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The Enmore is a great venue, Froggie. Very intimate and the sound is always good. Standing room at the front and seating behind - the only problem happens when you're seated too close to the standing folks. . Saw Augie March and Sigur Ros there last year and they were both great concerts.

i'll be at Sydney, come hell or high water think i'll call on the rellies in Brisbane and go for a double

byron in march Froggie.... good source (touring co.) edit: err what Whiskeygirl said ;-) good thing is when folks do Byron they usually do Brisvegas and Sydney at least too

friend at JJJ (national radio station that carries the indie stuff) has confirmed they'll be in Australia for the Blues and Roots festival - no idea at the mo about extra dates

if you want to go super eclectic... select something from Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, or Schubert's Winterreise song cycle. Also Percy Grainger's a cappella arrangement of Danny Boy is awesome, but the most intensely sad song you may ever hear is Doom. A Sigh - there's a good performance by the Kronos Quartet

Hendrix Mascis Cline

ALTWYS

Doves Sigur Ros Flaming Lips Augie March Stephen Fretwell

about time... the Warner rep i spoke to last week had no clue

BT - Sunken Treasure - Monday MMA1 - California Stars - Hoodoo Voodoo ST - She's a Jar - My Darling YHF - Ashes of American Flags or Poor Places - ITMTLY AGIB - ALTWYS - Late Greats KT - Spiders - One By One

Wilco - AGIB Wilco - YHF Sigur Ros - Takk Doves - Some Cities Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been Pixies - Surfer Rosa Dylan - Blonde on Blonde Joni Mitchell - Blue Augie March - Strange Bird

love it new Sparklehorse is great too

The golden sun is ever gentle in the Valley of Making, Where it's the middle of the Autumn when it isn't high Spring, There are men of many colors and women of all races wearing white, white linen and smiles on their faces - Blue rose... There are roses round the edges of the grand property, The words

Saeglopur, Milano (Sigur Ros) Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, Chimes of Freedom There Goes the Fear (Doves)

the new Cortney Tidwell album is outstanding

I think you're referring to Rodrigo y Gabriela ... they just finished touring Australia. I think you might find that Wolfmother use flamenco sources for quite a few of their riffs, fwiw. ;-)

Saw them last night - the sound was fantastic. Langorous stage presence and good banter. I'm sure they'll tour the album pretty extensively so try and catch them if you can.

http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showtopic=23241 Going to see them tonight in Sydney.

I liked Maladroit quite a lot...

Its my favourite Wilco album, albeit by a whisker.

Its brilliant A bit more musically ambitious and slightly denser sound.

I'm pretty sure very few people will have heard of this band. Despite having a very successful tour of the States recently they are still unable to secure a distribution deal for the US. The single biggest asset of AM is their songwriter/singer Glenn Richards. I believe he's a eng. lit. major and i'd have to say he's one of the finest lyricists around today (along with Tweedy and Malkmus for me ). They've just released their third album, 'Moo, You Bloody Choir' and its outstanding. Give them a go if you can get a hold of them. For an e.g. of Richards' lyrics: Stranger Strange (Chanc