Live Review
Live Review: Live at Leeds: In The Park – Temple Newsam, Leeds 04.06.2022
Having built a steady fan base since its inception in 2007, this year the organisers have upped the ante and introduced a fully fledged one day indie festival in the park. The location is Temple Newsam and will be familiar to some music lovers as it is the same venue used earlier for Slam Dunk …
Live Review & Gallery: Hand Habits at the Carriageworks, Sydney 11.06.2022
Live: Stripped bare – Hand Habits delivers a devastatingly beautiful solo set.
Live Review: Docksuns / The Empire Police / Gaz Price – Independent, Sunderland 11.06.2022
By Adam Littlemore First act of the night was Gaz Price playing with his full band and the full crowd stayed quiet to listen to the mix of folk and indie music topped with the raw voice of Price coupled with heavy bass and powerful guitar riffs. The second band up on stage were The …
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival – The Kid Laroi, MyState Arena, Hobart, 11.06.22
For the uninitiated, at only eighteen years old, The Kid Laroi (the nom-de-guerre of Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard) has made quite a global impact, made all the more remarkable given his age and the fact he grew up in the poor inner city housing estates of Redfern in Sydney. Now living in LA, he has …
Live Review: When in the presence of Genius – Perfume Genius, Carriageworks, Sydney 11.06.22
Live Gallery: Perfectly aromatic – Perfume Genius enthrals the Carriageworks.
Live Review: Plastic glass / No you – Independent, Sunderland 10.06.2022
By Adam Littlemore What a warm send off it was for Plastic Glass with their sold out gig at the Independent, Sunderland. The first band on tonight to warm up the crown was Noyou with their eclectic mix of Synth-pop, fuzzy rock and electronic music. They warmed up the crowd perfectly, and everyone was dancing …
Live Review: YUNGBLUD / Nova Twins – 3Arena, Dublin 10,06,2022
YUNGBLUD’S Life on Mars tour hit Dublin’s 3Arena with support coming from Nova Twins. Opening the show were London rock duo Nova Twins, I was looking forward to see these as I had missed them when they played here in Dublin awhile back. The band got a huge reception from the large crowdand their half …
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 …
Live Review: Bo Ningen / Lunch Money Life – The Sound House, Dublin 09.06.2022
Japanese/London based noise rock outfit came to Dublin to play The Sound House with support from London guys Lunch Money Life. Heading tonight I have to admit being a little apprehensive of the support with the mention of Jazz, but man there was nothing to worry about, ok there might be a tinge of jazz …
Live Review: BBCR1’s Big Weekend – War Memorial Park, Coventry 28.06.2022 & 29.06.2022
By Claire Hodgkins The last weekend in May saw the long awaited return of BBCR1’s Big Weekend – a once-year festival compiled of global superstars, as well as showcasing the best of new emerging talent, in association with BBC Introducing. Due to COVID restrictions, the event last took place at Stewart Park, Middlesborough in 2019. …