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Live Review & Gallery: Camp Cope at The Republic Bar, Hobart. 25.06.2022
Indie darlings, Camp Cope returned to Hobart for the first time in 4 years to deliver a masterful set of their “power emo”. Playing to a capacity audience at The Republic Bar, the now four-piece band belted out a strong, and popular selection of their songs from their self-titled debut LP, through their highly-regarded sophomore …
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival – Kim Gordon – The Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 18.06.2022
Dark Mofo 2022 headliner, Kim Gordon and her band performed songs from her latest (and surprisingly, debut) solo release, 2019’s ‘No Home Record’. The sold-out crowd had come from all across Australia to see this one-off appearance with her band at The Odeon Theatre, and they would not have been disappointed, as she had assembled …
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival, Boris, The Odeon Theatre, 12.06.22
Japanese heavy rock royalty, Boris, played to a hugely appreciative Dark Mofo audience at The Odeon Theatre here in Hobart. The band were celebrating 30 years together and the 20th anniversary of their 2002 classic, Heavy Rock. They had come to see long-standing members, Takeshi (on twin-necked guitar/bass and lead vocals), Wata (lead guitar and …
Live Review: Bluesfest, Byron Bay (14-18 April, 2022)- Despite Covid-19 Cancellations and Devastating Floods – Still Australia’s Best Festival Experience
Following cancellations in both 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 and the devastating floods in Northern New South Wales in March 2022, Bluesfest came back in its’ 33rd iteration, bigger and better than ever. A large contingent of Australian artists were named in the initial artist announcements, with Bluesfest committing to getting the music industry …
Live Review: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – 2 years on: They Came, They Saw, They Conquered. Altar (nipaluna/Hobart) 07/04/2022.
Following an almost 2 year wait, Rolling Blackouts C.F. finally made their way down to Hobart to deliver their promised duo of shows at Altar. A 5.30 p.m. “matinee” show was played to a near-capacity crowd, and was soon followed by a later, sold-out 9.00 p.m. show. The 3 pronged guitar/vocal attack of Fran Keaney …
Live Review: The Paper Kites/Hollow Coves/Kat Edwards, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 11/02/22.
The grand old Odeon Theatre in Hobart has Chameleon like qualities: changing its colours and nature according to the artists who play there. I’ve seen the place pulsating and exploding with a vibrancy and an atmosphere befitting a stadium ten times its size, and I’ve seen it exuding an intimacy and closeness befitting a private …