Halloween is November 19, at Bakery, Perth. Tickets from this weekend. If you’re not out trick-or-treating nowbaking.com.au. then perhaps a good zombie dance session will get you pumped. If that isn’t enough, Sin Nightclub is jumping on the band-wagon, presenting Zombie-ween. Featuring alternative DJ hipsters Xymox, Brad, Claude, M@, Liam Brenton and Jess, there will be prizes for the best dressed and a Zombie shuffle starting 9.30pm from Murray Street Mall between Carillon Arcade and Forrest Chase finishing outside Sin Barracks. Get your gross on this Saturday, October 30, at Sin Nightclub, 45 Murray Street, Perth. Doors open at 10pm. Tickets available through heatseeker.com.au or on the door.

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DANCING WITHOUT ROBYN Stereosonic party-goers will literally be dancing on their own as electro-pop songstress Robyn has regretfully informed discotheque fans that she won’t be making an appearance due to a scheduling problem.

“I’m really sad to let my fans down, but I am determined to rectify my non appearance with rescheduled dates in 2011 that I am currently working on, more details soon.” Oh Robyn, you’re killing us.

SUMMERBEATZ HEATS UP International superstar Akon and urban songstress Ciara will be joining Flo Rida, Jay Sean, Soulja Boy and more for Summerbeatz.

Akon has achieved gold and platinum hits in 23 countries and with eight million record sales, you better get on board fast if you want to witness this spectacle. Ciara’s debut album Goodies pushed her to platinum status and having worked with Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent, so expect big things. Join in the grind on Tuesday, November 23, at Burswood Dome, Perth. Tickets $99/125. On sale now from ticketek.com.au.

Doors open at 6pm. Smack that.

Spinderella

LET’S TALK ABOUT SPINDERELLA If you’re old-school or generally enjoy wearing bright tight lyrca pants then DJ Spinderella’s hot to trot Australian tour will have you busting out some moves on the dance floor. Taking to the stage last February at Good Vibrations Festival, Salt ‘N’ Pepa’s Spinderella is again hitting up the decks supported by LA-based Back Spin Radio co-host DJ MoDav. Catch her on Sunday, November 7, at Eve Nightclub, Perth. Tickets available on door. Push it real good!

BART B MORE GIMME MORE “I agree, and I think it’s cool the way DJs are exploring different styles – I think it will make dance music more exciting,” he says. “It’s definitely something I’ve always been trying to do. I think my productions cover a wide range of different styles and sounds and sometimes it can be hard to fit it all into one DJ set; but it’s also challenging and gives me the ability to play for different crowds too.”

He is also keeping busy running his label and other bits and bobs in the studio. Secure Recordings is on fire and moving onwards and upwards.“Yeah, the label is still going,” he exclaims.

“In fact, we’re expanding at the moment so we can handle all the upcoming releases in the best way possible. The next one that’s up is my collaboration with Tommie Sunshine called Drop Acid with what I have to say is an amazing remix package! And the philosophy remains the same: we have a mix between talented newcomers and established players. I’m really appreciative of all the music we get sent. It’s hard to go through it all sometimes and luckily now I do get some help with that, but it gives us a chance to spot new talent and pick out some of the future big tracks!”

Studio-wise too, he admits he’s been doing lots of different stuff lately. “I just finished a new EP for Green Velvet’s label, did remixes for Zombie Nation, Armand van Helden and Steve Aoki and am currently remixing Cee Lo Green and TAI.” And his inspiration for all of this? Well, it’s what I like to call ‘all encompassing’. Anything that’s happening around me. For example, on my last American tour I got to spend a few days in

New York and hang out with Drop The Lime and everyone from his Trouble & Bass label. Somehow we started talking about gabber and hardcore music, which in the ’90s was, and still is, a huge scene in Holland and I was surprised how much they knew about this kind of music. The next day we went into the studio and we made a track with gabber sounds! The next day I met up with Tommie Sunshine, we talked about acid house and we made an acid house record! It’s weird where inspiration comes from sometimes!

“So I hope to get back into the studio and spend as much time there as possible. I can’t wait to round up the projects I have started with friends like Drop The Lime, Harvard Bass, Tommie Sunshine and Brodinski and make new Bart B More originals too! It’s going to be hard because I’m going to be on the road a lot. Asia and Australia is scheduled, as you know! It’s a big festival this time! I know I can’t wait! I’m really looking forward to the festival tour. I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about the Stereosonic festivals, and a lot of friends are involved, so I’m expecting it will be a lot of fun!

As for my set, I’ll play a lot of my own tracks and remixes and mix it up with my favourite house, techno, electro and bass records of the moment.”

Finally, Salt recounts briefly Bart’s last appearance in Australia and the massive stir it created. No less, he was the talk of the town for months and month such that the promoters were encouraged to bring him back out here again.

“Look, it was really an amazing experience to play in Australia and it is officially one of my favourite countries,” he concludes. “I’ve

Bart B More done compilations for you guys and put a lot of my own tracks and stuff on there; the advantage for me too is that when I use my own tracks I can spend a fair bit of time editing things a little bit. I can also do things differently during the shows to the way you might remember it from the record or the CD. I just hope you guys all enjoy it!”

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Sydney MC The Tongue, AKA Xannon Shirley, is coming to town to promote his second album Alternative Energy, along with fellow Sydneysiders Spit Syndicate.

He chats with JOSHUA HAYES. After an acclaimed debut, 2007’s Shock & Awe, Shirley was determined that his follow up, Alternative Energy, would stand out in Australian hip hop. Working closely with Hermitude producer El Gusto, Shirley set very clear guidelines from the outset. “When we started, I said to El Gusto ‘I don’t want anything that sounds like any other Australian hip hop’,” he explains.

“My inspiration for this really was Dizzee Rascal,” Shirley continues. “I’m not trying to sound like Dizzee Rascal but I realised that if he had come out rapping over the same hip hop beats that everyone else raps over he wouldn’t have got anywhere.”

“Even my own brother has confused people on the radio before for me; he’s heard Muph & Plutonic and gone ‘oh, is that you? Did I hear you on the radio today? Do you have a song called Heaps Good?’,” says Shirley. “Which is cool, don’t get me wrong, I’m not offended to be confused with Muph & Plutonic, but what I’m saying is I want to get to the point where there’s no way you can confuse them.”

He has succeeded in developing his own sound on the album, which had received acclaim for its electro and reggae inflected production and Shirley’s clever, laidback rhymes.

He is touring WA for the first time since 2007, joined by Spit Syndicate. The Sydney duo, who released their second album Exile earlier this year, are far from strangers in WA, visiting earlier this year on their Starry Eyed national tour and supporting Cypress Hill a few weeks ago.

They will also be joined by female Melbourne rapper Class A, who recently released her full length debut Me, Me, Me and Him: The Secret Life Of A Receptionist. “She’s one of the most exciting MCs coming up and it’s also gonna be good to have a girl on tour, that’s

Garuda

The Tongue gonna bring a good vibe to the shows as well, it won’t be all testosterone,” says Shirley.

