Not much new, just that !!! will be touring in June, and it looks like the long awaited Sea Thieves album launch has been pushed back to May. April is looking a bit empty at the moment, any suggestions for gigs will be welcome in comments.
APRIL

• 3rd – Daniel Menche (USA), Bitches of Zeus , dielikeagod (electronics), Portraits (minimalist avant-rock) at the Jade Monkey, 9pm, $12.
• 3rd – Air at Thebby Theatre (for rather more than $12).
• 7th – Valerio Tricoli (ITA) at Gallery Delacatessen.

MAY

• 3rd – Hit the Jackpot with Downtown (Bris) at the Ex.
• 4th – Helmet at Fowlers.
• 4th – Sea Thieves record launch at the Ed Castle. This seems to have moved from the April 20 date advertised earlier. Guess I won’t be going to Helmet then.

JUNE

• 5th – !!! at Rocket Bar.

On the Stereo

• Autechre – Quaristice 2cd (Warp)
• The Necks – Mosquito / See Through 2cd (Fish of Milk)
• The Necks – Piano Bass Drums cd (Fish of Milk)
• The Necks – Townsville cd (Fish of Milk)
• Chicago Underground Duo – Synesthesia cd (Thrill Jockey)
• Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Quintet – Live in Lisbon cd (Clean Feed)
• John Coltrane – Olé Coltrane cd (Impulse)
• Triosk – The Headlight Serenade cd (Leaf)
• Pole – Steingarten cd (~scape)
• Prefuse 73 – Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives

Some more info on upcoming gigs from Lenin Simos:

thursday march 27: christian pruvost is a young improvising trumpeter from lille.
he gets some very strange sounds of out his instrument, exploring the sonic spectrum from very soft breathing to jolts of ecstatic noise.
supporting him will be free saxophonist derek pascoe, and guitar experimenters scott o’hara and dane hirsinger.
it’s a diverse bill and certainly one worth checking out in the intimate surrounds of gallery de la catessen.
see poster for details.

thursday april 3: for those of you up for something heavier and more visceral, daniel menche (portland, oregon) will immerse the jade monkey with his
‘physical sound’ approach. menche is a self-taught noise composer, and one of the very best practicioners of the almighty drone.
supporting him will be bitches of zeus, dielikeagod (shaun duncan from white tiger) and portraits (feat. members of space bong).
also selections from dj blood sausage. thursday april 3. doors at 9pm. $12 entry.
to those that ‘enjoyed’, runelstirn & gurgelstock, dave phillips and wolf eyes, do not miss this.

monday april 7: valerio tricoli (palermo, italia) is quite simply a genial artist. he divides his time between his solo works, his improvising quartet 3/4hadbeeneliminated,
and engineering albums for dean roberts, autistic daughters, stefanio pilia and andrea belfi. it appears everything he touches turns to gold.
tricoli’s work echoes classic 60s tape music, and includes passages of ethereal free improv and tightly edited noise. highly recommended.
support comes from kynan lawlor and interzone express (daniel varricchio and patrick saracino).
see poster for details.

COMING SOON:
chris smith (melbourne: iconic guitar outsider. rare performance)
philip jeck (UK: acclaimed deconstructing turntablist)
alex masso and peter farrar (sydney: fiery free improv duo – drums and sax)
rafael toral (portugal: ‘space program’ founder and electronics wiz)

One of my favourite dubstep producers, Scuba, is coming to Australia in April but so far only dates in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne have been announced.

So if any Adelaide promoters are out there – please, please, please bring Scuba here. Yes I know no-one turned up for Distance in January but that was Australia Day, it will be different this time.

It may be a while since I last posted but the gigs haven’t stopped. Lots of really great ones this year including Björk at the BDO, Sonic Youth playing Daydream Nation and Ornette Coleman at the Adelaide Festival, which were all highlights of not just this year so far, but every year so far. Also worth mentioning are Ed Kuepper playing Honey Steel’s Gold at the Forum in Melbourne (for which I left home at 5:45 am), Chris Corsano playing his amazing solo show to a packed Jade Monkey crowd the night before he played the BDO with Björk, and last week a surprise show by Mick Turner & Jeffery Wegener (surprise to me at least, since I hadn’t checked out who was supporting Cat Power), an unexpected and highly successful teaming up of two of my favourite Australian musicians.

