Tribute nights can go two ways. They can be convoluted and contrived, struggling to even pay homage to the band they’re hoping to revere or trying too hard to be like them. Or, they can go swimmingly, being packed out with talented, passionate musicians who deliver their own takes the songs originally penned by their [...]
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Review: Dan Kelly @ Amplifier Bar – 04-06-2010
A temperate winter Perth Friday night saw the cool kids pile into Amplifier to witness a fine performance by one of Australia’s criminally unheralded singer/songwriters/guitar maestros, all round nice guy, Dan Kelly. A decidedly under filled venue served to illustrate that here is a man who is flying under the radar and I’m here to say, this [...]
Review: Mountain Goats @ the Rosemount Hotel – 18-04-2010
There is something approaching a religious experience tied with a Mountain Goats gig. In fact, I’d possibly go on to argue that it’s truly a more spiritual experience than many may encounter in their lives. It’s not so much the subject matter, even in light of their biblical verse themed recent release “The Life of [...]
Pavement @ Metro City Perth 09-03-2010
Tonight’s set list was eclectic, yet wonderful and perhaps slightly orchestrated around SM’s slightly hoarse voice: Silence Kid Father to A Sister of Thought Stereo Frontwards In The Mouth A Desert Rattled By The Rush Date w/ Ikea Grounded Range Life Unfair We Dance Kennel District Cut Your Hair Stop Breathin’ Summer Babe Gold Soundz [...]
The man is back in town
I’m more than just a little excited about this. Even if he doesn’t play a single Pavement song, the show is bound to be spectacular. With the Doves having just been here, 2009 may well be the year of ‘seeing bands you always wanted to but weren’t sure you ever would’. I should probably come [...]
Death Cab for Cutie return early in 2009
Perpetual indie rock darlings Death Cab for Cutie have recently announced, perhaps somewhat low key, that they’ll be returning to our shores early in 2009, nay six months since their previous visit. Given there hasn’t been a new album in the ensuing time, we can only assume it’s a tour to celebrate Ben Gibbard’s recent [...]
Top 20 Gigs of 2008 pt 1
In part two of my review of the year that was, I’ll take an in depth look at my favourite gigs of 2008. While 2008 was somewhat less endowed with gigs than what I was able to attend in 2007 (around one for every two the previous year), it was certainly a diverse year which [...]
Holly Throsby at The Bakery and at Mojos – 20th and 21-09-2008
A few weekends ago now I had the pleasure of seeing Holly Throsby in back to back gigs over two nights. The wonderful thing about seeing an artist two times on the same tour, especially an artist with low production overheads (i.e. without tens of thousands of dollars spent on lighting programs or costume changes) [...]
Rocket Science at Amplifier – 13-09-2008
I’m incredibly behind on gig reviews, but, it’s not as though I’m currently writing them with a view for them to be anything other than a recollection for myself. It’s a shame though, because there’s been some awesome local gigs in recent weeks that deserve me finding the time to write about them and a [...]
The Black Keys at Metro City Fremantle – 22-06-2008
To close out the two gig weekend, one found a still and cold Sunday night lining up outside the pub strip on South Street in Fremantle in preparation to enter one of the more unconventional venues in the greater Perth live music scene. Metropolis Fremantle normally wears the shiny short skirted clothes of a night [...]