Shirley first received national attention as a battle rapper, winning the New South Wales Battle for Supremacy and the Revolver MC Competition in 2005, before releasing his Bad Education EP in 2006, and his full length debut Shock & Awe in 2007. He has also put out two mixtapes, Redux and The Tongue Is Dead, in 2008 and 2009 respectively. He is renowned for his intelligent and insightful lyrics, which often come with a strong message.

“A lot of artists don’t have very good subject matter in Australia, to be honest,” Shirley says, citing not only a hip hop scene full of rappers who only rhyme about how good they are or how much they drink, but also a rock scene that skirts social and political issues.

“That’s part of the reason why I love music, is because it’s somewhere I can just say what I’m feeling, say what I’m thinking exactly the way I want to, and it’s pure. It’s my pure thoughts and opinions.”

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I CHANGED MY GRIND

San Francisco based rapper Tom Shimura, AKA Lyrics Born, is moving in a new direction with his latest album As U Were, and says that his time on the Australian festival circuit was a major influence. He speaks with JOSHUA HAYES.

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Shimura was exposed to the popularity of electro music during last year’s festival season. “Being in Australia so much, dance culture and club culture was much larger than it was here in the United States, and I felt so inspired by it because at that time you didn’t hear that stuff on the radio out here,” he says.

On his third solo album As U Were, released last week, Shimura incorporates electro into the already upbeat hip hop style he cultivated on 2003’s Later That Day and 2008’s Everywhere At Once.

“On this album I definitely was not concerned about what I’d done in the past or what the industry’s expectation was of me or what people’s preconceived notion was of me, all I wanted to do was make the record that I wanted to hear,” he says.

He works with regular collaborators Lateef and Gift Of Gab, as well as Sam Sparro.

Shimura was particularly excited about working with the Australian singer-songwriter.“When I got the chance to meet him it was like ‘look, you can’t say no, we’re working together’,” he laughs, recalling meeting Sparro at a Good Vibrations pre-party last year. “I think I might have freaked him out a little bit.”

Shimura has also expanded his lyrics, with As U Were covering darker themes than his previous work – betrayal, deceptiveness and personal turmoil – all drawn from personal experience.

“I think I’ve hit that point in my career where I’ve experienced a lot of the things that all the older artists used to tell me about,” he says. “I definitely went through a period of ‘oh I’m just a fucking star’,” Shimura offers frankly. “I think for a lot of artists that’s a part of their art, you know?

And I certainly went through that and I definitely didn’t like the trajectory I was on and what it was doing to the relationships in my life.

“When you’ve been in the business for 10-plus years you really start to see the dark

It’s rather odd that one of the nicest guys in the business would choose such a staunch looking picture as the artwork for his first artist album.

Perhaps he’s attempting to change his image but one fact you can’t escape is that Emery is one of the most talented producers in the world.

Whilst primarily known as a ‘trance’ producer, fans of Emery know that the man is capable of anything, refusing to stick within the rules of any particular genre and Northern Lights is no exception.

A collaboration with Jerome Isma-Ae, Stars builds methodically into a powerful track where both Isma-Ae and Emery’s unique styles come together with emphatic intensity. The irresistibly catchy El Segundo follows and its ethereal symphony blends wonderfully with its simplistic vocals.

It’s with no surprise that Emery delves into several vocal tracks on the album but doesn’t make the mistake of drowning the release in cheesy vocals. Instead Emery uses them sparingly and with devastating effect, no more obvious than on the absolutely amazing Sanctuary. Emery interweaves the heavenly vocals of Lucy Saunders with a combination of spine tingling melodies resulting in one of the best tracks of 2010.

Co m p l i m e n te d w i t h t h e m o re traditional Emer y sound in the superb instrumental Citadel and closing with an intricate composition in All Is Now featuring Activa is the perfect conclusion to an extremely impressive album.

This is Gareth Emery’s Garuda in full flight. Brilliant.

DJ Fresh’s most recent offering seems a little bit underdone. There certainly has been a lot of hype surrounding the release of the ex-Bad Company and Breakbeat Kaos owner’s most recent album but in reality it was probably intended to be a bunch of singles.

There is no doubt that there are big tunes on here, many of which have been dance floor anthems in the past year but as an album Kryptonite is actually fairly boring to listen to.

Songs jump from style to style, mimicking but not innovating the dance floor sound that is fashionable in drum ‘n’ bass at the moment.

Then there are the dubious vocals, most notably the completely unnecessary vocal overdub of Gold Dust which almost ruins a good thing. The album’s two token dubstep offerings Chacruna and Fight will have your hand compulsively twitching towards the fast forward button.

There have been so many innovations in the sound of drum ‘n’ bass recently that it’s frustrating when big artists release albums that are so boring. Escape from Planet Monday was great. Kryptonite is not. Drum ‘n’ bass is moving on.

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dontlockmeout.com Lyrics Born side of it, and sometimes you’re a part of that dark side, and that’s something that makes great material for song writing but it’s kind of shitty when you’re going through it,” he adds.

Shimura’s punishing work schedule didn’t help. Over the last decade he has regularly performed 150 shows a year and released an album or mixtape almost every 12 months. But having a baby with wife and fellow musician Joyo Velarde recently has encouraged him to slow down.

“Once I had a baby it definitely made me focus on what really does bare fruit in my life,” he says.

However, Shimura will be returning to Australia in early 2011 for a string of festival and club dates, and the energetic songs on As U Were are sure to please crowds as much as his earlier output.

“It’s sometimes scary when you’ve made as many records as I have, to continue to want to take chances after people maybe become accustomed to a certain sound,” he says.

“It’s nice that even at this stage of my career that everybody is embracing it.”

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EVIDENCE

STILL SLIGHTLY DILATED Ahead of his gig at The Deen, Evidence (aka one third of Dilated Peoples) caught up with RK to chat about music, graffiti and the beast that is hip hop.

Dilated Peoples – sure you’ve heard the name; and if not, then you’ve certainly bounced to the music that created that special place in my heart once upon a time many years ago. And not by accident either; Babu, Rakaa and Evidence maintain a loyal legion of fans for good reason. In the case of wonder-boy Evidence, it is not just his music and production that has garnered attention but also his interest in graffiti art and the undying and passionate love for the culture in general.

“Man, don’t get me started on graffiti,” he chimes. “Graffiti in Europe – especially Germany or France or Switzerland just fucks my head up. I’m like ‘that has to be legal’. And they’re like ‘it’s not legal’. In New York and Cali it was like that in the ’80s and before they cleared it out with the whole task force thing. But if you’re a graffiti artist from Europe and you think you’re getting to the USA to see some art, they like get here and there is nothing.”

