Live Review
Live Review: English Teacher / Sarah Johnsone – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton 31.01.2024
By Francis Fitzgerald The Stockton Calling festival in 2022 featured a new band by the name of English Teacher. Fast forward a couple of years to January 2024 and the band has had a single (Nearly Daffodils) listed in the top 10 of Time magazine, featured on BBC Later with Jools Holland and much more …
Live Review: Gerry Jablonski And The Electric Band / George Shovlin And Friends – Sedgefield Blues Club, Sedgefield
Tonight was all about talent and what a night it was at Sedgefield Blues Club. The club has been going for a long time now and has generated a reputation for putting on exceptionally high-quality gigs to the point where people now will show up even without knowing the band. Such is the club’s guarantee …
Live Gallery: Gregory Alan Isakov at the Metro Theatre, Sydney 2.02.2024
Gregory Alan Isakov enchanted the audience at Sydney’s Metro Theatre with his soulful melodies and lyrical storytelling, creating an intimate and memorable night of folk music.
Live Gallery: Texas at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney 1.02.2024
Fans in Sydney get a taste of Texas’ magic, as they deliver a performance packed with raw emotion and powerhouse vocals.
Live Review and Gallery: Capturing the Ethereal – Unknown Mortal Orchestra on 35mm Film at the Sydney Opera House – Eora/Sydney, 30.01.24
On a magical Tuesday night, the hallowed halls of the Sydney Opera House resonated with the dreamy tunes of Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO). The Aotearoa/New Zealand-based psych-rockers delivered a spellbinding performance at the Concert Hall, marking their debut at this iconic venue. The sold-out show was a testament to the band’s allure, drawing fans from …
Live Review + Photo Gallery: Claire Anne Taylor bares her soul during ‘Giving It Away’ album launch 27.01.2024
I had the absolute pleasure of witnessing the Hobart leg of Claire Anne Taylor‘s album launch tour for new album, Giving It Away. Making the experience even more exciting was the fact that it was all performed in the most beautiful of settings – in that of Hobart’s historic Theatre Royal. Claire Anne Taylor, for …
Live Review & Gallery: The Victims w/ Chimers and Hellebores, Crowbar Sydney 021223
Before he became a Hoodoo Guru, Dave Faulkner founded seminal Perth punk outfit, The Victims back in 1977 in his hometown of Perth. After over 40 years of on again off again, it became time to bid a final farewell and they did so in style. Three shows only; beginning in Perth, then Melbourne and …
Live Review: Miles Kane – O2 Academy, Leeds 25.01.24
Miles Kane kicks off his UK Tour with a swaggering performance in Leeds. Having released his 5th studio album, One Man Band, in the middle of last year, Miles Kane hits the road on a 2024 UK tour, kicking off in Leeds O2 Academy. In all honesty, the critical reception to the album was pretty …
Live Review: Bury Tomorrow / We Came As Romans / Kingdom Of Giants – The Stylus, Leeds 18.01.2024
Energy personification was the order of the day for this Metalcore billing in Leeds, and with it being completely sold out well in advance it promised to be an evening of true brutality and mayhem. First up were Kingdom Of Giants and with the Stylus filling up nicely it was time for them to take …
Live Review: The Libertines / Benefits / Bear Park – The Arc, Stockton 23.01.2024
By Francis Fitzgerald A wet Winter night in Stockton, and it is the opening night of the Libertines Albionay tour of ‘small sweaty clubs’. The band are touring their hotly anticipated fourth album due in March ‘All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade’. So how did that first night go? Answer, they went down a storm, …