Perth Music

British India, Dukes Of Windsor, Bluejuice, The Panda Band, Red Jezebel, Harlequin League, John & The Inverarities plus a special DJ surprise.

Sun 23rd November on the lush grounds of University Of Western Australia, Hackett Drive, Nedlands.

Gates open 2.00pm – 9.00pm.
All Ages Welcome.
Licensed Area 18+ Only ID Required. No BYO. No Pass outs. Good food - good times - good toons

General Public Tickets (Strictly Limited Capacity) go on sale 9AM Thurs 25th September.
Available from:
BOCS www.bocsticketing.com.au 9484 1133, 78 Records www.78records.com.au 9322 6384, MOSH www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX and Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au

DISCOUNT – Student Prices available for a limited time on campus from UWA Student Centre ph 6488 2269, www.guild.uwa.edu.au. ECU Mt Lawley. Central TAFE Leederville. Murdoch Uni.

We have 2 double passes to give away!! Just email perthmusic@gmail.com with VROOM in the subject line along with your name, age and mailing address.

During the 90’s Supergrass were a group of cheeky youngsters who typified the upbeat and positive mood of a nation who just a damn good party. With their mad hair, massive sideburns and wild, crazy, running-along-the-beach-without-a-care-in-the-world antics, Supergrass were the band of choice for the kids. Fast forward to 2008, the kids have grown up, and so have Supergrass.

Diamond Hoo-Ha is Supergrass‘ 6th studio album and is the band at their exuberant best. To celebrate their new album the band is touring Australia and will be playing at Metropolis Fremantle on Wednesday 8th October with special guests The Panda Band.

We have 3 double passes to give away!! Just email perthmusic@gmail.com with Supergrass in the subject line along with your name, age and why you deserve free tickets more than anyone else.

Competition ends Monday 6th October.

Hailing from Perth, Bravo Inferno are a new rock/pop band making music that they love. Bravo Inferno are energetic one song, cruisey the next, and are absolutely always passionate. Featuring sensational lead guitars and catchy heartfelt lyrics, Bravo Inferno are a band you’ll want to crank up loud and sing along with.  Guitarist Glen Strindberg caught up with Justin Middleton for this exclusive interview.

I asked Glen to give us a little bit of a history of the band and how the members got together to create Bravo Inferno. “The band got together with Lee (McDonald, vocals) and myself jamming in a tiny lounge room for about a year on some ideas. We decided we wanted to create a sound that we liked. We were not looking to break musical boundaries, we wanted to create music that would excite us. Something we would enjoy listening to time and again.”

“After recording our EP ‘This Balloon‘ it became obvious that if we were to push this musicial gamble further we needed to get some other musos in on action. After looking for the right people for the role Wayno (Clayton, Drums), Gardy (Mike Gardiner, Guitar) and Christy (Fok, Bass) joined with thier own stlye and influence, hence Bravo Inferno exploded onto the scene.”

Asked what bands have had the most influence on the band and your music, Glen replied “There have been many bands that have influenced our sound. All of us “Bravo Inernites” have different bands we like. Interpol, Maximo Park, Foo Fighters, Powderfinger, Frans Ferdinand, Kings of Leon and many more. Currently Vulture St by Powderfinger is rotating in the car stereo.”

I asked Glen to list his top 5 Perth bands of all time. “Mmmmm tricky one. All time Top five Perth Bands would have to include Birds of Tokyo, Jebediah, Kill Devil Hills, The Dirty Secrets and John Bultler Trio. For thier musicianship and stage presence.”

Glen says “Live shows for us is about sharing with people what we hear every week at practise. Solid catchy songs with exciting lyrics. When we play live to 5 or 500 people we want them to feel that we are giving our best.”

“Crowd interaction does mean a lot to us. Crowds respond to being acknowledged. We aways make an effort to mingle before and after the gigs to show our appreciation and to hear feedback. Lee always give his 110% to the songs and the crowd when on stage. All you have to do is look and see the sweat dripping off us in the first few songs to realise how hard we work to entertain. We jokingly have said we need roadies to run out and mop our brows after each song.”

Asked whether he had to give up alcohol or playing music for 6 months Glen replied “Haha is that a trick question? Give up Alcohol without a doubt. You get the same high playing music and watching total strangers nodding their heads to your songs than anything Alcohol gives you. Plus theres no hangover in the morning and no beer gut!”

Bravo Inferno are playing the following gigs coming up:
Friday September 19th at the Railway Hotel
Saturday October 11th at the Rocket Room
Friday November 21st at the Hyde Park Hotel back room

For more info visit www.myspace.com/bravoinferno

An unprecedented 23 bands from the University of Western Australia will be fighting it out in the National Campus Band Competition (NCBC) this year. The bands are competing in NCBC heats throughout August, with the winning bands playing in Semi-Finals across Perth against other Western Australian universities and TAFEs. The State Final will be held in early October, featuring the cream of this year’s crop of campus bands, and the winning band will walk away with over $2,000 in prizes.

