Guitarist extraordinaire J Mascis will be on tour this February.
Last here in early 2012 for The Falls Festival and multiple sold-out Sydney Festival performances, legendary Dinosaur Jr frontman and guitar guru J Mascis returns to Australia and New Zealand in February 2015 for Adelaide’s Garden Of Unearthly Delights Aurora Spiegeltent program.
He comes as a special guest to premier ambient/noise outfit Mogwai for two shows at Perth International Arts Festival, for headline performances along the Australian east coast (including first time solo appearances in Hobart and Canberra) and for three shows on the north island of New Zealand.
The 2015 tour follows the release of ‘Tied To A Star’, the second solo album from Mascis that picks up exactly where 2011’s debut ‘Several Shades Of Why’ left off and shows that Mascis is now as skilled at quiet as he is with loud.
As an added treat, former Magic Dirt frontwoman Adalita will join J for shows in Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney.
The two indie-rock luminaries paired up in 2012 for an appearance on SBS TV show Rockwiz performing the Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks classic Stop Dragging My Heart Around, though the relationship goes back further, with Magic Dirt having supported Dinosaur Jr on their 1995 Australian tour. Tickets $49.90.
Where: Street Theatre, 15 Childers Street – special guest Peter Black (The Hard-Ons)
When: Wednesday 18 February 2015
For more information visit thestreet.org.au