What: UNKLE (Live)
Where: The Bakery
When: 11 May 2011
Cost/Ticket details: $56.10+Bf, The Bakery
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Civil Society is proud to announce the Australian tour critically acclaimed UK outfit UNKLE. Touring on the back of their fourth studio album in their iconic career, ‘Where Did The Night Fall’, the live band will bring their unique live sound to Australia for the first time since BIG DAY OUT 2008. The tour will include appearances at Groovin The Moo nationally, as well as exclusive headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
Led by James Lavelle, UNKLE is known for a constant evolution in tone & style. The most recent incarnation of UNKLE contains influences from psychedelic rock to afrobeat, and continues their outstanding history of collaboration with a dynamic roster of collaborators, including gravelly voiced legend Mark Lanegan, formerly of Queens of the Stone Age and Screaming Trees; San Francisco psych scene darlings Sleepy Sun; Texan based drone rockers The Black Angels; member of cabaret punk trio Celebration and long time TV On The Radio collaborator Katrina Ford; ELLE J of dark folk-rock group Dark Horses, and the Los Angeles based art noise-pop trio Autolux . The album also featured former South frontman Joel Cadbury, and former Clayhill vocalist Gavin Clark, both of whom will join UNKLE for their Australian tour.
Recently named one of Dazed Digital’s ‘Best Artists of 2010’, and with a mini album of all new material due to drop in advance of their arrival, UNKLE’s live show returns to Australia with high anticipation. UNKLE will perform four exclusive headline shows, in addition to their Groovin The Moo appearances. Don’t miss your chance to see this incredible artist’s live show in the flesh.
What: Autechre
Where: Capitol
When: 27 May 2010
Cost/Ticket details: 44+bf moshtix
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Civil Society are proud to announce the return tour of the English electronic music pioneers Autechre. After over 15 years Autechre will finally return in May for performances in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Autechre will be showcasing the experimental forms that have kept their music relevant and engaging throughout their career to their latest album Oversteps.
We know it, the Canadians and British know it (and the rest of the world), I just hope the USA are cottoning on. Metric’s great! Emily Haines had enough energy to keep Capitol jumping around, and that’s after playing a show at Parklife, which I now wish I had of seen. They played a set that had long track intros and outros, balancing high energy tracks with nice slow moments. Early on they played what seemed like an extended version of Monster Hospital that had a cool jam session at the end of it. I didn’t know much about the entire Metric tracklist, but I especially like Death Disco now and Satellite Mind, a number of their tracks reminded me of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and that made it especially cool, I think Emily Haines stage person is quite wild, like Karen O. And ofcourse Gold Guns Girls, Collect Call and Help I’m Alive had everyone with arms in the air. I can’t remember what track the mcing came in on, but it added so much more to Metric’s set, come to think of it, there seemed to be lots of freedom to their set, and they got the crowd involved a few times, it definitely added leagues to the feel of the night. Finishing with Stadium Love, and a wall of sound, they reminded me again, why live music can be so good. And no encore impressed me, we love you Metric.
Metric (Myspace)
What: Metric plus special guests
Where: Capitol
When: 28 September 2009
Cost/Ticket details: 40 + Bf, moshtix
Monster Hospital was one of my favourite tracks when I got into the whole indie electro side of music. I remember dancing around with Jack Attack having a gay old time, enjoying the excitement of the blog scene in Perth. Now Metric are coming out with track after track that I’ve really enjoyed especially, Collect Call and Gold Guns and Girls, which were/are on high rotation on the radio. Go to their myspace to get a free copy of Help I’m Alive.
Metric (Myspace)
