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Artist: Peaches ( DJ SET)
Support: Cutter + Shannon Fox, Petrosex + Bad Weather
Venue: Capitol Nightclub
Cost: $30 + BF
Tickets: Moshtix, Bocs Ticketing, Planet Video, Mills Records and 78 Records
“Peaches swings this way to the beat of a DJ with a quick stint of her euroslick DJ shows… in a sweatsoaked electro-rock tussle amid sheets of Peaches madness she lets loose a howl of a groove. Reknowned for her remix and production prowess… for the first time Australia bears witness to a tour of DJ mayhem in a sizzling mixture of electro, hip-hop and rock as presented by Peaches. I feel sweat!
Peaches (Merrill Nisker) burst into transcontinental favor with her very particular brand of cock-sure rapping and spurting groovebox beats. Indeed, this vulgar Canadian temptress may have come from an underground womb of acoustic folk (Mermaid Café), avant jazz (Fancypants Hoodlum), and deconstructed noise swarms (the Shit), but it wasn’t until 2000’s new guise that her fearless, apolitical gender-play truly raised heads.
European trawls unearthed new admirers, and collaborations with the equally lewd Chilly Gonzales certainly fueled the fire for her first solo effort. By the time she signed onto Berlin’s Kitty-Yo label and unleashed The Teaches of Peaches, her niche had already been carved out. Peaches simultaneously sounded like a Penthouse Forum and Grandmaster Flash, Shirley Manson, and Charles Manson — or just Justine Frischmann hitting her sexual peak. Peaches moved to XL, which reissued The Teaches of Peaches in 2002, and released Fatherfucker in 2003 and Impeach My Bush in 2006. ~ Dean Carlson, All Music Guide.”
http://www.peachesrocks.com
http://www.myspace.com/peaches
http://www.knowledgemusic.com.au
This was an awesome night for all those who braved the weather to be outside at The Court. I caught the end of Bad Weather’s set, and heard Alan Braxe – Addicted, so my night started really well! Then when Future Frog hit the decks there was a cool mix of old and new including Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just want to have fun, Major Lazer – Zumbi, and Fever Ray – triangle walks (remix?). Then what was promised was delivered, a heavy bass night! Mikix played a two hour set of full bass, I didn’t know the tracks, although I’m sure he played his own track Movin’ Around and his remix of Stereoheroes – Washout, but other than that it was just the best beat all night long. The crowd went strong for nearly the whole set only fading away around 1, then Hickey got up and kept the crowd going, but I went home because I’m soft! haha good night.
Tomorrow night at SHAPE, Shazam and Shazam’s manager, Sleater Brockman are playing together for the first time ever in Perth. Be prepared for a night of absolute mayhem, where you’ll hear rap, dancehall, house, dubstep and anything else thrown in there for fun, so get ready for a trademark Sleater Brockman set, and before you do go you’ve been lucky enough to get a full interview with Sleater Brockman, it’s a pretty lengthy interview for perthquake but it has some cool responses in there that are definitely worth reading about!
Two standard questions; Who or what got you interested in djing?
I was the typical teenager obsessed with music. I grew up in the northern suburbs of Sydney, there was this amazing record store called Discovery Records in Hornsby where I would spend (more…)
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Jody wisternoff, Music, progressive house
When: Sat August 22nd
Where: Shape
Cost: $20/$15(members) or $15 through the website
Who: Jody Wisternoff (Way Out West);
Upstairs Support: Flex, Kyran Smith, Luke Reti, Richard Lee
Downstairs Acts: Sleater Brockman, Shazam, Bad Weather, Kit Pop, Clouds
This guy has had a varied career and he has been in it for a while. In 1986 at the age of 13 he broke through to the DMC Hip Hop finals. In the early 90’s he was playing hardcore with his act Sub Love. In 94’ he teamed up with Nick Warren to form Way Out West a pretty big act in Progressive house circles, and the body of work he is best known for. The production duo have released four studio albums and released countless remixes. They even toured for their 2004 album “Don’t Look Now” with a 5 piece band. Way out west have a new album due for release later this year so one would expect a few tastes of that in his set. His solo stuff has more of a nu disco feel to it, so there will probably be some of that too.
