Sprung

SPRUNG, a new work choreographed by Sue Peacock with Stefan Karlsson.

Starts tonight at Pica.

Brrrring it!

Manhattans

have a wednesday nighter..

Wednesday, June 16, DJ Massiv Trav plays calm but upbeat records at Manhattan’s as a part of the venues Mid Week smooth tunes night. Pour out the jug of your brains only to fill them up again. Yes!!! Entry is free kicks off at 8pm.

HUMM at The Bird

presents Smokers Delight

Check it out here.

Fremantle Blues and Roots Club presents

Next big thing starting at mojos Bar

Wednesday, June 16, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club is presenting a rather salubrious heat in Australia wide multi venue band competition the Next Big Thing! Playing this heat are Brash and Sassy, Control-Control, The Kirbens, The Lucy Peach Band, My Mad Flow, Crash Compass & Georgi Kay. Entry is $15/$10 for members from 8pm.

Going Solo at the Moon late night café

darling dudes going solo!

Wednesday, June 16, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be mister special Woody Red Jez, the ever charming Todd Picket and mister smooth Jesse Woodward. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!

 

Invasion!

Defectors

WestSka presents to you, the first in a series of Pure-Rude nights to be held at the Flying Scotsman (upstairs at defectors).

Strictly Rudeboy sounds all night, from the 60s through to this week.

Bring your dancing shoes.

the Fix

jazz night at the Moon Cafe

A whole crew of ace jazz musicians have been jamming at the Moon for years now under the name the Fix. The night is very chilled out and the playing is exceptional. Entry is always free to the moon.

Dappled Cities at Mojos Bar

John Steel Singers support!

Thursday, June 17, Dappled Cities play Mojos Bar. Aptly titled the Winter Tour, the band will arrive at Mojos following 5 months of touring their unique brand of art-rock across the United States, the UK, Europe and Asia. Brisbane’s own purveyors of glorious pop the John Steel Singers will join Dappled Cities on the night – this tour is the first time these two amazing live artists have joined forces. While helping get the party started will be Adelaide’s kooky Fire Santarosa Fire . Entry is $18+bf presale thru www.moshtix.com.au OR $22 on the door on the night from 8pm.

Manhattans

Manhattans is 10 minute cab ride from Mt Lawley!

Thursday, June 17, the Solo Songwriter night continues at Manhattan’s! Playing are James Teague & Divcraft. Entry is free and this starts at 8pm.

HipHop Kara'Yo'Ke

The Bird

Big bar tab prize. $5 entry after 8pm. Last month was a sell out and was so much damned fun.

JON MADDS ROCK'N'ROLL KARAOKE

Devilles Pad

Every thursday at Devilles Pad is getting bigger and better each week, all you budding Nancy Sinatras and Elvis shower singers get down and strut your stuff on the Devilles stage plus Happy Hour in Hell Drink Specials 6 to 7pm and Great Valued Scrumptious $10 DEMON DINNERS till late

Dont Miss it, One Hell of a Night Out with your Vocal Cords

Doors open 5pm - Free Entry

Flash Mob

very fun idea!

i demand to know more!

The Wilderness single launch at Mojos Bar

Wilderness know how to make for a big night!

Friday, June 18, Perth's own rockabloozy hobos the Wilderness will release their 'Who's Gettin Paid?' single rock-central surrounds of Mojos Bar. The 5 piece will hit the stage at 11pm to blow the doors down with their dirty bluesy funky rock n' roll. Drinking and Dancing will be the order of the night with suppport from The Fags, Laced Affair and Sugarpuss starting at 8:30. Entry is $10 with a free copy of the Wilderness’' Who's Gettin' Paid? cd! This gig is gonna be huge so get down early for a prime spot on the dance floor. Doors open at 8.
 

