Gig Review
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Review: Southern Sons @ Caloundra Events Centre (Sunshine Coast)
Queensland's heat was turned up and the A/C turned down depending on how you read this.
Either way, the ambient 'mood temperature' was not all that hard to read... -
Review: Windwaker @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Australian metalcore rising giants, Windwaker brought a near all-Australian ensemble to shake the walls of Brisbane's The Princess Theatre last night (30
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Review: The Flaming Lips @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
While The Flaming Lips' original intention was to perform their 2002 album, 'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots', as a whole for the 20th anniversary, it seems fitting their
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Review: Wardruna @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Wardura brought their unique brand of Norse-inspired, ambient folk to the heart of Brisbane, delivering an unforgettable performance that blended ancient rituals with
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Review: Soft Play @ 170 Russell (Melbourne)
On a day where Melbourne's weather hit a sweltering 41 degrees, the city gave way to a cooler reprieve just in time for SOFT PLAY.
The sky, which had been grey... -
Review: KAYTRANADA @ John Cain Arena (Melbourne)
Last Friday, DJ-producer KAYTRANADA stopped in Melbourne on his Timeless world tour producing an excellent electronic set, supported by two other highly accomplished
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Review: Amyl And The Sniffers @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl (Melbourne)
Amyl and The Sniffers have had a meteoric rise over their decade or so together as a band – starting out playing small bandrooms around their home town of Naarm/ Melbourne to
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Review: You Me At Six @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
The Tivoli is buzzing with anticipation and filling fast with BrisVegan and travelling fans converging to witness You Me At Six on the first night of their Australian
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Review: Bad Omens @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
Viral superstars, 'industry plants', and a staple of the modern hardcore scene (don't) blow the roof off of Brisbane's The Riverstage.
If you're unfamiliar with... -
Review: Luke Combs @ Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane)
On one of the warmer Fridays of the summer, Luke Combs returned to Brisbane, marking his fifth visit to Australia.
Fans gathered in droves at Suncorp Stadium... -
Review: The Hard Quartet @ The Gov (Adelaide)
Supergroup is a term that is too often bandied about.
While The Hard Quartet don't mind being referred to that way, this band is the sum of its parts, a band... -
Review: Keelan Mak @ High Note (Melbourne)
The crowd settled as Keelan Mak walked onstage, backed up by Tex Keane on drums and Tyler Jay on keyboard.
It was his first Melbourne headline show since 2022,... -
Review: Benson Boone @ John Cain Arena (Melbourne)
On an uncharacteristically cool summer evening in Melbourne, the air was thick with anticipation as fans packed into John Cain Arena for the first of three music-filled
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Review: 2025 Tamworth Country Music Festival
It's that time of the year, when the rest of the world takes things slow, that something begins to stir in the country.
As utes and caravans kick up dust along... -
Review: Damien Rice @ Her Majesty's Theatre (Adelaide)
"Welcome. It's been a while," is the simple greeting Damien Rice gives and for close to the next two hours we are taken on a journey through Damien's fatalistic psyche –that
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Review: Wheatus Acoustic (Brendan B. Brown) @ Vinnies Dive Bar (Gold Coast)
A dive bar sounds like an ideal spot for the Gold Coast stop of the Dirtbags Across Australia tour.
Somehow we find ourselves in 2025, which means Brendan B.... -
Review: IDLES @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl (Melbourne)
After keeping their legion of fans waiting two long years, beloved UK punk band IDLES have returned to Australian shores to tour off the back of last year's album
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Review: Leon Bridges @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
A concert I'd be fangin' to attend the entire summer, last Friday the gospel-R&B-soul-rock of Leon Bridges serenaded a massive crowd at Brisbane's The Riverstage leaving
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Review: The Teskey Brothers & Band Of Horses @ A Day On The Green (Brisbane)
Music has a strange way of revealing the colour and shape of society.
This was not a rock show, hip hop, pop or metal show. This was country, alt country,... -
Review: IDLES @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
Their was an intense crescendo of live music at Brisbane's The Riverstage on Saturday night as IDLES outdid all expectations.
I had never listened to IDLES...