Coming back to music for a second though, Evidence recounts growing up in

Evidence Venice Beach with hip-hop all around. “There was break dancing on the street and art in the Pavilion. Movies like Beat Street and Wild Style were coming out; they really influenced me.

And it was something I could see. It wasn’t as though it was somebody out in the middle of the country, watching it through a TV screen. I was actually encompassed with it.

“And graffiti man, it was really poppin’

over there at the time. I wanted to be a dancer, so I was break-dancing at a young age. I would go to the pier and put my cardboard down and do all that kind of stuff! It’s just been part of me! Later on I became a graffiti artist, then a skateboarder and later an emcee and producer.

Hip-hop’s really been the only thing I’ve ever loved my whole life. I remember when I was young I was watching Rap City; if I was running home from school I could catch the last 10 or 15 minutes of it!”

The biggest coup came when the Peoples struck a 5-album record deal with Capitol. “They came to us,” he says. “I said in one of the songs: ‘don’t go to them, let them come to you, work the angles’. My lawyer told me a long time ago that there was only two kinds of record deals, the one where you go to them and the one where they come to you.

That’s it. The one where you go to them, you say ‘I’m hungry, I’m willing to do whatever’. The other one is where they come to you and you have all the leverage and you tell it like it is. We had that option and chose to go with Capitol.

Keep in mind we’d met with everyone except Russell Simmons and Puffy. Everyone was trying to get us. It became a bidding war between Interscope and Capitol. In the end we got the money and the creative freedom.”

And one of hip-hop’s greatest legacies began being written.

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After an introduction from a mutual friend, Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman got to know each other touringaroundAmericaandplaying each other their favourite tracks.

After a promising first recording session they formed The Hundred InThe Hands, signed withWarp and have just released their self titled debut. They talk to GLEN PARKS about the long wait to release their debut, their song writing process and taking apart their music.

With their self titled debut out this week, Jason Friedman and Eleanore Everdell are both desperate to see the product of their hard work on the shelves. “We finished writing and recording the record in December,” Everdell says. “So it’s been a wait for us and we’re really excited to have it out in the world.”

Friedman agrees and has noticed a change in the crowds coming to their gigs.

“We’ve just been playing shows since we finished the record, so it’s nice to actually be at the point where people come to the shows having already heard the songs.”

Friedman met Everdell through a mutual friend when he needed a band to tour his latest album. As he explains, “I had another band and put out three records as that band.

It was basically just me and whoever I played with. And I had a tour booked to support that last record but no band and I had to quickly cobble together one. I met Eleanore and we started playing music together and went on tour. We really got to know each other while practicing and then driving around on tour across the country listening to music, and we just realised we had a lot of common interests.”

After coming back from tour they were given some studio time which resulted in their first song, Dressed In Dresden. Perhaps more importantly though, it resulted in Friedman “putting the other band to sleep” and Friedman and Everdell formally forming The Hundred In The Hands.

Despite both Friedman and Everdell being experienced in the music scene, Everdell even boasts a background in opera and musicology, The Hundred In The Hands is unlike any other band they have been in. “The whole nature of this band is quite different from anything that either of us have done before.

There’s certainly a lot that we’ve learned along the way that we didn’t know before,” Everdell says.

“Because there’s just two of us,” Friedman elaborates, “we’re constantly having to figure out how to do things. Whereas if you’re a four piece band you just get up in the morning and you play and that’s the sound of it. For us, we’re always trying to take things apart and put them back together. That’s just how we’ve been for the past year.”

It’s a partnership that has worked wonders for Friedman and Everdell. “When we work on song writing we split up in the beginning of the writing process and we’ll each write on our own. We each write lyrics and sketches for songs, then get back together and start recording and writing; the songs start to grow naturally together. So we each re-write what the other one has done and then it becomes a real collaboration. After we’ve gotten the song to a point with our own production then we go and look for producers to finish the job.”

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This Friday, October 29, Join Twisted Vaudeville Circus for a night of vintage cabaret, sin and seduction, and start your Halloween weekend with the elixir of the damned! Then on Saturday, October 30, The Monsters Ball hits the Fly featuring some of Perth’s finest live bands, Dux Town Duo, Stu Orchard & Band, The Moltens, The Buzz Kill Vamps & Rocket to Memphis along with the sexiest, dark ‘n’ edgy performance troupe Carnies With Candy.

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DULUTH DOWN LOW / Schvendes / Erasers The Bakery Saturday, October 23, 2010

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GLASS HALF FULL TAME IMPALA /John Steel Singers / Felicity Groom Astor Theatre Friday, October 22, 2010 Rarely has a single Tame Impala review made it through the opening paragraph without reverting to that dog-eared stand-by description: psychedelic. This is no real fault of us writers, but rather a systematic inability of the English language to properly convey the kaleidoscopic sensor y derangement wrought by the experimental local ensemble, who brought their acid-washed stage show to the Astor Theatre last Friday night, fresh back from a virgin voyage around the USA with fellow psych-rockers MGMT. Ever-lovely local smoky soulstress Felicity Groom entranced early bird punters with her typical old-world-inspired charm and Brisbane-based six-piece John Steel Singers filled every inch of the theatre with glorious backyard summer-pop melodies - both talented outfits proving more than worthy of any discerning audience member’s undivided attention.

As any local music fan will tell you, it has been fascinating to watch Perth trio Tame Impala – essentially comprised of singer/guitarist Kevin Parker and two friends, with the input of touring guitarist Nick Allbrook – rise and rise.

All the memorable singles from the trio’s Modular-sanctioned EPs were aired tonight: from the hazy, maxed-out chorus vocals of Remember Me through to the brilliant Cream-esque turnaround guitar riff of Half Full Glass Of Wine.

However it was cuts from their astoundingly well-received debut album Innerspeaker which comprised the majority of the evening’s hour-long set, as the band purported their much-loved mix of blues, rock and psychedelia while focusing on eye-crossing chunky riffs and fiery, face-m elting guitar solos.

As to be expected, each band member played to perfection – bassist Dominic Simper executed his usual low-end moves, Allbrook took care of the razor-sharp, fuzzed-up guitar riffs and Parker was his usual charismatic hippier-than-thou self, but it was elastic drummer Jay Watson who captured the audience’s heart this night. The most animated of the hippie bunch, Watson served as the primary focal point (undoubtedly due in part to his lack of shirt), adding percussion and various other sonic textures with fuss-free flair.

After tonight’s performance it became blissfully clear that the members of Tame Impala view psychedelic rock not as a sound, but as an idea — updating the formula without marring it with gimmickry or laborious showmanship.

Definitely a glass half full rather than half empty. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

Arguably the most recognisable pioneer of the sonically lethargic ‘slowcore’ genre, infamously minimal Minnesota-based trio Low’s sad songs have long served as an emotional outlet for music lovers and their near flawless catalogue a tangible temple to the indie-rock fan.

