X-PRESSIONS

Welcome to day 12 of the election campaign… oh we feel your apathy. One wrang, one right and a sponge Bob left to clean up the mess. Well, don’t let all this election fizzle dampen your sizzle – for it’s time to party, in the key of X. The countdown is on to X-Press’ 25th Birthday celebration with our good friends the Basement Birds and you. And while we’re at it, a big congrats to Basement Birds for rocketing straight to #1 on the AIR charts with their debut, self-titled album (insert rapturous applause).
For those who want to join the party and rock out in style with Basement Birds in the VIP X-Press Lounge at The Astor on Friday, August 13, entries close at midnight this coming Monday, August 2. For those of you who have already entered, good luck.
We have 100 double passes to giveaway to this one-time-only Basement Birds show, and all winners automatically go in the running to take home the ultimate X-Press 25th Grand Prize, stuffed with an epic bundle of concert and festival tickets, plus entertainment vouchers, fashion, CDs galore and much, much more – in fact, far too much to list here, so head to page 21 to check out the full list of goodies. There are also 20 Runner-Up Prize Packs up for grabs.
Head to our brand-spankin’ new website at xpressmag.com.au and click on the X25 Reader Competition banner to enter – as it’s a licensed event all entrants must be 18+. Entries close at midnight on Monday, August 2. Winners will be notified via email on Friday, August 6, and the Grand and Runner-Up prizes will be announced in X-Press’ mighty fine birthday collector’s edition magazine on Thursday, August 12.
X-Press: celebrating 25 years of service to the boogie. Read it. Live it.

_JULIAN TOMPKIN

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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.