Austra were so brilliant at SXSW I went to see them twice. The Toronto-based band led by Katie Stelmanis are a hugely impressive live six-piece act. Their album Feel It Break is out on May 13rd on Domino. The band play Crawdaddy, Dublin on Saturday July 2nd. Tickets are €14 plus fees on sale this Friday. The above video is the band performing a gig inside a cave built at the Toronto Standard offices. Watch out for those hand movements.
Download: Austra – Lose It
Other gigs of note announced recently:
- Dan Deacon – Button Factory, Sunday May 8th (€20) – on sale now
- Janelle Monae – Tripod, Wednesday June 29th (€28 & 32.50 plus fees) – on sale this Thursday.
- Villagers, Beach House – Marlay Park, Saturday July 23rd (€33.60) – on sale now.
- Van Dyke Parks, Clare & the Reasons – Button Factory, Sunday May 15th (€27 plus fees) – on sale this Wednesday
- Edan & Paten Locke – The Menagerie, Belfast – Friday April 22nd (£10), The Sugar Club, Dublin – Saturday April 23rd & Roisin Dubh, Galway – Sunday April 24th (more info)
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Austra are top of my list of bands to see live, they looked deadly in your sxsw video – really look forward to this one!
Dont know if you posted this but their album ‘Feel it Break’ is out May 17th
1. Darken Her Horse
2. Lose It
3. The Future
4. Beat & The Pulse
5. Spellwork
6. The Choke
7. Hate Crime
8. The Villain
9. Shoot The Water
10. The Noise
11. The Beast
‘ Their album Feel It Break is out on May 13rd on Domino.’
Woops – missed that line in your post
No problem Ronan.
Release dates for Austra
May 13 – ireland
May 16 – UK
May 17 – US
Deadly – have you heard much from it?
Haven’t got it yet. I guess I’ve heard most of the tracks by now.
The makings of a great album or a good one with some belters?
At least a very good album. The live show is a different thing altogether.