[gigs] WOMAD + DOOM

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)