Just a few small updates on the last post.
Satan’s Cheerleaders play at the Cranka this Friday, their first show since they played a great gig last year with God God Dammit Dammit & the Barons of Tang at Enigma. Well worth seeing, and for those who are already familiar with them there’s some great new material to hear.
Saturday offers an excellent choice between Neko Case at Fowlers, or Legends of Motorsport plus No Through Road at the Metro.
One more thing this weekend is that this Sunday arvo I’ll be doing a DJ set at the Metro from 4-7pm, and I’m in the mood for reggae.
Coming up in February is a rare gig by the Avant Gardeners at the Metro on the 13th. They were last spotted at Winnerfest in May last year (video here).
Also, I’d previously listed the Dinosaur Jr gig in March as being on the 12th – fortunately that was wrong, it’s on the 13th. Fortunate because Robert Forster is appearing that night at Julia Zemiro’s Comfort Zone.
Here’s Satan’s Cheerleaders at the Cranka last year (Adelaide band video care of Spoz as usual)
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Something else to check out – Mess & Noise have an interview with Vince Giarrusso from the Underground Lovers about their album Rushall Station (as pictured in an earlier post here)
Also to celebrate the upcoming release of a new album from A Silver Mt Zion (or whatever variant of their name they’ll be using this time) here is a live performance of Blind Blind Blind from their last album (in two parts)
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and from their second album, Could’ve Moved Mountains, again in two parts.
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It would be really nice if they finally tour Australia after this one. In fact, in a little over a week they will be right at the top of my list of bands that I desperately to want to see live. Expect more Silver Mt Zion promotion in future posts in the hope that I convert some fans and they buy the album and then the band tours because they are so popular here. I can hope can’t I?
One more piece of news before I get on with the gig listings – SWANS ARE NOT DEAD.
JANUARY
- 15th Satan’s Cheerleaders at the Crown & Anchor
- 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.
- 12th Le Rayon Vert DJ Set at the Metro.
- 13th Avant Gardeners at the Metro.
- 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 Robert Forster is the guest at Julia Zemiro’s Comfort Zone in the Spiegeltent.
- 13th Dinosaur Jr at Fowlers Live.
- 18th Raekwon at HQ.
- 24th The Pixies at Thebby (playing Doolittle)
On the Stereo
- Cat Power – The Greatest cd (Matador)
- Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Wilding in the West (Spunk)
- Larsen – Musm II cd (Important)
- Magik Markers – A Panegyric to the Things I Do Not Understand cd (Gulcher)
- Fugazi – In On the Killtaker cd (Dischord)
- The Sea and Cake – s/t cd (Thrill Jockey)
- Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor cd (Spunk / Drag City)
- Mercury Rev – The Peel Sessions 2cd (Universal)
- Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind cdep (Domino)
- Bj̦rk РVoltaic cd (Nonesuch)