Not according to this. Quite a disappoitment. I was prepared to accept that perhaps there was an outside chance that I wouldn’t be asked to be the curator, but not that there wouldn’t be one at all.

On the other hand there is some good gig news, finally Stephen Malkmus is returning to Australia, and will play a show with his band The Jicks at Fowlers Live on September 24. His last album Real Emotional Trash was one of my favourites of last year and I’d really been hoping he’d tour it in Australia.

Elvis Costello fans in Adelaide are not in luck though, they’ll have to go to Melbourne if they want to see him. Or Sydney. Or Brisbane. Or Perth. Or Canberra. Or Hobart.

(Thanks to The Don for all the updates, I’ll do a full Adelaide gig guide when I get back there)

On the Stereo

• Various – Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow Vol.1 cd (Sound&Fury)
• 808 State – Quadrastate cd (Rephlex)
• Clark – Growls Garden cdep (Warp)
• Portishead – Third cd (Island)
• Earth – Phase 3 Thrones and Dominions cd (Sub Pop)
• The Necks – Aether cd (Fish of Milk)
• Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Letting Go cd (Spunk / Drag City)
• Flipper – Gone Fishin’ cd (Water)
• The Monks – Black Monk Time cd (Polydor)
• Toys Went Berserk – The Bitter & The Sweet 2cd (Memorandem)