42 — Centralian Advocate, Friday, December 6, 2013

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Taking a stab at stardomENTERTAINMENT REPORTER

Monika O'Hanlon

Discover the new sound of Stab Capital when they play at the Todd Tavern next week

IF you like loud music, high energy and lotsof surprises, next week’s gig at the ToddTavern is going to rock your socks off.

As Stab Capital have a new bass playerand a new sound, this will be their lastperformance under the name before a freshstart next year.

Ash McDonell is the vocalist and front-man of the group, and said people oftenreferred to the band as ‘‘the Aussie versionof Rage Against the Machine’’.

‘‘It’s kind of a mix between heavy rock,funk and hip-hop,’’ Ash said.

‘‘I come from a hip-hop background, Kyleand Matty come from a hard rock back-ground.

‘‘Tennant Creek band Unbroken Ex-panse, who are doing a national tour withBritish India at the moment, as well asLincoln Mackinnon will all get on stage anddo their thing on the night too.

‘‘We’re selling pre-sale tickets, so peoplewho buy them from the Todd Tavernearlier will get our EP for free.

‘‘Unbroken Expanse have recentlylaunched their EP too so both will beavailable on the night.’’

This performance also marks a specialmoment for the band, as Ash said they wereforced to take time off this year.

‘‘I’ve been out of action for the past sixmonths just recovering from a serious neckinjury,’’ Ash said.

‘‘Earlier this year my family and I weredriving up to Darwin at Easter time. Werolled the van, but everyone walked out.

‘‘The accident changed my sound. I’mmore driven now, the guys in the band saythere’s a change of tone in my voice - I goharder now.

‘‘I’m a lucky man moving on to bigger andbetter things.’’

Although they have only played a handful

of gigs during the four years they have beentogether, Ash said they had received posi-tive feedback.

‘‘We played at the Adelaide Big Day Outand got a good reception from the crowd.

‘‘It’s so good to be back on stage. It’s beena long time coming - we hit a bit of an

obstacle but it’s great I can get back do thethings that I love.

‘‘The bands looking forward to showingsome new material people haven’t heardbefore.

‘‘People can expect high energy a lot ofsweat and a lot of surprises.

‘‘If you like dancing, if you like it loud,come on down.’’

So come to the Todd Tavern next Friday,December 13 from 9pm. Entry is $10.

Pre-tickets are also available at the ToddTavern and come with a free EP.

New spin on old scaresNEWS LTD MOVIE CRITIC

Leigh Paatsch

Chloe Grace Moretz is the new Carrie

THERE was much huffing and puff-ing of the ‘‘How dare they?’’ varietywhen news first broke of a Carrieremake.

Director Brian De Palma’s 1976 ad-aptation of the Stephen King novelwas both a game-changer and a gut-wrencher, culminating in one of themost ickily iconic finales in horrormovie history.

While the new Carrie will never beregarded in the same way, it does havea searing relevance on its side that theoriginal did not at its time of release.

The rampant rise of social media hasbeen accompanied by a spike in thenumber of teenagers traumaticallybullying each other.

In particular, young women.And on several tragic occasions in

recent times, American high schoolshave become the killing fields thatKing first predicted in his book fourdecades ago.

The new version of Carrie opens onan ominous note. A woman is lying ona bed, howling in pain.

There is something so unhingedabout her cries that it takes some timeto realise she is actually giving birth.

It is a creepy scene, all the more sobecause it takes this lady a seeming

eternity to decide whether she willkeep or kill the baby.

Cut to 15 years later, and the samewoman (played by the ever-in-the-moment Julianne Moore) is crazed asever, prone to endless religious ram-blings directed at her only child.

Carrie (Chloe Grace Moretz) hearsmuch of this chilling chatter frominside her ‘‘prayer closet’’, a lockedcubicle to which she is invariablybanished by her mother for sins tootrivial to mention.

Dowdy, downcast and always onedge, Carrie stands out at school like asore thumb.

There is no relief from the hell of

home life to be found here. In fact,things are worse for this poor girl.

Not only is the traditional onset ofwomanhood freaking Carrie out,but with puberty comes a rapidlydeveloping set of telekinetic powersshe is unable to understand, letalone control.

All threads of this unsettling taleare due to be tied up in a fam-ously frightening final act at the highschool prom.

Just as Carrie is on the verge ofbeing accepted by her peers, one ofthem moves to make sure thisnever happens.

Unlike before, however, Carrie isready to strike back at anyone whodares harm her.

Save for a few minor tweaks, direc-tor Kimberly Peirce follows DePalma’s bloody blueprint for this dis-turbing climax to the letter.

As originally designed, it is a se-quence that seriously messes withyour head, and refuses to straighteneverything up afterwards.

The film owes much to the damageddynamic at work between Moore andMoretz. Both are always on the brinkof exploding or imploding.

Whatever happens, in spite ofmany overpowering urges to lookaway, you won’t be able to take youreyes off them.

It’s Carnival timeA FREE Off the Streetyouth event will be heldtomorrow at Gap Youth &Community Centre.

This is an alcohol anddrug free event for youthover the age of 12.

It features a BrazilianCarnival theme and there’sa free feed and a free lifthome after the event ifrequired.

Gates open at 7pm and

the free drop off servicestarts at 9.30pm with theevent ending at 10pm.

All Alice Springs youthare invited to come downand have a great time with-out alcohol or drugs, comedown to the Gap Youth &Community Centre andparty!

This project is supportedby the Australian Govern-ment.

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9pm, Sat Chris Fisher/DJ

Silent P 9pm, Sun Lachlan

Grant 4pm,

GILLEN CLUB Fri Karaoke 8pm.

JUICY RUMPFri Serena Weaver from 6pm DJ

Shouse from 11pm, Sat DJ Johnny

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ANNIE’S PLACEFri Gav the Tinker live from

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Sun Serena & Damage 7pm,

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UNCLES TAVERNLive entertainment throughout

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Monkey & the Fish promise a wildtime at The Rock Bar tonightMonika O'Hanlon

WITNESS folk and roots duo Monkey& the Fish perform at The Rock Bartonight.

From 8.30pm, Chris Fisher andMarcelle Townsend-Cross will per-form songs from their debut release In

Cahoots — plus music from Chris’s newsolo album Singin’ for Change.

The duo are based on the NorthCoast of New South Wales and arepartners in music and in life.

After working together for 15 years,they have a range of accolades undertheir belts, including nine Dolphin

Awards, and appearances at eventssuch as the Woodford Folk Festival.

Their songs tell personal and univer-sal stories woven through milk-and-honey melodies and upbeat contem-porary folk and roots tunes.

So head to The Rock Bar thisevening for a great night of liveentertainment.