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Welcome to Throw Shapes, a pleasant little Ezine for anyone interested in music, culture, the arts and, of course, pretty pictures. Make yourself at home; have a click, have a scroll, have a look around. We’ll plan your night-life, distract your day-life, review things for you and show you photos of nice-looking people who may or may not be you and your friends. Also, look hard enough, and you'll find free stuff. We're nice like that.
 
 
 
 
THE COBRA SNAKE
> VISIT SITE
Mark The Cobrasnake is like the Paris Hilton of social photography - check his page on a hangover when your brain is melting, your hands are shaking and everyone is revolting. There are thousands of 90% hot, 70% nude and 99% munted people from all over the world to make you feel better.
EMPTY MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY

Empty Magazine is a Design mag put together by the Design Is Kinky crew, and is full of good people doing great things. "They show us their work, take us into their studios, make us a nice cup of tea, and give us not just the what, but the how and the why. It’s full of everything you need to get your head talking to your hand." It hits the shelves every two months, and they've given us three year long subscriptions to pass on to anyone who entertains us...
 WIN IT - YEAR-LONG SUBSCRIPTION. JUST TELL US SOMETHING KINKY. CLICK HERE.
    RED RIDERS + DAPPLED CITIES FLY ANNOY EACH OTHER

Red Riders and Dappled Cities Fly are touring together. At last. We wrote an interview for both bands. They threw it out and interviewed eachother instead. It was better this way.


DAPPLED TIM ASKS RIDERS' MATT:
+ Did working in Byron effect the feel of your album, or were you pretty set on how it was going to sound already? > We made an album? Must have been stoned.
+ What are you doing after the tour?
> What are you doing after the tour, is what I would like to know? I would also like to know if you’re single? And if you are, what are you doing after the tour?

DAPPLED ALEX ASKS RIDERS' MATT:
+ Favourite thing about Hugh Boyce?
> His cute face while he’s sleeping.
+ Ever dreamt about Hugh Boyce?
> Only when we are lying in each others' arms, I dream that he will ask me to marry him.
+ Would you be angry if I ripped up your carpet?
> No, would you be angry if I did your mum?

DAPPLED ALEX ASKS RIDERS' ADRIAN:
+ “I have a job for you.”. Do you think this sentence is funny?
> LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!
+ What’s with Replica Replica?
> Not sure Not sure.
+ Ever consider dropping the guitar and playing keys and singing like Stevie Wonder?
> Every day. Every day of my life is a struggle to decide whether I want to be Adrian Deutsch. Or Stevie Wonder Deutsch. Actually, that would be pretty great. 		  RIDERS' AL ASKS DAPPLED NED:
+ With your swashbuckling good looks, long hair and mangy beard there’s one thing I need to know – are you a pirate?
> I am. I had to replace my hook with a robotic hand when I joined Dappled. My left hand now has the dexterity of a juvenile chimpanzee, which means I’ve taken over Hugh’s old role as the one who probes termite mounds with a twig to feed the others. I’m teaching them rudimentary sign language as well. They can all ask for bananas. They also love finger painting.
+ When push comes to shove, who is your favourite songwriter in Dappled – Tim or Dave?
> Definitely.
+ What’s your favourite TLC song?
> 'No Scrubs'. Obviously.

DAPPLED ALEX ASKS RIDERS' AL:
+ Is that your real hair?
> Yeah. I figure I’m gonna be bald eventually so while you got it, flaunt it.
+ Make a sentence out of six of these words – arse, bending, I, lifted, threw, up, cheese, digested, after, melted, erotic, ghost, slept, with, exciting.
> I melted erotic ghost arse cheese.
+ Favourite thing to do with an empty room, a big spoon and a jar of vegemite?
> Close the door behind me.

DATES:
Sydney: 15 June @ the Metro, with Belles Will Ring
Brisbane: 10 June
Melbourne: 23 June
Radelaide: 24 June

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  CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ ENMORE 23/05
It was sad-faces all round last year when CYHSY cancelled their tour but it was worth the wait - they brought megaphones AND harmonicas. Alec’s broken vocals and Robbie’s enthusiastic keyboard-pounding and tamborine-shaking immersed us in a quiet chaos consistent with the paradoxical mood of their latest album. It should have been louder. There should have been more room to dance. 		 
WHAT KATIE DID WEDNESDAYS  > MYSPACE
1980’s drink prices and a music policy that keeps you guessing. This week PC THUG is joined by the fine, PEZ DJs. These guys have license to play whatever they want - so long as they never double-up on genres.
LOADED THURSDAYS  > MYSPACE
The longest running indie night in Sydney, ever. Join Mad Willie, Monkey, Porch & Bibs as they spin the legendary Loaded playlist alongside this weeks album of the week – Queens Of The Stone Age’s “Era Vulgaris”.
MUM FRIDAYS   > MYSPACE
Catch Melbourne’s Moscow Schoolboy, alongside ex-Pinky Tuscaderans: Lions At Your Door, and local Sydney act Lucy & The Pheromones.+ DJs: Mucky Fingers, One Arm Bandit, Johnny Darko & DJ Schmeejay. Mmmum
WHAM! SATURDAYS   > MYSPACE
New disco, crunk, funk and electronic house will keep you dancin’ to the early hours. Moneyshot V's Non Ferrous, Disco Punx, Learned Hand – Vote WHAM! For mild mannered frivolity you probably won’t remember.
PUSH PLAY vs NIGHT SCHOOL SUNDAYS 
This long weekend the PUSHPLAY crew are joined by Nightschool – put on by James Taylo & Ben Morris who will be joined John Glover, Fingered DJs, Klaus Hill, Illya, MoFunk plus loads of others all under the one roof.
SOUTH BY INNER WEST FESTIVAL The Annandale  
Sunday 10 June
So not everyone made it to Austin, Texas for SxSW this year yeah? Well the Annandale Hotel is putting on their own little festival for us – featuring a bunch of our faves like Cut Off Your Hands, Moscow Schoolboy and the Panda Band. (NOTE: Throw Shapes does not endorse binge drinking. Unless it’s a public holiday. Did we mention it’s a public holiday?)
 WIN IT - FOUR DOUBLE PASSES – What does SxSW stand for?. CLICK HERE.
THE US Vs JOHN LENNON Chauvel Cinema  
Season opens 31 May
John Lennon almost got deported in 1972 for his apparently dangerous and disruptive anti-war efforts, such as the obviously threatening stint where he just lay in bed with Yoko for two weeks. This film was written and directed by film-biography veterans David Leaf and John Scheinfeld, and documents Lennon’s troubled relationship with the US. According to Yoko it’s the documentary about his life that Lennon would like the most.
 WIN IT - FIVE DOUBLE PASSES. WASN'T HE IN SOME BAND? CLICK HERE.
    HOPE STREET MARKETS SURRY HILLS

