Live Review
live review: bloodstock open air festival, catton hall. 07/08/2025
After having successfully traversed through a downpour that Noah and his Arc would have potentially been stumped by and Poseidon would have undoubtedly been proud of I eventually made my way onto the hallowed grounds of Catton Park, a headbangers Utopia if you will, just in time to be launched head first into the Punky …
Live Review: Smashing Pumpkins / White Lies / Rocket – Piece Hall, Halifax 12.08.2025
Words: Jim F / Pictures: Huw Williams It was a brilliant, almost life-affirming night in Halifax as The Smashing Pumpkins rolled into town to play to a sold-out Piece Hall crowd of 6,000 last Tuesday. The warmth of the summer evening matched the warmth the audience showed all three acts, turning this historic courtyard into …
Live Gallery: The Used Celebrate 25 Years with a Full-Album Marathon at Liberty Hall, Sydney 17.08.2025
25 years in and The Used still tear Liberty Hall apart
Live Gallery: Dillinger Escape Plan Prove Why They’re the World’s Most Dangerous Live Band Enmore Theatre, Sydney 16.08.2025
Ho99o9 brought the riot, Dillinger brought the demolition—Enmore Theatre won’t forget this one.
Live Review: Extreme – The Piece Hall, Halifax: 07.08.25
As we arrive at The Piece Hall in Halifax, the West Yorkshire town is awash withlack t-shirts. It’s a warm summer evening, but at odds with the weather, fans have donned their finest vintage tour t-shirts, from a wide range of rock and metal bands. Some of the shirts pre-date some audience members. There are …
Live Gallery: PUP and Teenage Joans Bring Sharp, Unrelenting Sets to Sydney’s Metro Theatre 9.08.2025
Teenage Joans open with a set that’s equal parts grit and charm, pulling the early crowd to the front before PUP take over at the Metro Theatre.
Live Review: Roger Daltrey – The Piece Hall, Halifax. 30.07.25
Age is just a number as Roger Daltrey rocks The Piece Hall in Halifax
Live Gallery: Bloc Party Mark 20 Years With a Charged Sydney Show at the Hordern 01.08.2025
Two decades since Silent Alarm, Bloc Party’s return to Sydney proves the band’s tight rhythms and jagged guitars still resonate as sharply as they did in 2005.
Live Review + Photo Galleries: The Black Sea Carnys at Hobart’s The Grand Poobah, 26.07.2025
The Black Sea Carnys held the launch for their latest offering, the EP (more of a mini-album, in reality) Cultland at The Grand Poobah here in Hobart on Saturday evening. As a follow-up to my EP review (here), I decided to go and listen to the band playing all of their new material at their …
Live Review: Tramlines 2025 – Sheffield’s Shining Moment
Photo Credits: Phil Jon Photography / Jason Siddall Photography Tramlines 2025 cemented its status as one of the UK’s most beloved inner-city festivals with a weekend full of euphoric moments, hometown pride, and genre-spanning brilliance. Held once again at Hillsborough Park, the event brought together legends, local heroes, and rising stars for a sun-drenched, feel-good …