What: Ratatat
Where: Capitol
When: 7 February 2011
Cost/Ticket details: 40+bf perthquake store
RATATAT announce a sideshow in Perth following their performances at BIG DAY OUT 2011
Perched high in the depths of dwarf galaxies Evan and Mike bend it back as Magellanica welcomes the returning spectrumatic flutter of Ratatat.
In a majestic swoop of holographic scifi shit, wires, leads and the chatter of percussion in the trees above… every time the light shines they come alive, soaring with the heartfelt weirdings of the quar…ta movimento.
On the wings of the LP4 release, Ratatat spanned it further with tours to Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Malaysia along with sold out tours of the US… a full thrown collaboration with Kid Cudi (including a performance of “Pursuit of Happiness” on Letterman in Sept 2009)… and with another recent extensive US tour, they are currently amid European dates before a UK tour with Vampire Weekend late Nov. Now… announcing extra shows to the upcoming Big Day Out in New Zealand and Australia…
Birds of a feather… getting higher and higher.
Artist: Chiddy Bang
Album: The Preview
Label: Capitol/EMI
Release Date: 1 October 2010
Rating: 6/10
I do really enjoy Chiddy Bang’s The Preview and I think it deserves all the commercial success it should. However, it doesn’t quite do it for me. Bizarrely I enjoy it for the reasons I didn’t think I would, and I dislike it for the reasons I should like it! I like the album because of the simple idea of sampling really popular tracks and just adding some rap vocals, it’s so simple and doing an entire album like it is pure gold. However, their attempt at originality by adding the vocals over the tracks seems to take away from something that’s already so good! Full review and video after the jump…
Midnight Juggernauts who didn’t even get to play after midnight. I’m not sure how this happened, whose ‘fault’ it was, but it left me pretty annoyed. I arrived at Capitol at 8.40 pm and missed the Voltaire Twins. I was informed there were about 10 people in the room for their set. Who puts a band on to play at 8pm at a club?! Argh, I’m still so angry, and disappointed for all three acts who had to play on Saturday night. Although I was pretty sour for the first 30 minutes things did improve and I did leave feeling a fair bit better thanks to Dappled Cities and of course Midnight Juggernauts. Full review is after the jump…
What: Midnight Juggernauts
Where: Capitol
When: 14 August 2010
Cost/Ticket details: 34+bf, perthquake store
What: Autechre
Where: Capitol
When: 27 May 2010
Cost/Ticket details: 44+bf moshtix
WIN FREE TICKETS, ONE DOUBLE PASS – just say why you should see Autechre in 25 words or less on the bottom of this post. And make sure you use your real email.
Civil Society are proud to announce the return tour of the English electronic music pioneers Autechre. After over 15 years Autechre will finally return in May for performances in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Autechre will be showcasing the experimental forms that have kept their music relevant and engaging throughout their career to their latest album Oversteps.
With many other big events to compete with on this Friday night, I wasn’t expecting capitol to be packed out to its potential. Little did I know, Capitol was rammed with fans all to support one of the greatest names in hip-hop & turntablism – Grandmaster Flash. Throughout the whole night, the atmosphere in the club was filled with emotions anxiety upon waiting for the main event. Full review on the other side.
What: Dj Grandmaster Flash
Where: Capitol
When: 22 January 2009
Cost/Ticket details: ticketmaster
There are lots of stories about the birth of jazz and the beginning of rock n’ roll, but hip-hop has founding fathers: one of them is DJ Grandmaster Flash. The career of Grandmaster Flash began in the Bronx with neighbourhood block parties that essentially were the start of hip-hop – the dawn of a musical genre. He was the first DJ to physically lay hands on the vinyl and manipulate it in a backward, forward or counter clockwise motion when most DJs simply handled the record by the edges, put down the tone arm and let it play. By the end of the 70s, Flash had started another trend that became a hallmark of hip-hop: asking MC’s to rap over his beats. Before long, he started his own group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Their reputation grew up around the way the group traded off and blended their lyrics with Flash’s unrivaled skills as a DJ and his acrobatic performances—spinning and cutting vinyl with his fingers, toes, elbows, and any object at hand.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five went Platinum with their single, “The Message.” Meanwhile, “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” introduced hip hop DJing to a larger listening audience than it had ever known before; it became the first DJ composition to be recorded by a DJ. The group’s fame only grew with “Superappin,” “Freedom,” “Larry’s Dance Theme,” and “You Know What Time It Is”. Punk and new wave fans were introduced to Flash through Blondie, who immortalized him in their hit, “Rapture.” Now back with an all new album “The Bridge” (featuring guest appearances from DJ KOOL, SNOOP DOGG, Q-TIP, BUSTA RHYMES, KRS-ONE, PRINCESS SUPERSTAR, NATASHA ATLAS and more), and following some massive shows across the country at the FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL in 2009,Flash returns to teach a whole new generation how to party on the block!
We know it, the Canadians and British know it (and the rest of the world), I just hope the USA are cottoning on. Metric’s great! Emily Haines had enough energy to keep Capitol jumping around, and that’s after playing a show at Parklife, which I now wish I had of seen. They played a set that had long track intros and outros, balancing high energy tracks with nice slow moments. Early on they played what seemed like an extended version of Monster Hospital that had a cool jam session at the end of it. I didn’t know much about the entire Metric tracklist, but I especially like Death Disco now and Satellite Mind, a number of their tracks reminded me of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and that made it especially cool, I think Emily Haines stage person is quite wild, like Karen O. And ofcourse Gold Guns Girls, Collect Call and Help I’m Alive had everyone with arms in the air. I can’t remember what track the mcing came in on, but it added so much more to Metric’s set, come to think of it, there seemed to be lots of freedom to their set, and they got the crowd involved a few times, it definitely added leagues to the feel of the night. Finishing with Stadium Love, and a wall of sound, they reminded me again, why live music can be so good. And no encore impressed me, we love you Metric.
Metric (Myspace)
There’s always an air of uncertainty when you go out to see an artist perform a DJ set who is not known for their DJing first and foremost. Would the Peaches DJ set see the singer stumble through a bunch of well known ‘of the moment’ dance tracks with her own tunes forced between? Or would she be an example of an artist who has actually grasped the intricacies of playing tunes for a crowd?
Peaches was definitely more so the latter, she had solid DJing abilities, particularly for someone who isn’t known for them, her track selection was eclectic yet she still maintained a good flow and energy throughout. The variety in the set was pretty refreshing with Peaches working Slayer, The Proxy, and Rye Rye into her set as well as a selection of her own tunes. All done with the finesse that you would expect of someone with the artistic integrity of Peaches.
Capitol managed to pack out exceptionally well with hardly room to move amongst the mess of bodies on the lower level. Peaches entertained the crowd not only with the tunes she played but pausing to hop on the mic and pour champagne on people. The set cumulated at the end with Peaches inviting a healthy portion of the crowd onto the stage with her despite stern protest from the security staff!
Knowledge Music have to be commended on bringing out Peaches for a DJ set whilst she’s in Australia, and they were deservedly rewarded with an impressive and highly enthusiastic audience. Maybe this will signal the start of more weekday international guests stopping by Perth on their way to the East Coast for the weekend.
What the hell was wrong with Capitol’s sounds system on friday night? Almost every bass hit from both Sam La More and Sidney Samson was followed by a very frustrating ‘crack.’ Both of their sets were really good, some of the coolest mashups I’ve heard in ages, Sam did a good cross of Sweet Dreams and his remix of Walking on a Dream, but but the best one was Thriller with Pnau’s Baby. I do have to admit though, Michael Jackson and Eurythmics tracks are really not pushing it for me that much,
