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Live Review: UB40 featuring Ali Campbell kick off Australian tour at City Hall, Hobart
Hosted by The Hour Group and Vandemonium Touring, reggae royalty, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, kicked off their Australian tour on Friday night with a gig in Australia’s southernmost capital city, Hobart. Whilst the band only retains Ali Campbell from the original UB40 lineup, the gathered musicians who go to make up the band turned in …
Live Review: Spin Off Festival, Adelaide Showground, 23.07.2022
The return of Spin Off Festival in Adelaide was huge after having to cancel and reschedule several times since 2019. The huge line-up included acts coming over from the Splendour in the Grass Festival in Byron Bay, which meant that tickets sold out instantly. If you were lucky enough to get your hands on this …
Say Psych: Preview: Manchester Psych Fest
The UK’s leading psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest has announced a huge line up for its ninth and biggest edition of the one-day event to date, taking place on 3rd September 2022 and BSM will be there on the day to take it all in. Joining the likes of Tinariwen, Warmduscher and Jane Weaver, Manchester Psych …
NEWS: Front 242 40th Anniversary shows
Belgian pioneering electronic group Front 242 have three gigs this week to celebrate their 40th Anniversary:15.07.22 GLASGOW at Slay16.07.22 LONDON at O2 Academy SOLD OUT!17.07.22 LONDON at O2 Academy EXTRA SHOW Front 242 began in 1981 developing their own independent recording and graphics facilities, as well as a unique on-stage presentation. In 1984, Front 242 signed a US …
Live Review: The Libertines @ Castlefield Bowl, Manchester 01.07.2022
Photos by Olivia Kenny The Libertines commence celebrations for the 20th anniversary of their era-defining debut album Up The Bracket with four headline shows, the first of which took place tonight at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl. Up The Bracket was produced by Mick Jones of The Clash and took listeners then, and now, on a journey …
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, Cate Le Bon. Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 19.06.2022
Tonight, Cate Le Bon dedicated the song ‘Miami’ to the late great Julee Cruise: a fitting reference to the style and enigmatic sounds of the Lynchian favourite – elements that Le Bon herself displayed throughout this bavura performance as part of the Dark Mofo Festival. The creaky old Odeon Theatre played its part on this …
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: Dark Mofo Festival – Baxter Dury, Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 10.06.22
Dark Mofo is back in town, there’s snow on kunyani/Mount Wellington, the temperatures have plunged, and all is good in the world. Except for the bits that aren’t. In the glorious Odeon Theatre, Baxter Dury appears in his trademark creased white suit like a forgotten gin-soaked bureaucrat at some diplomatic post in some far flung …