JANUARY
- 23rd Wiley at the Adelaide Uni Bar.
- 24th Melvofest 09 at the Metro with the Fkn Tutts, Stephen P Atkinson, Megafauna, Ringo Stalin and the Weary Dunlops.
- 26th – Leonard Cohen with Paul Kelly & Augie March at Leconfield Coonawarra Winery & Vineyards.
- 30th Big Day Out, at Wayville Showgrounds, with Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys, The Living End, The Prodigy, Sneaky Sound System, My Morning Jacket, Pendulum, Bullet for My Valentine, TV on the Radio, Simian Mobile Disco, The Ting Tings, Tiki Taane, Cut Copy, Cog, Birds of Tokyo, TZU, Eddy Current Suppression Ring.
- 31st Hit the Jackpot and Useless Children at the Metro.
FEBRUARY
- 7th Laneway Festival. Stereolab, Daedelus, Fourtet, Pivot and many more. Lineup here.
- 10th Primal Scream at HQ.
- 17th Chick Corea and John McLaughlin at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
- 20th and 21st Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist at the Garden of Unearthly Delights.
MARCH
- 6-8th Womadelaide.
- 21st Blackeyed Susans at the Garden of Unearthly Delights.
On the Stereo
- Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane 2cd (EMI)
- Go-Betweens – Bright Yellow, Bright Orange cd (Trifekta)
- Spiritualized – Songs in A & E cd (Sanctuary)
- Earth – Hex: or Printing in the Infernal Method cd (Southern Lord)
- Flying Saucer Attack – Distance cd (VHF)
- Harmonia – Live 1974 cd (Water)
- Various – Soundboy’s Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals 2cd (Skull Disco)
- Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) cd (RCA)
- Matthew Shipp – Piano Vortex cd (Thirsty Ear)
- Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio – Expansion cd (High Two)