Tag: "live"

The Toot Toot Toots @ The Hi-Fi
0 Comments. 1,301 Views. Posted 15 May 2012 @ 12:53pm.
If Bruce McAvaney was a rock’n’roll commentator, he’d have spent early the evening before tonight’s Toot Toot Toots album launch waxing lyrical about the spectacle that was about to unfold, for this was an event that was only ever going to be, in Bruce’s time-honoured discourse, special.   Mother And Son are a great band, period.  Brodie Jarman has the couture, coiffure and classic... Read More
Ainslie Wills @ Workers Club
0 Comments. 1,082 Views. Posted 15 May 2012 @ 12:44pm.
Ainslie Wills is something quite special. To be specific, it’s the way she sings. She’s a fine musician, with fingers deft on guitar strings to pick out melodies and drive her songs along with gentle, urgent rhythms  and she fronts a tight, accomplished band, but it’s her voice that’s really, really, something else.   Second support act, Adelaide’s Gold Bloom were brilliant in their... Read More
City And Colour @ The Palais
1 Comments. 887 Views. Posted 15 May 2012 @ 12:57pm.
What better night to settle into some suicidal-thought inducing music than a cut-glass-with-nipples-cold Wednesday evening in St Kilda? Perfect. Never have the op-shop smelling armchairs of the Palais felt better. I’m not sure if you’ve been to a gig here on a warmer day, but it's not pleasant. However as we loiter on the cusp of winter, sitting down to watch Dallas play guitar as he took many a... Read More
Trail Of Dead Return
1 Comments. 2,119 Views. Posted 6 Jul 2011 @ 10:23am.
After reigning in the chaos at their first ever Australian headline shows in 2009, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have announced their welcome return to our shores in support of Tao Of The Dead, their triumphant new record.   Core members Conrad Keeley and Jason Reece have maintained the amorphous outfit since the mid-'90s, releasing the universally acclaimed Source... Read More
Gorillaz Live at Rod Laver Arena
0 Comments. 3,598 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:10am.
It’s nearly ten years since the Gorillaz’ self-titled debut album was released and Damon Albarn’s post-Blur project were sky rocketed to the upper echelons of the alt music scene… and I still had no idea of what to expect from a live performance by this virtual band. And despite the mixed reviews I’d heard from people who’d seen them live, I was still... Read More
Future Of The Left Live at The Corner Hotel
0 Comments. 3,385 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:10am.
With a new line-up, new songs and a new desire to keep the “non-rock” parts of gigging to a minimum, Future Of The Left 2.0 are setting a new precedent. This is a professional fucking rock show, my friends. No flashy lights, no showing off, only a little bit of banter during “enforced gaps in the set (oxygen consolidation/guitar changes)” and a whole lot of nothing... Read More
Cold War Kids Live at The Forum
0 Comments. 2,700 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
The iconic ceiling of The Forum created the perfect backdrop as Sydney four-piece Parades set up on stage. No one expected the intensity that followed, as nominal frontman Jonathan Boulet juggled some amazing drumming and vocals; lifting everyone to their feet and drawing us towards the stage. The five-track set was short but never dull, and transformed the somewhat relaxed crowd into a... Read More
Rat vs Possum Plus Guests Live at The Workers Club
0 Comments. 2,769 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Friday nights in December are supposed to be busy, however Melbourne’s post-modern take on summer, that involves gale-force winds and a tempest’s worth of rain, appeared to have turned the south-side of Brunswick street into a deserted badlands.   With this aesthetic in mind, the dim lighting and musty smell of the band room at The Worker’s Club had the feel of a bunker... Read More
Built To Spilt and The Smallgoods Live at The Corner Hotel
0 Comments. 2,778 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
There was a time many years ago when New Year’s celebrations meant buying a couple of slabs, a tray of Coles sausages and waking up in the front yard of a friend’s parents house half-way through the first day of the new year. These days, things have moved on, and the entertainment spark of New Year’s Eve is as powerful as a packet of sparklers suffering from rising damp.... Read More
Meredith Music Festival
0 Comments. 2,197 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Friday: Nothing quite can describe the tingling sensation that the initial walk down into the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre evokes.   After a big drive then waiting in the queue, and having to set the fucking tent up, it’s both a feeling of relief and excitement like no other.   After a trip to the Meredith Community Tucker Tent (which has expanded into a Tucker Shed... Read More
Shine On Festival
0 Comments. 2,650 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Mother Nature was rather un-agreeable dealing out a full hand of rain, cold, wind, and an immeasurable amount of mud in the beautiful setting of Lexton, Victoria for the Shine On music festival. The long rolling hills were carpeted in green grass and speckled with spectacular trees over 300 years old. About 3,200 people were through the gate on Friday, ready to forge on for the weekend. Many... Read More
Engine Three Seven Live at The Evelyn
0 Comments. 1,477 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Like something out of a movie, the journey of Engine Three Seven so far is a moving tale. A group of small-town boys move to the big city and, unperturbed by the bright lights and plentiful distractions, they quickly become one of Australia’s most promising up and coming bands...   A couple of years ago when I first met Engine Three Seven and saw them live, I was mesmerized by their... Read More
