And just when you thought things couldn’t get any more warped! If the fact that Australia’s ‘infallible’ political convention has well and truly shat itself wasn’t oddball enough, the madcap Axl Rose has gone and announced he’s bringing his post-millennium incarnation of Guns N’ Roses to Perth.
The folks at One Movement For Music have finally lifted the lid on who is going to share their expertise at this year’s Musexpo Asia Pacific conference, and the line-up reads as a who’s who of the music industry. Hailing from various overseas locations, individuals such as Simon Renshaw, Henning Ahrens, Wu Jun, Jakomi Matthews, Jimmy Steal, Scott Schorr, Benji Rogers, Crispin Parry, Rob Graham, Mark Smutz Smith, Seven Webster, Neill Dixon, Rob Zifarelli, Monte Malone, and Ande MacPherson, will share their knowledge at Musexpo. On the home front, experts such as Molly Meldrum, Michael Chugg, Peter Hebbes, Ian James, Harvey Lister, Paul Piticco, Michael Harrison, Damien Slevinson, Dan Medland, Nick O’Byrne, Jaddan Commerford, Keith Welsh, Russell Thomas and Shayne Locke will share their thoughts on the music industry. To learn more about these fine speakers and all things One Movement, head to onemovementmusic.com.
Punk-soul outfit Philadelphia Grand Jury will be returning to Perth on Friday, December 3, to play Capitol. Following a huge tour that has seen them cross the USA three times and play over 50 dates in the UK, the boys will be looking forward to chillin’ out with some snags and frostys back on home soil. The band will be performing new single Hope Is For The Hopeless on the Australian tour and their cute punk cover of Jay-Z’s 99 Problems. Tickets are available from moshtix.com.au and heatseeker.com.au.
Legendary live act Muse have lined-up Scottish indie rock heavyweights Biffy Clyro as special guests for their Perth show on Sunday, December 19, at Steel Blue Oval. Biffy Clyro are renowned for their energetic performances and play loud experimental rock with melodies to boot. Their fifth album Only Revolutions features a guest collaboration with Queens Of The Stone Age front man Josh Homme, and the band opened for Muse on their European tour. We look forward to seeing them in Perth! Muse’s live show includes huge three dimensional towers, lasers and… “silver trousers”. Tickets are still available for the Perth show from ticketek.com.au.
Supreme Court Gardens - normally home to passing felons and cockatoos - and The Esplanade will be the venue for next year’s Summadayze dance festival. For the first time ever the festival will be held on a Saturday, January 8, and organisers have just announced that Boys Noize, Art Vs. Science (live), Tinie Tempah (live), Claude Vonstroke, PVT (live), Breakbot, Nervo and Stafford Brothers have been added to the line-up. ’Tis going to be a beauty indeed! Limited edition early bird tickets, at a discounted price, are now on sale at ticketmaster.com.au.
The lads from The Dirty Secrets will hit the touring circuit this September to launch their brand spanking new single All Over The World. Featuring a blend of psychedelia with indie pop, All Over The World is set to go gangbusters when it’s launched at Amplifier on Saturday, September 11. To have an early listen, head to thedirtysecrets.com.
Student bands from all over Perth will lock horns at the National Campus Band Competition next month. The competition has been running for over 20 years and previous winners include Eskimo Joe, Jebediah and The Vasco Era. The WA semi finals will take place on Wednesday, September 8; Friday, September 10; and Saturday, September 11, at the Swan Basement in Fremantle. The winner of the State Final receives $500 cash, $1,500 voucher from Kosmic Sound and a spot in the National Final.
The folks behind Live At The Quarry have decided that their 2010 line-up, which already features Lisa Mitchell, John Williamson, Clare Bowditch, Mark Seymour and James Reyne, needs another act to top it all off, so they’ve booked Lior for a very special show on Wednesday, November 17. Taking place at the Quarry Amphitheatre in City Beach, the Live At The Quarry season will see big name acts take to the stage under the stars to enchant Perth audiences, kicking off on Wednesday, November 10, with a show by Lisa Mitchell. Since tickets for Mark Seymour and James Reyne’s concert on Thursday, January 27, have sold out, organisers have arranged for the lads to take to the stage again on Friday, January 28, with tickets on sale now from Ticketmaster. For the full rundown on what’s on and when, head to liveatthequarry.com.au.
Indie popsters The Jezabels have been jangling away in Oceanic Studios in Sydney, putting the finishing touches to their latest EP Dark Storm. It is the final album in an EP trilogy (released on October 1) and follows The Man Is Dead and She’s So Hard. The east coasters will be bringing their mottled dresses and mufflers to Freo in September, playing Mojo’s Bar on Friday, September 24.
Pre-sale tickets are available from thejezabels.com or heatseeker.com.au. Doors open 8pm.
Dubbed as the “James Brown of the Casio”, Chico Mann is a musical time machine who merges the sounds of 1970s Afrobeat, 1980s freestyle and Afro Cuban music. Chico grew up in New York, where his father owned a Latin record label in Hell’s Kitchen. Ignoring his father’s advice to stay out of the music industry, he ploughed ahead, forging a successful career in Latin-electro fusion. And lucky us, he will play with his trio at The Bakery in Perth on Friday, September 24. Tickets are available pre-sale from heatseeker.com.au and on the door on the night.
