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[gigs]
JUNE
- 28th – The Sea Thieves with the Keepsakes at the Grace Emily.
JULY
- 9th Aleks and the Ramps at the Jade Monkey.
- 10th The Wagons at the Wheatsheaf.
- 11th Hit the Jackpot, Grey Daturas, Bronze Chariot at Enigma.
- 17th Jack Ladder at Jive.
- 23rd Fourplay at the Gov
- 29th Jane’s Addiction at Thebby Theatre.
AUGUST
- 7th God God Dammit Dammit, Bohoeffer and The Rooftops at the Cranker.
- 8th Hit the Jackpot, Electric Jellyfish at the Metro.
- 14th The Lucksmiths at Jive.
- 15th Bye Bye Mountain (former Little Ice Age members) with Aviator Lane at the Grace Emily.
- 22nd Isolée at Sugar.
In July I’ll be in Sydney & Canberra, so I’ll list some gigs there that I may attend:
SYDNEY & CANBERRA JULY GIGS
- 10th Vic Chesnutt & Victoria Williams atthe Factory Theatre, Enmore.
- 10th Love of Diagrams 7″ single launch at Spectrum.
- 17th & 18th – Fourplay at the Street Theatre, Canberra
Tours Missing Adelaide
One of the greatest bands around when I was going to gigs in Sydney in the 90’s was Crow, they’re back together and are playing at the Northcote Social club in Melbourne on July 25.
The Flaming Lips play in Sydney on July 28th (after I’ve left though).
In early August NZ pop legends the Bats launch their latest album The Guilty Office in Sydney & Melbourne. I was fortunate to be in Christchurch for the launch there back in December and it was fantastic, definitely recommend the gig and the cd.
Also coming up GZA is touring the east coast in September playing Liquid Swords. There are rumours that fellow Wu Tang Clan member Raekwon might tour later in the year as well.
Animal Collective play the Meredith Music Festival plus shows in Sydney, Brisbane & Perth in December.
On the Stereo
- Rustie – Zig Zag download (Wireblock)
- Zomby – Where Were U in ’92? cd (Werkdisks)
- Autechre – Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae download (Warp)
- Inch-Time – As the Moon Draws Water download (Static Caravan)
- Sonic Youth – The Eternal cd (Matador)
- The Wipers – Box Set 3cd (Zeno)
- Bad Statistics – Lucky Town Gone cd (Pseudoarcana)
- Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion cd (Domino)
- Brigitte Fontaine – s/t cd (Saravah)
- Various – Lestari -The Hood Collection cd (Wergo)
Blogging to Resume
Things have been a bit quiet here for a while due to computer issues, should be back to normal now. Next time someone tells you that Macs don’t crash, don’t believe them!
[gigs] Attention Silvermine Tapes fans!
Winnerfest was fantastic on the weekend, here is No Through Road (care of Spoz)
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Other highlights include local supergroup (with members of Hit the Jackpot, Roo Shooter, The Moonies and many more Adelaide bands) the Avant Gardeners who played their best gig yet, here’s one of their tracks. Apparently they are playing again fairly soon, not sure of the details though
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It was also great to see the return of a number of the members of Little Ice Age in a new band called Bye Bye Mountain. Here they are at an earlier appearance at the Grace
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Other newer bands worth looking out for based on impressive Winnerfest appearances are post-rock types Steering By Stars and Billy Bishop Goes to War.
It was great to see favourites The Sea Thieves and Guy Blackman sgain, though the front bar wasn’t always the best for the quieter acts. Henry Wagons fit in well there though, he’ll be returning to Adelaide in July with the full band.
The big news this week is another gig coming up at the Metro which is of interest to fans of The Silvermine Tapes or Flat Stanley. I’ll cut’n’paste straight from the Delicates’ myspace page:
Ladies, gentlemen:
In their live debut, please be upstanding for The Delicates. The band contain some familiar faces to those sniffing around Adelaide’s indie rock venues in the 90s: Max Mackinnon and Paul Champion on guitars, Stuart Symons on drums. The band will be kicking out in their first show to celebrate their debut album The Thunderous Sound of The Delicates.
http://www.myspace.com/delicatesThey will be ably assisted by:
Melbourne free-rock 3-piece Battlesnake. These boys hold down 100% improvised thundering hip-shaking rock, have never played the same song twice, and sound like the joyous hollering child of The Necks, James Brown, The Breeders, and an old Ninja Tunes compilation. (Yes, it was a group marriage. Well, common-law marriage anyway.)
Battlesnake are Michael Pulsford and Angus Kemp, who you may know from The Silvermine Tapes, and Adam Smith, who doesn’t want his past dragged into this.
http://www.myspace.com/battlesnakemusicFading Fires – a Melbourne duo featuring Mat Watson (Mountains In The Sky) on drums and Chris Rainer on guitars: half lap-steel psychedelia, half shivery Krautrock, all class.
http://www.myspace.com/thefadingfiresFrontiers In Photography – Sydney’s Scott Gillespie (ex Silvermine Tapes) presenting his hazy, folk-inflected portals to other dimensions.
http://www.myspace.com/myfrontiersinphotographyThe astute among you will notice that half the Silvermine Tapes will be on stage that night. Who knows where that might lead?
I was planning on going to the Screamfeeder/NTR gig but as a huge Silvermine Tapes fan I don’t think I could miss this.
MAY
- 16th Hit the Jackpot, The Stabs and Deaf Wish at the Metro.
- 16th Like Leaves, The Swiss, Wolf & Cub DJs at the Ed Castle.
- 17th Jamie Hutchings at the Grace Emily.
- 29th Steering By Stars, Antony of the Future, Scarlet Ives at the Ed Castle.
- 30th Philadelphia Grand Jury at Jive.
JUNE
- 5th Screamfeeder (playing Kitten Licks) and No Through Road at the Ed Castle.
- 5th The Delicates, Battlesnake, Fading Fires, Frontiers in Photography at the Metro.
- 6th Fkn Tutts and the Weevils at the Metro.
- 8th Flipper at Live on Light Square with God God Dammit Dammit and Kamikaze. Sorry, hadn’t noticed the change of date – this is now on Friday the 5th.
- 19th Leader Cheetah launch with No Through Road, Like Leaves, The Weevils at Jive.
- 23rd Ghostface Killah at HQ.
- 28th The Sea Thieves with the Keepsakes at the Grace Emily.
JULY
- 10th The Wagons at the Wheatsheaf.
- 23rd Fourplay at the Gov
- 29th Jane’s Addiction at Thebby Theatre.
On the Stereo
- No Through Road – Winner cd (Low Transit Industries)
- The Fall – Imperial Wax Solvent cd (Sanctuary)
- The Fall – Reformation Post TLC cd (Slogan / Sanctuary)
- The Fall – Fall in a Hole 2cd (Castle / Sanctuary)
- Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle cd (Spunk / Drag City)
- Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career cd (4AD)
- Sugar Minott – Sugar Minott at Studio One 2LP (Soul Jazz)
- Various – Studio One Funk 2LP (Soul Jazz)
- Jackie Mittoo – The Keyboard King at Studio One 2LP (Universal Sound)
- El-B – The Roots of El-B cd (Tempa)
Google Transit
I’ve only just noticed this week that Adelaide now has Google Transit. When you look at Adelaide on google maps you can select “transit” on the “more” menu. All public transit routes are then shown, for example see here for an example. Note that bus stops are shown, if you click on a bus stop it will open a window showing all the buses that stop there, as well as when the next ones are due. You can click a link to more timetable information. Also, you can search for directions by public transport. Here’s an example to get from the airport to norwood
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I’ve tried out a few things, and as is usual with these sorts of automated route planners it doesn’t always choose the best one, especially when bus trips are combined for walking. For example, while it did a good job of identifying options for bus trips from near my house, it did a terrible job of telling me how to get to one of the nearest bus stops since the best way involves crossing a park (the directions given turned a 5-10 walk to a 30min one!), but overall I think it’s an impressive tool. In particular it is nice being able to combine with street view if you need to get off the bus at an unfamiliar stop and want to know what it looks like.
So far it is only available in Adelaide & Perth in Australia, though it is available in many more cities overseas. Presumably more Australian cities will be added in the future.
[gigs]
Quick update on gigs coming up. One change is that as far as I can tell, Cut Chemist is not the support at the Adelaide De La Soul show. There is conflicting info from different sources but the latest ads definitely show Dexter as the support.
MAY
- 8th De La Soul and DJ Dexter at the Shores Complex.
- 8th Like Leaves, Scotch of St James, Streetlight at Rocket.
- 9th WINNERFEST. No Through Road album launch at the Metro, with The Sea Thieves, Guy Blackman, Henry Wagons, Avante Gardeners, Home for the Def, Fire! Santa Rosa Fire!, Billy Bishop Goes to War and lots more.
- 16th Hit the Jackpot, The Stabs and Deaf Wish at the Metro.
- 16th Like Leaves, The Swiss, Wolf & Cub DJs at the Ed Castle.
- 17th Jamie Hutchings at the Grace Emily.
- 30th Philadelphia Grand Jury at Jive.
JUNE
- 5th Screamfeeder and No Through Road at the Ed Castle.
- 6th Fkn Tutts and the Weevils at the Metro.
- 8th Flipper at Live on Light Square with God God Dammit Dammit and Kamikaze.
- 23rd Ghostface Killah at HQ.
- 28th The Sea Thieves with the Keepsakes at the Grace Emily.