“Songs of singular beauty and intimacy,” Robert Plant once described – and he should know, he’s covered two of their most-loved songs - Silver Rider and Monkey - on his new album Band Of Joy. Both these well-loved tunes, and then some, were served up to fans on an intricate, reverb-laced platter at Low’s performance at The Bakery on Saturday night, as listeners were treated to a slew of tracks from the talented trio’s back catalogue (most prominently from 2005’s Destroyer and 2007’s Drums And Guns, delivered with their famously hypnotic flow.

Beginning with a joking appeal that the audience “bear with us, this one’s a little slow” before delving languidly into the fluttering finger-picking of much-loved 2007 single Violent Past, prolific vocalist/ guitarist Alan Sparhawk appeared, perhaps paradoxically, more comfortable and outgoing behind his guitar, breathing out words of love, parenthood, and religion, with his wife (Mimi Parker) providing beautiful harmonizing tones and compellingly simple percussion beneath.

Although Low’s typically strippeddown set derived much of its minimalist loveliness from the exquisitely fragile, profoundly weary two-part harmonies of Sparhawk and Parker, bassist Steve Garrington’s sublimely understated stylistic experiments also helped give their performance an even greater emotional impact.

U n s u r p r i s i n g l y, t h e a u d i e n c e remained static throughout their performance and those of the equally superb opening acts Erasers and Schvendes, taking in the music in a sort of moping stupor, with none of the band’s sounds demanding dancing or movement of any kind.

On conclusion of Low’s 90-minute set,

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however, punters seemed exceedingly more animated as swirls of energetic conversations about the band rose from the languid lounges in the arty complex.

In the past Low has caught a lot of heat, in part for Sparhawk and Parker’s religious affiliation (they’re Mormons) and sometimes spiritually oriented lyrics, but more for their extreme seriousness, unwavering emotional intensity and general stylistic awkwardness.

But if the proclamations of adoration coursing through the Bakery were anything to go by – such discomfort is utterly undeserved.

As tonight’s performance more than proved, Low is making some of the most powerful and breathtakingly beautiful music in any genre today. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

RETURN TO THUNDERDOME METALLICA

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favourite. Not only does it include a bunch of great new songs, but – in revisiting their older material to get inspired – Metallica have created a As a long-time fan, I would have to say that set-list that is very ‘classic’-centric in two distinctly the Death Magnetic period of Metallica is my awesome ways.

BACK IN BLACK CONCRETE BLONDE/ The Sun Orchestra The Astor Theatre Saturday, October 23, 2010 Saturday night was a night for the fans. While Burswood Dome groaned with the sweaty blackshirted Metallica family, a slightly more reserved – yet by no means less excited – crowd was filling the Astor Theatre. Another survivor from the ‘80s, Concrete Blonde, was back in Australia after a long hiatus and celebrating the 20th anniversary of their best-selling album Bloodletting.

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Orchestra was the opening act for the night. In what became running theme for the night, an excruciating hour-long wait from doors open until their entrance on stage was beyond tedious. The Sun Orchestra filled the always beautiful venue with airy, haunting melodies and while the crowd was largely disinterested, a growing appreciation for the band took hold. The three-piece are an incredibly talented bunch incorporating many instruments into the fray, including some impressive simultaneous ukulele/drumming.

While extremely crafted, their music seemed an odd fit for the far rockier tunes to come and was lost on the older audience.

Another lengthy wait faced the growing audience after The Sun Orchestra left the stage, but patience was soon rewarded as favourites to Australian shores Concrete Blonde

Firstly, not-so-obvious songs from all of the band’s early albums have been getting a look-in. Good stuff. Secondly, the band are playing the ‘never leave the set’ songs so much better than they have in a long time, as they have reverted them back to the original versions. No more singing the harmony instead of the main melody, no more cutting the longer songs in half...

Metallica are now the commanders of their own catalogue.

But it was a fight for them against the Burswood Dome’s inhospitable acoustics. Faster songs were a blurry mess – with Blackened, The Four Horsemen and Master Of Puppets sounding indistinguishable in parts. The ‘grand canyon’ reverb of the Dome did, however, lend huge weight to slower numbers like Sad But True, Fade To Black, Nothing Else Matters, The Unforgiven and One. Hit The Lights and Budgie’s Breadfan came into the set with pleasant surprise, as did – however briefly – intros to The Frayed Ends Of Sanity and The Call Of Ktulu... Metallica’s big mid-set intervals now almost a thing of the past in favour of these shorter teases. Kirk Hammett’s once marathon-sized guitar solo slots are now little more than a few minutes long also, and while his current choice is utterly unimpressive for a guy of his skill and style, the shortening is a welcome update.

Every fan would be able to create their own Metallica dream play-list, but in terms of pleasing as many people at once as possible, Metallica circa Death Magnetic have the right idea.

St Anger, the band’s previous album/tour, had no

representation this time around, with the Load/ Reload period offering little more than Fuel – a song that seems to capture the essence of James Hetfield, and, thus, one that is delivered with absolute energy and sincerity from the stage.

The stage, while we’re on the subject, was another neat improvement to the Metallica experience. Surrounded on all sides by bipedal fans, the stage was fence-posted by microphones that offered Hetfield, Hammett and Trujillo an ever-present vantage point no matter which way they were facing – with Lars Ulrich’s kit (centred on the stage) rotating by 90 degrees every so often, so that it had completed a complete 360 degree turn throughout the night. Ergo, everyone got the ‘front’ arrangement for at least a few songs of the set. Add to this fire, colourful lasers, and fire that changed colour like lasers, and the ‘arena’ version of Metallica (who were last seen playing Big Day Out in our town) was glitzy and visually spectacular without it overshadowing the band.

But how could anything really overshadow one of the world’s greatest bands?

Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett and Trujillo – the best line-up Metallica have had since the untimely death of Cliff Burton – ran through their set with remarkable power and endurance. At times, the pace set was too fast for the songs (and the band’s ability to play them tight) but that only served to make them feel more organic and lively.

Metallica were what they were inevitably always going to be – Metallica – and for we the fans, that is always the mark of perfection.

walked on stage. Almost making up the original line-up, with the exception of drummer Gabriel Ramirez, the black-clad Johnette Napolitano and silver haired James Mankey began with Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) to rapturous cheers.

The first thing to smack everyone in the place was Napolitano’s utterly brilliant voice.

The power and delivery of her controlled vocals was stunning, deserving of the praise heaped on her through her career. The set was a blast of energy the night really needed as hungry fans swarmed the stage, singing every word. While the band has remained active over the years, even after a lengthy break-up, the passion of the audience is telling of their impact in the early ‘90s. Next to amaze was the masterful fretwork of Mankey on his Fender, producing every sound imaginable while pulling off every trick in the book.

Joey brought cries all around as their

biggest hit rang out and again vocal chords all around were given a warm up. The first crowd interaction with the band came a few songs with an agitated Napolitano yelling, “Put the fucking camera down, or you’ll be wearing it!” to a guy in front of the stage. Thankfully, crowd/band relations improved considerably and continued the impassioned show. Ghost Of A Texas Ladies Man emphasised her delight in hearing of the Astor’s haunted history. The lighting made the point all the stronger as silhouettes were thrown against the art-deco walls.