Brooke and Sarah are typical Slurries (inhabitants of Surry Hills. Minds out of the gutter, thankyou). With backgrounds in design, art and other various creations, they have first-hand experience of trying to get a leg-up in the local industry. They decided to do something about it. They started a market.

Hope Street Markets launches this weekend with the “Winter” collection, and will be followed up every three months with the new season from a handpicked selection of local artists and designers. It’s a three-day, nonprofit indoor extravaganza that sounds more like an event, with food, drinks, entertainment and of course limited, hand made clothes, accessories, art and bric-a-brac. They promise a “unique place unlike anything that Sydney currently has to offer” - and no commercial design.

It reminds us of something you could find around the back lanes of Shoreditch in London or Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. What better place to bring it to Australia than Surry Hills? “The art and design here is what it’s all about… there is a blend of sub-cultures and a non-pretentious vibe – yet there is still a cutting edge which keeps Surry at the forefront of what’s happening in our fine old city of Sydney.

  

Ben Frost & xx’zilla, Torso Corso, Scratch Design and Emshop are all representing this weekend – and it’s a great opportunity for the creative community around Sydney to meet, connect, and get inspired. To sweeten the deal, any profits will be donated to the Hope Street Urban Compassion project, helping bring hope to the streets of Sydney’s homeless. Nnnnaaawww….

Favourite Café? The Little Book Café
Favourite Restaurant? Table for 20
Favourite Event?
The Surry Hills Festival (and Hope Street Markets…)
Favourite Gallery?
Blank Space Gallery ,Object Gallery ,China Heights and Gaffa
What’s the next big trend? Childhood nostalgia.

Ninja Turtles slapbands? Yes.

182 Campbell Street, Surry Hills.
Sat 12-6, Sun 12-4pm.

That’s right kids. A market to sleep in for. And word is they’re having a launch-y shindig on Friday night as well…
CHROMEO FANCY FOOTWORK  WIN IT. FANCY 'WHAT'WORK? CLICK HERE.
Remember when these guys released their first album and everyone thought they were kidding? They were most definitely not kidding. Fancy Footwork offers that same sleazy fun nostalgia shared by She’s In Control (and the 1980s). They’re still funking up synth with those cheesy hooks and clap machines – unmoved by the nu-rave that’s defined their downtime between albums. Standout tracks are 'Fancy Footwork' and 'Momma’s Boy', but the highlight comes from 'Bonafide Lovin': “never mind an SMS, what you need is a sweet caress”.
RELEASED ON MODULAR 26 MAY > MYSPACE
MAPS WE CAN CREATE
There’s not enough space in this teeny section to do full justice to this album, so here is a list of some words instead. Expansive. Dream-like. Melodic. Hopeful. Intimate. Layered. Textured. Accessible. It was layed down by James Chapman on a 16 track recorder, in his bedroom, with no computers. Makes you feel like a bit of a nonachiever really.
RELEASED ON VIRGIN 26 MAY > MYSPACE
EXPATRIATE IN THE MIDST OF THIS
‘No surprises’ isn’t usually a great thing to say about a release, but with Expatriate we forgive them because they really do it all so well. In The Midst is moodier, darker and more textured than their EPs – but it follows that anthemic new-wave formula to a T. They break the pace with a few ballads, but it's that synth-heavy energy we love them for. Hooray.
RELEASES ON DEW PROCESS 21 APRIL > MYSPACE
DUNGEN TIO BITAR

Dungen have already gone through all the stages of indie stardom in Sweden, from obscurity to groundswell to breakthrough to backlash – but over here they still have namedropping cred. Centrepiece Gustav Ejstes adds fiddle to his Jethro Tull flute-stylings, bringing an incredible acid-trip-with-a-pillow escapism to the ordered chaos of their last release. 
RELEASED ON DEW PROCESS 02 JUNE > MYSPACE
THE BRAVERY THE SUN AND THE MOON
It’s definitely the year of the sophomore album for all of our indie breakthrough bands. While most have been (predictably) criticised for taking themselves too seriously, the Bravery's second album works because they've done all that, but managed to keep in the fun. PopMatters’ call it “post-disco post-post-punk new wavy pop and overcooked near-emo ennui.”. We’d just call it indie pop
RELEASED ON ISLAND 26 MAY > MYSPACE
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