Live Reviews in Adelaide

You know it’s summer when the opening of beer cans becomes a symphony, you start roasting 5 paces from your front door, and, crucially, when the festivals start rolling in: and in our wide... [more]
On a hot and breezy Tuesday night, I found myself at the gates of HQ in Adelaide, eagerly standing in line waiting for Nightwish. While I’d only been a Nightwish fan for a short duration,... [more]
The Vans Boys of Summer tour ended its third consecutive year on Sunday night to a near-capacity Adelaide crowd. A high profile line-up ensured this was not a night to be missed. Melbourne ba... [more]
It was an all-Australian trio that provided the bounce in Adelaide’s Night Train Entertainment Complex on Sunday night, as Melbourne-based Horsell Common and Adelaide boys The Hot Lie... [more]
First the sartorial assessment. Save for Leonard Cohen, no one in music looks as cool in a suit as Nick Cave. The effect was multiplied when he fronted Grinderman tonight as... [more]
OK, Dwarfers, work with me on this one. Guy Sebastian. First try to get over the Christian thing. Good. Now forget about the virginity bit. Great. Now, set aside the ‘Australian Idol’ stuff... [more]
Brissie locals I Heart Hiroshima did a dandy job of firing up the Regurgitator-eager crowd that spilled into Viva last Friday Night. With their indie pop-quirkiness and crowd-pleasin... [more]
A band as legendary and iconic as that of Dinosaur Jr is easy to spot, as they are the ones receiving waves of applause and cheering, before they’ve even walked on stage. I feel that t... [more]
Little Red Riding Hood, Human Canvases, cross-dressing, Kimono’s, human canvases, circle pits, religion and touring artists, The Red paintings have it all. Support acts Loop! Station (USA) di... [more]
Two of Australia’s biggest bands, united under one roof, in the same night? Sounds too good to be true…But it isn’t! Deciding who was going to play first in this double headliner, by means of... [more]