Manhattans

THe good people at Manhattans have undertaken renovations!

Wednesday, June 9, 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.

TW!ST-The final one for a while.

Defectors Bar (Upstairs at the Flying Scotsman)

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HUMM at The Bird

the bird

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Fremantle Blues and Roots Club

Featuring Mister Jez Mead

Wednesday, June 9, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club is at it again delivering some of the best blues and roots music Fremantle has to offer. Playing are Jez Mead, Xave Brown & Simon Peronni. Entry is $15/$10 for members from 8pm.

Going Solo at the Moon late night café

all dudes going solo!

 Wednesday, June 9, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Mitch Becker, Dean Marto and Jordi James. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!
 

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.

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)

Challenge Stadium

The reclusive Yusuf Islam, who now simply goes by the name Yusuf, last toured Australia in 1974.

The legendary singer/songwriter will perform in Perth at Challenge Stadium on June 10.

As Cat Stevens, he sold millions of records in the early 1970s, fuelled by such classics as Peace Train, (Remember the Days of the) Old School Yard, Where Do the Children Play?, Father & Son, First Cut is the Deepest, Wild World, Moonshadow and Morning Has Broken.

After converting to Islam, Yusuf gave up music at the end of the '70s. He reappeared at a benefit concert in Sarajevo in 1997, and has since slowly become more active, recording a children's album, performing at Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert in 2003, and then releasing a song to raise funds after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

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Yusuf released a new album, Roadsinger, last year, and toured the UK and Ireland last November-December.

Tickets go on sale on May 6

www.ticketmaster.com.au or phone 136 100
 

The Outer Limits w/Brown + Is Swan + Tone Crush + Solar Barge

Velvet Lounge

The Outer Limits returns on Thursday 10 June with the fuzzed out drones of BROWN supported by experimental folk duo IS SWAN, the ambient sounds of shoegazer TONE CRUSH and the hypnotic psych rock of Solar Barge.

RTR's Anthony Williams spinning all the latest experimental music.

AND Live projections by Paul Kaminski.

$5 Entry. Doors at 8PM.
 

'or well and good'

a solo exhibition by Laurie Perry

After displaying her work at numerous galleries over the years, local Leederville artist Laurie Perry is finally doing her first solo exhibition at Mixtape Gallery Thursday June 10, Nortbridge.
 

NIGHT CLASS

the bird

Times are changing. Music is evolving. Every weekend brings so much opportunity. A smorgasboard of lights, music and dirty dancefloors featuring talent from across the globe. Still, right here under your nose Perth is breeding some damn fine electronic music and we are set to make our mark on a global scale. With so much going on it's hard to keep up. You need extra tuition. You need a mid week cram session. You need a study group. You need Night Class.

Night Class is a mid week venture into dubstep. Featuring some of Perth's finest producers and upcoming DJs it goes down in the intimate surrounds of The Bird, Thursday June 10th. GET ON DOWN.

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SIBALANCE
YLEM
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Wilco Tribute Night at Mojos Bar

These guys are trying to break your heart

Thursday, June 10, see the Wilco Tribute Night at Mojos Bar. Since the band’s beginnings in 1994 in Chicago, the alternative music of Wilco has had an immense influence on musicians all over the globe. Here in WA, a select collection of talented local performers will be holding a very special tribute night to celebrate Wilco’s music at MOJOs on Thursday 10th June. Each act will perform their own favourite songs from the bands repertoire. Included in the line up for the night are: Ghost Hotel, Jayco Brothers , Mr & Sunbird, Kim McDonald and Port Town Players, Quixotics , Davey Craddock and Stuart Nugent. All huge fans of Wilco and popular local artists themselves. For a very special evening of passionate music delivered by dynamic local musicians, best make it to Mojos! Entry is $15 from 8pm.

Manhattans

Manhattans is a $8 cab ride from Mt Lawley!

Thursday, June 10, the Solo Songwriter night continues at Manhattan’s! Playing are Goodnight Tiger & Lochy (former Kill Devil Hills player). Entry is free and this starts at 8pm.

Manhattans

Resort are Manhattan

Friday, June 11, Resort play Manhattans! After extensive renovations Manhattans Bar is ready to open and RESORT are helping things along with their sultry summer beats. Chuck your weeks stress in the back of the car and head in to Manhattans for it's beautiful surrounds and get some good drink and music into ya. Ear-delighting support from J-Kash. Kicks from 8pm and free entry!

perth blues club 7th annual memorial showcase

at the ASTOR Theatre

Rick Steele is branching out with this years' memorial show, this has become an annual feature at the Perth Blues Club, usually with record audience numbers. A great variety of musicians come together and play a ripper gig, in fond remembrance of musicians and music lovers in the WA music community.