Manhattans

an ace local show

Friday, June 18, the Love Junkies, Hunting Huxley and Hootenanny play Manhattans! Love Junkies are really on their way up and fans of Hendrix, 90’s grunge and the punchy noughties rock of Queens must check out Love Junkies as the ascend to the top! Hunting Huxley create bombastic rock with a strong 60’s psycherock background. Hootenanny create lofi blues rock and are self described horrifiers. Entry to this rock show at Manhatans is $5 from 7pm.

Tal Cohen Trio

AT the bird

The Tal Cohen Trio with Chris Budhan and Matt Wright will play at The Bird on Friday from 5:30 to 8. Also, there will be a jazz jam at The Bird on Saturday from 2 to 5. We hope that the jam will become a weekly event. No cover charge for either.

The BANG GANG Basement PARTY!!!

The Basement on Broadway

All info here.

Johnny Romeo Vs David Spencer

United Galleries, Perth

United Galleries presents the dual exhibition of two of Australia's most popular and exciting young artists. Considered by many to be ones to watch, Johnny Romeo and David Spencer have built a collective following of eager collectors on their respective sides of the country.

Inspired by the classic Warhol Vs Basquiat pop exhibition of the 1980's, June 18th sees these two leading artists come to Perth in a classic East Vs West clash for wall space and colour supremacy.

RSVP essential to:

United Galleries
08 9427 5600
perth@unitedgalleries.com.au

DJ Premier

SHAPE BAR

Six Ft Hick at Mojos Bar

will be nastygood

Saturday, June 19, 6 Ft Hick play Mojos Bar!! The two headed beast from Brisbane known as Six Ft Hick has been terrorizing the world for 15 years, revered in Europe and considered by many, here on home soil to be a national treasure, they’ve dragged their bruised and battered bodies from town to town, like convulsing sexy freaks on a bourbon binge. The band, fronted by brothers Geoff & Ben, deliver live shows that are a blur of broken glass, tangled mic leads, blood, sweat and beers. Over the years the band have frequented the quiet little town of Perth, Western Australia and 2010’s tour has finally been locked and loaded – ready to explode. With the release of their documentary approaching, the band are hitting Australia hard before returning to Europe. Catch Six Ft Hick livewith Mongrel Country, Capital City , The Bible Bashers and Hootenanny. Entry fee to each show will be $20.

Manhattans

the grooviest joint in vic park!

Saturday, June 19, Unstoppable Glue begins at Manhattan’s. The night will feature many style of tunes ranging from the dubstep of Burial to the classic pop of Beach House. Unstoppable Glue DJs include head Honcho FKNG MIDAS plus MIcky Juice, Lightseed, Ben Edit, Boy Crazy, Stacey and others. Entry to this plush evening is always free. Boogie down in Vic Park proper!. Get some Glue.

"Sail Becomes A Kite" album launch

Amplifier Bar

Support from The Morning Night and Goodnight Tiger. Tickets available on the door. On their reflective second album, The Bank Holidays opt for autumnal hues in place of their usual summery sparkle. Sail Becomes a Kite is a surprising left-turn for The Bank Holidays, whose previous output has been exemplified by a giddy joyousness; still present however, among the moodier, more filmic atmosphere is the band's indisputable grasp of melody and compelling song-writing.

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Nick Drake - A celebration

X Wray Cafe, Fremantle

More info here.

Future Shorts - Perth's red carpet launch

Fly By Night

For more information: www.futureshorts.com
Tickets: www.flybynight.org
Presale: $29 + BF. Door (if available): $35
On sale now!

mumble (speak) and guests

Kurongkurl Katitjin Art Gallery

Matt Warren is a sound artist from Tasmania. He uses laptop, guitar, voice, synth, field recordings, feedback, video. Get ready for Industrial hums, subterranean rumbles from the earth, voices uttered in hushed tones (like the sound of a memory as an internal dialogue) and the search for pieces of melody amongst the murk. ALso featured on the bill are Joel Ong and Candied Limbs (Cat Hope and Lindsay Vickery). Entry $10. Bar available.

