NERD STYLE

Get ready to rip out your best I’m A Bus dance, as Perth’s kooky Casio kings of yesteryear, Turnstyle, are back. Speaking on the eve of the band’s reformation show, frontman Adem K tells X-Press this is a one off gig purely to satisfy a craving to hit the boards with his old mates PJ and Dean Davies again.

“It’s a pure nostalgia trip,” he muses. “I used to be against the idea of reforming bands, but then I realised it’s actually getting people who stopped going to gigs years and years ago out of their lounge rooms and going out again. I like that.”

Turnstyle were the antithesis of the mainstream in the late ’90s, dressed in cardigans and playing dinky Casio ballads of bliss in an empire of big, brute rock. Even so, the trio managed to crack the big-league with the intoxicating Spray Water On Your Stereo before calling it a day.
X-Press’ curiosity is piqued – is this reformation truly just a one off? “I will never say never,” Adem K suggests, with a smirk in his tone. “It’s hard to say…at this point I’ll say it’s a one off but if the stars align again then we’ll see what happens…”

Turnstyle return to the scene of the crime at Amplifier this Saturday, March 6, flanked by Seja Vogel (Sekiden, Regurgitator), Boys!Boys!Boys! and Burgers Of Beef. Get into it, while the retro’s hot.

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NEWS

X-PRESSIONS

And just when you thought things couldn’t get any more warped! If the fact that Australia’s ‘infallible’ political convention has well and truly shat itself wasn’t oddball enough, the madcap Axl Rose has gone and announced he’s bringing his post-millennium incarnation of Guns N’ Roses to Perth.

KEEP MOVING

The folks at One Movement For Music have finally lifted the lid on who is going to share their expertise at this year’s Musexpo Asia Pacific conference, and the line-up reads as a who’s who of the music industry. Hailing from various overseas locations, individuals such as Simon Renshaw, Henning Ahrens, Wu Jun, Jakomi Matthews, Jimmy Steal, Scott Schorr, Benji Rogers, Crispin Parry, Rob Graham, Mark Smutz Smith, Seven Webster, Neill Dixon, Rob Zifarelli, Monte Malone, and Ande MacPherson, will share their knowledge at Musexpo. On the home front, experts such as Molly Meldrum, Michael Chugg, Peter Hebbes, Ian James, Harvey Lister, Paul Piticco, Michael Harrison, Damien Slevinson, Dan Medland, Nick O’Byrne, Jaddan Commerford, Keith Welsh, Russell Thomas and Shayne Locke will share their thoughts on the music industry. To learn more about these fine speakers and all things One Movement, head to onemovementmusic.com.

WET AND SLIPPERY

Eighties rock legends Bon Jovi are set to invade Australia in December as part of their Circle World Tour.

TURNING JAPANESE

Mega successful local lads Birds Of Tokyo are back home at the beginning of October for their self-titled album tour.

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CD REVIEWS

ZOLA JESUS

Stridulum EP

Sacred Bone Records/Midheaven

For an artist that has admittedly struggled with the limelight, Stridulum is a document that leaves Nika Roza Danilova – otherwise known as Zola Jesus– naked.

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FASHION

AVATAR

West Australian based student designer Jeromy Lim will pack his bags for an overseas adventure next month to participate in the finals of a prestigious international fashion competition hosted by the Paris American Academy and the International Textile and Apparel Association. A student of Curtin University by day and Polytechnic West Institute by night, Lim is an extremely talented designer who isn’t afraid of hard work.