Lamb

It's not Australian unless you think of this video when you think of Lamb:

However, on this occassion, it's the British electronic/trip-hop duo. Having just released their first album in 8 years, they are taking it on the road for the Playground Weekender. Of course, that's not coming here, but we will get a sideshow for them to play their relaxing electronica, hopefully including their hits Gabriel and Gorecki.

Feb 18, HiFi

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This speech is my recital, I think it's very vital, to rock (a rhyme), that's right (on time), it's Tricky is the title, here we go...

When you think of the genre of trip-hop, you will nearly always think of Massive Attack. Without fail. Well this guy was part of Massive Attack as a teenager, before he struck off on his home (and did a damn fine good job of it too):

He's coming down during the summer for a run of festival dates, none (of course) of which are in Queensland. But that's even better, as we get our own Tricky show. In a very awesome venue.

February 20th. The Zoo. 18+

Tickets are looking to be about $75! Quite steep I know, but for experiencing Tricky with a crowd of about 450 max, it will be amazing.

And for those of you not familiar with his music, you may be familiar with his acting. He plays the creature in this Tool video epic.

Flying Lotus

A lot of people I know hate hip-hop. I don't blame them, there's a lot of shite out there. But one of the things that makes good hip-hop great, is the beats behind them. So what happens if you take out the rhymes and focus on the music? You get Flying Lotus.


For those of you that watch Adult Swim, he produces most of the beats for the cuts and promos. Even if you ignore how awesome those 10 second cuts can be, his new album is a stand out reason to listen to him. Called Cosmogramma, it has electronic, hip-hop and just random hipsters all over the world raving. Oh, and me. It's hard to describe, as he goes from orchestral moments in songs like A Cosmic Drama, to bass heavy beats like in Nose Art and trip-hop like in Drips. It's just an amazing album of modern music.

We're lucky enough to get him out on a tour Sunday the 2nd of January at the Tivoli. 18+

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Emilie Simon

I have no idea why, but the So Frenchy So Chic shows at the Powerhouse always seem to miss me until only a few days before. Last time I found out about it only about 2 days before it, this time I've at least got 4 days until Emilie Simon takes to the stage.


She's French (obviously). And she does electronic/trip hop singer songwriter kind of stuff. It's quite relaxing and beautiful music.

She'll be playing the Powerhouse this Friday, the 1st of October.