JULY
- 23rd Fourplay at the Gov
- 29th Jane’s Addiction at Thebby Theatre.
Vic Chesnutt is also touring in July but no Adelaide show (I’ll probably go to the Sydney one though).
On the Stereo
- Gas – Nah und Fern 4cd (Kompakt)
- Appleblim – Dubstep Allstars Vol. 6 cd (Tempa)
- Andy Stott – Unknown Exception cd (Modern Love)
- Autechre – Anti cdep (Warp)
- Subtle – Wishingbone cd (Lex)
- Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater Remixes cdep (Matador)
- Amon Tobin – Verbal Remixes & Collaborations 2EP (Ninja Tune)
- DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist – Product Placement 2LP (no label)
- Yuganaut – This Musicship cd (ESP)
- Alan Silva and his Celestial Communication Orchestra – Luna Surface LP (BYG/Actuel)
Ed Kuepper Videos
Some interesting Ed Kuepper videos on youtube.
First one is from Andrew Denton’s Blah Blah Blah (the show he had before The Money or the Gun) featuring the Everybody’s Got To lineup, which was a bit before my time, though I did see Ed play with drummer Mark Dawson on many occasions (and saw Mark with the Blackeyed Susans very recently). Two great singles from the period are featured here, Not A Soul Around and Burned My Fingers.
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The Laughing Clowns playing Theme from “Mad Flies, Mad Flies” at the Sydney ATP (end bit is missing though)
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Ed Kuepper & Jeffrey Wegener in Paris with special guests Warren Ellis and Martyn P Casey
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Everything I’ve Got Belongs to You from Studio 22
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Electrical Storm from the Hopetoun in 1986!
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Car Headlights from the same show
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and finally the Little Fiddle from ’94 (featuring the same lineup as the first Ed Kuepper gig I ever saw – with Mark Dawson and Linda Neil)
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Warp Videos
Warp Records are celebrating their 20th anniversary, they’ve set up a special site where you can vote for and leave comments on your favourite Warp releases. I’ve voted for mine (but possibly a bit hastily, I used up my 50 and then remembered a bunch of other artists I’d forgotten about). I haven’t got around to leaving comments yet. Anyway, it got me thinking about all the great stuff they’ve releases, below are some of the video highlights.
Autechre Gantz Graf
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Aphex Twin Windowlicker
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Broadcast Papercuts
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Squarepusher Come On My Selector
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Boards of Canada Dayvan Cowboy
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Pivot O Soundtrack My Heart
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Plaid Eyen
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Antipop Consortium – Ghostlawns
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[gigs] Ghostface Killah, Jane’s Addiction
A couple of big new international tours to annouce, Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah plays at HQ in June, and Jane’s Adiction play at Thebby in July. A few other new additions here and there as well.
To remind you that Winnerfest is coming up, here is the new No Through Road video (look out for Mossy in the background in the Rocket Bar scenes)
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APRIL
- Megafauna support Jessica Says (vic) at the Metro, with Fair Maiden as well.
MAY
- 1st The Drones and Qui at the Gov.
- 8th De La Soul and Cut Chemist at the Shores Complex.
- 9th WINNERFEST. No Through Road album launch at the Metro, with The Sea Thieves, Guy Blackman, Henry Wagons, Avante Gardeners, Home for the Def, Fire! Santa Rosa Fire!, Billy Bishop Goes to War and lots more.
- 16th Hit the Jackpot, The Stabs and Deaf Wish at the Metro.
- 17th Jamie Hutchings at the Grace Emily.
JUNE
- 6th Fkn Tutts and the Weevils at the Metro.
- 8th Flipper at Live on Light Square with God God Dammit Dammit and Kamikaze.
- 23rd Ghostface Killah at HQ.
JULY
- 23rd Fourplay at the Gov
- 29th Jane’s Addiction at Thebby Theatre.
On the Stereo
- Plaid – Not For Threes cd (Warp)
- Plaid – P-Brane EP (Warp)
- The Black Dog – Peel Session EP (Warp)
- The Black Dog – Book of Dogma 2cd (Soma)
- Monolake – Hongkong Remastered cd (Monolake / Imbalance)
- Loscil – First Narrows cd (Kranky)
- Philip Jeck – Suite. Live in Liverpool LP (Autofact)
- Themselves – The No Music of Aiffs 2LP (Anticon)
- Prefuse73 – The ’92 vs ’02 Collection EP (Warp)
- Genius / GZA – Liquid Swords cd (Geffen)
An Angry Possum Looks at the Facts on Asylum Seekers
This is essential reading. Spurred on by Andrew Bolt’s poor use of data (nothing new there) Crikey blogger Possum has written a spectacular take-down and along the way has produced compelling data to refute the claims that the current government policy is leading to increased numbers of boat people. It’s a point already made by Mike Steketee in the Australian, but Possum really takes the cake with this.