I have listened to a few of his most recent podcasts (Jody Wisternoff way out there – found on itunes or through his myspace) and they are a good way to get a picture of some of his influences. Its always melodic and light (as compared to dark), there funky and disco bits, other times it melodic house or progressive with some breaks thrown in for good measure. I must say I almost don’t know what to expect, but going in without expectations is often conducive to a fun night.
You can find an interview with Jody here
Artist: Art in Algebra
Support: My Mad Flow – Cheer to the Echo
Venue: Swan Basement
Tickets: $10 at the door.
If your heading to Freo this friday why not kick the night off with some local listening at the SWAN BASEMENT? ART IN ALGEBRA wowed the judges at this years ‘Next Big Thing’ leaving as state finalists and intend to do some serious wowing at their GLORIFIED HOME demo launch friday night.
Supported by My Mad Flow and Cheer to the Echo it adds up to be a great start to the weekend.
www.myspace.com/mymadflow
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: amplifier, indie, lp launch, the scotch of saint james
Artist: The Scotch of Saint James
Support: Red Jezabel & Old Croak
Venue: AMPLIFIER
Cost: TBA
Right, so I just heard VIGILANTE NECK TIE PARTY, the new LP from SCOTCH OF ST JAMES and I’m glad. I’m glad because there’s no more mystery as to where I’ll be this Saturday. I’ll be at AMPS seeing these tracks roll out in the musical flesh.
Local n loud these lads have created a commanding mix of roll and rock that invites you to the party from track one (SQUARE EYES). VIGILANTE NECK TIE PARTY is a persuasive blend of jaunty grooves and dirty guitar runs to please both the rational rock bystander and those sweaty kids down front near the stage.
The triple j featured BLUE PLASTIC SPOON is the tip of the iceberg on what I think is collection of songs that will more than suit ‘our’ AMPLIFIER. Saturday will be a loud evening.
After much anticipation and a somewhat late arrival I entered the Ambar underground to Philly selflessly warming up the crowd, once again demonstrating his versatility and ability to create the right vibe before the main act AC Slater. Taking over with an eclectic mix of bad arse bass, effortlessly combining electro, breakbeats and more than a healthy dose of dubstep. Apart from a few confused looks as the tempo so constantly changed, the majority of the were crowd lapping it up and loving every minute. With hometown hero Micah taking over, he stepped up to the plate to deliver a fitting fusion of electro, breaks and dubstep winning the ambar massive over as only he knows how. As the crowd slowly filtered away Mono Lisa entertained with her energetic, captivating style providing the sounds for the remaining punters who hadn’t had enough dancefloor action. So all in all, another great night at Ambar with a good display from the locals, and an intense set from the Brooklyn badboy of bass seeing everyone attending leaving satisfied and smiling.
Yet another really cool remix has come from Alex Darkly (Heads Will Roll), I think this is my favourite so far. And you will hear me play it out from now on. It’s good to see there are perth productionists working tirelessly on new tracks and trying to bring up Perth’s profile as having some top quality djs, who also do production. We all know we have many good djs already, just go to any of the events posted on Perthquake and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Bar Open, Dorcia, lvinyl, Sneaktip, Unison
Arists: Kit Pop, Bad Weather, Yon Jovi, MUV, Taku, Defrye and Dazastah, D-Lo 
Venue: Bar Open, Both Levels
Cost: 5
Tickets: Door sales only
Finally I’ve done a post one a massive Perth party, going for over a year (party was last week), Dorcia has supported heaps of Perth’s best djs and hosts what has become a massive bi-monthly friday night party. Here’s a good Dorcia mixtape for you to wrap your ears around!
