I’m getting sick of all the tours that miss Adelaide – Joanna Newsom, Animal Collective, Camera Obscura, Akron/Family, Why? …. so I’m going to Melbourne. Well, for a few days in December at least. I can’t make it for any of the gigs above but I can make it for two great gigs featuring a couple of my favourite bands that I used to see a fair bit back in the 90’s – the Low Transit Industries Xmas show at the Corner Hotel (with Kim Salmon & the Surrealists, plus lots more including No Through Road) on December 23rd, and an Underground Lovers reunion show at the East Brunswick Club on December 19th. In the meantime there is still plenty happening in Adelaide, including my own DJ set at the Metro on November 8th.
The details of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts and WOMADelaide (expanded to 4 days) for 2010 have been announced, unfortunately there is a bit of clashing between them (and with Pavement) though. I’ve listed some of the highlights in the gig guide below.
I’m also getting rather impatient for announcements about possible Laughing Clowns shows in the new year, and possible Don’t Look Back shows (which may be the same thing) …. still no news of either. In the rumour department, the Clarendonian in Katoomba have confirmed an upcoming visit by Neko Case (thanks for the tip Derek), look out for a mid-Jan show in Adelaide as well. Rumours of visits by Yo La Tengo & Dinosaur Jr persist but no details yet. The Sydney festival rumours are flying with recently announced tours by the likes of Joanna Newsom and Camera Obscura conspicuously missing Sydney dates, but also, Adelaide is missing from both as mentioned above. Another rumour which sounds like a good chance for the Syd Festival is The Books, but I’d be surprised if they made it over here to Adelaide.
OCTOBER
- 29th & 30th – The Wagons at the Wheatsheaf.
- 30th Philadelphia Grand Jury at the Ed Castle.
NOVEMBER
- 5th Matt Banham, Shame Spiral, Michael Beach at the Grace Emily.
- 8th Le Rayon Vert DJ set at the Metro
- 12th Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Jive.
- 13th Ned Collette and Laura Jean at the Metro
- 14th Blackeyed Susans at the Norwood Hotel.
- 21st Satan’s Cheerleaders, God God Dammit Dammit at Enigma.
- 24th The Buzzcocks at the Gov.
- 27th Lightning Bolt with The Grey Daturas and Primitive Calculators at Fowler’s Live.
- 28th Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective at the Gov.
- 28th Batrider and No Through Road at the Metro.
DECEMBER
- 3rd Paul Kelly at HQ.
- 4th The Church at the Gov.
- 5th The Crayon Fields at the Metro with Hit the Jackpot and Bing Goes to Monaco.
- 5th Stereosonic at Bonython Park, lineup includes some interesting stuff like Drop the Lime and Hudson Mohawke.
- 10th Jarvis Cocker at HQ.
- 18th Sandy Cenin & Paul Champion’s Xmas show at the Metro.
- 19th (Melbourne) Underground Lovers at the East Brunswick Club.
- 23rd (Melbourne) Kim Salmon & the Surrealists, No Through Road and lots more at the Low Transit Industries Xmas show at the Corner Hotel.
JANUARY
- 5th Cat Power at the Gov.
- 12th Handsome Family at the Grace Emily.
FEBRUARY
- 5th Laneway Festival with Echo & The Bunnymen, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and lots more.
- 27th London Sinfonietta: Pacific Currents at the Adelaide Town Hall.
- 28th London Sinfonietta: Wind & Glass at the Adelaide Town Hall.
MARCH
- 5-8th WOMADelaide at Botanic Park with the Skatalites, Calexico, Ravi Shankar and lots more.
- 6th Wayne Shorter Quartet at the Festival Theatre.
- 7th The Necks at the Spiegeltent.
- 7th Pavement at Thebby
- 24th The Pixies at Thebby (playing Doolittle)
On the Stereo
Various – Warp 20 Box Set (Warp)
Antipop Consortium – Fluorescent Black cd (Ninja Tune)
Jaga Jazzist – The Stix 2LP (Ninja Tune)
Jaga Jazzist – A Livingroom Hush LP (Ninja Tune)
Cinematic Orchestra – Motion cd (Ninja Tune)
DJ Food – You Don’t Know Ninja Tune 1000 Masks Mix cd (Ninja Tune)
Mordant Music / Shackleton / Vindicatrix – Picking O’er the Bones cd (Mordant Music)
Jonny Trunk – Scrapbook cd (Trunk)
Flaming Lips – Embryonic cd (Warner Bros)
Text of Light – Metal Box 3cd (Dirter)
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Stu, hi, i notice crazy chan marshal seems to have popped her head up on the touring circuit – did you go about 5 years back when she seemed on the verge of a breakdown? would you go again? Such etheral music, such a terrible gig. bec in sydney.
Don’t tempt me to bring out my “the time I met Chan Marshall” story, too many people have heard that one too many times. But yes, I was at that gig at the Gov, as well as every other that she has played in Adelaide (and a couple in Sydney) both before and after, so the answer is that I did indeed go again. Haven’t decided for sure this time though. Certainly she is a rather more conventional performer now. The last show concentrated too much on covers for my liking, I like her original songs, and her previous work with the likes of Mich Turner & Jim White or playing solo was a bit more distinctive in style than her current band. In fact my introduction to her music was just her & a guitar barely heard above the noisy crowd at the Sando but was enough to make me change my plans and go back for more the next night at the Hopetoun. I do seem to currently have tickets to upcoming gigs by a number of the bands I saw around that time – Pavement, Underground Lovers, Kim Salmon & the Surrealists, Ed Kuepper (and am keenly awaiting a chance to see the reunited Crow). I am rather tempted to go. Just the thought of possibly hearing songs like Nude as the News, Metal Heart or Colors and the The Kids is enough to get me very interested.