DAVID MCCORMACK

Little Murders

Das Kong

MGM

It is shaping up as a big year for David McCormack. The band that took him to prominence in the country – Custard – have just announced a set of reformation shows, and the album that has been his labour of love for the past half a decade has just seen the light of day.

Such has been McCormack’s passion for this project that Little Murders clocks in at around an hour, contains 20 tunes and reaches many different touchstones of his influences. McCormack is known as much for his wacky humour as his music and with his take of love in the courtroom, AVO does well to combine both in a tidy little package.

The fence-posts move continually with the loungey Living Under The Flight Path With You, garage stylings of The Good Times (Keep Following Me Around, restrained acoustic Lost Control and the saccharine Make Believe illustrating the breadth of the release.

McCormack has fronted one of the bigger Australian bands of their era and now he has the chance to make music for his own enjoyment. Little Murders is the sound of an artist making music without a road map, and in spite of hitting a few potholes along the way the journey is well worth the effort.

_CHRIS HAVERCROFT

X-Press Radio by X-Press Magazine

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.

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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.