NCBC, now in its 19th year, is the largest live band competition in the southern hemisphere. The competition showcases up-and-coming bands to wider audiences and has helped launch the careers of acts such as Eskimo Joe, The Vasco Era and Jebediah. Last year’s competition saw WA band Will Stoker and the Embers take out the national title, while Black Market Babies, the top UWA band, played alongside Karnivool and Bluejuice at the UWA O’Day concert this year.

Competition between the UWA bands has got off to an early start, with an online ‘People’s Choice Award’ poll showing some clear leaders before the heats have even begun. And, with genres ranging from Indie Rock to Shoegaze/Psychedelic, Alternative/Fusion and New Age Folk Electronica, the 2008 UWA NCBC heats are set to be some of the most entertaining and diverse live music shows in Perth.

The four UWA heats will take place at the UWA Tavern on August 8th, 15th, 21st and 22nd; all at 3pm. Entry is free (18+ ID required). For the running order and details of the bands playing, check out www.guild.uwa.edu.au.

Final Dates
Semi # 1 – Fri Sep 5th Railway Hotel
Semi # 2 – Fri Sep 12th Swan Basement
Semi # 3 – Fri Sep 19th Rocket Room
State Final – Sat Oct 4th Hyde Park Hotel, backroom

Prizes:
The winning band will receive $2000 worth of gear from Kosmic Sound, plus 2 days studio time from Sumo Sound Studio and all the backline needed for studio recording from Lounge Backline. All other prizes can be viewed online at the NCBC West Myspace (www.myspace.com/ncbcwest)

Since their inception in 2007, Harlequin League have wasted no time in forging a reputation as one of the most exciting new acts to come out of Perth in recent months. This August will see Harlequin League cement their progression through the ranks with the release of their highly anticipated, debut EP We Used To Be Gods, Now We’re So Plain.

To celebrate the impending release, Harlequin League will be showcasing tunes off their new EP at an all-ages and absolutely free event as part of Triple J’s live @ The Wireless this Sunday 3 August, at The Fly By Night in Fremantle with Birds Of Tokyo and Abbe May.

With the debut EP being recorded by respected Melbourne producer Woody Annison (Children Collide, Red Riders, Rocket Science, Dardanelles), Harlequin League’s first official recorded effort represents a melting pot of influences. Mixing gritty post-punk with ambient undertones and channeling the eclectic pop of the UK new wave, We Used To Be Gods, Now We’re So Plain represents the next phase in Harlequin League’s career.

Sun 3rd August - Triple J’s Live @ The Wireless at The Fly By Night, Fremantle - with Birds Of Tokyo and Abbe May
Thur 7th August - Deville’s Pad, Perth - with special guests TBA

For more info visit www.myspace.com/harlequinleague.  Harlequin League’s debut EP to be released August 2008, on Good Cop Bad Cop Records.

On Sunday, 3 August, Triple J is getting festive in Fremantle with three of WA’s best live acts.  Local heroes Birds Of Tokyo headline a huge Live at the Wireless at The Fly By Night with special guests Abbe May, and Harlequin League. The Triple J live music magicians will be there to record the entire show with boisterous support from a few hundred lucky Sandgropers.

The best part is that it’s all-ages and absolutely free!   We’ve also got an esky full of drinks, and a fist full of VIP double passes to hang out with the bands (and Triple J’s Rosie Beaton) after the show. Be listening from Friday 3pm on Dools & Linda this Friday and all next week to find out how to get your hands on one.

This is gonna be massive, so get there early to nab your place.

Triple J Live at the Wireless
with Birds of Tokyo, Abbe May, and Harlequin League
Sunday 3 August 2008
Fly By Night, Fremantle
Doors at 2pm
Free and All-Ages

***Update***

Please note that because of the venue’s liquor licence, this event must now be ticketed. The only way to see this stellar line-up is by winning tickets by listening to triple j or signing up to jmail.

Boost Mobile Rock The Schools is excited to announce that Newcastle band Here Come The Birds is the inaugural winner of the “MySpace and Boost Mobile Rock WA” competition!

A joint initiative from Boost Mobile and MySpace.com, the competition received hundreds of entries from around the country and is worth a cool $30k. Here Come The Birds will perform in front of thousands of screaming secondary school students in WA, and share their experience and knowledge of the music industry with the students in workshop sessions.

“Every now and then you come across a band on MySpace that sound effortlessly familiar, yet offer something different and unique. Here Come The Birds have this and more. As well as their incredible music, they have an energy which resonates both live and on record. With an array of transatlantic influences, combining elements of US indie punk (think Brand New, Jimmy Eat World and other great prehistoric emo purveyors) and British angular rock (think Bloc Party and Gang Of Four) Here Come The Birds produce an array of great songs with melodies and rhythm to hook you in straight away and are testament to the wellspring of talent on MySpace.com. Expect some great things to come from these five young Novacastrians.” said Rebekah Horne, Vice President, MySpace.com Australia

This five-piece indie influenced band from Newcastle, NSW, made up of Chris Stanton, Dane Bates, Shaun McKay, Tom Bellam and Adrian Smith, have been independently releasing demos since 2005. Last summer they recorded a fantastic EP with Powerhouse Studios, alongside ARIA award nominated producer Greg Stace (for Kid Courageous), blending a diverse mix of new wave, indie and post punk sounds.