Dorcia Mixtape (Direct Link)
Artist: Voltaire Twins 
Support: Boys Boys Boys!, Shock! Horror!, Petros Rhythm Machina, Rex Monsoon, Jack Attack
Venue: The Republic
Cost: 5
Tickets: Door Sales Only
Hardworking brother and sister duo Jaymes and Tegan Voltaire are ready for the launch of their D.I.L. I saw them last time they played republic, and there was a fair sized crowed getting their groove on to some well known Voltaire Twins tracks. I think the best part is, each time they perform there are new little tweaks and changes to tracks to make them even better than I previously thought.
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Kid Massive, Limelite, Matt Nugent, Metros (Freo)
Limelite put on another pretty large night last night, with a few hundred people being in before the main act started and a consistently busy dancefloor. I was really impressed with Matt Nugents song selection, going between some MSTRKRFT- Heartbreaker (Laidback Luke remix), Daft Punk – One More time, and a really neat remix of Basement Jaxx’s Raindrops by Funkagenda and Paul Thomas. Then when Kid Massive stepped up it became a pretty large set of house music made for all night dancing and I heard the only two Kid Massive tracks I know, Get Busy and his remix of Sweet Dreams. Although he did play Calabria, and that’s always good for a laugh and Hey Boy Hey Girl, which I haven’t heard in a very long time, so it was a pretty enjoyable time, considering I know almost nothing about house music.
Artist: tyDi (ITM #1 Australian DJ)
Support: Darren J & Progress Inn
Venue: Villa Nightclub
Cost: $15 (Doorsales)
Tickets: Doorsales
Saturday 5 September 2009
Villa Nightclub
Doors open at 10pm
“Trance has a new name, and it’s spelt tyDi.
As a 21 year-old DJ he was voted #1 in Australia, and subsequently he spent 2008 touring in support of dance heavyweights Tiesto, Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk. He was a regular on the Australian festival circuit and the wunderkid ended the year with a bang by co-headlining Melbourne’s Sensation NYE party with Fedde le Grand.
As a producer, his tracks have been signed to labels across the globe, including world #1 DJ Armin van Buuren’s own label, Armada. tyDi has produced soundtracks for some of the hard-hitting government advertising, video games and luxury property developments.
Late in 2008, tyDi hit the studio to produce his debut release. Moving away from his traditional roots, he has teamed up with ARIA nominated producer Sameer Sengupta, whose work includes credits for artists such as Paul Mac, Sneaky Sound System and The Potbelleez.
In 2009, tyDi has already been off to an impressive start. On the back of a stellar performance at Melbourne’s Sensation NYE party, the young maverick has secured Main Stage billing at Trance Energy in Holland. In April, he released his debut artist album ‘Look Closer’ which made an impressive debut on the Australian Independent Recording Charts, ARIA Dance Charts and on the international Beatport charts. The first single ‘Foolish’ also found a home in the top ten of the international Beatport charts. With such a solid start to a promising career, Australia’s #1 DJ is a man on the rise.”
tyDi’s website : www.tydi.com
Pacha @ Capitol
Artist: Johnny Gleeson (Pacha Resident)
Support: Mind Electric, Kenny L, Cam Duff & TankTop
Venue: Capitol Nightclub
Cost: Presale $15 – Door sales $20
Tickets: Unmanageable Office / Door Sales
“For the first time in this clubbing generation PACHA the world’s most glamorous and iconic club brand is Popping its trademarked Cherry’s in Perth!
If you aren’t already picking your jaw up off the floor or crawling back into your chair here is why what is about to transpire will become such a historic event…
Since opening its doors in 1973, Pacha Ibiza has become an unrivalled symbol on the global club scene – and the world’s most recognisable club brand famous for its legendary weekly nights hosted by the world’s biggest DJ’s including Steve Angello, David Guetta, Fedde Le Grande & Axwell, as well as the dance world’s heavyweight club nights such as ‘F*** Me I’m Famous’, ‘Defected in The House’, ‘Swedish House Mafia’, ‘Subliminal Sessions’, and their very own ‘Pure Pacha’.