A Day On The Green Live at Rochford Wines, Coldstream
0 Comments. 2,293 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:22am.
I finally found Rochford Wines after taking a scenic tour of the Dandenong Ranges, then suffered through an abominable traffic jam and discovered the road through the car park was particularly spongy after weeks of heavy rain (so by this time I was feeling a little like Indiana Jones on a quest to find the lost stars of the 1980s). I should also mention that this day was rather steamy and... Read More
The Jezabels Live at East Brunswick Club
0 Comments. 2,023 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Very few Kisschasy fans were in attendance when Fuzz Phantoms – the side project of Kisschasy frontman Darren Cordeux – took to the stage as opening support act for The Jezabels. With their more experimental lilt, Fuzz Phantoms are clearly a divergent musical project to Cordeux’s full-time band. Among the gathering that witnessed Fuzz Phantoms’ set were members of... Read More
Black Cab Live At The Northcote Social Club
0 Comments. 888 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:22am.
The music inside The Northcote Social Club tonight was as inspiring as the weather outside was not. The Hired Guns opened to a crowd of friends, partners and the odd Lizard Train fan. By the end of the set, the audience had swelled ten-fold, imbibing The Hired Guns’ laconic brilliance. Each of the members a seasoned player, The Hired Guns are, as guitarist Adam Kyle once... Read More
Sonic Forge Festival Live At The Espy
0 Comments. 1,747 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Let’s get the negative stuff out of the way first. The apathy of Australian metal fans never ceases to amaze. This was just about the perfect night to actually come out and throw your support behind the local scene.   30 plus high quality Aussie metal bands in the one reasonably centrally located venue, at a ridiculously low cost, with the proceeds going to a very... Read More
The Queenscliff Music Festival 2010 Review
0 Comments. 2,764 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
After washing away the dust and grit of the working week with a cleansing drop or two from the Bellarine Brewing Company, we had our spines tingled by the awestruck cheers that greeted Ash Grunwald’s vocal sound check. Perched atop a pedestal and framed by a deep red backdrop, his warm-up alone was sufficient to get the crowd over-excited.   When Ash officially hit the... Read More
U2 And Jay Z Live At Etihad Stadium Melbourne
0 Comments. 2,309 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Only a band of U2’s stature could persuade Jay-Z into taking up the position of ‘support act’. It would be impossible to imagine the ‘godfather of rap’ accepting the humbling role in differing circumstances.   The coming together of the two superstars may, initially, seem unlikely, but within the realm of U2’s statement-making... Read More
Review: The Shine On Festival
8 Comments. 3,580 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
  Mother Nature was rather disagreeable dealing out a full hand of rain, cold, wind, and an immeasurable amount of mud in the beautiful setting of Lexton, Victoria for The Shine On Music Festival.The long rolling hills were carpeted in green grass and speckled with spectacular trees over 300 years old. About 3,200 people were through the gate on Friday November 21, ready to forge on for the... Read More
Manic Street Preachers Live At The Forum
1 Comments. 4,729 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Among the Metallica t-shirt-wearing punters filling the streets this Saturday evening, occasional glimpses of glam-attired bodies appear, all en route to The Forum. Tonight it's Christmas for the freaks of Melbourne and their long-awaited gift awaits them at the iconic venue. Long before the our early pressie –Manic Street Preachers – arrival, fans gather and buzz... Read More
Glenn Richards Live At The Corner Hotel
2 Comments. 2,135 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
The mystifying means by which music can consistently – and reliably – evaporate that oppressive cloud of loneliness is of eternal wonder. Every now and then, witnessing a band on one’s lonesome reiterates this notion. The Underminers are a perfect band to watch on such an occasion. It was to our benefit that the band performed two sets tonight on the smaller of... Read More