Two hours later and the crowd’s enthusiasm was yet to wane, Caroline and Run Run Run just some of the plethora of equally adored songs played. They left the stage to cheers and feet-stomping, eventually coming back for the encore. As a fitting tribute to their clearly passionate fan-base they finished with an excellent cover of Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning.

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RETURN TO (P)ERTH

Sadness enveloped indie rock nerds when the much-loved Institut Polaire decided to decamp to the bright lights and shitty weather of Melbourne. Unlike so many other Perth bands who have gone over and sunk without a trace, the move has been a good one for the Institut boys and girls, and now they’re returning to launch their debut album, Make Your Own Mayflower.

It’ll be like a high-school reunion, just with better fashion and music.

They’re playing this Saturday, Institut Polaire October 30, at the Rosemount Hotel.

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If you’re wondering what Abbe May has been up to lately, with rumours of US jaunts and massive Jamesons abuse, then wonder no more. Perth’s queen of rock ‘n’ soul has just released her new single, Mammalian Locomotion, and the filmclip, shot in New York with a bevy of rollerbabes, is a cracker. A quick Youtube search and you’ll be able to track it down easy enough, but definitely give it a listen – it’s fantastic.

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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK…AYAN.

Arkayan have just finished recording their new album, and while it won’t be released until the end of November, this Friday, October 29, at Mojo’s the band will be hosting a special sneak preview for all their fans. It will be their last show before the launch and supported by Copious, Hyte and The Book Of Lilith, it’ll be a good show.

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TAKING THE KISS

They may reside between a sock and a hard place, but goodtime kings KISStake have got a spring in their giant steps over the next week as they return to Northbridge.

On Thursday, October 28, KISStake return to the Mustang Bar for two full sets of Kiss hits and classics delivered in their own inimitable tongue-in-cheek (heart-in-theright-place) style from 9pm. You wanted the best, well you got the rest, the nottest band in the world, KISStake!

The Bible Bashers

HMMM… SACRILICIOUS

Abbe May isn’t the only one who’s been recordin’ saucy, saucy filmclips. Laith Tyranny and the bad boys from The Bible Bashers have been makin’ a clip of their own for Wine Haemorrhage. Featurin’ more drinkin’, spewin’ and sexy nuns that should be legally allowable in our great and morally staunch state, the clip is an absolute riot. To launch it, The Bible Bashers are playing two shows this weekend, the first at ECU Tavern this Friday, October 29, for their end of semester Halloween Bash with Aaagh! Bats!, and the second this Saturday, October 30, at Manhattans for the official launch of the clip, with Wolves At The Door and Day Of The Dead. Dressing up as a zombified religious figure for the Manhattans show is definitely encouraged.

CAZZA CIZZA DO THE CIVVA

At the overwhelming request of one French weirdo, Capital City’s Keep It Stupid, Sucker has just been released on iTunes, and to celebrate they’re playing The Den this Friday, October 29, with support from Moonlight Wranglers, Lucille and Donny Rat. Doors open at 8pm for $10, and this may be your last opportunity to heckle Sam Scherr for the year. Or it might not be, but can you take that chance? Unlikely. Heckle away.

SENSORY AMUSIA Self Titled Independent

Holy fuck. That is what I literally thought to myself when I first put Sensory Amusia’s self titled EP into the CD player.

It takes about 10 seconds for the intro drums to make way for absolutely punishing guitars and a gut-busting bass drop that goes close to ripping your head off. From that initial impression, it’s obvious that this is not just your ordinary local band EP. Sensory Amusia is made up of members of former Perth brutalisers Burn For Me, and the experience is apparent. This EP is not of the standard you would expect for a debut EP, but rather boasts the quality that you would expect from an accomplished leader of the metal world on their second or third record.

This EP is relentless, and I guarantee that it won’t take long for Sensory Amusia to be punishing crowds all over the country. I strongly recommend seeing these guys and grabbing an EP before it goes of print and becomes collectible in the metal world. _GEORGE GREEN

DIE PUNY HUMANS

Prepare to get your arse kicked this Saturday, October 30, at the Rocket Room as Human Extinction Project launch their long-awaited debut EP. They’ll be joined by Mudguts, Blunt Force Trauma and visiting Melbourne noise merchants 4arm on the Perth leg of their national tour. Doors open at 8pm.

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RUBY BOOTS Made For Singin’ Ruby Boots – Bex Chilcott to her mum has gone through some hard yards to get her debut EP out, having been playing on the local scene for over five years. Not all those years have been entirely productive, however, and speaking to LIAM DUCEY, she says she is finally relieved to get her first release, launching on Saturday, October 30, at The Bird, off the ground.

The vast majority of musicians play music because they love it. Ultimately they know there’s no money to be made and no great fame to be achieved, but regardless, it’s something they’re simply compelled to do.

Now imagine if you were told you could no longer sing. It’s enough to send a chill down your spine, and it’s something Chilcott knows all too well.

“I was diagnosed with nodules, and I know a lot of singers have nodules but I think these had been around since I was a child,” Chilcott says. “They said they were pretty massive, so for two years I didn’t sing. I couldn’t sing. It was a very, very long two years, I had a polyp growing on top of the nodules so I had that surgically removed, and I couldn’t do anything apart from have that surgery.’’

Those two years ultimately served to refine Chilcott’s sound, and after spending

her early days toying with different genres and different sounds, she finally began to feel comfortable with country music.

“During those two years off I did a lot of soul-searching, and by the time I was better and I could sing I began to feel really comfortable with my writing, and this is just what came out and it is what it is. ‘’I honestly don’t have any words to explain how lucky I feel, I know I’m extremely lucky to be where I am. Some people wait a while to get their first record out but I feel like this has literally been a long time coming, you know, I really wanted to record because I was almost ready to go into the studio before I took that time off. So it just prolonged it for three and a half years (laughs). I feel really lucky to be where I am now.”

The debut EP exudes a level of confidence that belies the fact it’s a first release, and Chilcott, now playing with a six-piece band, says that has a lot to do with the musicians surrounding her.

“I just have to say they are the most amazing people, and I’m really looking forward to moving forward with a really good band and a really good bunch of friends. The biggest part of playing music is doing it with people you really dig, and they’ve been amazing.”

Emerald City

WHO BUILT THIS CITY?

Perth’s favourite rockstars, Emerald City, are heading down, down, down this weekend – down south that is, for a show at the Prince Of Wales Hotel on Friday, October 29, with Shots Fired.

Say hi to Mitch, Nicko and the boys for me. Then they’re smokin’ back up the highway to the Civic Hotel Backroom on Saturday, October 30 for a show with Fools Of April, Hyte and Taka.

