Last Hope on Tour this weekend

Tonight (Friday 26) Westernport Hotel, San Remo, VIC

Saturday, March 27 Apollo Bay Music Festival, Apollo Bay VIC

Sunday, March 28, Speakeasy Cinema, Melbourne, VIC

THE SWELL SEASON AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Thursday, March 25, The Palais Theatre in Melbourne

Saturday March 27 – Sunday March 28,  West Coast Blues and Roots Festival, Perth

Wednesday March 31, The Thebatron Theatre, Adelaide

Saturday, April 2 – Sunday April 3, Blues and Roots Festival, Byron Bay

Sunday, April 4, Special acoustic performance at The Studio, Opera House, Sydney

Monday, April 5, The Opera Theatre, The Opera House, Sydney

Click here for playing times and ticket links

We are happy to announce an extra intimate acoustic show by Glen & Marketa in Sydney at The Studio of The Sydney Opera House on Sunday, 4th April at 8pm. Tickets went on sale on Monday and can purchased at http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com or by phoning 02 9250 7777.

There is also a special edition tour poster available at all shows from the merchandise desk.

Post-rock giants Tortoise return to Australia this May for their first appearances on our shores in over five years! The return after such a long absence was sparked by an invitation from the Melbourne International Jazz Festival where Tortoise will perform under the Modern Masters  banner sharing festival time with (amongst others) Charles Lloyd, Ahmad Jamal and Claire Bowditch. The show at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre, will also feature Brian Chase (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) & Seth Misterka. The brief stop-over is to be completed with a show at Sydney’s Manning Bar.

Since 1994, the multi-instrumental Chicago based five-piece have released six albums of instrumental soundscapes often referred to as Post-Rock, a genre that loosely incorporates the intensity of modern of jazz and its complex arrangements, with a contemporary underground rock-edge. Tortoise’s latest album ‘Beacons of Ancestorship’ (out now on Spunk) continues their thread of uncompromising original music and ranks with their acknowledged classic ‘Millions Now Living Will Never Die’ (1996) as a pinnacle of the genre.

TORTOISE IN AUSTRALIA THIS MAY

Friday 7th, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Forum Theatre + Brian Chase & Seth Misterka
Tickets $68.00/$63.00 concession on sale now from www.ticketek.com

Saturday 8th, Sydney University Manning Bar  + guests TBA
Tickets $48.00 + bf from www.feelpresents.com | www.moshtix.com.au | www.manningbar.com (on sale Friday 26th March)

‘The Wonder Show of the World’ is about trust. It’s a record made eye-to-eye in a room, close and careful, by a few men who wanted to be together and who wanted to make music that sounds as good to listen to as it did to make, and who in doing so forged something new in space, the wonder of you and of them. Bonny ‘Prince’ Billy and The Cairo Gang have built a bridge forward, assembled with riffs and bits from Emmett Kelly’s guitar and the lyricism of Bonny’s heart.

‘The Wonder Show Of The World’ is out now on Spunk.

After almost a decade together, Broken Social Scene deliver their first album of new material in five years this May, ‘Forgiveness Rock Record’. Written and arranged by the collective’s current line-up (Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman, Sam Goldberg, Lisa Lobsinger) the album was co-produced by the band and mentor John McEntire (Tortoise) and features guest turns by BSS alumni Leslie Feist, Amy Millan and Evan Cranley (Stars), Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw (Metric), Jason Collet, Ohad Benchetrit (Do May Say Think & Years), Jason Crossingham, Marty Knack, Leon Kingstone, and Julie Penner. The record also includes contributions from McEntire, as well as Sam Prekop (The Sea And Cake), Doug McCombs (Tortoise), Spiral Stairs (Pavement), Sebastian Grainger (DFA 1979), Susan Voelz (Poi Dog Pondering), Alison Chesley (Helen Money), and Jason Tait (The Weakerthans’).

Broken Social Scene are back, and in an era of flash-in-the-pan super groups, we welcome them with loving open arms. ‘Forgiveness Rock Record’ is out May 7, 2010 on Spunk.