[gigs] I am Damo Suzuki

Actually I’m not, but then again, neither was Mark E. Smith when he sang that. The real Damo Suzuki, former singer with CAN on such classic albums as Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi (I can say that Future Days may well be is a classic too, but I haven’t now that I’ve heard it), is coming to Adelaide! It should be a great show, while his stint in CAN was a long time ago (over 30 years), I can vouch for his recent form after his brilliant collaboration with Sixtoo a couple of years ago.
February is, in fact, shaping up very nicely. The other major new one would be Jurassic 5, though that’s looking a bit pricey for me. I am still rather keen on both The Handsome Family and Camera Obscura, not that I know much about either but I have heard good things.

By the way, The Don suggested keeping the “[gigs]” bit in the header (as in the old emails) so that those checking the RSS feed for gig guide stuff can quickly identify it.

Now for the gigs:
Tonight Neko Case at the Gov, I was initially keen, but now I’ll give it a miss. If you were going then you’d already be there!
Tomorrow night is Melvofest at the Prince Albert

February

  • 9th – Jurassic 5 at Thebby Theatre. About $70.
  • 16th – Damo Suzuki at the Rocket Bar
  • 17th – Spindickle support Dirtbird at the Grace Emily.
  • 17th – Macromantics at Rocket Bar
  • 21st – The Handsome Family at the Grace Emily ($35)
  • 28th – Camera Obscura at the Rocket Bar

March

  • 8th – Yo La Tengo at Fowlers with Clue to Kalo. $40
  • 9-11th – WOMADelaide which I’ve written about elsewhere.

April

  • 27th-28th – Herbie Hancock with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at the Festival Centre. Costs over $100, or about $80 concession. I guess orchestras don’t come cheap.

finally, by request (from Scares), the return of On the Stereo:

  • Various – Flying Nun 25th Anniversary Box Set 4cd (Flying Nun)
  • Aphex TwinSelected Ambient Works 85-92 cd (R&S)
  • Tiger Trap – Tiger Trap cd (K)
  • Jane’s Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual cd (Warner Bros)
  • The Red Krayola – Singles 1968-2002 cd (Drag City)
  • Flanger Templates 2LP (Ninja Tune)
  • DJ FoodKaleidoscope 2LP (Ninja Tune)
  • The FallThe Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004 6cd (Castle)
  • The Fall – Grotesque (After the Gramme) LP (Rough Trade)
  • Low – Secret Name cd (Kranky)

6 replies on “[gigs] I am Damo Suzuki”

  1. Peter says:

    Future Days may or may not be a classic, but Monster Movie (or at least Father Cannot Yell and the stunning epic Yoo Doo Right) certainly is 🙂
    Damo with Pivot as backing band was one of the awesomest thing I saw in the last year or two…

  2. Stu says:

    I certainly agree about Yoo Doo Right, but that is Malcolm Mooney rather than Damo Suzuki. It does give me a chance to mention that supposedly after Mooney left the band they recruited Suzuki when one of the members saw him busking on a street corner and asked if he wanted to play a show that night! He ended up being in the band for 3 or 4 years and (eventually) becoming world famous … well at least amongst discerning music fans.
    As for Damo + Pivot … damn! I’ve been really loving that Pivot album lately, I’m not sure that I even heard that he was playing with them, or maybe I did but it was before I knew Pivot (I only became aware of them when I saw them at Frigid that time) … sounds fantastic. I know that for ages he’s been on an endless world tour, just hooking up with whoever he finds. I think sometimes people invite him to particular places to play with them as well.

  3. derek says:

    Hey Stu,

    Any tips on how I get your latest blog comments – when I typed in http://www.frogworth.com/stuart/blog today, the page loaded up with old news rather than “Jan 25th”.

  4. Stu says:

    It seems that your browser is loading up a cached version of the site from your last visit rather than looking for an update. Hitting reload should check for the latest – though if it keeps happening there is probably something set up wrong.

  5. damospace says:

    The name of the album is “Ege Bamyasi” (not “Ego”)…

  6. Stu says:

    Thanks for the correction.

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