Just a few minor updates. Still no news on Meredith sideshows from Broadcast or The Fall, except that Popfrenzy have officially announced that they are touring Broadcast, and The Fall are confirmed to play in Auckland on Dec 13. The only Meredith sideshows announced so far are The Field and El Guincho (neither play Adelaide).
AUGUST
29th Hawks of Alba, 6&7s at the Grace.
SEPTEMBER
3rd – No Through Road, Box Elder, Sarah Chadwick at the Jade Monkey.
3rd – Flying Scribble, Fair Maiden, Tall Tall Trees at the Metro.
3rd – God God Dammit Dammit at the Cranka.
11th – Wolf & Cub at the Ed Castle.
11th – Friends, Fighting League, Fake Tan, Old Mate at the Metro.
15th & 16th Klondike’s North 40 (feat. Chris Masuak) at the Grace Emily.
17th - Taught By Animals, Like Leaves, Friends at the Ed Castle.
24th – Starving Weirdos at the Exeter.
25th - Hit The Jackpot, The Ancients, Fake Tan at the Metro.
OCTOBER
1st Zeni Geva at the Rhino Room.
1st Smudge at the Metro.
1st Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! at the Ed Castle.
8th Sun Araw, Hit the Jackpot, Terrible Truths, Bitch Prefect, Bad Habit at Format.
15th Steering By Stars at the Ed Castle.
16th Ninetynine at the Metro
17th Dead Meadow at Fowlers.
22nd Sea Bellies, Fire! Santa Rosa Fire!, Steering By Stars at the Ed Castle.
23rd The Holy Sea at the Wheatsheaf.
NOVEMBER
14th New Pornographers at Fowlers.
DECEMBER
4th Stereosonic Festival lineup includes Wiley, Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills, Caspa.
On the Stereo
Darren Hanlon - I Will Love You At All cd (Flippin Yeah)
Cat Power - The Greatest cd (Matador)
Jandek – Staring at the Cellophane cd (Corwood Industries)
Jandek – The Myth of Blue Icicles cd (Corwood Industries)
Jandek – What Was Out There Disappeared cd (Corwood Industries)
Burning Star Core – Papercuts Theatre 2LP (No Quarter)
Terrace Industry: M Squared Box 1980-83 4cd (Ascension)
Big news this week is that a couple of my absolute favourites are both coming out to Australia for the Meredith Music Festival – Broadcast and The Fall. I won’t be able to make it to Meredith but hopefully there’ll be some sideshows that I can get to. The Fall are being toured by Civil Society, thus far they don’t list anything other than Meredith. They have brought some shows to Adelaide in the past, but mostly not. Broadcast are being toured by Popfrenzy, it seems like quite a while since I’ve seen anything promoted by them over here, so I’m a bit concerned that the chances for either aren’t good. Also the Swans rumour has a bit more certainty behind it after Michael Gira mentioned in an interview that they will be touring Australia. Also Heathen Skulls confirmed on Mess & Noise that they’re working on making it happen – and they always bring acts to Adelaide so that’s some good news.
That’s not all, there have been a couple of definite Adelaide shows announced this week – Dead Meadow at Fowlers on October 17, and The New Pornographers at Fowlers on November 14. Looks like the Winter tour drought is breaking.
Broadcast videos:
AUGUST
18th Bitches of Zeus plus solo sets from each band member at the Pharaoh.
19th Humble Bee at the Gov (front bar).
20th Princess One Point Five, We Grow Up, Cheer Advisory Council at the Ed Castle.
21st Grong Grong, Fkn Tutts,Friends at the Metro.
22nd Darren Hanlon at Jive.
22nd Sea Thieves at the Wheatsheaf.
27th Lakes, Bad Habit, Witches at Black Mass, Greeting from SA at the Metro.
29th Hawks of Alba, 6&7s at the Grace.
SEPTEMBER
3rd – No Through Road, Box Elder, Sarah Chadwick at the Jade Monkey.
3rd – Flying Scribble, Fair Maiden, Tall Tall Trees at the Metro.
11th – Wolf & Cub at the Ed Castle.
15th & 16th Klondike’s North 40 (feat. Chris Masuak) at the Grace Emily.
17th - Like Leaves at the Ed Castle.
24th – Starving Weirdos at the Exeter.
25th - Hit The Jackpot, The Ancients, Fake Tan at the Metro.
OCTOBER
1st Zeni Geva at the Rhino Room.
1st Smudge at the Metro.
1st Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! at the Ed Castle.
8th Sun Araw, Hit the Jackpot, Terrible Truths, Bitch Prefect, Bad Habit at Format.
15th Steering By Stars at the Ed Castle.
16th Ninetynine at the Metro
17th Dead Meadow at Fowlers.
NOVEMBER
14th New Pornographers at Fowlers.
DECEMBER
4th Stereosonic Festival lineup includes Wiley, Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills, Caspa.
On the Stereo
Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 8cd (KlingKlang)
Mouse on Mars - Live 04 cd (Sonig)
DJ/Rupture - Gold Teeth Thief DL
Vex’d – Cloud Seed 2LP (Planet Mu)
Burning Star Core – Papercuts Theatre 2LP (No Quarter)
The Caretaker – Persistent Repetition of Phrases LP (History Always Favours the Winners)
David S. Ware Quartet - Corridors and Parallels cd (AUM Fidelity)
Trembling Bells – Abandoned Love cd (Honest Jon’s)
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity 2LP (Young God)
Before the local stuff, a bit of general touring news. The Paradise Motel are back together, have a new album and are touring the East Coast around late Sep early Oct. As mentioned in an earlier post Mouse on Mars are touring in late Oct, early Nov. Built to Spill have been announced for the Peats Ridge Festival in late Dec, I expect they’ll probably tour other festivals so not so confident about an Adelaide date. Finally a nice rumour going around is that the Swans could come to Australia next year.
The question that’s really been on my mind (not just lately, it’s been on my mind since about January 11 2009) is this – will All Tomorrow’s Parties festival be coming back to Australia?
Just a reminder that I’ll be doing my monthly DJ set next Sunday, July 25th at the Metro on Grote St. I’ll be on from around 4-7pm. No theme this time, but since last time was largely instrumental (post-rock & jazz) I might lean towards songs this time. I play there on the 4th Sunday every month (except for a special event in September on the 3rd Sunday … more about that later, but here’s a hint)
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