Battle of bands that start with the letter ‘M’ this summer! Mogwai, Mac Demarco, Stephen Malkmus and Machine Translations have all announced tours over the summer. Mac who is also performing at the Laneway festival also performs at Sydney’s Metro on Jan 30 and Melbourne’s Hi Fi on Feb 4. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks are in town for the Golden Plains & Perth festivals but are also doing a national run of club shows. Full dates at http://lovepolice.com.au/stephen-malkmus-jicks-2015/ Mogwai’s Feb/March national tour includes the Perth & Adelaide festivals and for those lucky sydneysiders the Sydney Opera House on March 2. Full national dates are at http://www.feelpresents.com/fp_tour/mogwai/  Finally, Machine translations are touring in November, playing all the former hometowns of main guy J Walker. Very nice idea! They play FRI 21st at Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul 
SAT 22nd – Turner Bowling C, Canberra w/ Shining Bird, SUN 23rd – NSC, Sydney w NORTH ARM and SUN 7th (DEC) – The Retreat, Melbourne w/ Tim Guy