Top news this time is Ed Kuepper returning to Adelaide to play at the Gov in March. This would be great news itself, but I’m happy to hear that for the first time in many years he’s touring with drummer Mark Dawson. It’s been incredible to see Ed working with Jeff Wegener again in recent years, but many of my first gigs I went to were Ed & Mark so I’d love to see them team up again. I haven’t seen it confirmed for the Adelaide show, but other shows on the tour are billed with “they re-imagine the Kuepper classics Electrical Storm and Today Wonder in their entirety, over two sets.”

Also, there is a partial schedule available for WOMAD, unfortunately my two favourites each only play one time each, but still great to be able to see them at all. Omar Souleyman is on Friday night only, and Joanna Newsom is Sunday night only. Some of the others I’m interested in play twice, Wildbirds & Peacedrums play both Friday night and Saturday daytime, and The Necks play both Sunday night and Monday night. Also, more acts are due to be announced sometime this month.

Also of note is that a couple of good local bands have cd launches coming up, on the 8th there’s God God Dammit Dammit at Enigma, and on the 14th there’s Like Leaves at Jive.

JANUARY

• 2nd – Earthless at the Ed Castle.
• 6th – Born Ruffians at Fowlers.
• 7th – Thee Oh Sees, Bitch Prefect, Terrible Truths at Format.
• 8th – Kitchen’s Floor, Hit the Jackpot, Dud Pills, Rites Wild at the Exeter.
• 8th – God God Dammit Dammit album launch at Enigma.
• 14th – Like Leaves album launch.
• 20th – Ben Revi (Cheer Advisory Council) at the Metro.

FEBRUARY

• 1st – Sufjan Stevens at the Festival Theatre.
• 4th – Big Day Out including Iggy & the Stooges, Primal Scream, Grinderman, MIA and LCD Soundsystem
• 5th – Satan’s Cheerleaders at the Metro.
• 9th – The Unthanks at the Gov.
• 11th – Laneway Festival with !!! (Chk Chk Chk) -THE ANTLERS – ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI  – BEACH HOUSE  – BEAR IN HEAVEN – BLONDE REDHEAD  – CLOUD CONTROL – CUT COPY  – DEERHUNTER  –  FOALS  –  GOTYE  –  THE HOLIDAYS – HOLY FUCK – JENNY & JOHNNY  –  LES SAVY FAV  – LOCAL NATIVES – MENOMENA – PVT –  RAT vs POSSUM – STORNOWAY – TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – VIOLENT SOHO – WARPAINT  –  WORLD’S END PRESS – YEASAYER
• 12th Format Festival opening night with Woollen Kits, Absolute Boys, Terrible Truths, Fair Maiden.
• 25th Super Wild Horses at Format.
• 26th – Per Purpose, Bitch Prefect at Format.

MARCH

• 5th- Soundwave with Gang of Four, The Melvins and lots more.
• 6th – Wavves at Rocket Bar.
• 11-14th WOMADelaide, includes Joanna Newsom, Omar Souleyman, The Necks, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Horace Andy, Don Letts, lots more.
• 16th Belle and Sebastian at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
• 20th Ed Kuepper at the Gov.
• 26th DOOM at the Gov.

APRIL

• 4-7th – Paul Kelly‘s A-Z shows at the Space Theatre.

MAY

• 11th – Kyuss Lives at Fowlers.