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The Novocaines may take themselves a bit too seriously at times, but then again, if most local bands were as good as these guys maybe we’d all be a bit more serious.

Courtesy Eventually is a five track EP with four new songs, along with an old favourite, Lovers Teeth, which I’m not going to consider because putting old songs on what is ostensibly a new EP is a cheap trick.

Which is a shame, because while Lovers Teeth might be the best track on the EP, the other tracks are also, genuinely world class. This has a lot to do with Corey Marriot’s vocals, with his delivery absolutely perfect on Adhere To and Just Scrape By. Unfortunately the last track, We Have Control, falls a bit flat compared to the other tracks on the EP, but overall this is a very solid release from band that really needs to get around to releasing a proper album, sooner rather than later.

There are so many – probably far too many – bands these days that use country as a reference point, without actually playing country music. We may have Nashville to blame for sullying the reputation of the genre, but it’s easy to forget that when played with absolute honesty and integrity, country music can be absolutely breathtaking.

Thankfully, Ruby Boots doesn’t try and be anything other than country on their debut EP, and it’s instantly apparent Bex Chilcott has assembled a fantastic array of musicians to go with her silky smooth voice.

The EP gets off to a sultry start with Sleeping Alone, before shifting into hoe-down mode with Off The Floor, but it’s the sparse closer, Still On My Mind, that carries an outstanding sense of impending doom.

The music, the artistry on this EP is so self assured and so honest for a first release that the prospect of future Ruby Boots releases is genuinely exciting.

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THE CRUEL SEA

The Cruel Sea are singlehandedly responsible for propelling Tex Perkins into the public sphere, and for that they get a lifetime pass.

Which is not to say they aren’t a completely killer band in their own right, but Tex is clearly the lightning rod in terms of attraction.

Although they declared publicly they’d broken up in 2006, public declarations these days are as meaningless as your last Facebook status update. Over the course of their six albums – the last released in 2001 – The Cruel Sea mixed blues, funk and just about everything else to come up with a concoction that was both worldly and uniquely Australian.

A fanastic live band, catch them at the Astor Theatre this Saturday, October 30.

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Bakery - Australian Poetry Slam 2010 Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed Bird - D.Y.P / Pickles /Clunk/ Ben Taaffe 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 Fl y i n g S co t s m a n ( Ve l ve t Lounge) – Craig Hollywood / Xymox / Travis Betts.

Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Pashas Kitchen Flying Scotsman (DEFECTORS) featuring Hong kong Palace DJs. Get on down to the latest Cowboys / Indie Kids night of nights. With electro, pop, rock and post punk tunes pumping out, get your dancing shoes on.

Starts 8pm and what’s more, it’s free!

Leopold Hotel - DJ Riki / Roger Smart Llama Bar – Arts Martial /Eye Spy / DJ Ink Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda / Dj Nino Brown Manhattans – The Wednesday Society/ Hayley Beth/ Drum Media DJ’S/ Celine Bridge/ Kirsten Masgai/ Jeromy Lim/ Seonaidh Murphy Mustang – DJ James MacArthur Niche Bar – Flaunt / Johnni P / Feminem Newpor t – Culture Clash Phesta / Mills Records DJS 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 Wolfe Lane - Soul Purpose - DJ Jim Peas Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin

AMBAR Destination - Signal Drivers/ Philly Blunt/ Grantley H yd e / J a m e s Fra n c i s / Th a Nightcrawlaz/ AJAM/ Brockman/ Alex Tong/ Thir teen/ DYP/ Rikache/ Kill Dyl/ Allstate/ Tex.L / Sour Grapes AMPLIFIER Yacht Club DJs join Bleeding Knees Club / Voltaire Twins / Jamie Mac/ DJ Shannon Fox to k ick up an elec tric storm. Hailing from Ballarat and having made appearances from university balls to sold-out national tours and with a hot to trot trail of festival appearances including Meredith Music Festival, Groovin The Moo and Splendour In The Grass, catch them unleash their Demons Of Gymnastics tour.

Tickets $22 on door from 8pm.

You’ll be dancing even if you hadn’t planned on it.

B A K E RY – LO U D E R T H A N BOMBS Death Disco and D.A.N.C.E are presenting the first instalment of Louder Than Bombs. Hostage is heading over from Edinburgh, Scotland to deliver a mind-blowing heavy bass electro raving night of music. Death Disco DJs will be there to pump up the volume t o o. T i c k e t s o n s a l e f r o m nowbaking.com.au. $20 pre-sale or $25 on door from 9pm.

Bar Open – Illuminor /Jackson & Perry /GT-Watson /Travis Eddy /Ball-Z Bar 120 - Treat - The Fix / DJs Anton Maz / Wombat / Maz1 Bird - Ben Taaffe/ Ben M/ Ghostrdums/ Pharmacy Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol – DJ’s All Night Carine Glades Tavern - DJ Abstar Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Jimmy-Mac Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Deville’s – Jerry Lew Lewis SHow/ Little Franco Berry Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Fl y i n g S co t s m a n ( Ve l ve t Lounge) – Xave Brown Ramblers/ Prita Grealy/ Sian Brown / Georgia Koval Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Time Tunnel - DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19

Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Micah / Sharif Galal Geisha – Stacey Pullen High Wycombe – Fill In Da Gap Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Kulcha – Joe Black Trio Library – Adroc /Masterdash /Angr y 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 Manhattans - Felicity Groom/ Horny Pony/ 6’s&7’s/ Rabbit Island / DJ Douche Unit V’s Wing Chun Willy Metro City – Ice Cube / Bingo Players Merriwa Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Mojos – Arkayan / Copious/ Hyte /The Book of Lilith Mint – Club Retro – Chris McPhee Mustang- Swing DJ / DJ James MacArthur Newport - Sardi /FDEL /Tom Drummond vs JMC NormaJeans–DJPhil Oxford Hotel – Recliners Paddy Hannans – Just Ace / Crazy Craig Paramount - Flyte /DJ Morgan/ DJ Jordan Principal Micro Brewery – DJ Simon Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Rise – Emergency Doctors & Nurses Party- Simon Barwood / Rousa/ Pace/ Daze Rosemount - DJ Firece/ Concept/ Sempy/ Traction/ Skinny/ DJ Flip/ Mash/ J Felix & Lwood Rocket Room - DJ Brett Rowe / DJ Perry Ormsby Rubix – Gene Bourne/ Kenny/ Riki Sapphire Bar – SuperFly Subiaco Hotel – Supernova Swan Basement - BASSment feat- Ox ygen/ DJ Kitten / Cattitude 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 –Kid Kenobi / MC

Shure Shock Windsor – Dj Riki and Ray Woodvale Tavern – Dr Bogus Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin VILLA MOS CLUBBERS GUIDE TO SPRING Always a sold-out event, get your mittens on tickets quickly for this electrohouse spectacle. Featuring D.Ramirez/Anna Lunoe/John Course/ Shazam. With John Course having played between Eric Morillo and Fedde Le Grande at Sensation on New Year’s Eve and closing Summadayze to over 20,000 people, it’s going to be huge. Tickets $38.95 plus booking fee on sale now. Get tickets from Transit Clothing Stores or moshtix.com.au. More on door if not sold out prior.

