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Puff 'n' Stuff.
As the season grows chill and Puff's wardrobe tends toward a selection of natty scarves, it's good to see that Adelaide's many, many talented musical types are still dedicated to getting out of the warmth of the lounge room in the interests of serving their muse. Like The Standard Deviations, for example: they're launching their self-titled CD at the Governor Hindmarsh on Sun 5 June (at 2pm, for those who are working the following morn), with musical support from Quentin Eyers, Miranda Bradley and some stand up comedy from Andrea O'Shea.
Suite are also in a CD launching mood; that's why they're having
a gig specific to that purpose at the Fad Bar & Gallery on Fri
10 June, with Brian Ruiz.
Similarly, Canvas are launching their new CD at the Wheatsheaf on Sun 19 June.
Folkie Jim Lesses is also launching his new effort at the SA
Folk Centre on Fri 24 June.
There'll be all-ages emo/hardcore action at the Crown & Anchor
on Sun 5 June when Line Of Departure, 1000 Nightmares, The Rip,
The Open Season and The New Mutiny launch the first edition
of the DVD fanzine 'For The Love Not The Money'. It kicks off
at 4pm, so be early.
Don't forget that Sat 4 June marks the final hurrah for Russian
Teammate, who are ringing down the curtain in style with a farewell
gig featuring The Trafalgars, Sunset Club, Shane Shepherd and
DJ Craig.
Hey, local bands! We here at dB Magazine also do the Music Index of SA & Victoria, and even though the excellent new issue is a scant few months old we're already hard at work on the new one. Not only will it be an invaluable resource with all the contact details for anyone and everyone in the music biz in SA and Vic, it will also contain the third Sound Of MISA compilation. To that end, we want you to submit your best new tracks so we can show off what SA has to offer to the nation; whether it's good quality demo, unreleased, forthcoming or only just released. We just want to make another kick-ass compilation of SA talent, so drop your music into the office at 179A Hindley St or email hello@misa.com.au for more details.
And while we have your attention, sweet local talents, remember
that entries into this year's Musicoz (the national competition
for unsigned artists) close on Fri 29 July: check out www.musicoz.org
for details on how you could be snaring yourself prizes that
include over $100,000 cash, a pressing and distribution deal
with MGM, a recording session at Velvet Studios in Sydney and
loads more. But get onto it now, OK?
Post-punk Sydneysiders Kiosk are paying Adelaide a visit for a show to lunch their 'Growing Pains' 7" with buddies Wolf & Cub and Hit The Jackpot, which will take place at the Lizard Lounge on Wed 15 June.
Stuff from Puff: the imminent beginning of 'Rock Star: INXS'
(in which the remaining members of the band pour the last dregs
of their dignity down the drain as they oversee a worldwide
reality-TV audition for a new frontman) has gotten just that
little bit tackier with the news that INXS will be taking the
career of Dave Navarro down the toilet with them: the former
Jane's Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist is hosting
the show with Brooke Burke. Classy... To the surprise of absolutely
no-one, all five members of The Spice Girls are looking set
to reunite for a world tour and a Best Of. This shock decision
was no doubt completely unrelated to EMI's decision to quietly
drop Geri Halliwell from the roster a couple of months back,
reportedly with a completed album ready for release (she was,
incidentally, the last of the Spices to still have a major-label
deal)... Speaking of which, the 'Girls are likely to unleash
themselves at the second Live Aid concert, which has been confirmed
for the UK in July (it's also likely to be called Live Aid 8,
since it'll be coinciding with the G8 conference of world leaders
in London). No word on who'll be playing, but Bob Geldof and
Midge Ure will be putting the lineup together once again and
the likes of U2, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Madonna and The Rolling
Stones are early tips to appear... Bands are losing members
right and left at the moment: first Sparta part ways with guitarist
Paul Hinojos while the band record their new album, then The
Darkness report that bassist Frankie Poullain has been given
the heave-ho over (all together now) "musical differences".
They're also in the studio working on their second album at
the moment - however, Good Charlotte haven't let the dismissal
of drummer Chris Wilson for (ahem) "personal health problems"
slow them down: they've enlisted Morrissey's drummer of choice
Dean Butterworth on their current tour... Damon Albarn, meanwhile,
is still hoping he can woo guitarist Graham Coxon - who quit
in 2002 - back into Blur; despite the band having released the
rather excellent 'Think Tank' without him, Coxon having released
several solo albums and Abarn's new Gorillaz CD debuting at
number one in the UK this week. "I did consider him for many
years to be like my brother," he recently told BBC Radio 1.
Meanwhile, there was almost a Wu Tang Clan on Mon 23 May when
Ghostface, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck and Cappadonna joined
GZA's set at BB Kings Blues Club in New York... Roxy Music have
reformed again; sort of, and without frontman Bryan Ferry. Andy
Mackay, Paul Thompson and Brian Eno are all helping out on Phil
Manzanera's upcoming solo album '6PM'... Following in the footsteps
of AC/DC, who had an alleyway in Melbourne named after theme
earlier this year, Seventh Avenue in Hibbing, Minnesota has
now been named "Dylan Drive" in honour of Bob Dylan having grown
up there. It's no small deal either: Puff's been on at the State
Government for months about renaming the council district of
the City Of Happy Valley to the far zippier "Puff's Crazy Good
Time Municipal District of Rock", but Mike Rann just doesn't
return calls... Time for another trawl around the courts, and
both sides have rested in the Michael Jackson child molestation
case. The general opinion seems to be that he'll walk free on
all charges, since the prosecution made a bit of a hash of the
whole "proving their allegations" thing while the defense showed
that the accuser's family had an adorable habit of extorting
money out of celebrities (with testimony from the likes of Jay
Leno and Chris Rock)... It's not looking quite so rosy for Phil
Spector though; while he's still denying that he shot actress
Lana Clarkson dead at his home in February 2003, the prosecution
look set to produce four women who will testify that Spector
had whimsically pointed guns at them during dates... And finally,
Britney Spears, Faith Hill, Aerosmith's Steve Tyler and Joe
Perry, Tim McGraw and N*Sync are among the celebrities vying
for a place in Heaven by appearing on the 'Tribute To Pope John
Paul II' video, reading poems and prayers by the late Pope.