On the Stereo

• Moon Wiring Club and Belbury Poly – Youth and Recreation 7″ (Ghost Box Study Series)
• The Advisory Circle with Hong Kong in the 60’s – Cycles and Seasons 7″ (Ghost Box Study Series)
• Belbury Poly and Mordant Music – Welcome to Godalming 7″ (Ghost Box Study Series)
• Broadcast and the Focus Group – Familiar Shapes and Noises 7″ (Ghost Box Study Series)
• Belbury Poly – The Owl’s Map cd (Ghost Box)
• Belbury Poly – From an Ancient Star cd (Ghost Box)
• Mount Vernon Arts Lab – The Séance at Hobs Lane cd (Ghost Box)
• Roj – The Transactional Dharma of Roj cd (Ghost Box)
• The Focus Group – We Are All Pan’s People cd (Ghost Box)
• The Advisory Circle – Other Channels cd (Ghost Box)

Time for a roundup of my favourite gigs for the year. First up I want to mention a bunch of local bands who I saw often throughout the year who were excellent. Often individual local gigs don’t stand out in the memory as much as visits from overseas or interstate bands (or gigs in other cities), but all of these bands have played excellent shows this year and have made up the bulk of the many gigs I’ve been to:

Batrider, Bitch Prefect, Cheer Advisory Council, Fake Tan, Fair Maiden, Hit the Jackpot, Like Leaves, Mondo Phase Band, Satan’s Cheerleaders, The Sea Thieves, Steering By Stars, Terrible Truths

Now for the individual gigs that stand out:

