Renowned Melbourne indie/noir/neofolk troubadour Michael Plater is doing a four-date tour of Sydney this week and you’ll find dates at the end of this article.
He’ll be accompanied by Adam Geoffrey Cole (Trappist Afterland) on the Thursday and Matt Malone & the Holy Spirits on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. His Saturday gig is the single launch for Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes.
Plater has been compared to Berlin phase Crime & the City Solution, as well as “Burning World”-era Swans. In a world where there are far too many would-be Ed Sheerans, Michael Plater is a darkling glint of reality wrapped in a shivery, somewhat eerie cloak of familiarity.
While fans of the dark folk sub-genre have claimed him as one of their own, like Adam Geoffrey Cole, such claims are as foolhardy as they are confining.
I've lost count of the number of times I've seen Plater - in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney - and I find his performances to be mesmerising if not outright addictive.
Gentle Sydneysiders, this isn't a case of try to get along to one of the gigs, but ... which can you afford not to see? (The answer is: “You must see them all”). To familiarise you with Michael Plater, go here.
Michael Plater
MAR
19 - Sapphos Books, Cafe, and Bar, Glebe (7pm)
+ Trappist Afterland + Geoff Towner
20 - Butcher's Brew Bar, Dulwich Hill
+ Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits
21 - Gasoline Pony, Marrickville
w/ Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes (single launch)
+ Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits
22 – Moshpit, St Peters (4pm)
+ bleedingintoradio + Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits
