Live Reviews in Melbourne
Competitions
Want to know how to gain street cred as well as fan cred? Put on a show with songs that are rarities and b-sides like
Kylie Minogue recently did, and boom, mix that together and you’ll hav... [more]
It was a civilised bunch who turned out for the launch of
Frankie Andrew’s
'Blackberry' EP. After taking out the 2011 Melbourne Music Slam prize, the Tasmanian-born songstre... [more]
The origins of this festival started at a tiny bar in city, for the first few years it was literally in the laneways of Melbourne amongst the dirt and grime and garbage, after about three years... [more]
I have a personal affiliation with the
Big Day Out, this was my 19th one in a row, so I have many amazing memories associated with this festival, The Big day Out was always the biggest hig... [more]
It’s not often you walk into The Corner Hotel to find a sizeable audience sitting sprawled across the band room floor, watching the stage like pre-school children at story time. But had you pop... [more]
Coming out to face an already jam-packed HiFi, Melbourne trio
Otouto kicked off a lazy Monday night with their unusual brand of experimental pop. With disjointed drum beats and abstract mu... [more]
Some bands make it look too easy.
There are moments in a
Fleet Foxes show where you have to remind yourself that all those scenic harmonies are coming from human voices and the rhythms o... [more]
I rummaged through my old CD collection today in an effort to find
Inside In/Inside Out, the first record from Brit Pop group
The Kooks. We all do it, don't we; the day before a... [more]
When reviewing
Grouplove’s debut EP in early 2011 I predicted that they were set for big things that year. However more than a few times I’ve said this and the band goes nowhere, so it’s b... [more]
The Corner hotel suffered the sweltering hot temperatures of Melbourne’s summer heat wave, as
The Dum Dum Girls played a Pyramid Rock sideshow on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
Guests
Di... [more]
