[gigs] Festival Time Approaching

Lots of new stuff, largely thanks to the Adelaide Festival, and also before that the sessions series at the Space Theatre. I’ve only listed a few items for each so you might want to check out the full details. Also there are other festivals on the way with the full lineup of Laneway announced (as well as some welcome changes to the site) and a partial Womadelaide lineup with the rest due this month. Of less interest me are Future Music (though it does have Aphex Twin) and Big Day Out (very little of interest except Battles).

NOVEMBER

  • 3rd Sea Thieves, Cheer Advisory Council and Susy Blue at the Jade Monkey.
  • 5th Dick Diver, School of Radiant Living, Fake Tan, Cesare at Format.
  • 13th Busdriver at Northern Sound System.
  • 15th The National and The Walkmen at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 16th Flaming Lips at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 17th Portishead, Mercury Rev at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 19th Matthewdavid at Cuckoo.
  • 19th Collarbones, Wintercoats, Glisk & Hal Bird at the Cranker.
  • 23rd Tiny Ruins at the Grace Emily.  Cancelled.
  • 25th The Cruel Sea at the Gov.

DECEMBER

  • 3rd Mondo Phase Band and Big Richard Insect support the Puta Madre Brothers at the Ed Castle.
  • 4th The Clouds at the Gov.
  • 8th Grinderman at HQ.
  • 8th Guitar Wolf at Jive.
  • 10th How to Dress Well with Steering By Stars and Glisk at the Metro.
  • 17th Darren Hanlon with Dave Dondero at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 23rd Axemen at Format.

JANUARY

  • 6th Dan Deacon Ensemble at the Space Theatre.
  • 12th Deerhoof at Jive
  • 19th Sun Araw at Format.
  • 20th Julianna Barwick at the Space Theatre.
  • 21st Thee Oh Sees at Jive.

FEBRUARY

  • 4th Prince Rama at Format
  • 10th Laneway Festival feat. Oneman, Girls, M83, Geoffrey O’Connor (Crayon Fields), Total Control, Active Child, Anna Calvi, Austra, Bullion, Chairlift, Cults, DZ Deathrays, EMA,
    Glasser, Jonti, Laura Marling, Pajama Club, SBTRKT, The Drums, The Horrors, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Panics, Toro Y Moi, Twin Shadow, Washed Out, Wu Lyf, Yuck

MARCH

  • 2nd Ennio Morricone at Elder Park. (Note change of date)
  • 3rd Genesis Breyer P-Orridge & Psychic TV at Barrio.
  • 9th-12th Womadelaide featuring Tinariwen, First Aid Kit and lots more.
  • 10th Roky Erickson & The Black Lips at Barrio.
  • 15th Miles Davis Prince of Darkness by the Australian Art Orchestra at the Adelaide Town Hall.
  • 16th Michael Rother with Dieter Moebius and Hans Lampe at Barrio.
  • 17th Jane Birkin sings Serge Gainsbourg at Barrio.

On the Stereo

  • George Steeltoe Ensemble – Church of Yuh LP (Heat Retention)
  • Spring Heel Jack – Amassed cd (Thirsty Ear Blue Series)
  • Ran Blake – All That Is Tied cd (Tompkins Square)
  • Leyland Kirby – Eager to Tear Apart the Stars LP (History Always Favours the Winners)
  • Bee Mask – Elegy for Beach Friday 2LP (Spectrum Spools)
  • Konx-Om-Pax – Light in Extension cd (Display Copy)
  • Gescom – Skull Snap EP (Skull Snap)
  • VHS Head – Midnight Section EP (Skam)
  • Burial – Street Halo 12″ (Hyperdub)
  • Rat Vs Possum – Let Music & Bodies Unite EP (Sensory Projects)

Must Read – Jonathan Holmes on Today Tonight

Last Monday night ABC’s Media Watch featured a story from Today Tonight last week which was just unbelievably bad. Now MW host Jonathan Holmes has an article on the Drum about it which is essential reading.

Holmes describes it

I’ve spent four years in the Media Watch chair – and in all that time I have never seen a more mendacious, deceptive and inflammatory piece of ‘journalism’.

Go and read the rest now. (Coincidentally it must be the first time I’ve seen an article on the drum with all the commentors basically in agreement)

It was truly disgraceful as they stirred up anger against refugees based on total misreprentations of the facts. I don’t think there was a political motive, it’s just that stirring up outrage is a good way at getting ratings and you pick some of the most disadvantaged people in our society (a common tactic for so-called current affairs shows as pointed out on Frontline so many years ago) then you can get away with it.They seem to have no regard for journalistic ethics, don’t care what happens to their victims … just as long as they get more viewers than their competitor. We all know that these prime time “current affairs” programs are terrible  but this seems to be a new low even for them.

