Saturday in Melbourne 9th June

Matt Nathanson at The Palais

This June sees the release of a Special Edition version of Matt Nathanson’s American Top 20 album Modern Love, timed to coincide with the star’s arrival on Australian shores. Kicking off a series of East Coast dates at The Sydney Opera House on 7 June with pop-rock superstars Train, Nathanson will wow Australian fans with his acclaimed live show.

Whitaker at The Northcote Social Club

Honest and intensely human, Whitaker are a five-piece from Melbourne who make beautiful rock music. They're launching their debut album at this show - a record which showcases modern woes, hopes and fury. Supported by The Tealeaves, Sugarcraft.

Mark Kozelek at The Toff in Town

Among The Leaves is the 5th full length album by Mark Kozelek under the Sun Kil Moon moniker. Played almost entirely on nylon string guitar, this 17-song all original album was recorded between October 2011 and January 2012 in San Francisco. Among The Leaves - words which caught Mark’s attention from a John Connolly novel - finds Mark relaxed, singing playfully about his life as a musician while retaining the melancholic spirit of his 20 year catalog. Mark’s love for San Francisco and Northern California are at the heart of this new album. “My first album (Down Colorful Hill) was released in 1992” says Kozelek, “but creatively, I feel like I’m just beginning. The new album was written and recorded impulsively, without second guessing. I didn’t have that kind of confidence in the past.” Unlike Red House Painters’ epic Rollercoaster, described by Rolling Stone as “the slowest and mopiest self revelations ever put to tape” or Sun Kil Moon’s Ghosts of the Great Highway, whichBillboard Magazine called “heartbreaking,” Among The Leaves displays a more raw and humorous side of Mark’s songwriting.