Here Come The Birds are cementing their spot as a hot new band in the music industry having also just been announced as one of two grand finalists in the Tooheys Extra Dry uncharTED competition two – Australia’s largest prize pool & hottest breaking band competition.

Highly regarded in the music industry as a vital launching pad for young bands, the Boost Mobile Rock The Schools tour this year received applications from over 40 bands around Australia, and internationally. The tour nurtures the next generation of Aussie music talent and previous bands on the tour have included ARIA Award winning Operator Please and high-energy rockers Skybombers who have just opened for the Foo Fighters in Auckland.

Here Come The Birds won flights and accommodation to join the Boost Mobile Rock The Schools Tour in Perth where they will play the Boost Mobile Launch gig plus a week of concerts at high schools through WA in August.

The competition was run through www.myspace.com/rocktheschools, and a panel of industry experts waded through hundreds of entries to arrive at their decision. To be in the running, each band had to submit a 100 word answer as to why they should be picked to join the Tour, as well as submit their songs to be judged by the panel.

It has finally happened! Much to the joy from his management, agent, fans and personal entourage, Luke Steele has confirmed his first ever national solo tour. The enigmatic frontman of The Sleepy Jackson will be ditching the gadgets and leaving his band at the side of the road. The Luke Steele Roadshow will take in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and places in between throughout August. This run will see Luke performing in intimate acoustic guitar mode, performing songs from both Sleepy Jackson albums Lovers and Personality, as well as a selection of new songs from current projects.

Formed in Perth in 1999, The Sleepy Jackson are arguably Australia’s most critically acclaimed band of the past decade. Lovers was named “Album Of The Year” by The Guardian UK and was nominated for the US Shortlist Prize along with the likes of David Bowie, Neil Young and PJ Harvey. Back home, it garnered five ARIA nominations including album of the year. Follow up, Personality debuted Top 10 in Australia and saw the band enter more adventurous terrain acclaimed by critics, celebrities and music lovers alike. After five years electrifying audiences across the US, UK, and Europe, Australia is about to experience the richness of Steele’s pure pop melodic genius in never-before-seen solo mode.

Luke is currently putting the finishing touches on two exciting album collaborations with some of Australia’s most revered musicians. Expect both releases this year. Stay tuned for more details.

For fans of the The Sleepy Jackson and lovers of good music, The Luke Steele Roadshow offers something unmissable. The setlist includes favourites “Good Dancers”, “This Day”, “Rain Falls For Wind”, “Come To This”, “God Lead Your Soul”, “Devil In My Yard”, “Miles Away”, “You Needed More” and much more. Very special guests will be featured at each performance.

Tix will go on sale on 4 July 2008. See details below.
Tue 5th August - Toff In Town, Melbourne - www.moshtix.com.au
Wed 6th August - The Basement, Sydney - www.ticketek.com.au
Thur 7th August – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla - venue (02) 9544 3844
Fri 8th August - Sol bar, Coolum QLD - www.solbarmusic.com
Sat 9th August - Globe Theatre, Brisbane - www.oztix.com.au
Fri 15th August - Devilles Pad, Perth - www.moshtix.com.au

Talented local Perth girl KNiKi is about to launch her second CD ‘Just…‘ on the 15 August 2008 at the Charles Hotel. KNiKi has been working with the legendary John Meyers (formerly Rose Tattoo and Chain) on the collaboration of the album.

KNiKi returns to her first love, the blues, in this her second CD. Her powerful, sultry come hither voice will take you on a soul touching musical journey. Come and join KNiKi for a ride you won’t forget

Tickets available now at Ticketmaster

RTRFM’s Fremantle Winter Music Festival takes a dark and deadly twist this year – ‘tis being held on Black Friday June 13 at the Fly By Night Musician’s Club and Norfolk Basement.

Once again there is a killer line up and this year everyone is getting into the spirits and dressing… Horror!

The creepy Main Room at the Fly By Night features the deathly skills of Sugar Army, Schvendes, Eleventh He Reaches London, Day of the Dead and The Bloods. In the cooky Transit Lounge at the Fly writhe to the chilling solo sounds of Brendon Humphries from the Kill Devil Hills, Craig Hallsworth from Tangled Star and the Slow Beings, Seven Weapons and Eduardo Cossio. Down in the all together ooky depths of the Norfolk Basement dance to the styles of Micah, Sardi, Rok Riley and Dan the Man from Full Frequency, Ben Taaffe from Underground Solution and Graceberg Slim from Soulsides.

Presale tickets for the evening are available for subscribers at the station for $10. General Admission tickets can be bought from Mills Record Bar, Planet Video and 78 records for $15 plus bf. Gold Subscribers will get free entry at the door, but head down early for guaranteed admission.

The frocky horror Freo Winter Music Fest, Black Friday June 13 from 7pm till late at the Fly By Night and the Norfolk Basement. ‘Tis brought to you by Apparition Clothing Hire, the City of Fremantle and the devilishly sound alternative, RTRFM 92.1