Live Review
Live Review and Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival – Bitumen, In The Hanging Garden, 10.06.2023
The marvelous thing about Dark Mofo is the opportunity to witness bands you normally wouldn’t know about or have experienced before. While I had to miss Drab Majesty due to a timetable clash, I witnessed the powerful performance of the support, Melbourne-based band Bitumen (who have a few Tasmanians as constituent ingredients). Powered along with …
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival, Max Richter – ‘Voices’ and ‘Reconstruction’, Federation Hall, Hobart, 10.06.2023
Max Richter is a pioneering composer known for his emotive and boundary-pushing music, blending classical and electronic elements. His work explores memory, sleep, and the human experience, captivating listeners with atmospheric beauty and profound melodies. Richter’s ‘Voices Live’ and ‘Reconstruction’ performance at the glorious Federation Hall, as part of the Dark Mofo Festival, was sublime. …
Gallery and Set-lists: Pulp / Richard Hawley / The Orielles – St Anne’s park, Dublin 09.06.2023
Another baking hot summers day and back at St Anne’s park Raheny Dublin, this times its Pulp to headline with Richard Hawley and The Orielles opening. The Orielles photos & set-list: AirtightBobbi’s Second WorldThe RoomBeam/sChromo IIThe Instrument Richard Hawley Photos & set-list: Off My MindAloneTonight The Streets Are oursDon’t Stare At The SunI’m Looking For …
Live Gallery & Review: BABYMETAL at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 09.06.2023
BABYMETAL bring their metal mayhem to Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion.
Live Gallery: Weyes Blood, Rising Festival, Forum Theatre, Melbourne, 07.06.2023
Playing as part of the Rising Festival – Melbourne’s foray into winter entertainment – Weyes Blood captivated a packed house at the Forum and quickly made us forget about the wintery weather outside as she brought her distinctive style to Melbourne. Drawing from her acclaimed albums “Titanic Rising” and “And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow,” …
Live Review and Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival, The Gathering, Denni and Tasman Keith, In The Hanging Garden, Hobart, 08.06.2023
The dynamic Dark Mofo Festival kicked off on Thursday with a night entitled ‘The Gathering’, a curated lineup of First Nations artists in a precinct-wide takeover of the MONA-owned venue In The Hanging Garden. It was, as expected and indeed hoped for, a cold dark night in the semi-open precinct but the two-way stream of …
Gallery: Ziggy Alberts, 3Olympia Theatre, 06/06/2023
Australian singer-songwriter brought his most recent to Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre this week and what a beautiful celebration of music and life it was. Ziggy took to the stage with only his guitars, a piano and some stompboxes and put on an absolutely fantastic show that the Irish crowd loved from start to finish
Live Gallery: REO Speedwagon – Toyota Center, Washington 23.05.23
By Nestor Salgado 80’s rock band REO Speedwagon takes the stage in Kennewick, WA USA during their 2023 U.S. tour. Over 40 years later, REO Speedwagon continues to perform the records that captivated the hearts of people all over the world with songs like “Keep On Loving You” & “Can’t Fight This Feeling” – solidifying their …
Live Review: The Beths – Whelans, Dublin 31.05.2023
Photos and words David McEneaney The Beths played a jam packed set list to a jam packed Whelans on Wednesday 31st May, and it was absolutely delightful.When the New Zealand four piece took the stage (beside a giant inflatable fish taken from the cover of their their latest album ‘Expert in a Dying Field’) you could …
Live Review: Live At Leeds: In The Park, Leeds 28/05/23
*Photos of Maximo Park by Huw Williams Following on from a punk-rock filled night on Friday with headliners NOFX, Saturday saw a change in genre with Live At Leeds: In The Park taking place on Saturday at Temple Newsam in Leeds. Returning for a second year following a successful first year, Irish indie band Two …