Rapids Live at Purple Sneakers
1 Comments. 1,753 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Rapids are a Sydney band and Purple Sneakers is a night from Sydney and I don’t always like to admit it but, you know, I’m a girl from Sydney and part of me felt very much at home at this gig and proud of the awesome things Sydney can produce. Purple Sneakers at Miss Libertine is the kind of night that you can really spend many, many hours at – even without live... Read More
Kristina Miltiadou Live at Miss Libertine
0 Comments. 1,058 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
At 10.30pm on Friday October 29, as I moved from the main bar to the back room at Miss Libertine I honestly thought I’d walked into a ‘happening’. The room was black, there were no lights on except for some very dim down lights and on stage rock band Drunk Mums were brutally contorting as they played their instruments as though they couldn’t hear them. And... Read More
The Charlatans Live at Billboard
0 Comments. 1,921 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
  Calling The Charlatans survivors has unfortunate connotations ­– notwithstanding the 1996 car crash death of original keyboardist Rob Collins – giving the impression of a band merely limping on for old time’s sake. They’re not just surviving but thriving, pushing their signature Hammond organ-flecked sound in interesting new directions.... Read More
Powderfinger live at The Sidney Myer Music Bowl
0 Comments. 1,882 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
I owe a lot to Powderfinger. Internationalist was the first ‘cool’ album I ever heard. My sister gave it to me in grade six to prevent me from going down the dreaded ‘Will Smith’ pop path…and Hindley Street is still one of my favourite songs.   And now here we are, after 21 years and seven massive albums, saying goodbye at Powderfinger’s last show ever... Read More
Crowded House Live
0 Comments. 1,187 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
As much as it might invite protest from Kiwis, whenever Neil Finn is in Melbourne he seems so determined to identify the city as the spiritual home of Crowded House that I am inclined to believe him. Much of tonight's banter concerned Finn's attempts to understand the changes in the city since he was last present: “Is it just me,” he asked of the audience at one point... Read More
HEALTH tour
0 Comments. 1,247 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Los Angeles noise rock band HEALTH are set to play the East Brunswick Club as part of a national tour.   The tour will include dates at the Sydney Festival and Tassie's MONA FOMA, as well as Perth and Brisbane. The Beat review of their latest release- their second remix album- praised as album that is 'fun, mad and joyful, but also smooth, sensitively layered and well-sequenced'... Read More
Leah Flanagan instore
0 Comments. 2,191 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Leah Flanagan, member of the Black Arm band, is set to play a set in the intimate surrounds of Basement Discs.   The Darwin based indigenous singer-songwriter is promoting her newbie, Nirvana Nights.   Don't miss her at Basement Discs, 24 Block Place, on Friday 19th November at 12.45pm.   Read More
Gravetemple Live at The Toff In Town
0 Comments. 2,196 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Witnessing a Marco Fuscinato set can be much like standing in front of a concord turbine – sure it hurts, but it’s a special kind of pain. On this occasion, the intensity was still there, but it was interspersed with moments of silence, full of contrasts and was much more playful.   His guitar driven assaults saw him build, explore and de-construct sounds in... Read More
The Fumes Live at The East Brunswick Club
0 Comments. 1,968 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Wind, hail and bitter cold; Thank you mid-spring Melbourne. What wasn’t windy, hailing and bitterly cold (well, maybe metaphorically) were The Fumes. Having been some time since their last headline shows, it was shaping up to be a lovely Saturday evening, regardless of some horrendous weather.   Canucks Elliot Brood were enlisted as support and as they were from overseas,... Read More
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