For one night only, Unmanageable invites you to feel the vibe of Ibiza’s legendary Balearic super-club at Capitol. Celebrating the launch of Pacha’s ‘Classic Collection’ CD, and featuring the full Pacha experience (including the infamous Pacha dancers) – do not miss this rare opportunity to feel the vibe of the world’s most celebrated club!
Johnny Gleeson takes headline duty on stage ahead of the release of the Pacha ‘Classic Collection’ CD. No stranger to the big stage Johnny is a Pacha Ibiza and Defected in the House resident DJ and member of the Pacha All-Stars! With a reputation for unforgettable sets, far reaching and influential, Johnny Gleeson is a standout everywhere he plays!
The finest DJ’s in town will join Gleeson as PACHA transforms Capitol nightclub into what can only ever be experienced at one of PACHA’s global phenomenon residencies. This event is a must on any clubbers resume at least once in a lifetime offering the ultimate clubbing journey!”
Set Times
9:45 -11:15 Cam Duff
11:15- 12:30 Kenny L
12:30 – 2:00 Johnny Gleeson
2:00 – 3:00 Mind Electric
3:00 – close TankTop
Artist: Mikix The Cat
Support: Hickey, Bad Weather, Sleepyhead, Future Frog
Venue: The Court
Cost: presale 10, door 15
Tickets: the court, door sales
Part of Trouble and Bass, releasing a stack of awesome heavy stuff from Drop The Lime, Blatta & Inesha, Acid Jacks, AC Slater, and more). Mikix The Cat has remixed Buraka Som Sistema, Curses!, Little Jinder, Rico Tubbs and a few more in there. So if you like any of those artists I’d be heading to the court to see some pretty intense bass being blasted into your ears.
Mikix The Cat – Trash Menagerie HYPE FM Radio Mixtape
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Bad Love Disco Club, Love Saves Fridays, Mike Simonetti, The Republic
Artist: Mike Simonetti
Support: Petro and His Amazing Rhythm Machina, Ben Taafe, Boy Crazy Stacey, Mickey Juice
Venue: The Republic
Cost: 15
Tickets: Door sales only
Head of New York label Italians Do It Better (IDIB), Mike Simonetti is going to grace our shores this month. Great timing as the Perth disco scene begins to grow with The Republic having some great weekly nights and starting to host some impressive international acts. Mike Simonetti’s label IDIB is home to Glass Candy, Chromatics, Desire and Lady Mirage, and Simonetti is also an acclaimed dj himself. With support from some of Perth’s best djs you can expect the 28th to be a great night out.
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: aberdeen street festival, knowledge music, low:fi, low:fi festival
LOW:FI Festival
VENUE
Aberdeen Street Festival, Northbridge
COST
Earlybirds $89 + bf (only limited tix available at stores)
Full price of $105 + bf
TICKET OUTLETS
78 Records, Mills Records, BOCS Ticketing, The DJ Factory, Highs and Lows, Unison, Live Clothing, Planet Video, and online at http://www.moshtix.com.au
18+ EVENT I.D. REQUIRED
LINEUP
// NAS
http://www.myspace.com/nas
// CHALI 2NA Live (Jurassic 5)
http://www.myspace.com/chali2na
// QBERT and MC SUPERNATURAL
http://www.myspace.com/djqbert
http://www.myspace.com/mcsupernatural
// TC and JAKES
http://www.myspace.com/tc
http://www.myspace.com/jakeshench
// NOISIA
http://www.myspace.com/denoisia
// CALYX and TEEBEE
http://www.myspace.com/calyxuk
http://www.myspace.com/teebeesubtitles
// COMMIX
http://www.myspace.com/commix
// MJ COLE
http://www.myspace.com/mjcole100
// ZED BIAS
http://www.myspace.com/zedbias
// COKI
http://www.myspace.com/dmzuk
// LOEFAH
http://www.myspace.com/loefah
// HENCH
http://www.myspace.com/jakeshench
// EXCISION
http://www.myspace.com/excision
Featuring an all out Block Party style event over 3 areas, LOW:FI promises to be the biggest underground music event to take place this year.