Televised talent quests: is there anything the world loves more? Evidently not, since the 'American Idol' final was apparently the biggest yet: hundreds of millions tuned in from all around the world to watch corn-fed country sweetheart Carrie Underwood take out rocker Bo Bice. Underwood may be the Idol, but since this means that Bice isn't obliged to record a version of Angels Brought Me Here (yes, the very same awful song that Guy Sebastian was forced to record after winning 'Australian Idol'), Puff reckons he's dodged a bullet. Here's Underwood, enjoying her first listen.
Meanwhile, Eurovision was disappointingly competent in its 50th
year, although how Greece's Helena Paparizou took out the gong
with My Number One is a mystery when the contest featured the
Darkness/Europe-like glam-metal of Norway's Wig Wam (whose In
My Dreams was easily the most rocktastic song on offer) and
Moldova's first ever entry, the ska-lite of Zdob [Shi] Zdub's
Grandmamma Beats The Drum-A which featured, as promised, a drumming
grandma. Those aside, the night was notable mainly for a) having
about 15 songs with the same tribal drums and middle-eastern-inflected
melody of the last two years' winners Ruslana and Sertab (expect
more next year thanks to Paparizou's win), and b) the four biggest-contributing
countries - Spain, the UK, France and Germany, all of whom get
an automatic berth in the finals - taking up the bottom four
slots. Also, rumour has it that Ireland and The Netherlands
will be re-evaluating whether they even compete in future after
both were knocked out in the semi-finals. Crybabies. Fortunately
there are some things we can always rely on: the Ukraine's hosts
were just as woefully inept as those of every other host country.
Hurrah!
Get gothic, get industrial, get dark: it's time for the Necromancy Subspace Cyber Ball at the Enigma Bar on Sat 4 June.
The Grace Emily will be getting all hip to the Adelaide rock
zeitgeist when Animal Johnson, Pharaohs and Le Femme La Fever
join forces for a gig on Sun 12 June.
Big Star CDs & Records on Rundle St are so taken with the simultaneous release of three of the most anticipated albums of the 2005 - Coldplay's 'X & Y', Oasis' 'Don't Believe The Truth' and The White Stripes' 'Get Behind Me Satan' - that they've decided to open at midnight on Sat 4 June to accommodate those who simply can't wait until a civilised hour to buy their music. They've even hooked up with Alfresco's to supply free coffee for the first 50 people there, so rug up warm and get down there nice and early. Liam'n'Noel would want you to.
Speaking of Coldplay, their big comeback single Speed Of
Sound was kept off the top spot in the UK singles charts
by Crazy Frog, whose version of Harold Faltermeyer's Axel
F (yes, that one from 'Beverley Hills Cop') outsold the
'Play by something like four to one. No, really. An animated,
ring tone-hawking amphibian is at number one in the UK. Puff's
read 'Revelations': clearly, the Apocalypse is nigh.
Tex Perkins makes a long-overdue appearance in Adelaide for a show at the Governor Hindmarsh on Sat 4 June with his ever-popular band The Dark Horses.
Planning to get along to see Thirsty Merc at the Adelaide UniBar
on Fri 10 June? Well, tough: you missed your chance and the
show's now completely sold out. On the plus side, they've added
a date for the night before - that's Thurs 9 June, just in case
you don't have a calendar to hand - at Flinders Uni Tavern.
The blues-loving harpsman Chris Wilson is swinging by the Grace Emily for not one, not one-and-a-half but two shows with his new band of troubadours The Spidermen Catch him on Sat 5 June and Sun 6 June, with Sarah Carroll of Git in support both nights.
The Story Of are spearheading an invasion by masterminding the
Local Band Invasion Parts 1 & 2 at the Enigma Bar and the Colonel
Light Hotel (until recently known as Jimmy Rowes; and far be
it for Puff to quibble, but don't both those venues already
have local bands? Why the need for an invasion? Bring back the
love, The Story Of, bring back the love...). In any case, Part
1 (Enigma, Fri 10 June) will happen on Fri 10 June with the
return of Fall Of Reason after six months out of the public
eye, along with Patriarchal Death Machine, Unprovoked Attack
and Hekyl. Part 2 (Colonel Light, Sat 11 June) boasts Frameshift,
Blow Up Betty, The Story Of and Second Sunset. Charge!
Lovers of sweet acoustic music and gigs in old churches will be well advised to get along to the Singing Gallery in McLaren Vale to catch Billy February, Chris Finnen, Sherilee Hawkins, Heather Frahn, Todd Telford and Richard Tonkin play on Sat 4 June.
Legends Of Motorsport are also returning to Adelaide for the
first time in freakin' ages for a show at the Crown & Anchor
on Sat 4 June with Everest and Pharaohs to support their 'Warm
Milk & Honey/Don't Need Love' CD-EP.
There's crazy amounts of stuff going on, what with the Cabaret Festival and all, so grab a nice warm coat, swig that coffee down and...
Get Out Of The House!
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