In news sadly not featured in the guide below (as they aren’t coming to Adelaide), DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist have a new tour, The Hard Sell. If it’s anything like Brainfreeze or Product Placement then it will be well worth travelling for.

In local news the Sea Thieves are finally having an album launch in April.

MARCH

• 22nd – Baseball at the Ed Castle.
• 27th – Christian Pruvost (French avant-garde trumpeter), Derek Pascoe (sax), Scott O’Hara (guitar), Dane Hirsinger (guitar) at Gallery Delacatessen, 8pm sharp.

APRIL

• 3rd – Daniel Menche (USA), Bitches of Zeus , dielikeagod (electronics), Portraits (minimalist avant-rock) at the Jade Monkey, 9pm, $12.
• 3rd – Air at Thebby Theatre (for rather more than $12).
• 7th – Valerio Tricoli (ITA) at Gallery Delacatessen.
• 20th – Sea Thieves record launch at the Ed Castle.

MAY

• 3rd – Hit the Jackpot with Downtown (Bris) at the Ex.
• 4th – Helmet at Fowlers.

On the Stereo

• Various – 10 Ton Heavy 2cd (Planet Mu)
• Burial – s/t 2LP (Hyperdub)
• Burial – Untrue cd (Hyperdub)
• Pinch – Underwater Dancehall 2cd (Tectonic)
• Massonix – Subtracks cd (Skam)
• Broadcast – The Future Crayon cd (Warp)
• Autechre – Incunabula cd (Warp)
• Various – An England Story 2cd (Soul Jazz)
• Christina Carter – Electrice cd (Kranky)
• Mick Turner / Tren Brothers – Blue Trees cd (King Crab)

JANUARY

• 18th – Andrew Weatherall (of Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen) at Rocket.
• 19th – Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru) & the Bitches of Zeus, Skeletons + special guests at Producers.
• 22nd – Ladybird (France), Birth Glow, No Through Road (solo) at the Grace Emily
• 23rd – Kool Keith at Producers.
• 26th – Distance (Dubstep producer/DJ on Planet Mu), at Rhino Room.
• 27th – Aceyalone at Producers.
• 31st – Chris Corsano at the Jade Monkey

FEBRUARY

• 1st – Big Day Out
• 3rd – The Necks at the Gov.
• 14th – Died Pretty perform Doughboy Hollow at the Gov.
• 22nd – Sonic Youth perform Daydream Nation with support from the Scientists playing Blood Red River at the Fowlers Live Courtyard.
• 23rd – The Laneway Festival at the Fowlers Courtyard with Gotye, Feist, The Presets, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Kevin Drew, The Panics, Okkervil River, Little Red, The Holidays and Bridezilla.

MARCH

• 3rd – Ornette Coleman at the Festival Centre.
• 7-9th – Womadelaide, full lineup here. I’m particularly happy to see the Soul Jazz Soundsystem on there.
• 10th – Future Music Festival with Kid Koala, Aesop Rock, Diplo, Chicks on Speed, Chemical Brothers and lots more.
• 10th – Cat Power at the Gov.

On the Stereo

• Panda Bear – Person Pitch cd (Mistletoe)
• Andrew Pekler – Cue cd (Kranky)
• Autechre – Incunabula cd (Warp)
• Harmony Rockets – Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void cd (Big Cat)
• Ornette Coleman – New York is Now cd (Blue Note)
• The Necks – Drive By cd (Fish of Milk)
• Lambchop – Damaged cd (Merge)
• Tiger Trap – s/t cd (K)
• Ned Collette – Future Suture cd (Dash)
• Proton Energy Pills – Rocket to Tarrawanna cd (Bang!)