Live Review
Live Review & Gallery: A Gentle Nostalgia as Real Estate Returns to Australia After Seven Years – Gadigal/Sydney, 16.11.24
On Saturday night, Manning Bar transformed into a tranquil suburban haven as Real Estate returned to the stage. With their signature breezy sound and jangly guitars, the New Jersey five-piece drew a crowd that quietly filled the venue. Opening the night was Fvneral, an Eora/Sydney-based act whose melancholic indie-pop set softened the edges of alt-rock …
Live Review: Shed Seven 30th Anniversary Tour – The Octagon, Sheffield 14.11.2024
Words and photos by Phil Wright What’s to be said about Shed Seven? For me, ‘brilliance’ comes to mind. With over 30 years in the business and showing no signs of stopping any time soon. With two number one albums this year alone, Rick Witter said this puts Shed Seven in the ‘elite’ along with …
Live Review & Gallery: Witnessing Fleshwater’s Sweat-Soaked Grunge Revival at Crowbar – Eora/Sydney, 15.11.24
Walking into Crowbar for Fleshwater‘s much-anticipated Eora/Sydney debut felt like stepping out of a time machine. The barrier was already packed with young fans, and the vibe was pure 90s grunge—a rarity, but one that the Fleshwater scene kids carry effortlessly. The night kicked off with Futureheaven, channelling an emotional shoegaze edge, pulling the room …
Live Review – Yellowcard/ Story of the Year/ This Wild Life – o2 Academy Birmingham – 14/11/24
Yellowcard bring the ‘Celebration of 20 years of Ocean Avenue Tour’ to UK soil with a sold out show at Birminghams o2 Academy.
Live Review & Gallery: The Kid LAROI Illuminates Sydney’s Commbank Arena 16.11.2024
The air in CommBank Arena buzzes with anticipation, a restless energy that seems to pulse from the thousands of fans packing the stands to the arena’s walls themselves. The Kid LAROI is home, and tonight is more than just another stop on his re-routed national tour—it’s a coronation. Fresh off his seismic performance at the …
Live Review: Darkwave alt-pop sensation – Artemas at the O2 Forum Kentish Town 11.11.24
I principally believe we are living in a post “one-hit-wonder” era where pop music is concerned, mostly owing to the space the online world has given artists. You can have an artist, completely devoid of songs you recognise, be unfathomably popular in a way you could never have realised. In this vein, I was invited …
Live Review & Gallery: A Decade Later – Bombay Bicycle Club Returns to Sydney for a Night of Nostalgia and New Beginnings 14.11.2024
Bombay Bicycle Club’s dynamic feels like a perfectly tuned machine, each member bringing their own energy to create a balanced, magnetic performance.
Live Review – The Enemy/ The Subways/ Candid – o2 Academy Birmingham – 08/11/24
The Enemy and The Subways bring their joint headline tour ‘Indie Till I Die’ to the o2 Academy Birmingham.
Live Review & Gallery: The Amity Affliction Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary of ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’ at Eora/Sydney’s Enmore Theatre – 11.11.24
Earlier this week, Eora/Sydney’s iconic Enmore Theatre hosted a celebration that was a decade in the making. The Amity Affliction hit the stage, marking ten years since ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’ first dropped, influencing a generation of lifelong fans. As the band asked who had been to their sold-out Hordern Pavilion show last week, …
LIVE REVIEW: FAT DOG / TRUTHPASTE – PROJECT HOUSE, LEEDS 10.11.2024
Truthpaste open procedings in a venue that, even just after doors opening, is literally buzzing with excitement about tonight’s headliners. Truthpaste bring an eclectic mix of guitar, saxophone, violin, computer generated drum beats and vocals. They’re folky, poppy, jazzy, arty and completely unique. It’s doubtful you’ll hear/see/experience another live act that sound even remotely like …