Joining together three of the toughest genres in modern music, LOW:FI has secured the cream of todays talent headlined by none other than New York Hip Hop legend – NAS. At the top of the rap game since his debut album in ‘94, Nas brings with him a wealth of experience to a formidable lineup of Hip Hop artists that include CHALI 2NA of Jurassic 5 fame, DJ QBERT and MC SUPERNATURAL together performing their live freestyle battle routine, added to that a superhuman Drum n Bass contingent consisting of Bristols TC & JAKES, Netherlands covert-anted trio that is NOISIA and Perths favourite duo – CALYX and TEEBEE. For the dub heads, bad man COKI, one half of the infamous Digital Mystikz and founder of DMZ Label, alongside the subsonic sounds of LOEFAH, HENCH and EXCISION providing all the low end bass frequencies your body can handle, not to mention the Garage sounds of UK pioneers MJ COLE and ZED BIAS!! Boom!
To be held over three areas in Aberdeen St Northbridge, LOW:FI brings back the original street festival vibe utilising THE ABERDEEN HOTEL, THE SHED and featuring a main stage set up in ABERDEENSTREET providing the perfect arena for your Sunday afternoon!
He’s playing at The Bump tomorrow night and he’s been running events in Perth for over a year now, and I’m sure most of you have heard him Dj or at least heard of him, that’s right I’m talking about that loveable guy Hickey. Well I caught up with him and found out why he started running events, what got him into djing in the first place (it’s a pretty cliched response, he’s right), and the exact number of Xs in JukeBoxxx!
Hey Hickey, something I’ve always been curious about is your Dj name, why Hickey? Any special reason, or just because it’s a good Dj name?
I used to write it in big thick pink marker pen on walls everywhere. Lucious baby pink drippin’ On dirty grey staircases in rubbish hostels in Europe. lol. But yeah, it was just a word i liked to write, and (more…)
It’s always good when someone makes you question your taste in music. It can be painful at times, often it can lead to admitting that you were wrong about a genre or artist and the result is a new found appreciation for music you may have never learnt to enjoy. I can’t say that I’m going to be listening to any more Black Eyed Peas or Lady GaGa than I used to (not a whole lot) after Friday night, but if next to the title, there happens to be some brackets that have DJ Benzi’s name between them, you can be sure it’s gonna feature heavily on my playlist.
I arrived at the Manor in time to catch a good chunk of Kit Pop and Taku who were taking turns on the decks before the headliner. These two never disappoint, if you’re not up on the Paper Chain People collective that these two are a part of, you should stop reading this and head over to their blog and show them some love - then come back and finish reading this.
Benzi took to the decks around 12, and for the next roughly 2 and a half hours proceeded to show us why he’s collaborated on mix tapes with everyone from Lil Wayne to Diplo! His mixing was on point and ridiculously quick, he worked through a stupid amount of music during his set, never letting it get boring or tired. His tune selection was much like his mix tapes, plenty of Southern Rap mixed in with Mad Decent style Club Music which the crowd was exceptionally receptive to. At some points it seemed like just about everyone was on the dance floor, there definitely wasn’t a stiff neck in the place.
Blender made a great move bringing Benzi over, it would have been nice if a few more people had made it to the Manor to listen, but this being his first time to Australia and the whole Dirty South Hip Hop movement having not really taken off in Perth a smaller crowd was to be expected. Never the less it was an awesome event, and everyone who made it and hung around for the whole night definitely did not go home disappointed.
