The most exciting news from my humble perspective is that Redd Kross have told Aunty Meredith thankya very much we'll be there....Wooohooooo! But there is some pretty kewl stuff going on all round!
Here is what you can look forward to seeing at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre from March 9 -11.
They are, not listed in order of greatness or alphabet...maybe RSVP ? Who could say?
CAT POWER - DINOSAUR JR - TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - GEORGE CLINTON AND PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - PURITY RING - FLUME - MOODYMANN - THE MARK OF CAIN - TORO Y MOI
WILD NOTHING - PSARANTONIS - NAYSAYER AND GILSUN - SIX FT HICK - MULATU ASTATKE -
JULIO BASHMORE - MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA - CLIENT LIAISON - DICK DIVER - KEB DARGE
BUSHWALKING - OPOSSOM - CHRIS RUSSELL'S CHICKEN WALK - BARRY DICKINS - NO ZU
ZANZIBAR CHANEL - SILENCE IS GOLDEN - POST PERCY - REDD KROSS
Checkout a brief bio of each below and if you haven't already, click here of you want to enter the Golden Plains Ballot.
CAT POWER The voice, the songs, the myth.
LEARN: http://www.catpowermusic.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDbPrOuXq2s
DINOSAUR JR - Bring the noise, it's Lou Barlow, J Mascis and Murph in the second coming.
LEARN: http://www.dinosaurjr.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxLpEX2bt8w
GEORGE CLINTON AND PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC - One of the most important musical minds our universe has ever seen... and definitely the funkiest. The Supernat' has had some deeeeep groove before but this is deeper still - it's the mothership connection. P-Funk, uncut funk, THE BOMB.
LEARN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament-Funkadelic
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4supWXaFgbc
TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - Swedish troubadour extraordinaire
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/thetallestmanonearthofficial
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltV7dNxuYeY
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - Testify! It's a Sunday night sermon.
LEARN: http://thejonspencerbluesexplosion.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmxNM6DwsY
PURITY RING - Canada's rising stars of future-pop
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/purityringmusic
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqw4wo8vdY8
FLUME - The new kid running the block. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic sorta stuff.
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/flumemusic
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEQt7wq44w
MOODYMANN - Detroit hi-tech soul hero. Dig this DEEP.
LEARN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodymann
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxpUPVgDKxY
THE MARK OF CAIN - For the first time in years.
LEARN: http://www.tmoc.com.au/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3xuBZ7QAAg
Disco on ice. It's South Carolina's TORO Y MOI
LEARN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toro_Y_Moi
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gqh4e1S6j0
WILD NOTHING - Aunty' Meredith's favourite 21st century dream-pop songwriter.
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/wildnothing
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OriSm8tUgi4
PSARANTONIS - Comes from a renowned Cretan musical family and is known as the most idiosyncratic lyra player on the island . Jim White of the Dirty Three on drums.
LEARN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psarantonis
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XQrUXPd-fg
NAYSAYER AND GILSUN - Mind melting audio and visual, GP Sixxx late-nite heroes, returning in 2013
LEARN: http://naysayerandgilsun.com/
WATCH: http://vimeo.com/35488346
SIX FT HICK - Swamp rock desperados back in The Sup' for their first Golden rampage.
LEARN: http://www.myspace.com/sixfthick
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_PGWI5yNk
MULATU ASTATKE - He introduced vibraphone and congas to Ethiopian pop music back in the '60s. We present to you the king of Ethio-jazz .
LEARN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatu_Astatke
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=safPXb8wc8A
JULIO BASHMORE - all the way from Bristol to tear the house down with some heavy bass.
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/JulioBashmoreMusic
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUv2HsprNnk
MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA - The most fun you will have watching an orchestra. 26 pieces.....
LEARN: http://www.melbourneskaorchestra.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4XbR54e3hc
CLIENT LIAISON - International in flavour, cosmopolitan in style.
LEARN: http://www.clientliaison.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTSGyogzl8
DICK DIVER - Jangle pop jams and bush poetry meet in
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/dickdiverband
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVybLrEuocE
KEB DARGE - 4 decades as a DJ. You've not seen anyone play records like this before.
LEARN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keb_Darge
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dwOR4x5KSE
BUSHWALKING -Fresh off the rookie list
LEARN: http://bushwalking.bandcamp.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP06WXkZH94
OPOSSOM - Good vibrations from across the ditch.
LEARN: http://www.opossommusic.com
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsY5eT2r9m0
CHRIS RUSSELL'S CHICKEN WALK - Low-down, down home juke joint party blues.
LEARN: http://chrisrussellschickenwalk.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3a5aQ_uDN4
BARRY DICKINS - The national treasure (in Reservoir) returns after chuckling The Sup' back to life Sunday morning at Sixxx.
LEARN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Dickins
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDKR16tbYC4
NO ZU - Stop making sense – it's Melbourne's house-rockin' dancefloor shronkers.
LEARN: http://nozu.bandcamp.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKQRvc06czg
ZANZIBAR CHANEL - Lioness of the dance-floor (fierce in every respect).
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zanzibar-Chanel/429213757096740
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQzQUSNoYvI
POST PERCY - Strap on the feedbag, fire up the billy tea. With 6,240 hours under his belt, your late night specialist for Saturday.
LEARN: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Post-Percy/108827385842610
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXymbcHzJMM
REDD KROSS - THE GREATEST ROCK & ROLL BAND ON EARTH.
LEARN: http://reddkross.com/
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6teoeHq6pig
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN4kgQvHFTg