SATURDAY 30/10 Ambar – Hump Day Project / Micah/ Philly Blunt/ Prizzy / Tee El Amplifier – Tim & Jean Bakery –Women’s After Parade Party - Nat Ripepi Bar Open (Upstairs) – Filthy Gorgeous – Digital Deckhand / Renger /Dursy Herbie / Stereo Hill /Travis LeBrun /Jay Vicente /Nathan Francis /Pascal dMo Bar Open (Downstairs) – Tapeheads /Cut & Kill /Richie G /Thee Hat -VS- Gorjy Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Bird - Ruby Boots CD Launch / Simon Kelly & The Lonely Wives / Goodnight Tiger Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol –Death Disco DJs Capitol (Upstairs) - DJ Ryan Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clancy’s Fremantle- Jeff Martin Clink- DJ Cheese Club Bay View – VIP Saturdays – DJ Ryan Court Hotel - Court Street Party feat- Paul Mac/Sarah Mcleod/ Mobin Master/Nacho Pop Connections – Pride Party 2010 feat- Therese/ Kitty Glitter / Sam La More Crush - New Generation Drum n Bass Sessions - Greg Packer / Mc Xssesiv/ Fusion/ Rowdy/ Skinny/ Pirate Bwoi/ Devious D

b2b Devise/ Pacemaker b2b Vu Deville’s – Creatures From The Sea Of Tunes – Les Ye Ye Ye / Mondo Inferno DJS Double Lucky – DJ Tim Brown Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve – Eve DJS Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Lucid Dreaming – Aarin F/ Nina Van Dyke/ Harry Webb / James Francis Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Transmission – Andrei Mazz Fl y i n g S co t s m a n ( Ve l ve t Lounge) – We Heart Vintage Market Day Hush - DJ Karl Blue / Headayke / Junior / Kyte Kutter / Adroc / Angry Buda /Raji D / Karl Blue High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Kulcha – Nicky Pereira Leederville - DJ Loco Ren Library – DJ Jimmy Phatz / DJ Vicktor /DJ Gareth Richardson Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55 / DJ Stevie M Manhattan’s – Flatwound/ FDel/ Naik/ Philly Blunt M int – Pop Life Halloween Spooktacula - Darren Briais Mojo’s - Majorminor Festival -Erasers DJs/ Agent 85/ Maxy Bills/ Nick Sweepah/ The Voice Of P.C.J/ Andrew Sinclair/ Smrts/ Astral Travel/ The Wednesday Society/ The Tigers/ Diger Rockwell Band/ Bermuda/ Naik/ Injured Ninja vs Mathas/ Seams Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – DJ Rockabilly / DJ James MacArthur Niche – Frankie Button / Cee / Jonny Zimber Norfolk Basement - Maybe Zombies Will Help feat- Hippo Camp / Spaks /Zombies /Bouncy Castles Norma Jeans – DJ Darren Onyx - DJ Kayper Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount –DJ Meezy / DJ Jordan Players Bar (Mandurah) - DJ Matty J Queens Tav - Gareth Richardson Rise- Resonate Halloween – Phetsta/ Greg Packer/ Xsessiv/ Hykus/ Dr Space/ Sempy/ Dair/ Signal Fire Rosemount Hotel - Institut Po l a i re / A p r i co t R a i l / Th e Autumn Isles / Split Seconds Rubix – Kenny L/ Delaney

Sail & Anchor - Balcony Beatz / DJ Jimmy-Mac Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre- Mayhem Sin Nightclub - Dj’s Xymox/ B ra d / C l a u d e / M @ / L i a m Brenton / Jess South St Ale House – DJ Jay Soverign – DJ Jinx Stamford Arms - DJ Anaru/ DJ Janic Tiger Lil’s –Ad a m K e l l y / Charlie Bucket The Brighton (Upstairs) – Micah/ Kill Dyl/ eSQue The Cube (Shape) - Shockone (Re-Fix EP Launch) The Deen - DJ Birdie/ DJ JJ/ DJ Tony Allen The Generous Squire –Late Night Sessions - WiG Music The Saint – DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andyy The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig The Vic - DJ Benny Chill Toucan Nightclub (Mandurah) – DJ Samuel Spencer Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Villa - Boys Noize Halloween feat - Strip Steve/ Das Glow Windsor – DJ Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy

SUNDAY 31/10 THE MOON- HALLOWEEN 7 TH BIRTHDAY PARTY With limited capacity, get in early for this one. Come and finish off the weekend by listening to some sweet tunes by Naik (live), Diger Rokwell (live), Cartoon Hell, Maxy Bills & The Boost Hero Man. You’ll be treated to food, raffles and drink specials all night. All for $20. Tickets available from themoon.epicevent.com/ or at The Moon. More tickets on door.

Bakery – Paper Chain Sundays - DJs Ben M / Rok Riley / Lightspeed / Craig Hollywood Bar Orient - DJ Dred Carine Tavern – Micah /Fiveo /G Martin Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bayview – DJ Pete Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – DJ Birdie / MC Jex Flying Scotsman (Defectors)

THERE HE GOES AGAIN SCRILLA THRILLER SNOB SCRILLA / Micah / Zina / Mireyleese Snob Scrilla took over the turntables just after 10.30pm to a warm reception, before receiving a loud cheer from the crowd when he Already a well respected live performer, Snob announced “so far it’s been a bit quiet in here Scrilla proved to also be a dab hand on the tonight – make some noise if you wanna get it turntables with an entertaining DJ set at Villa popping off!”

The California raised, Sydney-based on Saturday night.

WAAPA’s Arts Management Student musician is best known for his solo work, such Organisation organised the exclusive Snob as his 2009 full length debut Day One and its Scrilla Sound System show to cap a recent lead single, Triple J favourite There You Go Again, fundraising drive (which is far more interesting not to mention his song writing work for artists such as Jessica Mauboy on two times platinum than your typical bake sale or car wash).

And it seems to have paid off – after single Running Back. He also has a reputation for a quiet couple of hours, Villa started filling up strong live performances, making it out our way just after 10pm. After early sets from Zina and on his Farewell Monkey National Tour last year Mireyleese, local icon Micah showed why he is and playing at Parklife before that.

In the studio, Snob Scrilla is renowned the perennial Best Breaks DJ winner at the Perth Dance Music Awards, warming the crowd up with for blending seemingly incompatible genres such as indie rock, hip hop and electro to his funky selections.

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Snobscrilla develop his own sound, so it wasn’t surprising that his DJ set also showed off his eclectic taste in music.

