One Movement - Two Drummers

ONE I HEART HIROSHIMA

ONE INJURED NINJA

ONE TOMAS FORD

ONE FERRIS WHEEL

ONE PERTH

Perth (or P-Town as one local referred to it) played host to international(esque) music conference/festival One Movement on the weekend. The music may have too often strayed close to the centre-of-the-freeway but there was enough buzz/fuzz-inducing moments to make those of us there want this to become an annual event (music + sun = fuck yeah!). And the crazy-ass drum-off by Sydney's Philadelphia Grand Jury that closed the weekend has already reached legendary status.

One Movement in One Minute: Tomas Ford - Perth's cross between Dan Deacon and Patrick Wolf (his climactic group hug orgy was nice'n'sweaty); female singer/songwriters - too many doing the same thing, blame Kate Miller Heidke (who was a weekend lowlight); I Heart Hiroshima - Brizzy power pop punk trio who pulled off two mighty sets (it's love); taxis in Perth - it's quicker to walk; Injured Ninja - Luke & Kathy Steele's lil bro proves he's the real talent in the family, fusing tek nu-metal with post-punk funk jams and getting it right enough times to be worth watching; wasted spaces - too many no-name acts on the main stages while bands like Wagons and Vents played corker sets on hidden away stages; Matt Larsen - Perth tween on his way to Billy Braggdom (covering The Cure scored him extra points); the streets - acts playing down alleyways, random street corners and venues around the city centre gave the fest a real SxSW vibe. All up, this was a festival run as it should be, scoring extra kudos for the great sound systems everywhere.

But the highlight highlight? The aforementioned Philly J's 'encore' that involved their ex-drummer (now with Art Vs Science) and current drummer beating each other off (so to speak) while the organisers try to stop them and the rest of the band start dismantling the kits.

Please Note: I work for Street Press Australia who flew I Heart Hiroshima to Perth to play at their One Movement showcase with Philadelphia Grand Jury.

Adam Askew - Death Mix

After a short break we're back with another Death Mix!

This one was recorded LIVE last Friday 9th October @ South Side Hustle here in Melbourne.

30 minutes of capital 'H' House music.

'Death Mix' by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Over And Over And Over
Lolita Part 2
Rock Hard Love
Shame Shame Shame
Higher Tech Jazz
Em Kay Dub
Doctor In The House
T For 2

Beyond The Wizards Of Grid

Remember The Grid? The '90s UK dance act who featured David Ball formerly of '80s electro pioneers Soft Cell? And they had the country/house hit (yes, really) 'Swamp Thing'? There was another guy in the band - Richard Norris? And in recent years he reappeared as one-half of Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve with Errol Alkan? And then as Alkan pulled more and more club anthems out of his pointy hat Norris re-imagined himself as The Time & Space Machine? Nuh! Well, then you won't care that The Grid are actually still recording and that Norris as Machine performs a great line in post-psydisco. He's also remixed like-minded types Woolfy and A Mountain Of One. And he has released the single 'Children Of The Sun' on Tirk.

The Time & Space Machine - 'Children Of The Sun'

Records I Stole From My Father - Pt.3

The Turtles - 'A Walk In The Sun' 1965

I re-borrowed this from my parent's house just the other week. The actual vinyl has "signs of play, but would make a good DJ copy" (ie. it's scratched to hell, but doesn't skip). Lead singer Howard Kaylan looks extra grumpy and just slightly out-of-place standing next to the other mop-topped group members on the album cover. The LP is bandwagonesque Californian folk-rock (there's three Bob Dylan covers), but stands up really well. Before transforming into The Turtles, the group was a surf-rock combo called The Crossfires.

The Depths Of An Obsession

Records I Stole From My Father - Pt.2

Francis Lai - 'Samba Saravah (vocal)' 1966

From the soundtrack to 'Un Homme Et Une Femme' ('A Man And A Woman'). I especially like the call-and-response vocal bits. I can picture myself listening to this while wearing a skivvy and enjoying a sip of cask wine, probably in the fantasy company of a girl who looks like Jane Birkin (circa 1969).

Sophisticated? Mais oui.

But, are you allowed to drink your father's Mosel? Mais non.

Neighbourhood Watch - Erasers

Supposedly Perth band Erasers have yet to play a gig. The lowkey two-piece include Shock! Horror!'s Rupert Thomas and the woman known-only as Rebecca. There's something primal about the outfit that makes them stand out above the crowd of post-punk wannabes... possibly the finest example of that, dare-we-say, UKesque early '80s scene that gave us Marine Girls and Au Pairs influence here since Jemima Jemima passed away (or split to Berlin...). Dreamy yet somehow disconcerting... maybe even scary. So before they gig they have issued an EP via the Owls label (what is with Perth and their current crop of lil bands and labels?) and it's worth more than just being fancy decoration on the end of your pencil.

Erasers - 'Outside Environment'