• Joanna Newsom at The Forum (Melbourne), Jan 20
  Gig highlight of the year. Thanks to my train being 2.5 hours late I missed all of Ned Collette’s supporting set and the first couple of JN songs, but fortunately she played a very long set so I still got to hear plenty. I was also happy when shortly after arriving I heard someone call out for Emily since it meant I hadn’t missed it. I can’t wait to see her again at Womad next year.
• Laughing Clowns at the East Brunswick Club (Melbourne), Jan 22
  For the second night in a row (they played a “don’t look back” show the night before), I found this gig better, partly due to the more intimate venue, but also there was better sound and they played more. Afterwards I got to chat with Ed & Les as well. News just in – Ed plays at the Gov on March 20!
• RZA at Fowler’s Live, Feb 11
  Lots of Wu-Tang tours lately (e.g. Ghostface, Raekwon), this has been my favourite.
• Yo La Tengo at Fowler’s Live, Feb 19
  Things were going great and an amp died. If you want to see a band come up with a comprimise at the last minute it’s definitely YLT, they abandoned their setlist and played a largely acoustic set including lots of requests. While I expect the set as planned would have been fantastic, it was fascinating to see them play such an impromptu set.
• Pimmon at EMU, Feb 20
  I was a Pimmon fan for a long time before first seeing him play live, fortunately in the last couple of years he’s playing a lot more than he used to. He plays abstract electronica/noise with a laptop, I can’t think of anyone I’ve seen do it better and this (with the Adelaide city skyline as backdrop) was probably the best I’ve seen of him. I was fortunate enough to see him again later in the year in Sydney for another good show.
• Curse ov Dialect at Shimmering West, Mar 5
  Left the first evening of Womad early for this. It was poorly advertised and almost noone was there. There were about five or six of us CoD fans at the front, and a bunch of unimpressed hip-hop fans at the back who were there for the supports. While CoD do play hip-hop, it’s very unconventional and they would do much better playing to the sort of crowds that go to places like Format or the Metro, who are open to all sorts of music, rather than hip-hop crowds. Despite the poor turnout they were still amazing though, it just leaves me thinking it will be a long time again until they’re back here.
• Pavement at Thebarton Theatre, Mar 7
  Another early departure from Womad. I don’t mind a bit of nostalgia now & then and that’s what this show was all about, and very satisfying it was too.
• Dinosaur Jr at Fowler’s Live, Mar 13
  This on the other hand is not as much about nostalgia as some might think since I think their latest album Farm is right up there with their best. DJ aren’t just playing the old hits, they’re making great new music as well.
• Eddy Current Suppression Ring at Jive, Mar 24
  This was immediately after another nostalgia show (the Pixies), while I thought they were good it was ECSR who were the highlight of the night. Definitely deserve their reputation as one of the best live bands in the country.
• Jandek & Primitive Calculators at the Gov, Mar 28
  I’d seen Primitive Calculators at ATP a couple of years ago and thought they were OK, but this show was much better than there, they were in top form. How do you describe Jandek? Let’s just say it was a unique experience. You can measure how much I liked it by the large number of Jandek cds I’ve bought since then (10 I think).
• Crayon Fields & Aleks and the Ramps at the Northcote Social Club, Apr 24
  Last chance to see CF before they went off overseas, they’ve been favourites since first seeing them last year. A bonus was finally getting to see A&tR.
• The Bats at the East Brunswick Club, Apr 25
  Still no visit to Adelaide, but closer this time than the last time I saw them in Christchurch. Lots of the old Flying Nun bands seem to be back together and touring (Chills, Clean, Verlaines), but the Bats aren’t reunited, they never split up. Their latest album is great too.
• Autechre at the Hi Fi Bar, May 29
  Can you describe Autechre’s music with words? Even a thorough knowledge of their recorded output only partly prepares you for the intensive onslaught of their live show. A darkened room is filled with pummeling beats which gradually form patterns, before disintegrating and reforming into something new. To experience Autechre live is to witness their creativity in raw form. Sometimes it’s hard going, you can’t make sense of it (often it takes many listens to make sense of their records), but then there are those sublime Autechre moments, where cold electronic sounds come alive with an organic warmth and you’re not quite sure why you ever listen to anything else.
• Ed Kuepper & Chris Bailey at Bennett’s Lane, May 30
  I’d already seen Ed & Chris play together with the Saints, but this intimate show in a small jazz club was even better.
• DJ Lord at Rocket, Jun 5
  Some were there because DJ Lord is the DJ for Public Enemy, but there’s a lot more to him than that as anyone who saw his Dubstep set a few years ago at the Summer Break festival (where PE also played). At this show he started out with Dubstep until the hip-hop fans looked ready to desert the venue, then switched over to hip-hop and filled the dancefloor and then kept going with long set that was all over the place (in a good way).
• The Crying Game at the Metro, Jun 13
  It was enough to make you laugh, cry and fear for your life all at once. Go read Spoz’s five star review. An excerpt
  “Every song is hamfisted through with the bare minimum consideration for tuning, timing, structure, lyrical content, cohesion or even for the audience foolish enough to stand too close to the stage to which they’ll frequently target for all out abuse. Matt Hayward is the main offender for this: as he’ll spend most of the second half of the set barrelling straight into them and sending everyone flying like he’s a bowling ball to their ten pins; but each and everyone of them will just as easily bicker amongst themselves like a bad family reunion.“
  I guess you had to be there.
• Home for the Def at Format, Jun 1
  This was the launch for Stan Mahoney’s book which featured reviews of all fifty Home for the Def releases and HftD played a great set for the occasion, which even included everyone taking communion with HftD biscuits.
• Straight to Video at the Metro, Jul 3
  A one-off reunion, lots of fun had by all, great to hear songs like Lightning Over the Asylum and PhD in Apathy again.
• Grong Grong at the Metro, Aug 21
  Election night, so I’d spent all day handing out at polling booths, and then had done a fair bit of celebrating at the Greens election night party, but this gig was so good it kept me going until the early hours. I’d heard of this legendary Adelaide band but hadn’t heard their music before and was very impressed.
• No Through Road at the Metro, Sep 3
  A farewell for a local favourite of mine for quite a few years. Some of their other recent gigs had tended to turn into a bit of a mess but this one went perfectly, a very fine send off. Video here.
• Paradise Motel at the Troubadour, Oct 1
  Another comeback, the only other time I saw the Paradise Motel was at the Royal in 1998. This time they played a set of material from their excellent new album Australian Ghost Story, I think it was even better live than on cd. For an encore they played some of their 90’s material which was also great. A show in Adelaide is a definite possibility for next year.
• Broadcast at the Hi-Fi Bar, Dec 9
  Another long time favourite, I liked the experimental edge to their show along with the general hauntological weirdness, and balanced out by some great songs (e.g. Valerie, Corporeal)
• The Fall at Billboards, Dec 10
  Given the bands reputation I was prepared for just about anything … but three encores? That was a surprise. Mark E Smith was in great form (possibly because he was having so much fun pissing off the sound guy) and the band were tight. There was a great mix of songs, with a focus on the most recent (and rather excellent) album, but a sprinkling of material from the last decade plus a couple of really old ones (2 from 1979’s Dragnet!). Given that they’ve previously toured Australia twice – 1982 and 1990 – it’s quite likely this is my only chance to see them so it’s great that this was such a good one.