DJ Benzi’s Site (plenty of mixtapes, tunes and info for those that missed out)
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Kid Massive, Limelite, Matt Nugent, Metros (Freo)
Artists: Kid Massive (UK), Matt Nugent (SYD)
Support: Zelimir
Venue: Metros (Freo)
Cost: 15
Tickets: Door sales only
Okay I have heard of Kid Massive but I have to admit I’m pretty unknowledgeable about this guy, but I do know he is one of the biggest names in house, and seems to be either being played by massive names (Axwell, Laidback Luke, Dave Spoon), remixing massive names (Jonathan Ulysesses, Milk and Suger) or getting tracks on massive labels (Tiesto’s, Ministry, Strictly Rhythm). So if you like house I’d get down to limelite this friday!
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Limelite, Metros (Freo), Russ Chimes
Zel kicked off the night with a number of popular tunes by Crookers, Sidney Samson, and Kid Cudi and the crowd soaked it up. As the clock struck midnight and Russ got to the decks a whole new crowd had wondered in, the posers were gone and the Russ Chimes fans, and a few ‘hangers on’ hit the dance floor. Instead of opting for his Valerie Collective style tracks Russ did what every dj should learn to do (more…)
Filed under: Music, Perth | Tags: amplifier, hardcore, mayfair, metal, touring
GENRE: HARDCORE.
METAL & HARDCORE FANS. This weekend heralds the return of one of the east coasts loudest and proudest as MAYFAIR cross the country to bring the west some noise once again. Fresh off the back of a name change and some serious recording time, the boys have joined WE ARE THE EMERGENCY and CITY ESCAPE for a series of shows in and around Perth kicking off tonight in Mandurah, a Friday at AMPLIFIER and an ALL AGES LEEDERVILLE Sunday show. Hardcore fans, you wont be disappointed. Go out and get a piece of this tour!
PERTHQUAKE interviewed the boys about what bought them back to the west for round two. PQ – What bough you guys back to Perth? (more…)
Venue: Claremont Showgrounds
Cost: TBA
Tickets: inthemix (from 20th August)
Lineup:
Deadmau5
Axwell
Fedde Le Grand
John Dahlback
The Crookers
Surkin
The Bloody Beetroots feat MC Justin Pearson
Miss Kittin & The Hacker
Marco Carola
Chicane
Cut Copy DJs
Drop the Lime
Renaissance Man
Alter Ego
Zombie Nation
Umek
Hudson Mohawke
Tim Sweeney (DFA)
The Cobra Snake
Kidda
Juan Kidd/Jason Herd
Grant Smillie
Andy Murphy
Acid Jacks
Grafton Primary
Canyons
Knightlife
Bag Raiders
+ and more to be announced
I didn’t go last year (the video looks like Don Diablo got a really good reception though), but this year the lineup is too impressive to miss, they’ve got some nice heavy stuff in there with Drop The Lime, Surkin, Zombie Nation and The Bloody Beetroots, some cool indie stuff with Bag Raiders, Knightlife, Canyons, Tim Sweeney and Grafton Primary, and a few house acts and most important Deadmau5, I love his song Funkenstein, it’s so corny…
Filed under: Music, Perth | Tags: Dj Rohan Smith, Jackattack, W.I.L.L., Work Experience Djs
A month has flown by! We’re up to our second ‘Best Of’ series, and we might not offer you the newest music all the time, but we hope to impress you with some tracks you might not have listen to closely or haven’t heard of at all. Make sure you spend a little bit of time on this post checking out these tracks, it’s a good way to get out of work/uni. I’m going to add my two cents to this post and point out an awesome Trevor Loveys‘ Remix and one of my favourite tracks showing either the talent or cheek of Daft Punk.
Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun – Always (Trevor Loveys Remix) (128 Kbps)
And regular JackAttack suggests these… An old Italo-disco track from 1982; The System – It’s Passion
And a Kate Bush cover, I really like the Placebo cover of this song, and haven’t listened to this one too much so let me know what you think.
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (Chromatics Cover) (128 Kbps)
Work Experience Djs have offered up some tracks I like too, and one half of Work Experience Djs is also the man behind Heads Will Roll, your favourite music info blog! (Or equal if you enjoy Perthquake). We’ll start with Jeffer by Boys Noize, can this guy do no wrong?! I love the new tracks of his, and then a Hey Today! remix, and I really enjoy listening to anything by them at the moment, and of course this is no exception.
