Perth Music

The promoters of Rock-It have regrettably announced that there will be no Spring Edition of the concert series this year.  They explained that they want to keep things fresh and make sure that Rock-It just keeps on getting better for you guys, the artists and the staff, so hopefully we see a Summer Edition early 2007.

Chris Chinchilla, former Art Brut guitarist and songwriter announces the release of his first solo material, an 8 track EP entitled ‘Small Gregarious Mammal’, a low budget DIY self release with hand made artwork from Artist ‘Andy South’, and the first from Chris’s new project ‘Ante Scene’, keep an eye open for more on that in the near future. The songs cover a mixture of emotions inspired by events from the last year of Chris’s life, observations on people, finding yourself and place in the world and new angles on being dumped by the love of your life, despite some of the melancholic content, the songs are inspiring and rousing, with crowds at gigs singing and dancing along.

The CD and download is a low-key release, primarily to promote his solo Australian tour and will be available from www.chinchilla-music.co.uk/music.php, gigs and smaller retailers, keep an eye on the site for updates. Chris’s new band ‘Macaca Mulatta’ will be releasing a single later in the year.

Finally, Chris is pleased to announce an Australia and Japan tour with Abdoujaparov (www.abdou.co.uk), country’s his old band never made it to, the dates below are fluctuating and subject to change, any organisations or individuals wishing to help Chris out by booking dates, DJ slots, promotional activities or just help out with Logistics are encouraged to get in touch as again this is a DIY tour, all personally funded, booked and organised, any help is appreciated and welcome!

28/10/06 @ Ricks, Brisbane
28/10/06 @ Jubilee Hotel, Brisbane
2/11/06 @ Excelcia, Sydney
10/11/06 @ Rob Roy, Melbourne
11/11/06 @ Weekender, Melbourne
16/11/06 @ Crown & Anchor, Adelaide
17/11/06 @ Mojos, Frementale
18/11/06 @ Hyde Park Hotel, Perth
30/11/06 @ Lush, Tokyo

Congratulations to Perth band The Dee Dee Dums for winning the WA final of the National Campus Bands Competition.  They beat The Four Walls and Eddie Lovejoy on Saturday night at the Rosemount Hotel and progress to the National Final which will be held in Sydney on the 25th of October this year.

Aussie rockers Grinspoon and Frenzal Rhomb will be heading back to WA to headline this year’s Rollercoaster festival on Mandurah’s western foreshore.

Joining these veterens of Rock for the Boxing Day bill will be The Butterfly Effect, Gyroscope, Downsyde, Behind Crimson Eyes, Cowtown and Birds of Tokyo.

This will be an all ages event with a licenced 18+ area. Located in Hull Park, the adjoining Carnival complete with rides and food and fairy floss will be open all day.

The confirmation of Rollercoaster for 2006 puts to rest rumours that the local council would be cancelling the festival’s permit.

This year’s event will have a second stage that will feature the best local talent from the Peel region.

Tickets will be available soon from Heatseeker, 78 Records, Mill’s, Planet Video and Live stores and cost just $55 plus booking fee.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 will host the heaviest modern metal experience of all, TOOL. After 15 years of breaking, shaking and earthquaking new musical ground, TOOL topped the charts in 2006 with their latest unique melding of art, prog and metal, 10,000 Days. With an unmercifully heavy set that reaches back over a decade to the still staggering Sober, BIG DAY OUT 2007 will feel the earth move under its feet as TOOL rumble and roar into life.

In the summer of 2004, JET wowed BDO audiences with blistering sets showcasing their worldwide smash debut Get Born. Sure, it was only rock‘n’roll, but we liked it! In 2007, JET return to the BIG DAY OUT stage with their new effort, Shine On, a rollicking LP jam-packed with rootsy Delta blues, British hard-rock and Everly Brothers inspired harmonies. Expect a show packing a swaggering rock‘n’roll punch as a new light shines on JET at the BDO.

Direct from outer space, BIG DAY OUT 2007 is thrilled to welcome the most thrilling operatic sci-fi carnival on the face of the earth, MUSE. The fuel powering this prog rock missile from Mars is Black Holes and Revelations, a No.1 album around the world, and a showcase of a band at the top of their game – a game no one else has ever dared dream of playing. In 2007, BIG DAY OUT will be ridiculous, overblown, ambitious and utterly brilliant – all thanks to the one and only MUSE.

In the beginning, there was the BIG DAY OUT. And in the beginning of the BIG DAY OUT, there was VIOLENT FEMMES. Fifteen years after they folk-punked the BIG DAY OUT into existence alongside some little band called Nirvana, VIOLENT FEMMES are back to reclaim what’s rightfully theirs. BIG DAY OUT 2007 will ring to the sounds of the FEMMES classics that have become part of the rock’n’roll fabric: Add it Up. Blister in the Sun. Kiss Off. Gone Daddy Gone. Gimme the Car. American Music… VIOLENT FEMMES at BIG DAY OUT: a rite of passage no self-respecting music fan can miss.

When SCRIBE first stepped up to ask the question “How many dudes do you know flow like this?” in his smash hit Not Many, this young New Zealand rapper was setting out on a crusade to bring a new flavour to the international hip-hop scene. The real deal alternative to gun-toting, bling-laden cash hip-hop, SCRIBE’s powerful stage presence, hard hitting, hook-laden rhymes are irresistible and have inspired all corners of the hip-hop community to wax lyrical.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 is buzzing about the arrival of the best band to come from anywhere, ever – THE KILLERS. The Las Vegas band, led by the “knicker-wettingly debonair” Brandon Flowers, sold 5 million copies of their debut album Hot Fuss, and delivered some of the best singles of the 2000s so far: Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me and Smile Like You Mean It. Now comes the new album, Sam’s Town, and a live show renowned for causing mass singalongs and hormonal hysteria. With the coming of THE KILLERS, BIG DAY OUT 2007 is going to be, well, killer.