Holmes concludes with

I hope that anyone who had anything to do with Today Tonight’s tawdry effort feels ashamed of themselves. They should. That includes, of course, the reporter and producers involved. In my view it also includes executive producer Craig McPherson; his boss, the director of news Peter Meakin; his boss, Seven CEO David Leckie; all the way up to the chairman, Kerry Stokes. They are the ones who tolerate and excuse a culture that treats this sort of ‘journalism’ as acceptable.

Hear hear.

If you watch Today Tonight then why not just switch off instead. You’ll be better informed about what’s going on in the world by staring at a blank screen for half an hour than by watching their show which leaves you less well informed than you were in the first place.

 

 

Marble Hill double

Up to Marble Hill via Montacute, then down to Basket Range and back up again via Pound Road. Some of the nicest areas in the hills that are still pretty close to town.

 

 


 

[gigs] Festival of Unpopular Culture

The Festival of Unpopular Culture starts tonight, details here. It involves a number of gigs, in particular tomorrow night Like Leaves play at the Mercury for the premiere of the film Echotone and later on at Format there’s a great lineup with The Coolies, Kitchen’s Floor and Terrible Truths. Next weekend there’s Rat vs Possum and Gold Bloom, and there’s lots of other stuff as well (including a hell of a lot of Nigel Koop which can only be a good thing). Download the program and have a look, there’s lots of non-gig stuff as well (gig guide readers might be particular interested in the panel discussion which includes Dave Graney, Sarah Chadwick, Nicci Reid and Matt Banham on Sat 15th).

In other news, a couple more great overseas tours are making it to Adelaide, in November Flaming Lips are confirmed for a Harvest Festival sideshow at Thebby, and in January the excellent Deerhoof are finally making it to Adelaide for a show at Jive.

OCTOBER

  • 8th Like Leaves at the Mercury Cinema (with screening of Echotone)
  • 8th The Coolies, Kitchen’s Floor, Terrible Truths at Format.
  • 9th Kitchen’s Floor, Old Mate, God Malls at the Metro.
  • 9th Choral Grief at the Reading Room (5pm)
  • 13th – Stu Thomas at the Metro.
  • 14th – Central Deli Band, Home for the Def, Mondo Phase Band, Big Richard Insect at the Fuc Hub (Adelaide College of the Arts)
  • 14th & 15th – Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 15th – Rat Vs Possum, Gold Bloom at Format.
  • 16th – Cheer Advisory Council at the Grace Emily.
  • 21-23rd – Womad Earth Station includes the Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, Toumani Diabaté and Mista Savona. More acts to be announced in August – more added – Konono No. 1, Tallest Man on Earth, Zakir Hussein.
  • 30th – DJ Wolfpanther at the Metro – Flying Nun Records set.

NOVEMBER

  • 5th Dick Diver at Format.
  • 15th The National and The Walkmen at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 16th Flaming Lips at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 17th Portishead, Mercury Rev at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 23rd Tiny Ruins at the Grace Emily.
  • 25th The Cruel Sea at the Gov.

DECEMBER

  • 4th The Clouds at the Gov.
  • 8th Grinderman at HQ.
  • 8th Guitar Wolf at Jive.

JANUARY

  • 12th Deerhoof at Jive

FEBRUARY

  • 10th Laneway Festival, first artist announcement on Oct 10

MARCH

  • 2nd Ennio Morricone at Elder Park. (Note change of date)

On the Stereo

  • The Meters – s/t LP (Josie)
  • Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders – Hurtsville cd (Spunk)
  • Naked on the Vague – Twelve Dark Noons EP (Sacred Bones)
  • The Verlaines – You’re Just Too Obscure For Me cd (Flying Nun)
  • Sneaky Feelings – Positively George Street cd (Flying Nun)
  • The Fall – I Am Kurious, Oranj cd (Beggars Banquet)
  • Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT cd (Dead Oceans)
  • Terry Riley – In C (Sony Classical)
  • The Caretaker – Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia 6cd (V/VM Test Records)
  • The Focus Group – Sketches and Spells cd (Ghost Box)

Flying Nun 30th Anniversary in November

The great New Zealand record label Flying Nun will be celebrating their 30th anniversary this November. I’ve previously featured an excellent documentary about them which can still be viewed.

To celebrate the anniversary I’m going to do an all Flying Nun set at the Metro, details in the poster below. Also a number of Flying Nun bands are touring NZ in November as part of the celebrations, though before that The Bats will be playing some Australian shows (east coast only).

Lots of great music below the fold

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R.E.M. videos

The announcement this week that REM are breaking up prompted me to dig out a few favourites on youtube

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[gigs]

SEPTEMBER

  • 18th – Wet Hair at the Metro.
  • 19th – Tristan Louth-Robins, Kathie Renner at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 22nd – Jack Ladder and Ghoul at the Metro.
  • 23rd – Johnny McIntyre Trio at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 24th – Seekae at the Ed Castle.
  • 24th – Gold Bloom at the Jade Monkey.
  • 25th – DJ Wolfpanther at the Metro.
  • 26th – Fran Swinn Trio at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 30th – Psychetronica at the Old Exchange.