Mt Lawley, doors open 7 pm, $25

 

CONSTANT MONGREL WEST COAST TOUR

Listen to them here......www.myspace.com/constantmongrel

Melbournes best new band, Constant Mongrel are coming to WA to play two shows in June. This tour is in support of the split tape with Taco Leg, and their upcoming tape on Hidiotic Records(UV races label).

Friday June 11 at 208
Featuring:
Constant Mongrel(VIC)
Astral Travel
WigWam
TBA

Saturday June 12 at Dream Studios
Featuring:
Constant Mongrel(VIC)
Taco Leg
Golden Staph
Wind Waker
and of course BBQ!
 

barefoot drumming wonder

The SlaughterBlouse

A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION FEATURING WORK BY CHLOE & SKYE SOBEJKO .

The Silents launch 'Sun A Buzz'

Norfolk Basement

Advance copies available at both shows

w/ The Scotch Of Saint James
Felicity Groom Duo & DJ Douche Unit

Hussle Hussle at Mojos Bar

many styles - many styless!

Friday, June 11, at Hussle Hussle for your music listening pleasure.. Big bang rock n roll lads The Love Junkies, Kickback hip hop ensemble Cloud Kollectiv feat.... Some very Special Guest mc’s, Booty bass specialist DJ Omikron and next generation dubstep overlord .. Sibalance. Original flava ! Entry is $10 from 8pm.

CAUSE4CONCERN (UK)

Shape Bar

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Mile End w/ Like Junk and Moonlight Wranglers

 Bar Four5Nine (Downstairs at Rosemount Hotel)

In response to the lack of venues holding original music in Perth, Tyranocorp has sourced out Bar Four5Nine to turn the tides on the impending wave of mediocrity.

Friday June 11 will see Mile End headline a show with supports from Like Junk and Moonlight Wranglers.

$6 Entry
Come join us!

Manhattans

the grooviest joint in vic park!

Saturday, June 12, 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.

The Silents launch 'Sun A Buzz'

The Bird
 

Advance copies available at both shows

w/ Felicity Groom And The Black Black Smoke
Electric Gooch & DJ Rex Monsoon

The River - Emperors Single Launch

Civic Hotel Back Room, Inglewood

With Special Guests
Grim Fandango
Russian Winters
and Split Seconds

'The River' single available on the night for $5

Doors at 8pm
$12 on the door

Notes Sundays at Mosmans Restaurant

a very swish and casual sunday..

Sunday, June 13,  Sundays Notes at Mosmans Restaurant features Nebula classical trio. These guys have great music in store. This Sunday the trio perform tracks from their casual, sophisticated and fun repertoire ranging from Bach to Bacarach to Ben Harper to the Beatles..

The menu for these casual and sophisticated Sunday’s includes Mosman’s al a cart menu plus undeniably delectable seafood specials each week. These afternoon / evenings will begin at 6pm – get a table together for lunch, afternoon tea or dinner and get set for a very pleasurable and hard earned break!

Bookings are recommended for Mosmans Restaraunt - especially for Sunday Notes. Call (08) 9383 3388 to make a reservation right away.

Manhattans

Who is Jack Doepel?

Sunday, June 13, Jack Doepel Quintet play some casual jams as a part of the New Orleans Ribs, Gumbo and Hurricane Punch live Jazz arvo. This kicks off at 3:00 thru to 6:00. Entry is free!

Selk and the Bone Singers at Mojos!

Massive local line up..

Sunday, June 13, Selk and the Bone Singers play Mojos Bar! Since front-woman Selk Hastings formed Selk and The Bone Singers late last year, and after only a handfull of gigs knotched to their belt, the band quickly came to the attention of punters and have since supported CAT POWER and THE DIRTY DELTA BLUES on the Perth leg of their international tour - and you can have them all to yourselves when they play the intimate velvet den that is Mojo's Bar. Joining Selk and The Bone Singers will be some of their very favourite Perth bands: the Atlas Mountains , Goodnight Tiger & the Big Old Bears . Music will start at 6pm - a nice, decent hour for a Sunday! You can come and eat yummo pizza too! Seeya there! Entry is $5 from 5pm.

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Wide Open Mic

Freo's biggest monday!

