Not sure if there’s an official announcement yet, but it looks like Jandek will play in Adelaide on March 28. Liveguide lists an Australian tour, but just with dates & states, on the Mess & Noise forums Melvo says it’s at the Gov with the Primitive Calculators. If it is true then well done to Heathen Skulls for being a tour promoter that brings artists to Adelaide, last year they were responsible for the Lightning Bolt tour.

Here is the info from their website:

Hailing from Houston, Texas, Jandek is the musical project of an outsider musician whose name and identity has been a mystery for over 30 years. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released over 60 albums of dissonant and often emotionally dissolute folk / blues through his label Corwood Industries.

Jandek often plays a highly idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues, that border very closely on the avant-garde. Refusing to use any form of traditionalism with structure, chords and tuning, Jandek has created a stylized form of music that is entirely his own. Lyrically he mirrors the country blues and folk traditions of East Texas, but sonically, he’s in a league of his own.

In 2004, a documentary was released entitled ‘Jandek on Corwood’. It documented Jandek’s recorded history and the people that have had contact with him, which is not many as he had never played live and only granted one interview, and that was back in 1985. Up until 2004 no one was certain of his identity.

The mystery of Jandek’s identity was unveiled in October 2004 when he appeared for the first time live at the 04 Music Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. He has since made a number of live appearances at festivals like All Tomorrow’s Parties, Pitchfork and SXSW.

Up until 2009, Jandek’s backing band consisted of musicians from bands such as Tortoise, Grails, Quasi and Grouper - his backing band changed for each performance, depending on who was available at the time. In 2009 he settled on a permanent rhythm section from Glasgow, Scotland, which consists of Volcanic Tongue Records owner and WIRE contributor David Keenan (Drums), and his partner Heather Leigh Murray.

Heathen Skulls is very proud to present for the first time in Australia, JANDEK!

Coming up this Friday is the Laneway Festival. Gates open at 2pm. I’m keen to see Eddy Current Suppression Ring & The XX in particular, but there’s quite a few acts I know very little about so I’m keen on checking out some new music.

Also, coming up on the following Friday (Feb 12th) I’ll be doing a DJ set at the Metro with a post-punk theme.

FEBRUARY

• 5th Laneway Festival with Echo & The Bunnymen, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and lots more.
• 6th Steering By Stars at the Ed Castle with Red Ink.
• 11th RZA at Fowler’s Live.
• 12th Le Rayon Vert DJ Set at the Metro.
• 13th Avant Gardeners at the Metro.
• 13th Satan’s Cheerleaders at Higher Ground.
• 19th Yo La Tengo at Fowler’s Live.
• 20th Steering By Stars, Sincerely Grizzly at the Jade Monkey.
• 23rd Brian Jonestown Massacre at Fowlers.
• 25th Steering By Stars at the Ed Castle.
• 26th Satan’s Cheerleaders at the Crown & Anchor.
• 26th Hit the Jackpot at Supermild.
• 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, Ethiopiques 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.
• 13th Hit the Jackpot with Naked on the Vague at the Metro.
• 18th Raekwon at HQ.
• 21st Massive Attack at the Entertainment Centre.
• 24th The Pixies at Thebby (playing Doolittle)
• 28th Jandek with the Primitive Calculators at the Gov ? (TBC)

APRIL

• 16th Mountain Goats at Fowler’s Live.

On the Stereo

• Public Image Ltd – Second Edition 2LP (Virgin)
• Public Image Ltd – Flowers of Romance LP (Warner Bros)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees – Once Upon A Time: The Singles LP (Polydor)
• The Cure – Faith LP (7)
• The Fall – The Wonderful & Frightning World of … LP (PVC)
• The Slits – Cut LP (Island)
• The Raincoats – s/t LP (Rough Trade)
• Laughing Clowns – Live: Prince Melon Bootleg series Volume 8 cd (Prince Melon)
• Laughing Clowns – Live: Prince Melon Bootleg series Volume 7 cd (Prince Melon)
• Flower / Corsano Duo – The Four Aims cd (VHF)