Martin Kennedy, one of the key members of All India Radio, has been a resident of Tasmania in the capital at the edge of the world, Hobart, for the past few years. It is a strange fact then that All India Radio has never actually played live in his host city.
This is all about to change: the band has announced a hometown gig for Thursday, 14 May at the uber cool Altar Bar. And as delicious icing to the cake, they will be supported by Dvrkworld, another much lauded antipodean shoegaze band that we have endlessly waxed lyrical about.
The gig follows All India Radio’s return from hiatus last year with the release of ‘The Unified Field’ late last year (read my rave review here) and a recent gig in Melbourne to promote the release.
This is sure to be something quite spectacular: mixing the luscious sounds of All India Radio with the dark psychedelia of Dvrkworld in one of the coolest bars in the southern hemisphere. Details of the gig are below and you can get tickets here.
All India Radio will also be making an appearance at Melbourne’s answer to the Dark Mofo Festival, fittingly named Dark Fomo along with the fabulous User and Harry Howard. It’s a small world: User features singer Lisa Gibbs who featured in All India Radio’s Slowdive cover above.
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