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Live Review & Gallery: Microdosing a Full-Day Festival With The Jungle Giants at Metro Theatre – Eora Nation/Sydney 04.04.25
The Jungle Giants are back and their sold-out stop at Eora Nation/Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Friday night was exactly like a full-blown, sweat-drenched, sun-soaked day festival condensed into a few hours – minus the overpriced bottles of water. The Meanjin/Brisbane indie-pop heavyweights are midway through their Hold My Hand tour, and they didn’t waste a …
Live Review + Photo Galleries: Dvrkworld’s explosive launch gig debuts self-titled EP at Nipaluna/Hobart’s Altar Bar 04.04.2025
The depth and breadth of the Tasmanian music scene was put on full display at the launch of Dvrkworld‘s magnificent debut self-titled EP (see Backseat Mafia’s review here). Held at the über cool Altar Bar in Nipaluna/Hobart, the night was a blast of thoroughly satisfying brilliance from all the bands, ranging from the death metal …
Live Review: Beans on Toast – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 21.03.25
Tales, tunes and poetry by piano with Beans on Toast at Brudnell in Leeds
Live Review & Gallery: Blossoms Bring Charm, Kasabian Bring The Riot – Enmore Theatre, Gadigal Land/Sydney, 15.03.25
Blossoms hit the stage with a kind of easy confidence that only comes from years of tight-knit chemistry. Their groove-heavy Britpop sound felt effortless live, frontman Tom Ogden carrying it all with a supernatural charm and touch of ’70s flair. Kicking off with ‘What Can I Say After I’m Sorry?’, they slid into a set …
Live Review & Gallery: It’s Róisín Murphy’s World and We’re Welcome To It – Enmore Theatre, Eora Land/Sydney, 13.03.25
Róisín Murphy doesn’t do normal gigs. She shapeshifts, unravels, reinvents, and pulls us all along for the ride. Sitting somewhere between the driven absurdity of Laurie Anderson and the pop superstardom of our own Kylie Minogue, she moved The Enmore Theatre to an alternate dimension where disco, theatre, and performance art reigned supreme. If you …
Live Review + Gallery: Jerry Cantrell – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, Oregon – 2025.03.08
Live Review + Gallery: Jerry Cantrell – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, Oregon – 2025.03.08
Live Review & Gallery: Soft Play Lay Waste to The Factory Theatre – Gadigal Land, Sydney, 29.01.25
Soft Play’s return to Australia hit like a damn battering ram and the sold-out crowd at Factory Theatre didn’t stand a chance. The second Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent tore into ‘All Things’, the floor turned into a writhing mess of bodies, a seething mass that never stopped squirming. Vincent barely made it through the …
Live Review: Emily Barker – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 26.01.25
Emily Barker gave us a perfect evening of Americana story-telling at Leeds’ legendary Brudenell Social Club
Live Review and Gallery: Hoodoo Gurus, Princess Wharf, Hobart, 31/12/2024
The Hoodoo Gurus set off their own blistering fireworks show at their end of year gig in Hobart, as part of the Tasmania’s Taste of Summer Festival. Of course, the Gurus have carved out a very special niche in Australian indie scene – they were part of an innovative underground movement in Perth, along with …
Live Review: GUN – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 10.12.24
Word up. Gun’s latest tour blasted into Leeds at Brudenell Social Club