Umlaut Vs El Suavo. An Australian (mini) Tour
Finally! An Umlaut Australian Tour! They won’t be hitting every stink hole in oz, but then again who cares? I finally get to see Umlaut! (at their own headline show. That Sydney Les show doesn’t count).
The Dates:
JUNE
FRI 11 THE NATIONAL, GEELONG
SAT 12 THE SPANISH CLUB, MELBOURNE
SAT 19 THE BRISBANE HOTEL, HOBART
FRI 25 ANU, CANBERRA
SAT 26 THE FACTORY, SYDNEY
SUN 27 THE CROATION CLUB, NEWCASTLEJULY
THUR 1 KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT
SAT 3 FOWLERS LIVE, ADELAIDE
And the official press release:
“Umlaut vs. Dr El Suavo 2010 Tour!
Umlaut, the brainchild of Bär McKinnon (ex-Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3), have joined forces with the irrepressible, parlour magician extraordinaire, Dr El Suavo, for a rollicking Australian tour this June!
With the release of Umlaut’s debut album late last year, the band is keen to hit the road and bring their whimsical, soundtrack inspired tunes to the stage. The offbeat mix of shimmering keyboards, woodwinds, quirky percussion and surf guitar has garnered international praise from both Bunglelophiles and music critics alike. The band have played some killer shows with Secret Chiefs 3, The Melvins, Tango Saloon and Neil Hamburger and are thrilled to be on tour with the world’s crankiest magician, Dr El Suavo!
Umlaut’s intricate, dark, pop tunes are the perfect compliment to Dr El Suavo’s disgraceful, yet astounding magic tricks. Not to be missed.
I heard a rumour there may also be a special support act at the upcoming Sex on Toast gig as well….
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May 11th, 2010 at 12:30 am
New Zoo Weekly interview w/Slash says he considered Mike Patton being on his solo album, if there was a song that suited him.
Also, FNM merch if you missed out at Soundwave etc…
http://tsp.net.au/store/index.php?manufacturers_id=398&osCsid=8o32si5go4g27jfsj5203fq4p5
May 11th, 2010 at 1:44 am
Didn’t count eh? I think we played SOME of our songs pretty well that night…
And as for Patton on Slash’s album… Uhhh- fairly irrelevant!
Slash sucks anyway…
May 11th, 2010 at 6:50 am
Might consider going to this. I still haven’t gotten around to listening to Umlaut’s album yet (Atlas Face put me off) and I did go and see Bar on his solo Oz tour in ’04 which was to be honest terrible. Dr El Suavo’s show live is pretty funny I must admit though.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
I wouldn’t say the Claypool show doesn’t count for me, but hopefully after this I can be free of the memories of those motherf*&king hecklers.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Oh and Jeffrey, I would say definitely give the album a listen. Atlas Face is actually my least favourite song on the album. (Which surprised me.) Although its still not a bad song in my opinion. I wouldn’t say Atlas Face by itself is a good sample for the entire album.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Hey guys. sorry, I didn’t mean it that way! I meant it as it not being an Umlaut headline show
May 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
And Sara is right, atlas face is not a good representation of the album. Give it a listen for sure. There are some awesome bungle moments in there I reckon.
Oh and there are a couple of songs from his original solo oz tour that you refferred to. I was at the newey gig. It wasn’t the greatest but it was good to see him getting out there. Plus I had a good chat to him afterwards
May 11th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I am looking forward to hearing Shane Lieber and Angus singing Patton’s part though. HOPEFULLY a storm off won’t be necessary this time.
May 11th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Yoyo- no probz Josh! It’ll be a longer set with way more cool stuff…
And yeah,the album definitely has some great shit on it!
May 11th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
the album is awesome. cant wait for the factory gig man
May 12th, 2010 at 6:02 am
Thanks, I’ll certainly give the album a listen to in the near future.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
where do i get tickets? check factory site no luck, not ticketek or ticketmaster. anyone?
May 13th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Hey Nina I’ll try and find out for you
May 19th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I am looking forward to seeing Shane Lieber in general. hopefully with his shirt off. SEXY MANNNNN
May 19th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
@Arschrammen Is that you Shane?
May 24th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Info is finally on the Factory site. You can buy tickets. $16! $19 all up if you want them delivered. My travel each week costs more than that.