There’s some new music (or reissues of old music) coming out that are looking good.
- Pitchfork report that there is a Steinski double cd compilation coming out. The first collects together a bunch of his stuff (including collaborations with Double Dee) that is otherwise rather hard to come by. I’ve heard about lots of these tracks but never heard them, in particular I think they were a big influence on Coldcut. The second disc has his “Nothing to Fear” mix, I have a version of this on vinyl but judging from the track listing there’s lots more on the cd.
- The new album by the Silver Jews is due out next month, called Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea. To put it simply the Silver Jews are one of the best bands ever. When they first gained attention they looked to be something of a Pavement side-project (due to the involvement of Stephen Malkmus, Bob Natanovich and Steve West), but it was David Berman who was the driving force, and while I still love Pavement, and SM’s solo stuff as well, the Silver Jews have moved up to be one of my favourite bands, in the top the level occupied by the likes of the Laughing Clowns, Sonic Youth and Autechre. So I guess it’s clear that I’m keenly awaiting the release of the new album.
- Another new release of interest is exitingARM by Subtle. Subtle came to my attention due to the involvement of members of Themselves (and the recommendation of Peter). They released 4 eps names after the seasons which were brilliant, taking in a dizzying array of styles. When they moved on to releasing albums they seemed to bring all of it together into a unique mix of rap, rock, electronica and more. They deserve more attention than they get (though if you check out metacritic you’ll see that the critics have certainly been kind). The new one is there third full length album, and completes a trilogy. Also worth mentioning is a lower profile release, Yell&Ice , which includes a number of collaborations on remixes/alternate versions of tracks from second album For Hero: For Fool. I hadn’t heard much about it but found it in Missing Link in Melbourne and have been very impressed by it. Apparently there was something similar for the first album but I’ve never come across it. Hopefully the new one will do well enough for them to tour here, I’d love to see them live. It wouldn’t be the first time to Adelaide for Dose One and Jel, they played, together with Sole, at Enigma Bar back in 2001.
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I was very impressed by Philip Jeck last night. Also Headdress of Neon Flames were still in fine form after a long break from gigs. There is another big one coming up at the Jade, Rafael Toral from Portugal.
A couple of other items of music news:
- this afternoon there is a show about Sonic Youth on ABC2 at 4pm
- On the June long weekend there will be one of the regular cd & record sales at the showgrounds.
- Rumour has it that the Sea Thieves will have another show coming up soon
MAY
- 29th - DJ Krush at Electric Light.
- 31st – Really Good in Theory 3 with the Avant Gardeners, Cities Roamed by Cannibals, No Through Road, The Family Hour (with Henry Wagons), The Monies, Jon Dale, Cameron Wood, Kynan Lawlor at the Irish Club.
JUNE
- 5th – !!! at Rocket Bar.
- 15th – Holly Throsby at the Jade Monkey.
- 20th - Guy Blackman, Hit the Jackpot, No Through Road and Shame Spiral at Rocket.
JULY
- 5th – Rafael Toral at the Jade Monkey.
- 31st – The Breeders at Fowler’s Live.
On the Stereo
- Philip Jeck – Sand cd (Touch)
- Rosy Parlane – Jessamine cd (Touch)
- Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds of 2cd (Kranky)
- Charalambides – Likeness cd (Kranky)
- Charalambides – Joy Shapes cd (Kranky)
- The Sea Thieves – Hiding in the Shade cd (Pouring Rain)
- Seefeel – Quique 2cd (Too Pure)
- Various – Staedtizism 2 cd (~scape)
- Kurt Weisman – Spiritual Sci-Fi cd (Important)
- The Dead C – Future Artists cd (Bada Bing)
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Note that this gig also sees the return of Headdress of Neon Flames.
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Yes, I know this is a bit late. I wrote out this list meaning to add comments on each gig and then forgot about it … so now I decided I may as well post the list as it is rather than just delete it. So here it is, my favourite gigs of 2007 (it may seem like a lot, but it is about a quarter of the gigs that I went to)
- 17/2 The Evens at Urtext
- 28/2 Camera Obscura, Ned Collette at Rocket
- 9-11/3 WOMAD at Botanic Park, particularly Etran Finitawa, Huun Huur Tu and Femi Kuti
- 31/3 GB3 at the Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 3/4 The Pixies and Jarvis Cocker at Thebarton Theatre
- 5/4 Mike Cooper, Daniel Varicchio at Urtext
- 4/5 Ninetynine, Birth Glow, All Made of Rubies at Electric Light
- 12/5 No Through Road at Urtext
- 22/6 Mick Harvey at the Space Theatre
- 13/7 Dinosaur Jr at the Gov
- 17/8 Zulya & The Children of the Underground at the Church of the Trinity
- 18/8 No Through Road, Spindickle, 200 Motels at the Jade Monkey (Greens Adelaide Campaign Launch)
- 24/8 Brunatex at the Jade Monkey
- 25/8 Little Ice Age at the Wheatsheaf
- 8/9 Benga at the Rhino Room
- 22/9 No Through Road, Little Ice Age at the Prince Albert
- 12/10 Art of Fighting at Jive
- 19/10 Nick Cave/ Grinderman at Thebarton Theatre
- 11/11 Bill Callahan, Sea Thieves at the Jade Monkey
- 27/12 Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective at the Vanguard, Newtown in Sydney
- 29/12 Vex’d at Herman’s, Sydney Uni.
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Not too much new but just wanted to make sure that everyone’s aware of the long awaited (by me at least) Sea Thieves album launch this Sunday at the Ed Castle. Their gigs don’t happen too often since their usually pretty busy running the wonderful music venue that is The Jade Monkey, so it’s worth going out of your way to catch them when you can, and the album launch in particular should be a good one.
Also getting excited at the prospect of seeing Philip Jeck live, read about him in dB.
MAY
- 3rd – Hit the Jackpot with Downtown at the Ex.
- 4th – Sea Thieves record launch at the Ed Castle.
- 17th – Philip Jeck at FAD.
- 29th - DJ Krush at Electric Light.
JUNE
JULY
- 31st – The Breeders at Fowler’s Live.
On the stereo
- DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist – The Hard Sell (Encore) cd (no label)
- Subtle – Yell & Ice cd (Lex)
- Harmonia – Live 1974 cd (Water)
- Supersilent – 8 cd (Rune Grammofon)
- Charalambides - Joy Shapes cd (Kranky)
- Tall Dwarfs – Weeville cd (Flying Nun)
- Machine Translations - Happy cd (Spunk)
- Deerhoof - Apple O’ cd (Kill Rock Stars)
- Essential Logic – Fanfare in the Garden 2cd (Kill Rock Stars)
- The Residents – Eskimo cd (Euro Ralph)
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