[gigs]

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)