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 [...]
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 [...]
Top 20 artists of 2008 part 2
Time now for part 2 of the Top 20 artists adorning my listening habits for the year 2008. On with the countdown: #10 - Broken Social Scene – 403 listens Broken Social Scene are one of those bands whose music seeps its way into your subconscious and before you know it’s permeated a small corner [...]
Top 20 artists of 2008 part 1
With 2008 now officially over and then some, I figured it was my turn to pull out a compilation of top XX lists where XX is an arbitrary number pulled out of my head based on how much I can actually be bother writing about a subject. I’m starting out ambitiously with 20 for this [...]
The Black Keys at the Fremantle Arts Centre – 29/12/2008
On Monday night the Black Keys proved that you most certainly cannot got enough of a good thing and without a shadow of a doubt the Black Keys are a very good thing. The expectant fans were somewhat disappointed at the hastily crafted signs outside the gates to the Fremantle Arts Centre which read ‘Dr [...]
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 [...]
