Backseat Downunder
Feature: Backseat Downunder Team’s Favourite Antipodean Albums of 2022, and Favourite Gigs
In many end of year best albums of 2022 put together by outlets such as The Guardian and NME, there has been a distinct absence of antipodean bands – an astounding omission given the depth of quality exhibited by Australian and New Zealand artists in 2022. For the past few years, to counterbalance this annual …
Live Review + Gallery: A Swayze & The Ghosts bring the roof down as they rock Altar in nipaluna/Hobart 16.12.2022
It felt like an eternity since A Swayze & The Ghosts had played (or at least, it did for me). Covid-19 has delayed the inevitable rise of one of Tasmania’s finest alternative exports, with the band having had to take the same extended break from touring, writing and recording that most other artists have. However, …
Gallery: HighSchool at The Corner Hotel 14.12.2022
HighShool‘s first headline show and their first ever in hometown of Melbourne following supports for the likes of Sam Fender, CHVRCHES and Wet Leg returned. After selling out at Northcote Social Club the gig was moved to The Corner Hotel on 14 December, 2022. Special guests Grazer, Equal Parts and Phoebe Go. View galleries of …
Live Review and Gallery: Johnny Hunter, Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul 24.11.22
The crowd at Anita’s Theatre got more than they anticipated when they arrived to see the Psychadelic Furs at the end of last month when the charismatic Johnny Hunter band took to the stage and the room exploded with their brand of energetic pop/punk music with more than a nod to the 80s. This reviewer …
Live Review + Gallery: Harry Manx mesmerizes audience at Wrest Point Showroom, Hobart, 14.12.2022.
Harry Manx, the master of the ‘Mysticssippi Blues’ turned in a beautifully accomplished performance to a crowd of around 200 fervent fans at The Showroom of Wrest Point Casino in Hobart. For those unaware of this Canadian troubadour, Harry Manx is a former sound engineer turned multi-instrumentalist who fits within the folk/blues/Americana (or is that …
Live Review & Gallery: Richie Lewis & Friends Brass Monkey Cronulla and The Heritage Hotel Bulli 25 & 27.11.2022
Richie Lewis, Australia’s favourite indie frontman of Tumbleweed fame, invited me along to capture his latest project – Richie and Friends, playing live in Sydney and Wollongong late last month, along with Front End Loader‘s Bow Campbell and The Too Easy Band as support. I was lucky enough to have caught them at The Music …
Track: Gena Rose Bruce knows the bittersweet taste of ‘Misery and Misfortune’ – the third exquisite single off her forthcoming album ‘Deep Is The Way’.
With surprising interventions by what could only be described as squiggly synths, the new single from the superb Gena Rose Bruce ‘Misery and Misfortune’ is a slow burning spark that oozes a languid sensuality over a solid musical base. The instrumentation provides an Arctic motorik electronic bed over which Bruce delivers her soft, expressive velvet …