January 28, 2014
Kurt & Courtney; extra Melbourne show! + Parquet Courts, Cass McCombs side shows!
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| Laneway Festival, Mistletone and Triple R proudly present, by popular demand and the serendipity of “Kurt & Courtney” (!), an extra special and final show by Kurt Vile & the Violators at The Shadow Electric on Tuesday February 4, with special guest Courtney Barnett + DJ Woody McDonald. Having entirely sold out two Corner Hotels in the run-up to the sold-out Laneway Festival, this is your last chance to witness the mighty Kurt Vile & the Violators in a magical venue. Tickets on sale now & won’t last long; get them here.And just a reminder that two more unmissable Laneway sideshows are happening this week in Melbourne & next week in Sydney… |
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Brooklyn vintage-indie-punk iconoclasts Parquet Courts make their triumphant Australian debut with partners in crime, Total Control. The secret’s out about Parquet Courts; having played 100-plus shows in the past year and stole the show in 2013’s best-of lists with Light Up Gold, their very excellent debut album. Watch Parquet Courts make their television debut performing “Stoned and Starving” for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, here. The more you use it, the more it works….“One of the world’s most essential new bands” – NMEPARQUET COURTS:
MELBOURNE: Wednesday January 29 @ The Corner w/- Total Control + Constant Mongrel. Tickets on sale now from The Corner box office. Presented by Mistletone, Triple R and The Music.SYDNEY: Wednesday February 5 @ The Standard w/- Total Control + Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix. Presented by Mistletone, FBi Radio and The Music. |
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 Join Cass McCombs and his band – Jon Shaw (bass), Daniel Iead (guitar), Daniel Allaire (drums) – for a magical collection of songs old and new. The latest, richly rewarding Cass McCombs 22-song opus, Big Wheel And Others, has been hailed as his masterpiece and featured in many critics’ year-end lists. Dream come true shows!Cass McCombs has so far unveiled three in a series of four videos; watch the beautiful “Unearthed” directed by Eric Fensler, “Big Wheel” by Albert Herter, and “Brighter!” featuring a tour-de-force vocal performance by the late Karen Black and a video directed by the iconic actress and singer’s surviving husband, director Stephen Eckelberry, featuring personal memories of Karen, intertwined with memories of her in films.“Big Wheel and Others document(s) something so damned beautifully alive — so restless and sensual and swinging and true — Working from cover-to-cover through the American Songbook, McCombs bears equal witness to the principled and the unscrupulous, delivering a travelogue of country folk, folk blues, cemetery blues, lounge jazz, free jazz, rockabilly, cock rock — you name it” – PASTE (Rating: 9.2 out of 10CASS MCCOMBS:
MELBOURNE: Thursday January 30 @ Northcote Social Club w/- Ross McLennan. Tickets on sale now from The Corner Box Office.
SYDNEY: Thursday, February 6 @ Oxford Art Factory w/- Melodie Nelson. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix. Presented by Mistletone & 2SER. |
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