Zombie Nation – Radio Controlled (Hey Today! Remix) (128 Kbps)
And finally Dj Rohan Smith, a minimal dj often found playing at Habitat, who played a perfect set last Saturday night (these may or may not have been words that he used to describe the set…), so keep your eyes out for any future gigs he plays. First up is Hopp Hopp (einzelkind remix) by Nima Gorji.
And finally I Lost My Brain At Wrinchout (Barem Remix) by Mark Henning
Playing on the 14th at Ambar (event info here), is AC Slater, a man who makes some of the most heavy electro out, and he shares his name with one of the characters from Saved By The Bell, which makes for an amusing story in the interview. (And an excuse for me to learn more about 90s tv, and post amusing videos, too bad they added that music to it). If you want to know more about AC Slater’s production career and dj insights then read the full interview after the jump… And you can listen to BanGer while you do it, to prepare yourself to ’smash it’ with AC Slater!!!
Hey AC Slater, thanks for taking the time to do an interview with Perthquake. Okay I have to get this out of the way first… I’ve known about Saved By The Bell, but I was too young to appreciate it, so I did some wikipedia and youtube research, on the other not so real, AC Slater…Is your dj name based on his character? Are you a great wrestler?!
People used to call me by my initials, AC. When I got my first (more…)
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Don Diablo, Limelite, Metros (Freo)
Artist: Don Diablo
Support: Limelite Elite
Venue: Metros (Freo)
Cost: TBA
Tickets: TBA
This guy is growing in popularity worldwide after local Dutch folk have known about the talent of this producer, dj, blogger, remixer (and fashion icon???). He uses 4 decks in a dj set, not that it’s a guarantee of quality but it requires some serious coordination to have 4 going at one time! And he’s a humanitarian, working with a UN-supported campaign to fight back against HIV and AIDS. And there is nothing like a video clip that includes a riot, dancing women and some form of super freak muscle men!
Don Diablo & Example – Hooligans (A1 Bassline Remix) (128 Kbps)
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: Capitol, Does It Offend You, Select Touring, Yeah?
Artist: Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Support: TBA
Venue: Capitol
Cost: 48.40 +Bf
Tickets: Moshtix, regular ticket outlets
Yeah these guys are from Reading, my family’s home town, I probably shouldn’t admit that my family lived near reading but obviously I don’t mind. The top track We Are Rockstars, is about my favourite track of 2008, I didn’t find it early or anything like that, it was on the radio one day, and I fell in love…
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – We Are Rockstars (Cold Blank Remix)
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Epic Last Song (Jack Beats Remix)
Filed under: Event, Music, Perth | Tags: shape, SHAZAM, sleater brockman, tick tock
Artists: Sleater Brockman, Shazam
Support: Badweather, Kit Pop, Clouds
Venue: Shape
Cost: presale 15, 15 members, 20 non members on door
Tickets: Shape and doorsales
Founder of Heaps Decent, sister label to Mad Decent, and working along side Diplo, M.I.A., Spankrock and Radioclit, and playing alongside Muscles, Catcall and Yo! Majesty, Sleater Brockman is an act with an impressive background, and to make the show even better is his Perth pal Shazam. The interview above is pretty cool, I don’t have cable so have no idea about this Vera Vee lady, but it’s pretty cool, even if it’s completely made up.
BIRDS OF PEACE AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
Wrapping up another sold out Australian tour here in our lovely Perth, UK boys DOVES surely delivered what the punters sought at a capacity capitol last night. The shoulder to shoulder crowd was no doubt well warmed and salivating after a the unanticipated ambush of harmonies and gentle but elevating multi instrumental teamwork provided by Townsville newcomers THE MIDDLE EAST. The east coast six-piece toy with a trumpet, flute, accordion and banjo to take the listener