His high energy, crowd pleasing set seamlessly moved through dubstep, funky breaks, drum ‘n’ bass, grime, alternative rock, hip hop, house and many other genres over 90 minutes. Villa certainly wasn’t packed and the upstairs area was closed, but nobody seemed to mind as punters made their way to the dance floor.

Meanwhile Snob Scrilla seemed to be having fun on stage, smiling and bouncing around as much as those in the crowd and occasionally taking the microphone to hype them up.

Dancers got into a breaks remix of Big Boi’s recent hit Shutterbugg, a cheesy but fun remix of Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes’ (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life and current Triple J favourite Barbra Streisand by Duck Sauce, a collaboration between Armand Van Helden and A-Trak.

But perhaps the biggest response was saved for Grinspoon’s 2002 hit Lost Control, which had the whole dance floor singing along until Snob Scrilla effortlessly transitioned into a drum ‘n’ bass number.

The energy didn’t abate until the show ended at midnight with most pleased punters ready to party on and, hopefully, plenty of funds collected for the Arts Management Student Organisation. _JOSHUA HAYES www.xpressmag.com.au

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MONDAY 01/11 Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – Plastic Max / The Token Gesture The Paddo - DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy

TUESDAY 02/11 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Bird - Taco Leg / Astral Travel Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards 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

WEDNESDAY 03/11 Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Bird – The Gin Club 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 - Jamie Mac / Devo Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Mint – Open House - DJ Chris / DJ Matt Manhattans – Datura/ Hunting Huxley/ The Loved DJs Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen / DJ Tom / The Chad Niche - DJ Frankie Button Paddo - Ben Merito Rosemount – Tracksuit/ Apollo National/ Cygnet Committee / The Real Luke Dux Shape – DJ Vadim- Kit Pop / Zeke/ Diger Rokwell The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1

THIS WEEK Ice Cube Friday, October 29 @ Metro City Bingo Players Friday, October 29 @ Metro City DJ Hostage Friday, October 29 @ The Bakery

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Martin Buttrich Friday, November 19 @ Geisha

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Underground Sound System feat. Jinja Safari Friday, November 5 @ Fremantle Town Hall + DJ Douche Unit Friday, November 5 @ The Bakery NEW

Stacey Pullen Friday, October 29 @ Geisha

The Panacea / Robyn Chaos / Killswitch / Of God Friday, Novemember 5 @ Rise

DJ Fierce Friday, October 29 @ The Rosemount

Akil (Jurassic 5) & Louis Logic Friday, November 5 @ Manhattans

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Yacht Club DJs Friday, October 29 @ Amplifier

RTRFM’s Rock Rattle & Roll Friday, November 5 @ Deville’s

MOS Clubbers Guide To Spring feat.

D.Ramirez/Anna Lunoe/John Course/ Shazam Friday, October 29 @ Villa

Ernesto vs Bastian Friday, November 5 @ Rise

+ Maybe Zombies Will Help feat.

Hippo Camp Saturday, O c tober 30 @ Nor folk Basement

Pendulum Saturday, November 6 @ Challenge Stadium The Aston Shuffle Saturday, November 6 @ Villa

Fema Kuti/ The Positive Force Friday, November 19 @ The Bakery Pharoahe Monach / Jean Grae Saturday, November 20 @ Villa Summerbeatz feat. Flo Rida/Jay Sean/ Soulja Boy/ Travis McCoy/ Stan Walker/ DJ Nino Brown Tuesday, November 23 @Burswood Dome

Draught / Optamus Saturday, December 11 @ Villa \Perth Dance Music Awards Sunday, December 12 @ The Rosemount Breakfest feat. Plump DJs/ Freestylers/Freq Nasty/Kid Kenobi/ MC Shureshock/Rico Tubbs/Atomic Hooligan/Far Too Loud/Soul Of Man + more Sunday, December 26 @ Belvoir Amphitheatre

DJ Krush Saturday, November 27 @ Villa

Origin NYE 2010 feat. Chase & Status/ S u b fo c u s / H i g h Co nt ra s t / N e ro / Spor/16Bit/Breakage/Evol Intent + more Fr i d a y, D e c e m b e r 3 1 @ B e l v o i r Amphitheatre

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

Summadayze 2011 feat. Erol Alkan/ C h r o m e o / A r m i n Va n B u u r e n / David Guetta/N.E.R.D/ Bob Sinclair/ Wolfgang Gartner/ Rivastarr/Miami Horror/Yuksek/ Aeroplane + more Saturday, January 8 @ Supreme Court Gardens

Santiago/Bushido Friday, November 26 @ Ambar NEW

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Hump Day Project Saturday, October 30 @ Ambar

Spinderella Sunday, November 7 @ Eve

Court Street Party feat. Paul Mac/ Sarah Mcleod, Mobin Master, Nacho Pop Saturday, October 30 @ The Court Hotel

Spit Syndicate/The Tongue Thursday, November 11 @ Rocket Room/ Friday, November 12 @ Mojos

Boys Noize Halloween feat. Strip Steve/ Das Glow Saturday, October 30 @ Villa Pride Party 2010 feat. Therese, Kitty Glitter , Sam La More Saturday, October 30 @ Connections

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King Tito’s Dirty Disco feat.

Red Ink Friday, November 12 @ East End Bar NEW

Shonky Friday, November 12 @ Ambar NEW

Bioweapon Friday, November 12 @ Rise

Mayhem Saturday , October 30 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre

12th Planet / Reso Friday, November 12 @ Shape

Seth Sentry Sunday, October 31 @ Rosemount

Damo Suzuki Friday, November 12 @ Bakery

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DJ Vadim Wednesday, November 3 @ Shape

Bone Thugs N Harmony Friday, November 19 @ Metro City

Baked NYE feat. Fly Lotus / Hudson Mohawke / The Gaslamp + More Saturday, Januray 1 @ The Bakery Krafty Kuts Friday, December 3 @ Villa Phife D & Ali (A Tribe Called Quest) Friday, December 3 @ The Bakery Bag Raiders Sunday, Devcember 5 @ Scarborough Beach Ampitheatre Gorillaz Monday, December 6 @ Burswood Dome NEW

Cut & Paste- Micro-Festival feat. 6s & 7s/ Felicity Groom/ Diger Rokwell/ The Panda Band / Naik/ Kip Pop / Zeke / Tomas Ford / Mathas Saturday, December 11 @ The Bakery

Cuban Club 2011 feat. Bat Raiders / Arrested Development/ DJ Micah/ Sambalicious / Will Udall/ Andy Sadler + more Saturday, January 1 @ The Flying Squadron Yacht Club, Nedlands Club Paradiso feat. Digitalism/ Sebastian Leger + more Saturday, January 1 @ Salt On The Beach 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 NEW

Raggamuffin 2011 ( Mary J Blige, Jimmy Cliff, Maxi Priest, Sean Paul, The Original Wailers, The Black Seeds, Ky-Mani Marley , The Red Eyes + More Wednesday, Januar y 26 @ Per th Fremantle Oval

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