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Manhattans

Who is Jack Doepel?

Sunday, June 20, Jack Doepel quintet play some casual jams as a part of the sublime Sundowner jazz session that only Manhattans could present. This kicks off at 3:30 thru to 6:30. Entry is free!

The Beards at Mojos!

have a laugh!

Sunday, June 20, the Beards outta Adelaide play Mojos. These guys current have the single if your Dad doesn’t have a beard you’ve got two mums – Yes, they’ve got a sense of humour! Supporting this very fun Sunday Sesh will be Simon Kelly and the Lonely Wives and Justin Walshe. Entry is $10 from 5pm.
 

the Martini Club

at Devilles Pad

The Martini Club is a bi- monthly show which will spotlight a feature act, such as magicians, bands, circus performers, singers and other performing artistes and groups. The night will also be filled with fabulous performances by the Sugar Blue Burlesque artistes!

tease it out further?

Wide Open Mic

Freo's biggest monday!

Monday, June 21, performing at Mojo's for the Wide open mic will be a bunch of ambitious cats who will simply rock up on the night. This night is hosted by Justin Walshe 0408 755 233. Justin and the crew are looking for mymes, small skits, comedians and interpretive dancers - as well as songwriters - as this is the Wide Open Mic - wide open to all manner of performance! Entry is always free at Mojos on Monday’s.

Perth Jazz Society @ The Charles Hotel

cannonball comes rolling home

As Daniel Susnjar, Troy Roberts and Konrad Paszkudzki are all currently studying at the University of Miami in Florida, they decided to put together a ‘tribute’ to the great alto saxophonist, Cannonball ‘Julian’ Adderley - who was born in the state of Florida in 1928 and who died of a stroke at the age of forty-seven.

more of it

Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising at Mojos Bar

Heat 4 in the first round..

Tuesday, June 22, Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising continues. This heat is the fourth in the first round of heats. There’s another round of heats later on. Playing a kick ass show with a view to winning first prize, a recording session with Blackbird engineer Dave Parkin and a $1,500 gift voucher at Kosmic Sound are Auto Suggestion, Georgi Kay, the Moltens & the Love Junkies . The five criteria that judges will be focussing on throughout this band comp are 1. Musicianship 2. Level of innovation 3. Richness of influences 4. Crowd response 5. X factor. Entry to these Tuesday’s for the next 11 weeks including the Grand final is always $5 from 8pm.

ONO Exhibition

at central showcase gallery

As part of Advanced Diploma Photography students from The Central Institute of Technology fund raising, there's a special auction entitled ‘ONO’ on the 22nd of June, showcasing work in a silent auction.

find out more!

Going Solo at the Moon

a particularly strong line up for the G solo night

Wednesday, June 23, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Benedict Moleta, Craig MacElhiney & Louis Inglis. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!

Fremantle Blues and Roots Club

The wednesday nighter rolls on..

Wednesday, June 23, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club is presenting Groovesmiths, Free Beer & Max White Trio. Entry is $10/$5 for members from 8pm.

 

Manhattans

Check out the venues Renos!

Wednesday, June 23, DJ Massiv Trav plays calm but upbeat records at Manhattan’s as a part of the venues Mid Week smooth tunes night. Pour out the jug of your brains only to fill them up again. Yes!!! Entry is free kicks off at 8pm.

THE WEDNESDAY SOCIETY PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

at The den

Brace yourselves for the Thursday to end all Thursdays. On June 24, the Den (Civic hotel front room, Ingleewood) gets absorbed by incomparably soothing zen vibes, and the winter cold banished thanks to heady sounds and warming beverages. The brain will be bamboozled by The Wednesday Society's fierce post-punk explosion, Seams' freak-pop cosmo-party, Erasers' crisp meditative songscapes, and the beguiling dark folk of the Felicity Groom duo. Boredom beware!
 

Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre and Tom Penney

Kurb Gallery

After the debut of the innovative new contemporary dance improvisation work UNEXPECTED-microclimates (stage 2), AIVDT takes the next step by combining their talents with innovative new media and performance artist Tom Penney to develop the installation that will be accompanying this work when it makes its full length debut in November 2010. Tom Penney will be working on site at Kurb Gallery from June 27-July 17, offfering the public a chance to view the artist in action. The completed work will be shown on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th July at 6:30pm with live performance from the dancers of Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre.
 

HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS

Monday 28th June: Perth, Astor Theatre

Feel Presents are proud to announce the first ever Australian tour for former Mazzy Star frontwoman, Hope Sandoval. Hope will be appearing with the backing of her band The Warm Inventions (featuring My Bloody Valentine's Colm O'Ciosoig) for four exclusive Australia city shows.

get tix here

PICA's Winter Exhibitions

loads coming up at pica ..

PICA is pleased to present three exciting new exhibitions over the winter months.

Rounds is a group exhibition, featuring works by some of Western Australia's most exciting young artists. Curated by Sarah Rowbottam, this exhibition takes over PICA's ground floor and deals with the idea of peer influence.

Upstairs in the Westend Gallery is a solo exhibition by respected WA artist Bevan Honey, which include massive structures knitted out of cray pots, drawings and a burn-out machine!

In the screen space is the first ever screening in Australia of Spanish/German artist Ignacio Uriate's work: The History of the Typewriter Recited by Michael Winslow. Winslow may be familiar to some as the star of the 80s Police Academy films with the unique 'sound effects' talent. This film is accompanied by a series of prints.

i demand to know the dates of these exhibitions!

Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojos Rising

A Happening at Mojos Bar, North Fremantle

Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising is full steam ahead! So far the winners of the first three heats are Sugarpuss, the Spitfires & James Teague (pictured right)!

These night have been extremely fun as the bands are playing casually rather than with a competitive mind set. This can be attributed to Justim Walshe’s disarming MC style – the guy is absolutely hilarious – he should win! Anyway.. Next Tuesday Auto suggestion, Georgi kay, the moltens & the love junkies have a crack at it! Get down it’s fun!

Mojo Rising Entrants are all in the running to record with Blackbird engineer/producer Dave Parkin. Dave is at the stage of his recording career where he chooses who he works with so the winner of this comp will be recording at a quality that they would not otherwise be able to. This is really important for a band! Kosmic are kicking in a $1,500 gift voucher to sweeten the deal for the first place getter.

All comp details can be soured http://www.facebook.com/mojorisingbandcomp

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The Myth of Julian Rose - “The haunting begins June 9…”

The Blue Room Theatre

[This play is reviewed by Christopher Isaacs in his column at the top]

Mondo Di Corpo and The Blue Room presents the world premiere of new Western Australian work The Myth Of Julian Rose at The Blue Room Studio from 8 – 26 June 2010 as part of The Blue Room Theatre’s 21st birthday season.

Marisa Garreffa returns to the Blue Room to direct Daniel Kershaw’s debut work following the success of multiple award-winning Motortown in 2008 (Equity Nomination - Best Director 2008, Blue Room Awards - Best Production 2008).

Starring James Helm, Glenn Hall, Jo Morris and Sarah Nelson with live music and sounds by Tristen Parr, expect a (un)healthy dose of magic realism and contemporary performance infused with circus art in this powerful collision of genre.

Produced by Christina Yiannakis l Visual World created by Karen Cook, Ami McDonald, Bobbi Jo Divitini, Rosie Martin and Colleen Sutherland l Artwork by Deon Schafer

The Blue Room Theatre
June 9-26. Tues-Sat 8.30pm
Preview Tuesday 8th June - $15 tickets.

TICKETS THROUGH THE BLUE ROOM
PHONE: 9227 7005 ONLINE: blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons

Proudly sponsored by: The Blue Room, Media Panic, Factive and Muse Bureau.