[gigs] Ed Kuepper returns to Adelaide

Having finished touring as a Bad Seeds, Ed will be bringing the Kowalski Collective back to Adelaide. They played a great show at the Gov last year, and I’m hoping that Ed will now be at work on a follow-up to Jean Lee & the Yellow Dog and perhaps we’ll get to hear some of it. Full details of the national tour are at the Feel Presents site.

Here are some videos of Ed & the Kowalski Collective in action at the Don’t Look Back performances of Honey Steel’s Gold last year.

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Also recently announced, Love of Diagrams visit the Jade Monkey in October, and Jarvis Cocker plays at HQ in December.

If you don’t want to wait so long for gigs then note that there are loads of them this month. I’d particularly like to recommend Dan V‘s residency at the Exeter on Monday nights all month. He plays guitar in Like Leaves (who played an excellent set at the Metro last weekend) and has previously played in a number of other bands including Headdress of Neon Flames. His shows at the Exeter are all solo, and on the evidence of last night (as well as a bunch of other Dan V solo shows I’ve seen) shouldn’t be missed. It’s free, so why not? The word is that next week (17th) is going to be particularly good. For those who’ve taken my advice and taken up a membership at the Cinémathèque, you can still catch some of it after the film.

Like Leaves:

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Also this week is the farewell tour for the Lucksmiths. I’ve never seen them so I may well go along since it’s my last chance. If you want to know about them there are lots of reviews here.

On Saturday there is a difficult choice between three great local gigs (then again The Grace, The Metro and the Ed are all pretty close together so perhaps no choice is necessary … wouldn’t be the first time I’ve managed three gigs in one night).

UPDATE – heard about this just after posting the original email. Zulya & the Children of the Underground will play at the Dunstan Playhouse on September 11. Full details here.

Last weekend I saw a fantastic performance from Panoptique Electrical at their cd launch (shame there were so few people there). It was absolutely one of the gigs of the year, I highly recommend them so if you’re somewhere other than Adelaide watch out for whether they’re coming your way. Particularly recommended for fans of The Necks, Stars of the Lid, Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

AUGUST

  • 14th The Lucksmiths at Jive.
  • 15th Bye Bye Mountain with Aviator Lane at the Grace Emily.
  • 15th Steering By Stars and Young Hearts Fail at the Ed Castle.
  • 15th The Weevils, Shame Spiral and Ringo Stalin at the Metro
  • 17th Dan V at the Exeter.
  • 20th Bing Goes to Monaco support Kittyhawk at the Metro.
  • 21st Like Leaves, Steering By Stars and Cortez at Rocket Bar.
  • 22nd Isolée at Sugar.
  • 22nd The Alps, Megafauna and Icks Parents at the Metro.
  • 22nd Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 23rd Stu Thomas (former member of the Surrealists and current member of the Lurid Yellow Mist) at the Grace Emily.
  • 24th Dan V at the Exeter.
  • 29th Reso helps the Redline Dubstars celebrate their second birthday with a night of dubstep at the Crown & Sceptre.
  • 31st Dan V at the Exeter.

SEPTEMBER

  • 2nd Pink Reason, Lakes and Hit the Jackpot at the Metro.
  • 11th Zulya and the Children of the Underground at the Dunstan Playhouse.
  • 18th Tex Perkins at the Gov.
  • 24th Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks at Fowler’s Live.
  • 26th Native Cats and Hit the Jackpot at the Metro

OCTOBER

  • 1st The Vivian Girls and Hit the Jackpot at the Metro.
  • 1st The Wagons at the Grace Emily.
  • 2nd Love of Diagrams at the Jade Monkey.

NOVEMBER

  • 28th Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective at the Gov.

DECEMBER

  • 10th Jarvis Cocker at HQ.

On the Stereo

  • Panoptique Electrical – Yes to Fear, Yes to Desire cd (Sensory Projects)
  • Qua – Forgetabout cd (Surgery)
  • Autechre – Garbage cdep (Warp)
  • Earth – Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions cd (Sub Pop)
  • The Necks – Aether cd (Fish of Milk)
  • Matthew Shipp – One cd (Thirsty Ear)
  • Grizzly Bear – Yellow House cd (Warp)
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Letting Go cd (Spunk)
  • Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Zuma cd (Reprise)
  • King Curly – The Fall and Rise of King Curly cd (Curly)