I was thinking of doing a “best of the year” post and found this draft list of my favourite gigs of 2009. Can’t remember why I never posted it, possibly I meant to write about all of the gigs, so I’ll add in some comments now and then try to get onto this year’s list a bit quicker.

• All Tomorrow’s Parties – Mt Buller Jan 9-11
  I’ve already written a couple of posts about this (here and here). Looking back on it now the standouts are Laughing Clowns, Harmonia and Michael Gira but as I said in my original post everything about it was great and the fact that it hasn’t happened again is very disappointing.
• Laneway – Fowler’s Courtyard Feb 7
  The down side to ATP was that it would spoil all other festivals since they couldn’t possibly be as good. As far as non-ATP festivals go, Laneway was rather good in 2009. We got to farewell Stereolab, I finally got to see Four Tet (with a great set largely based on the excellent Ribbons EP), and there was plenty of other good stuff (Jay Reatard, No Age, Pivot, Born Ruffians) but for me the highlight was Daedelus.
• Kid Koala at Producers Feb 12
  Always fantastic to see live, it’s a shame he didn’t come back this year.
• Damo Suzuki at the Ed Castle Feb 13
  Suzuki’s second visit to Adelaide, I thought this one was much better than the first which didn’t really grab me.
• Dan Deacon & High Pleaces at Urtext March 1
  Ah, good old Urtext. Hadn’t thought about it for a while. This was a crazy gig, might not have been a huge crowd for a Sunday night but Deacon still managed to organise the audience into two teams for a dance off.
• Mike Cooper at De La Catessan, March 3rd
  Mike Cooper’s gigs are always great, but when he does a live film score it’s something really special. He’d previously performed one in Adelaide for Onibaba which was incredible, and this one was another amazing experience as he played a live score for The Colour of Pomegranates.It’s a shame that the number of attendees at either could be counted on your fingers.
• Fingerfest at Urtext, March 21
  Speaking of fingers … I guess Fingerfest was pretty much the farewell for Urtext. I remember rushing there from a Blackeyed Susans gig so as not to miss Ninetynine’s Laura MacFarlane playing a solo set. It was a good lineup all round, but the other highlights were Japanese band Kill My Bleeding Smile, and God God Dammit Dammit.
• Kris Wanders/Andy Sugg Unit – Exeter April 17/ Metro April 18 / Exeter September 11
  Three gigs, all superb. It’s rare to see top quality free jazz around these parts so getting three gigs in a year was pretty special.
• Winnerfest at the Metro, May 9
  Yet another festival (I also went to the BDO & Womad so there were a lot for me). This was to launch No Through Roads album Winner, but there was also lots of other great stuff including Guy Blackman and Steering By Stars.
• Flipper at Live on Light Square, June 5
  I didn’t know what to expect from this, being a bit wary of comebacks by old bands, but it was incredibly good.
• Like Leaves at the Metro – August 8
  One of the best local bands, played more good shows this year, hopefully an album will be out next year.
• Dan V Exeter residency August
  Dan plays in Like Leaves, and also did a solo residency on every Monday in August (which fit in nicely with my regular attendance at the Cinematheque). I think I may have been to all of them … when it was over I didn’t know what to do with my Monday night.
• Panoptique Electrical cd launch, EMU August 7
  Sadly not many people were there to see this great gig where Jason Sweeney’s Panoptique Electrical (in full band mode) launched their cd Yes to Fear, Yes to Desire. Amazingly beautiful music.
• The Lucksmiths at Jive, August 14
  I’d never seen them before so I got in just in time for their farewell tour.
• Zulya & the Children of the Underground, Dunstan Playhouse Sep 11
  The last time I’d seen Zulya play was in a church, so this was a bit different. She came back this year but I was in Melbourne when she played here.
• Satan’s Cheerleaders & God God Dammit Dammit at Enigma, Nov 21
  Great local lineup. Of course I’ve gone on to organise a gig by SC when I got sick of them not playing (and have another one on the way in February), haven’t seen GGDD for a while now, missed them in Sydney a couple of months back.
• Lightning Bolt at Fowler’s Live Nov 27
  Lots of good LB footage on youtube, check it out. Seeing them live is certainly an experience.
• Batrider & No Through Road at the Metro Nov 28
  Aka the consolation prize for Ed Kuepper cancelling at the Gov … that disappointment was soon forgotten when I got to see two of the best bands in town at the Metro.
• Crayon Fields with Hit the Jackpot & Bing Goes to Monaco at the Metro Dec 5
  I’d heard of the Crayon Fields for ages but this is the first time I got to hear them and I loved it, fortunately I got to see them a couple more times this year before they relocated overseas. HTJ are of course another local favourite who are always worth seeing, and BGtM were a promising local band who disappeared from the scene this year.
• Jarvis Cocker at the Gov, Dec 10
  I’d never particularly listened to Cocker’s music (solo or Pulp), but was very impressed when I saw him supporting the Pixies a few years ago, so was keen to see him again, and once again he put on a great performance.
• Underground Lovers at the East Brunswick Club 19/12
  Amazing show, wrote a post about it here. A shame they haven’t done any more, but at least there’s been some good stuff from GB3.

