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We told you about the bounty of international acts coming Australia’s way in the next few months a couple of weeks back with the likes of The Charlatans, The Manics, Concrete Blonde, Interpol, The National and The Morning Benders. Now after an announcement they would play the Meredith music festival in Victoria got those in other states chomping at the bit it’s now official — Mark E Smith and his current cohorts known as The Fall are playing headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne on the back of this year’s Your Future, Our Clutter LP, which we labeled “ …a manic display of Smith at his caterwauling finest, from the ramshackle krautrock squeal of “O.F.Y.C Showcase” to the coo-ing rambling riffs of “Hot Cake””.

True, live shows in London (“…remarkably unremarkable.”) and at Primavera in Barcelona weren’t as well received but we hope their first Australian tour in over 20 years may broaden The Fall’s current Your Future… heavy set list.

The Fall Australian 2010 Tour Dates

• Dec 07 (Tue) – Sydney – Metro
• Dec 09 (Thu) – Brisbane – The Hi-Fi
• Dec 10 (Fri) – Melbourne – Billboard

Joining them at Meredith will be San Francisco’s retro indie band of the moment Girls fresh from playing Sweden’s Way Out West in which we observed them “coaxing out the harmonies and providing Webcuts with a much needed wake-up.”  Also check out our interview with singer Christopher Owens from late last year. Although rather annoyingly both Brisbane and Melbourne clash with The Fall. Argh!

Dates with Girls Australian Tour 2010

• Dec 08 (Wed) – Sydney – Manning Bar
• Dec 09 (Thu) – Brisbane – The Zoo
• Dec 10 (Fri) – Melbourne – The Corner

Meredith Music Festival

The Fall, Girls, The Dirty Three, Girls, Custard, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Neil Finn and many more.

• Dec 10-12 (Fri-Sun) – Meredith Music Festival

Last but not least is one of Webcuts’ favourite Canadian epic indie-pop troupes The New Pornographers whose album earlier this year Together was lauded by this publication earning 8.5/10: “Together, where the verses sound like chorus’ and the strings sound like guitars”. We applaud AC Newman, Dan Bejar, Neko Case (“‘Porno’s own Stevie Nicks”), John Collins, Kurt Dahle, Blaine Thurier, Todd Fancey and Kathryn Calder for including not only Brisbane but Tasmania in their impressive six date run.

The New Pornographers Australian 2010 Tour

• Nov 09 (Tue) – Brisbane – The Zoo
• Nov 10 (Wed) – Sydney – Manning Bar
• Nov 12 (Fri) – Hobart – The Republic
• Nov 13 (Sat) – Melbourne – The Hi-Fi
• Nov 14 (Sun) – Adelaide – Fowlers Live
• Nov 16 (Tue) – Perth – The Rosemount

Tickets from Handsome Tours on sale now.

We leave you with a video from The Fall’s Your Future, Our Clutter – “Cowboy George”. Lyric interpretations on an email to the usual address.