My Morning Jacket @ Palace Theatre, Melbourne (Wed 4 Apr 2012)
When My Morning Jacket’s Melbourne show was announced, I’d already bought tickets to see The Pogues on the same night at Festival Hall. After much deliberation, I sold the Pogues…
Elbow @ Festival Hall, Melbourne (Wed 21 Mar 2012)
First things first, if a ticket says “Doors 7:30pm”, then I assume that doors will open at 7:30pm, and the first band would be on around 8pm. Alas, no. As…
Death Cab For Cutie @ Palace Theatre, Melbourne (Tue 21 Feb 2012)
That was great. Everything I wanted to hear (except Tiny Vessels) and a whole lot more. I was especially chuffed to hear Marching Bands Of Manhattan which I was hoping…
Active Child @ East Brunswick Club, Melbourne (Wed 8 Feb 2012)
SO. When the 2012 Laneway Festival lineup was announced, it was, as I had expected, full of bands whom I’d not heard of, would never likely listen to, and had…
PJ Harvey @ Princes Wharf 1, Hobart (Sat 21 Jan 2012)
When PJ Harvey announced this tour, we were quite excited. My wife is a huge fan, and I’d heard good things about her new album, Let England Shake. We’d been…
Meredith Music Festival @ Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, Meredith (Fri 9 Dec 2011 – Sun 11 Dec 2011)
After a fairly late night on Thursday from the Explosions In The Sky gig, I decided to hit the snooze button a few times before getting underway to Meredith 2011.…
Explosions In The Sky @ The Forum, Melbourne (Thu 8 Dec 2011)
This was a show I’d been looking forward to for some time. When the Meredith lineup was released, and Explosions In The Sky were on it, I was a little…
Dolly Parton @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (Wed 23 Nov 2011)
As expected, this show was pretty spectacular. Dolly Parton is an incredible performer, and one of the most professional and polished I’ve seen (I suppose she’d want to be after…
Harvest Festival @ Werribee Park, Melbourne (Sat 12 Nov 2011)
So the organisers of this one pretty much looked at my music collection and made a festival just for me. That’s how it felt when the initial lineup was released…
Steely Dan & Steve Winwood @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (Thu 27 Oct 2011)
So, I don’t really know Steely Dan at all, and my exposure to Steve Winwood is pretty much limited to his “Back In The Highlife” album of 1986. I don’t…
Mono @ The Forum, Melbourne (Fri 7 Oct 2011)
This was a truly outstanding show. I’d not seen Mono before, and didn’t know too much about them at all. They’re one of those bands, that when you tell people…
Gotye @ The Forum, Melbourne (Fri 30 Sep 2011)
Tonight was our first time to The Forum. Fabulous venue and actually reminded me a lot of the Filmore in San Francisco. The bathrooms are bigger than my house. Impressive.…
Jesus Jones, The Wonder Stuff & The Clouds @ Palace Theatre, Melbourne (Fri 19 Aug 2011)
It’s the second time I’ve been to the Palace in almost as many weeks, and the first thing I can tell you is there are considerably less people here than…
Splendour In The Grass @ Woodfordia, Woodford (Fri 29 Jul 2011 – Sun 31 Jul 2011)
So yep, I’m one of those Splendour In The Grass tragics who has been to every single one. This year was number 11. It also ended up being number 1.…
Elbow @ Palace Theatre, Melbourne (Wed 27 Jul 2011)
Elbow are, in my opinion, one the finest acts you could ever see live, and tonight’s gig was no different. This was my fourth outing to an Elbow show, and…
New Orleans street band @ Bourbon Street, New Orleans (Mon 6 Jun 2011)
Now I realise this isn’t the usual sort of gig I put on this site. We were in New Orleans just wandering about and being spun out by the sheer…
Paul Dempsey @ Bryant Park, New York (Wed 1 Jun 2011)
This was our first night in New York, and what a fabulous way to be welcomed to the Big Apple! A lovely 6pm show at the park, in summer, after…
Yeasayer @ The Fillmore, San Francisco (Thu 26 May 2011)
Wow- what a show. First time to The Fillmore and 3rd Yeasayer show. The room is INSANE- I wish we had venues like this back in Australia. Much like the…
Jason Byrne @ Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne (Sat 16 Apr 2011)
So yeah, Jason Byrne’s funny. It’s pretty amazing to see a performer do his thing when it’s fairly obvious that most of it is off the cuff and completely ad-lib.…
Yeasayer @ Billboard, Melbourne (Thu 10 Feb 2011)
And once again, trigger fingers gets ticket #1. This was my first visit to Billboard, and upon entering, I was pleasantly surprised. A good sized place and you could see…
Sia @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne (Tue 1 Feb 2011)
Oh my. What a show. It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve seen a show where the vocals have been so strong, and note perfect throughout. The band were…
The National @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne (Sun 9 Jan 2011)
That was one of the most amazing shows I have seen. An incredible set was played tonight with a fantastic mix of old and new. I love The Palais as…
Gorillaz @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (Sat 11 Dec 2010)
This show was an unknown for me- I’d not seen Gorillaz live before and wasn’t a massive fan. Don’t get me wrong- I like them, but had only ever listened…