I thought it was worth an update due to a couple of things coming up this week.

Update – an extra gig this week, Like Leaves play the metro on Xmas eve.

DECEMBER

• 19th Members of Bitches of Zeus and friends playing various solo & group sets at the Exeter.
• 22nd Young Modern at the Grace Emily.
• 23rd Paul Champion and Sandy Cenin at the Metro.
• 24th Like Leaves, Friends, The Burning Sea at the Metro.

JANUARY

• 2nd – Earthless at the Ed Castle.
• 6th – Born Ruffians at Fowlers.
• 7th – Thee Oh Sees, Bitch Prefect, Terrible Truths at Format.
• 8th – Kitchen’s Floor, Hit the Jackpot, Dud Pills, Rites Wild at the Exeter.

FEBRUARY

• 1st – Sufjan Stevens at the Festival Theatre.
• 4th – Big Day Out including Iggy & the Stooges, Primal Scream, Grinderman, MIA and LCD Soundsystem
• 5th – Satan’s Cheerleaders at the Metro.
• 9th – The Unthanks at the Gov.
• 11th – Laneway Festival with !!! (Chk Chk Chk) -THE ANTLERS – ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI  – BEACH HOUSE  – BEAR IN HEAVEN – BLONDE REDHEAD  – CLOUD CONTROL – CUT COPY  – DEERHUNTER  –  FOALS  –  GOTYE  –  THE HOLIDAYS – HOLY FUCK – JENNY & JOHNNY  –  LES SAVY FAV  – LOCAL NATIVES – MENOMENA – PVT –  RAT vs POSSUM – STORNOWAY – TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – VIOLENT SOHO – WARPAINT  –  WORLD’S END PRESS – YEASAYER
• 25th Super Wild Horses at Format.
• 26th – Per Purpose, Bitch Prefect at Format.

