Live review
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
Live Review + Photo Gallery: Claire Anne Taylor brings it on home at The Founders Room, Hobart 13.12.2024
It has been almost a year since I reviewed Claire Anne Taylor’s Giving It Away (review here), and over 55 gigs later after touring mainland Australia, she and her band brought the album home to her Tasmanian base along with some surprise new tracks which have been written and road-tested while on the long haul …
Live Review + Photo Gallery: Australian rock royalty, The Church at The Odeon Theatre, nipaluna/Hobart 30.11.2024
The legends that are The Church winged their way into Hobart to roll out the Tasmanian leg of their ‘The Already Yesterday Tour’, a celebration of the first four albums from the band, spanning the years 1981 to 1985, with those being Of Skins & Heart, The Blurred Crusade, Seance and Heyday. Steve Kilbey has, …