In brief: Neon Indian, DeathSet and Jim Ward sideshows

Mon 7th Nov, 2011 in Local News

Spazcore renegades The Death Set have announced a run of Falls Festival sideshows for this January. This will be the band’s first show back home since the release of their new album Michel Poiccard, which features collaborations with Diplo and Spankrock and a number of songs that address of the bands founder, Beau Velasco who died in late 2009.

The Death Set sideshows:
Thursday 29th December – The Standard Hotel, Sydney
Tuesday 3rd January – Roxanne Parlour, Melbourne
Wednesday 4th January – The Nash, Geelong
Thursday 5th January – Lambda, Brisbane
Friday 6th January – Elsewhere, Gold Coast

Founding member of At the Drive-In, Jim Ward has announce two small sideshows to mark his return to our shores for Peats Ridge Festival this New Year’s Eve. As a regular visitor to our shores, Ward was last here in August to show off tunes from his debut solo album Quiet In The Valley, On The Shores The End Begins.

Jim Ward sideshows:
Tuesday 3rd January – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Friday 6th January – Sando Hotel, Sydney

Already confirmed as part of the stunning Perth International Arts Festival Neon Indian aka Alan Palomo will show off his new album Era Extraña at a handful of sideshows next year. The first release since his 2009 debut, Era Extrana is described as “…a darker shaded sound document that tosses somewhere between an 8-bit shoegaze record and peering through the fence of a teenage apocalypse drive-in flick.” Spooky.

Neon Indian sideshows:
Friday 24th February – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne
Saturday 25th February – Rocket Bar, Adelaide
Wednesday 29th February – Neverland Bar, Gold Coast
Thursday 1st March – The Zoo, Brisbane
Friday 2nd March – The Standard, Sydney