MARCH

• 5th- Soundwave with Gang of Four, The Melvins and lots more.
• 6th – Wavves at Rocket Bar.
• 11-14th WOMADelaide, includes Joanna Newsom, Omar Souleyman, The Necks, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Horace Andy, Don Letts, lots more.
• 16th Belle and Sebastian at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
• 26th DOOM at the Gov.

APRIL

• 4-7th – Paul Kelly‘s A-Z shows at the Space Theatre.

MAY

• 11th – Kyuss Lives at Fowlers.

On the Stereo

• The Church – The Blurred Crusade cd (EMI)
• The Church – Of Skins and Heart cd (EMI)
• Ninetynine – Bande Magnétique cd
• Broadcast – Microtronics Volume 1 3″cd (Warp)
• Broadcast – Mother is the Milky Way cd (Warp)
• Subway – Subway II cd (Soul Jazz)
• Deerhoof – Milkman cd (Kill Rock Start / 5RC)
• Black Dice – Beaches & Canyons cd (DFA)
• This Heat – Out of Cold Storage 6cd (ReR)
• Jandek – Living in a Moon So Blue cd (Corwood Industries)

Update: Belle & Sebastian have added an Adelaide date to their tour in March.

DECEMBER

• 16th The Church at the Gov.
• 17th Bitch Prefect, Hit the Jackpot, Fake Tan at the Five Thousand 1st Anniversary/Xmas party, Higher Ground (invitation only – details here).
• 23rd Paul Champion and Sandy Cenin at the Metro.

JANUARY

• 2nd – Earthless at the Ed Castle.
• 6th – Born Ruffians at Fowlers.
• 7th – Thee Oh Sees, Bitch Prefect, Terrible Truths at Format.
• 8th – Kitchen’s Floor, Hit the Jackpot, Dud Pills, Rites Wild at the Exeter.

FEBRUARY

• 1st – Sufjan Stevens at the Festival Theatre.
• 4th – Big Day Out including Iggy & the Stooges, Primal Scream, Grinderman, MIA and LCD Soundsystem
• 5th – Satan’s Cheerleaders at the Metro.
• 9th – The Unthanks at the Gov.
• 11th – Laneway Festival with !!! (Chk Chk Chk) -THE ANTLERS – ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI  – BEACH HOUSE  – BEAR IN HEAVEN – BLONDE REDHEAD  – CLOUD CONTROL – CUT COPY  – DEERHUNTER  –  FOALS  –  GOTYE  –  THE HOLIDAYS – HOLY FUCK – JENNY & JOHNNY  –  LES SAVY FAV  – LOCAL NATIVES – MENOMENA – PVT –  RAT vs POSSUM – STORNOWAY – TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – VIOLENT SOHO – WARPAINT  –  WORLD’S END PRESS – YEASAYER

MARCH

• 5th- Soundwave with Gang of Four, The Melvins and lots more.
• 6th – Wavves at Rocket Bar.
• 11-14th WOMADelaide, includes Joanna Newsom, Omar Souleyman, The Necks, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Horace Andy, Don Letts, lots more.
• 16th Belle and Sebastian at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
• 26th DOOM at the Gov.

APRIL

• 4-7th – Paul Kelly‘s A-Z shows at the Space Theatre.

MAY

• 11th – Kyuss Lives at Fowlers.

On the Stereo

• The Fall – Dragnet cd (Castle)
• Laughing Clowns – Don’t Ask A Stupid Question to an Artist, Cop cd (Prince Melon)
• Ed Kuepper – Long Rider on the Shortwaves, Radio Sessions 1999 cd (Prince Melon)
• Ed Kuepper – Long Rider on the Shortwaves, Radio Session 1986,1988,1990,1993 cd (Prince Melon)
• Ed Kuepper – Live in London cd (Prince Melon)
• Akron/Family – Meek Warrior cd (Young God)
• Akron/Family – Set ’em Wild, Set ’em Free cd (Spunk/Dead Oceans)
• Sissy Spacek – French Record cd (Dual Plover)
• Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here? cd (Editions Mego)
• Future Bass cd (Soul Jazz)

