Gomez @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne (Sun 21 Oct 2012)
This was my third, and favourite Gomez show. In an interesting move, you could vote via the bands website on what songs you wanted to hear at your nominated show.…
Tortoise @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne (Sat 13 Oct 2012)
I’ve been a passing fan of Tortoise for a long time, and saw them once about a decade ago at The Livid Festival in Brisbane, but remember nothing of the…
Snow Patrol @ Regent Theatre, Melbourne (Sun 30 Sep 2012)
Today’s the 28th of November 2013- over a year since this Snow Patrol show happened. I actually wrote this on Boxing Day last year but for some reason never published…
The Beach Boys @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (Fri 31 Aug 2012)
Brilliant. Odd. Sad. All at the same time. Honestly, I don’t know that much about The Beach Boys. Of course, I know a lot of their music (who doesn’t?) but…
Splendour In The Grass @ Belongil Fields, Byron Bay (Fri 27 Jul – Sun 29 July 2012)
Well, my favourite festival of the year is once more upon us. Having been to every one so far, it wasn’t a hard decision that I’d be going to this…
The Tea Party @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne (Sat 14 Jul 2012)
This was the first time I’d seen The Tea Party in almost a decade. They’ve always been a band that I’ve had a love/hate relationship with. I love all of…
Prince @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (Mon 14 May 2012)
Well, this is now something I can cross off the bucket list. A great show, and an excellent performance. It seemed to take Mr Nelson a while to get the…
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…