OCTOBER

  • 2nd Glass Indian (new band feat. members of Satan’s Cheerleaders, Only the Sky, Immerman 1.1) at the Grace Emily.
  • 6th Allen Toussaint with the Legends of New Orleans tour at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 8th Kitchen’s Floor at Format.
  • 9th Kitchen’s Floor at the Metro.
  • 12th Rites Wild at Format.
  • 14th & 15th – Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 16th – Cheer Advisory Council at the Grace Emily.
  • 21-23rd – Womad Earth Station includes the Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, Toumani Diabaté and Mista Savona. More acts to be announced in August – more added – Konono No. 1, Tallest Man on Earth, Zakir Hussein.
  • 30th – DJ Wolfpanther at the Metro – Flying Nun Records set.

NOVEMBER

  • 17th Portishead, Mercury Rev at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 23rd Tiny Ruins at the Grace Emily.

DECEMBER

  • 4th The Clouds at the Gov.
  • 8th Grinderman at HQ.
  • 8th Guitar Wolf at Jive.

FEBRUARY

  • 10th Laneway Festival, first artist announcement on Oct 10

MARCH

  • 3rd Ennio Morricone at Elder Park.

On the Stereo

  • Batrider – Piles of Lies cd (Two Bright Lakes)
  • Sonic Youth – Sister LP (Org)
  • Sonic Youth – Evol LP (Org)
  • Sonic Youth – Halloween 12″ (Homestead)
  • MV & EE Medicine Show – The Uranian Ray LP (Spirit of Orr)
  • George Steeltoe Ensemble – Church of Yuh LP (Heat Retention)
  • Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/William Parker – Beyond Quantum cd (Tzadik)
  • Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Orchestra – Out to Lunch cd (Doubtmusic)
  • Spring Heel Jack – Amassed cd (Thirsty Ear Blue Series)
  • Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer – Re:ECM 2cd (ECM)

Clarendon & Cherry Gardens



[gigs] Grinderman

Once again we have a festival sideshow in Adelaide, this time Grinderman, who are playing a couple east coast festivals (Meredith & Homebake) are also playing an Adelaide show on December 8th.

In other news, yet more acts have been added to Earth Station, including The Catholics, a band lead by The Necks’ Lloyd Swanton.

The Clouds have recently got back together and are coming to Adelaide in December (sadly, just as happened with another great 90’s Sydney band reuniting and coming to Adelaide – Smudge – I’m going to be out of town at the time though.)

Meanwhile the big event for this weekend is the Batrider album launch at Format on Saturday.

SEPTEMBER

  • 2nd – DJ Wolfpanther at the Metro.
  • 3rd – Batrider at Format.
  • 5th – The New Cabal, Moose & Squirrel at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 9th – Absolute Boys, Circular Keys, Old Mate at the Metro.
  • 17th – Gold Bloom at the Ed Castle.
  • 18th – Russian Circles at Fowlers Live.
  • 18th – Wet Hair at the Metro.
  • 19th – Tristan Louth-Robins, Kathie Renner at the Wheatsheaf.
  • 22nd – Jack Ladder and Ghoul at the Metro.’
  • 24th – Seekae at the Ed Castle.
  • 24th – Gold Bloom at the Jade Monkey.
  • 26th – Fran Swinn Trio at the Wheatsheaf.

OCTOBER

  • 6th Allen Toussaint with the Legends of New Orleans tour at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 8th Kitchen’s Floor at Format.
  • 9th Kitchen’s Floor at the Metro.
  • 21-23rd – Womad Earth Station includes the Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, Toumani Diabaté and Mista Savona. More acts to be announced in August – more added – Konono No. 1, Tallest Man on Earth, Zakir Hussein.

NOVEMBER

  • 17th Portishead, Mercury Rev at Thebarton Theatre.

DECEMBER

  • 4th The Clouds at the Gov.
  • 8th Grinderman at HQ.
  • 8th Guitar Wolf at Jive.

MARCH

  • 3rd Ennio Morricone at Elder Park.

On the Stereo

  • The Paradise Motel – I Still Hear Your Voice At Night cd (Left Over Life to Kill)
  • Susanna and the Magical Orchestra – Melody Mountain cd (Rune Grammofon)
  • James Blake – s/t 2LP (Polydor)
  • Salem – King Night cd (Iamsound)
  • Leyland Kirby – Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 2 12″ (History Always Favors the Winners)
  • Clams Casino – Rainforest cdep (Tri Angle)
  • Gary War – Horribles Parade cd (Sacred Bones)
  • Sun Araw – Off Duty EP (Woodsist)
  • Current 93 – Aleph at Halucinatory Mountain cd (Coptic Cat)
  • The Godz – Contact High cd (ESP-Disk)