Two big things this week, first there’s the main announcement for WOMADelaide 2011 to be held on March 11-14 in Botanic Park. They had already announced a bunch of acts including Joanna Newsom and Omar Souleyman (either of them alone would be enough to get me there) and there is more great stuff in the new announcement. For me the highlights are The Necks and Wildbirds & Peacedrums but there’s plenty of other stuff that looks good too. Full details here. Big surprise was no Os Mutantes, who had been announced for Golden Plains the same weekend and were generally assumed to be about to turn up on the WOMAD lineup as well.

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The other big announcement this week is that DOOM (aka MF Doom, King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn and as part of Dangerdoom and Madvillain) is touring in March, including a show at the Gov on the 26th.

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The latest for the “touring but not to Adelaide” file is NZ legends The Verlaines who play shows in Sydney & Melbourne in late January.

Also, a reunited version of stoner rock legends Kyuss (but without Josh Homme) going by the name Kyuss Lives play at Fowlers in May. I’ve not really been a fan of all the post-Kyuss bands, but I actually saw Kyuss at the first gig I ever went to so I might be tempted by this.

NOVEMBER

• 24th Home for the Def at the Grace Emily.
• 25th Kaki King at Jive.
• 28th Le Rayon Vert presents Wolfpanther DJ Set at the Metro – it’s a special Matador Records 21st birthday set featuring songs by Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, Cat Power, New Pornographers etc.

DECEMBER

• 3rd Bitches of Zeus, Mondo Phase Band, Doe at Format.
• 4th Stereosonic Festival lineup includes Wiley, Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills, Caspa.
• 10th Sianna Lee, Cheer Advisory Council at the Brecknock.
• 16th The Church at the Gov.
• 23rd Paul Champion and Sandy Cenin at the Metro.

JANUARY

• 6th – Born Ruffians at Fowlers.
• 7th – Thee Oh Sees, Bitch Prefect, Terrible Truths at Format.
• 8th – Kitchen’s Floor, Hit the Jackpot, Dud Pills, Rites Wild at the Exeter.

FEBRUARY

• 1st – Sufjan Stevens at the Festival Theatre.
• 4th – Big Day Out including Iggy & the Stooges, Primal Scream, Grinderman, MIA and LCD Soundsystem
• 9th – The Unthanks at the Gov.
• 11th – Laneway Festival with !!! (Chk Chk Chk) -THE ANTLERS – ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI  – BEACH HOUSE  – BEAR IN HEAVEN – BLONDE REDHEAD  – CLOUD CONTROL – CUT COPY  – DEERHUNTER  –  FOALS  –  GOTYE  –  THE HOLIDAYS – HOLY FUCK – JENNY & JOHNNY  –  LES SAVY FAV  – LOCAL NATIVES – MENOMENA – PVT –  RAT vs POSSUM – STORNOWAY – TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – VIOLENT SOHO – WARPAINT  –  WORLD’S END PRESS – YEASAYER

MARCH

• 5th- Soundwave with Gang of Four, The Melvins and lots more.
• 11-14th WOMADelaide, includes Joanna Newsom, Omar Souleyman, The Necks, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Horace Andy, Don Letts, lots more.
• 26th DOOM at the Gov.

APRIL

• 4-7th – Paul Kelly‘s A-Z shows at the Space Theatre.

MAY

• 11th – Kyuss Lives at Fowlers.

On the Stereo

• The Necks – The Boys cd (Fish of Milk)
• Philip Jeck – An Ark for the Listener cd (Touch)
• Nadja – Sky Burial cdep (Latitudes)
• The Dead C – Secret Earth cd (BaDaBing)
• This Heat – Out of Cold Storage 6cd (ReR)
• Matador at 21 6cd (Matador)
• Dangerdoom – The Mouse & the Mask cd (Epitaph)
• k-the-i??? – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow cd (Mush/Big Dada)
• Ninja Tune XX Box Set (Ninja Tune)
• Prefuse73 – Extinguished cd (Warp)

Sorry it’s been quite a while since the last gig update, my gig-going has been involuntarily restricted and this has dampened my enthusiasm for looking at what’s coming up but there’s some really exciting stuff like Joanna Newsom and Sufjan Stevens on the way so it’s about time I did a gig guide post.

