[gigs] Difficult choices

There seem to be a lot of gigs happening on the same nights in this week’s gig guide, so possibly some tough choices coming. There’s four things this Friday, I think it would be a bit overambitious for me to aim for more than two though. I’ll go for the two late additions – locals Cheer Advisory Council, who I’ve been wanting to see for quite a while, they’re probably on first so get to the Jade nice & early if you want to see them. Later on there’s Joker at the monthly dubstep night at Live on Light Square. I haven’t seen any for quite a while, probably not since Reso back in August, and a Joker set is supposed to be about as good as it gets, so I’m definitely keen.

Note also that another week brings another Wu Tang member to Adelaide, with Raekwon touring in March.

JANUARY

  • 7th Dan V is playing a solo set with Two Suns at the Jade Monkey.
  • 8th Kaki King at Jive.
  • 8th Method Man & Redman at the Shores.
  • 8th Cheer Advisory Council with the Honey Pies & Keepsakes at the Jade Monkey.
  • 8th Joker at Live on Light Square
  • 9th Like Leaves are supporting DZ at the Ed Castle.
  • 9th No One Wants to Play With Me 2 at the Metro with lots of people from local bands playing solo.
  • 16th Neko Case at Fowlers Live
  • 16th Legends of Motorsport & No Through Road at the Metro.
  • 17th Le Rayon Vert DJ set at the Metro.
  • 20th Handsome Family at the Grace Emily.
  • 20th (Melbourne) Joanna Newsom at the Forum.
  • 21st (Melbourne) The Dirty Three and the Laughing Clowns at the Forum)
  • 22nd The Dirty Three at Fowlers Live.
  • 22nd (Melbourne) The Laughing Clowns at the East Brunswick Club.
  • 23rd (Melbourne) Camera Obscura at the Corner Hotel.

FEBRUARY

  • 5th Laneway Festival with Echo & The Bunnymen, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and lots more.
  • 11th RZA at Fowler’s Live.
  • 19th Yo La Tengo at Fowler’s Live.
  • 27th London Sinfonietta: Pacific Currents at the Adelaide Town Hall.
  • 28th London Sinfonietta: Wind & Glass at the Adelaide Town Hall.

MARCH

  • 5-8th WOMADelaide at Botanic Park with the Skatalites, Calexico, Ravi Shankar, Dean & Britta and lots more.
  • 6th Wayne Shorter Quartet at the Festival Theatre.
  • 7th The Necks at the Spiegeltent.
  • 7th Pavement at Thebby
  • 12th Dinosaur Jr at Fowlers Live.
  • 18th Raekwon at HQ.
  • 24th The Pixies at Thebby (playing Doolittle)

On the Stereo

  • Curse ov Dialect – Crisis Tales cd (Mistletone)
  • The Fall – A Part of America Therein cd (Sanctuary)
  • MV & EE with The Golden Road – Drone Trailer cd (DiCristina)
  • Condo Fucks – Fuckbook cd (Matador)
  • Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing cd (ATP)
  • Loden – Valeen Hope cd (Mush)
  • Various – Artificial Intelligence cd (Warp)
  • Various – Artificial Intelligence II cd (Warp)
  • Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh – s/t cd (Drag City)
  • Akron/Family & Angels of Light – split cd (Young God)