[gigs] Ed Kuepper and Mark Dawson

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)