Monday, June 14, 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 that run the night love all kinds of performances. So whether you’re the new sammy davis junior, eddie izzard, brian ferry or ornette coleman your act is eagerly awaited! Here’s your or somebody you know(s) opportunity to perform live just call Justin. These nights kick off at 8PM with about four acts each hour till 12. Entry is free

Perth Jazz Society

TRIBUTE TO LENA HORNE

Mon 14 Jun 2010 @ 8:00pm

Admission Members $12, Student members $10, Non-members $18

When Lena Horne died on 10th May this year at the age of ninety-two it was only appropriate to feel a sense of loss for an old friend. A beautiful and refined black woman who not only broke the barriers of racism in her country but re-generated her musical career at the age of 65 when she returned to Broadway with her show – The Lady and Her Music it had a 333 performance Broadway run and won her a special Tony Award and two Grammy Awards for the cast recording of her show.

By the late fifties, Horne was disenchanted with Hollywood and increasingly focused on her nightclub career i.e. Cocoanut Grove in LA, Waldorf-Astoria in New York, and in Europe. She became the premiere performer with her amazing voice and her elegant and entrancing southern accent, tantalizing both audience and those musicians who worked with her.

Lena Horne retired in 1998 after releasing another studio album entitled, ‘Being Myself’ but did return to the recording studio in 2000 when asked by the great conductor, Simon Rattle, to contribute some vocal tracks on his Classic Ellington Album.

The evening will feature: Ali Bodycoat, Bronwynn Sprogowski, Helen Matthews, Libby Hammer, Shameem Taheri Lee – Russell Holmes (piano), Pax Andrews (reeds), Karl Florrison (bass) and Ben Vanderwal (drums).
 

Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising at Mojos Bar

last night the spitfires took out the 2nd round..

Tuesday, June 15, Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising continues. This heat is the third 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 Goodnight Tiger, James Teague, Hootenanny & Stu Orchard . 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. 

Fremantle Blues and Roots Club

The wednesday nighter rolls on..

Wednesday, June 16, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club is presenting a rather salubrious heat in WA 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.

Manhattans

Check out the venues Renos!

Wednesday, June 15, 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.

Going Solo at the Moon

all dudes going solo!

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

The Jade Diary Single Launch

Civic Hotel, Backroom

"So many secrets buried deep ..." a lyric from The Jade Diary's song Landscape of Dreams, well describes their bittersweet and dreamy concoction of pop, folk and rock. The five-piece band's songs features themes of loneliness, desire, and why of course … love amidst a backdrop of atmospheric sounds and lush vocals.

The Jade Diary (www.jadediary.com) are launching their new single Girl With No Name on 19 June:

Saturday 19 June, Doors open 8pm

Guest appearances: Sonja D'Anne & Toni Italiano (http://sonjadanne.com/)

Astro (http://www.myspace.com/astrotheband)

Tickets: $12 with a FREE CD

More details: www.jadediary.com

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

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.
 

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

The Blue Room Theatre

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).

Julian, is a man with a disturbing past that surfaces with a vengeance when a Minotaur begins to stalk his family. The Myth Of Julian Rose boldly portraits the effect of maternal child abuse and the fallout of suppressed trauma. Giving voice to the unspeakable, the resulting story is emotive, tragic and chilling.

“The play addresses the fallout of suppressed memory and challenges the notion of confession as a means of healing. If memories are not confronted, they will find a voice elsewhere, in this case, a ten-foot tall Minotaur” – Marisa Garreffa

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.

Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojos Rising

This is an imminently upcoming Band Competition at Mojos Bar, North Fremantle

After an onslaught of entrants to Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising the culling down to 32 entrants has had to be undertaken! The list of bands that may very well be recording with Blackbird engineer and producer Dave Parkin as well as picking up a $1,500 gift voucher for Kosmic sound in it’s entirety is;

Sanduettes, Mercy Mercy and the Success of Satan, Louis and the Honkeytonk, Sugarpuss (pictured to the right), Hunting Huxley, the Spitfires, Echoes of Django, Little Black Books, Goodnight Tiger, James Teague, Hootenanny, Stu Orchard, Auto Suggestion, Georgi Kay, .auAU, Old Croak, the Revolvers, the Silent World, Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill, SonPsilo Circus, the Moltens, the Witness, the Holly Go Trio, A Beggars Second, Sean Brown and the Red Lights, the Spin Chorus, the Love Junkies, Hang On Christopher Street, Stillfire, Escape Artists, the Shallows and Seams. Good luck to all the bands!

the bands highl;ighted in red are the ones that won a heat most recently!
 

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 shows!