Via Decomposing Trees I’ve heard about Independents’ Day on July 4, a celebration of independent record labels. As part of it you can vote for your favourite Australian independent releases here. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the greatest Australian album ever is listed even though it is slightly obscure in that it never got a stand-alone cd release (the tracks have all appeared as part of a compilation though). In fact it has been out of print for a long time since Prince Melon records went out of action some time around 1982-83 when the Clowns signed to Hot, but it does seem that they are now back in action with a new live cd.
Back to the poll – nice to see two excellent Ed Kuepper solo albums listed too, but I would have liked to have voted for his latest which is as good as anything he has done in his solo career.
I get to see Ed tomorrow night in Paris on the same bill as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds! (for free – because a french friend knew Nick’s sound engineer from somewhere).
alas however i’m ashamed i missed Silver Jews here a week or so ago as I was hanging out with my sister who was visiting. My experience here seems currently defined by the various great musicians i miss seeing because i’m doing something else. Mind you i’ll do my best to get to a few of John Zorn’s Masada shows later in the month….
I’d heard that Ed was touring Europe for the first time in ages. I hope Jean Lee & the Yellow Dog gets a bit of attention, it was my favourite album of last year, and did get some good reviews, but overall hasn’t got the attention it deserves.