Everyone’s favourite Fremantle prodigies ESKIMO JOE run away to join the BIG DAY OUT circus this summer with their third album Black Fingernails, Red Wine in tow. With throbbing drums, warm keyboard atmospheres and ethereal guitars, the Eskies are wildly charismatic showmen with sex appeal to boot. Not afraid of a little rock‘n’roll they are not to be missed at BDO 2007.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 gets back in black with the coming of MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. Beloved by black-clad music fans everywhere for their incendiary hits I’m Not Okay (I Promise), Helena and The Ghost of You, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE are set to leave the pretenders choking in their dust with their new, epic concept album The Black Parade. Led by an iconic performer in Gerard Way, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE will put the pomp and punk pageantry into BIG DAY OUT 2007.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 has a warm, fuzzy feeling now that PEACHES is returning to rub us up the right way. The self-made, self-produced, do-it-yourself leader of the electro punk movement and high priestess of the dirty lyrical classic comes armed with her third album, Impeach My Bush. Having let this Canadian whirlwind have her way with us several times before, it is with a sense of exhilaration and palpable danger that BIG DAY OUT 2007 announces the return of PEACHES.

EVERMORE have come a long way since the initial release of their impressive album debut Dreams; after a phenomenal season of touring on the live circuit, winning hearts in Oz and overseas, the three Hume brothers picked up a swag of awards and found themselves with a multi-platinum selling record. In 2006 EVERMORE have returned with a new album Real Life and we welcome them to the BIG DAY OUT for the first time, to deliver their dynamic rock, melodic harmonies and uplifting lyrics.

Get ready to shake ya ass. SPANK ROCK will bring the party, the rhythms and the raunch to BIG DAY OUT 2007. Hyped by DJs from Freq Nasty to Laurent Garnier, some call SPANK ROCK the figureheads of a sound known as Baltimore Club. We just call ‘em funny, catchy, clever, fearless and most of all, innovative. Representin’ their debut set, YoYoYoYoYo, Baltimore’s SPANK ROCK will be doing fresh, funky and filthy things with hip hop at BIG DAY OUT 2007.

Masters in the business of making music to lift the soul, Perth’s rock‘n’roll genius THE SLEEPY JACKSON return to play the BIG DAY OUT in 2007. With a vision unmatched in modern pop, The Sleepies have the ability to carve out nuggets of pure musical gold; from sublime acid-country to Who-like power pop, they deliver it all. Get ready for songs from their new album Personality: One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird, a heady concoction of sumptuous symphonic beauty, strings and massed choirs included!

Inspiring anticipation, awe and respect all at once, THE HERD has a reputation for fiery, electrifying live shows. With an unconventional line up, THE HERD take to the stage as an eight-piece outfit with three MC’s and two singers. With stage antics that turn the fun up to eleven, THE HERD will get the crowd grooving in flow-motion from the outset. Touring for the first time in 2007, catch them at a BIG DAY OUT near you.

Oozing excitement and an unparalleled energy with everything they do, Melbourne all-girl three-piece THE SPAZZYS bring their brash three-chord power chaos back to the BIG DAY OUT this summer. Since arriving to tear up the scene with their vibrant Ramones-esque punk pop rock, the band has kicked formidable amounts of arse! Don’t miss their red hot performance.

Stay tuned for the next announcement, when the latest additions to amplify your summer of music are revealed.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4th CLAREMONT SHOWGROUND
Graylands Rd Claremont, Perth. Gates Open 11am
Tickets $115 (inc GST) +bf*

After unleashing one of the weightiest bills Western Australia has ever seen, Sunset Events is proud to announce another round of superb acts to complete the line-up for the third annual Southbound Festival.And first up, all the way from the UK, we have the one and only…Basement Jaxx. Energised from the recent release of the duo’s fourth studio album, Crazy Itch Radio, Basement Jaxx will bring their intoxicating beats and rhythms to Southbound for one very special performance, backed by a full live band.

After a number one album and a notorious national tour, the Hilltop Hoods seem like they can’t get any bigger – then they go and collect five ARIA nominations. Witness Aussie hip hop at its finest when the Hoods come to Southbound.

Also being served up at the third annual Southbound Festival are: Melbourne rockers The Vasco Era, Perth’s own psychedelic collective The Panda Band, roots newcomer Dallas Frasca and junior giants The Flairz. Throw in some electro goodness from DJs Fdel, Armee and Charlie Bucket and you’ve got one of the biggest days of entertainment to come to WA.

These fine ambassadors of song join the Southbound ranks alongside world conquering rock crusaders Wolfmother, WA’s very own John Butler Trio, the enigmatic Michael Franti & Spearhead, mighty indie heroes Modest Mouse and pop’s dark princes Eskimo Joe. Plus The Bees, Scribe, Youth Group, The Sleepy Jackson, Matt Costa, Jamie Lidell, You Am I, Saul Williams, Little Birdy, The Black Seeds, The Exploders, The Audreys, Blue King Brown, Josh Pyke, The Presets and Infusion.

So many seminal names, so many superlative sounds, all on three stages on Saturday, January 6, at Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Busselton.

For more information, plus all playing times, go to the Sunset website. All tickets are on sale now.