Plumplechook

Whitney (tomorrow - a free gig as part of SXSW in Sydney)

Tommorow night - Billy Strings

The Beths new single Metal. A jangly gem.

The Beths

Cold Chisel

For sure. Also looking forward to seeing Spencer on drums,

Waxahatchee

Hoodoo Gurus

Real Estate (on Saturday)

Someone posted the lyrics on the Facebook fanpage. They resonated for me. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wake up, we're here It's so much worse than we feared There's nothing left here Our country has disappeared With the winter trees bleeding leaf red blood The the summer sweet dreaming, April blush But none of that is ever going to mean as much to me again Hold out your hand There's so much we don't understand So stick as close as you can To all of your best laid pla

Twofer weekend for me... Hurray for the Riff Raff on Saturday Rose City Band on Sunday

RIP Martin Phillipps songwriter and leader of Dunedin sound pioneers The Chills. His recent work was right up there with his best stuff from the 80s with 2015's Silver Bullets being a late career triumph. A big loss.