Live Review
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 …
Live Review + Photo Gallery: Don’t Tell Malcolm at Altar, Hobart 22.07.2022
Rick Brewster, lead guitarist of Aussie music icons, The Angels, has joined forces with local Hobart legend Dave Wilson (Dave Wilson Band/Four Letter Fish) to dabble in something that can only be described as “music for musicians”. Rick and Dave were joined on stage by a red-hot line-up, including multi-instrumentalist Nick Norton (The Angels), Mick …
Live Gallery: J. Zunz / Rongorongo / Polexia! – Future Yard, Birkenhead 12.07.2022
By Daniel Kirby Future Yard recently hosted Rocket Recordings electronic artist J. Zunz (solo project of Lorena Quintanilla, guitarist/vocalist of Mexican shoegaze/psych rockers Lorelle Meets The Obsolete) as part of her re-scheduled European tour. Performing tracks from the recently released Del Aire, as well as her previous album Hibiscus, J. Zunz was also supported by local five-piece …
Live Review: Gavin James – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 21,07,2022
The picturesque venue that is Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre played host to one of Irelands hottest singer songwriters Gavin James who was launching his third album The Sweetest Part which was coming out at midnight and Gavin announced he would be in a local records store the following day signing copies of the album and maybe playing …
La La Love You – Pixies Play Intimate Manchester Show
The internet suffered a minor meltdown on morning of 18th July, as the news dropped that next day, Boston’s finest noise merchants would be playing a show at the iconic Band On The Wall, a newly refurbished 500 capacity venue in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. This, only 2 weeks after having played Castlefield Bowl, as part …
Live Review: The Came, They Saw, They Conquered. Starcrawler live in Sydney 20.07.2022
Starcrawler blitz Sydney with their total music onslaught and hyperkinetic onstage antics
Live Review: Death Cab for Cutie/Illuminati Hotties – MJN Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 16.07.2022
Not so long ago, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard was coming to us solely on video from his home studio. Remember the days when we were trying to keep each other sane from a distance? Gibbard spent over a year online, posting numerous solo performances and like many artists, provided us with some solace …
Live Review: Skinny Milk / The Shakin’ Nightmares / Sly Hand / Werms – Basecamp, Middlesbrough 02.06.2022
Another visit to the ever-brilliant venue, Base Camp, and its new gig room. The place had changed since my last visit with a properly raised stage and a tweak to the lighting. They have created a nice intimate noise pit. Set for a busy night with four bands on the list two of which were …
Live Review: Pixies / The Slow Show – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 16.07.2022
Pixies were the band tasked with finishing off this years run of music at Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens.The gardens/park are almost completely surrounded by buildings and only a short walking distance from Dublin City Centre and being surrounded as it is makes it a perfect sound trap as was proven throughout the evening. One of the …
Live Review: Kenny Hoopla – Manchester Academy 2, 12.07.22
Tonight saw Kenny Hoopla perform to a sold out crowd in Manchester as part of his rescheduled Survivors Guilt UK Tour. Anyone who has managed to catch Kenny live will know that his shows never disappoint – from the back flips to the crowd surfing, it is non stop from start to finish and his …