NOVEMBER

• 18th Batrider, The Postures at the Metro.
• 18th Leonard Cohen at the Entertainment Centre.
• 19th Hoodoo Gurus at the Gov.
• 19th My Disco at Fowlers Live.
• 24th Home for the Def at the Grace Emily.
• 25th Kaki King at Jive.
• 28th Le Rayon Vert presents Wolfpanther DJ Set at the Metro.

DECEMBER

• 4th Stereosonic Festival lineup includes Wiley, Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills, Caspa.
• 10th Sianna Lee, Cheer Advisory Council at the Brecknock.
• 16th The Church at the Gov.

DECEMBER

• 4th Stereosonic Festival lineup includes Wiley, Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Mills, Caspa.
• 16th The Church at the Gov.

JANUARY

• 6th – Born Ruffians at Fowlers.
• 7th – Thee Oh Sees, Bitch Prefect, Terrible Truths at Format.

FEBRUARY

• 1st – Sufjan Stevens at the Festival Theatre.
• 4th – Big Day Out including Iggy & the Stooges, Primal Scream, Grinderman, MIA and LCD Soundsystem
• 9th – The Unthanks at the Gov.
• 11th – Laneway Festival with !!! (Chk Chk Chk) -THE ANTLERS – ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI  – BEACH HOUSE  – BEAR IN HEAVEN – BLONDE REDHEAD  – CLOUD CONTROL – CUT COPY  – DEERHUNTER  –  FOALS  –  GOTYE  –  THE HOLIDAYS – HOLY FUCK – JENNY & JOHNNY  –  LES SAVY FAV  – LOCAL NATIVES – MENOMENA – PVT –  RAT vs POSSUM – STORNOWAY – TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – VIOLENT SOHO – WARPAINT  –  WORLD’S END PRESS – YEASAYER

MARCH

• 5th- Soundwave with Gang of Four, The Melvins and lots more.
• 11-14th WOMADelaide, includes Joanna Newsom and Omar Souleyman.

APRIL

• 4-7th – Paul Kelly‘s A-Z shows at the Space Theatre.

On the Stereo

• The New Pornographers – Electric Version cd (Matador)
• The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema cd (Matador)
• Neko Case – Middle Cyclone cd (Anti)
• Matador at Fifteen 2cd (Matador)
• Superchunk – On the Mouth cd (Merge)
• Superchunk – No Pocky For Kitty cd (Merge)
• Magic Lantern – Platoon cd (Not Not Fun)
• Six Organs of Admittance – Shelter From the Ash cd (Spunk / Drag City)
• The Red Krayola with Art & Language – Sighs Trapped By Liars cd (Drag City)
• Matmos and So Percussion – Treasure State cd (Cantaloupe)

No longer just a gig guide, now Le Rayon Vert is even organising gigs for you to go to as well. This coming Friday Le Rayon Vert presents Satan’s Cheerleaders, Mondo Phase Band and Wolfpanther at the Jade Monkey.

Satan’s Cheerleaders return to the live music scene after a nine month hiatus during which Simon and Jarrad played a tour in Europe, Jamie made a record and Derek discovered the path to true enlightenment. With renewed vigour, rippling muscles and daring haircuts, Satan’s Cheerleaders will be giving a sneak peak of their upcoming second album. Brand spanking new music, same sexy cheerleaders. See them at the Jade Monkey on Friday November 12th together with the krautrock-inspired freakouts of Mondo Phase Band and the enigmatic Wolfpanther.