LIVE REVIEW: JASON SINGH With Special Guest Brett Wood

Brett Wood is best know as the guitarist of Electric Mary and Pete Murray. Tonight he took to the stage and showcased a collection of solo songs. His three piece band delivered a fourty five […]

LIVE REVIEW: PANDEMONIUM Side Show – ALICE COOPER and BLONDIE with Special Guests the Psychedelic Furs and Wolfmother

By now, the troubled history of the inaugural Pandemonium Rocks festival has been documented ad nauseum. The last-minute withdrawals of Deep Purple, Placebo and The Dead Kennedys seemed a dire portent for a festival already […]

LIVE REVIEW: CALIGULA’S HORSE With Special Guests KEYAN

Tonight was off to a strange start. Just prior to doors opening we received an email advising us of the following. An update from Wheel ahead of the show tonight: “Melbourne, we are beyond disappointed to inform […]

LIVE REVIEW: The Casualties with Strung Out @ Hook and Ladder Minneapolis, MN 4/27/2024

This was a balls to the wall old fashioned punk rock show, complete with many of the old Minneapolis punks showing up to support. This was the first show like this In have attended in […]

LIVE REVIEW: DALLAS FRASCA With Special Guests Sunday Lemonade and Blackberry Rust

Tonight’s gig was at the iconic Tote Hotel in Collingwood. Since the saving of the Hotel in 2023 the Tote declared it would always host great live music and tonight was no exception. First on […]

LIVE REVIEW: THE DANDY WARHOLS with Special Guests Magic Machine

With a turnout that wasn’t too shabby for a Monday night, the masses rolled in nice and early to for some epic pre-show entertainment from Sydney psych-rockers Magic Machine. Easing us in with their soft […]

LIVE PHOTOS: SUFFOCATION With Special Guests Revocation and Xenobiotic

New York death metal legends Suffocation and their very special guests, Boston progressive death metal masters Revocation teamed up for the ultimate night of destruction. Perth’s Xenobiotic added to the wonderful musical chaos with their […]

LIVE REVIEW: STEPHEN SANCHEZ With Special Guest Molly Millington

It was a cool, slightly breezy night as crowds milled about outside the Astor, eagerly waiting for the doors to open. The minibus carrying Stephen Sanchez and Molly Millington to the event pulled around the […]

LIVE REVIEW: OCEAN SLEEPER with Special Guests Darkmatter and Lil Lotus

Victorian pop-rockers Ocean Sleeper have released their new single, ‘Lonely Love’ featuring Lil Lotus, and kicked off a headline tour around Australia to show us what it was all about. The first support of the […]

LIVE REVIEW: Godsmack Vibez Tour, Mystic Lake Casino

Billed as an intimate evening of acoustic songs and stories. Stories I can tell you that’s exactly what I got! You know fairness I think it’s important that I mention that I have seen Godsmack […]

LIVE REVIEW: LOOKOUT FESTIVAL featuring +LIVE+, Incubus, Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe and The Superjesus

The sun was certainly shining at Whitford Nodes Park, Hillarys, on Saturday, as the final day of Lookout Festival kicked off in all its glory. As I walked through the gates, I was surprised at […]

LIVE REVIEW: FRANK CARTER AND THE RATTLESNAKES With Special Guests These New South Whales

Friday night in Melbourne and the city is buzzing with diners, tourists and those looking for a good time. Well, I found my good time as I approached 170 Russell, where a line of keen concert […]

LIVE REVIEW: BLACK ACES with special guests The Dead Amigos, Torrential Thrill and The Dreadful Tides

Friday night at the Leadbeater Hotel had a four band line up, closed by the Black Aces. It was a quiet night in Melbourne due to the Easter break, school holidays and no football (gather […]

LIVE REVIEW: DIRTY HONEY with special guests Dead City Ruins and Shotgun Mistress

In my 40 years of concert going I’ve seen just over 5000 shows and I can still recall the anticipation I felt in my youth seeing a band I love for the first time. One […]

LIVE REVIEW: SKILLET With Special Guests AWAKING TYLER

On a rainy Melbourne Autumn night people were out in droves to see the incredible Skillet play their first Melbourne show in six years. A lot had happened in that six years and as Skillet […]

LIVE REVIEW: ORANGE GOBLIN With Special Guests Dr. Colossus & Astrodeath

Its Friday night, its been a rough week, the weather’s starting to turn cold…. What better tonic than getting your teeth rattled by Orange Goblin & Co at the Crowbar?! Astrodeath are up first… “Are […]

LIVE REVIEW: FILTER With Special Guest Black Smoke Trigger

Popping over the pond to support tonight are BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER, founded in 2018, this hard rock band are picking up some amazing traction on their ‘mission to take over the world’. From supporting Halestorm […]

LIVE REVIEW: SIMPLE PLAN SPECIAL With Special Guests Boys Like Girls And We The Kings

As I got off the train at Richmond station and the fresh autumn air hit my lungs, I observed 2 very different crowds of people on a mission. One group were adorned in their footy […]

LIVE REVIEW: CARCASS with Special Guests The Black Dahlia Murder and Freedom Of Fear

Adelaide seems to have something happening in the underground, it seems to be breeding some of this country’s finest young death metal bands over the last few years and Freedom To Fear are no exception […]

LIVE GALLERY: FM and Brave Rival at the O2 Concorde Brighton U.K.

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LIVE REVIEW: CHRIS ISAAK With Special Guests ThornBird & Mark Seymour and the Undertow

The stage was set at Kings Park for an idyllic and serene evening, as crowds milled around on the grass and found their seats to settle in for Chris Isaak in concert. The first support […]

LIVE REVIEW: THE DAMNED With Special Guests Nick Sheppard and The Yung Pomeranians

Crowds of fishnet and leather clad punk rockers young and old poured into The Astor to watch The Damned. They were in for an absolute treat though as The Yung Pomeranians opened the night with […]

LIVE REVIEW: DAVE HOLE – Live in Yarra Valley

In the heart of the Yarra Valley is the Memo Theatre. Located in Healesville main street. An approximately 250-patron venue with tiered seats so every music lover gets a great view. Tonight’s gig was an […]

LIVE REVIEW: DIESEL brings his ‘Forever’ Tour in WA

Diesel hit WA to celebrate his ‘Forever’ Tour with a show at the generously attended Regal Theatre in Subiaco, Perth at the weekend. Having caught his solo show last time he ventured over to WA […]

LIVE REVIEW: LAMB OF GOD with special guests BRAND OF SACRIFICE

In what was undoubtedly the heaviest sideshow of the Knotfest tour this double billing was guaranteed to be relentless and unforgiving on our necks tomorrow morning. Having been a casual fan of Lamb Of God […]

LIVE REVIEW: PANTERA with special guests KING PARROTT and BLACK RHENO

If you are an Adelaide metalhead, you probably witnessed or have at least heard the legendary story about when Phil Anselmo and his band The Illegals played two shows at the (now permanently closed) infamous […]

LIVE REVIEW: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS with Special Guests SPRINTER and NICE BISCUIT

The energy was electric as the crowd filled the band room of The Charles Hotel on Friday night for the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. Opening the night was local Perth act Sprinter, a four-piece psychedelic rock […]

LIVE REVIEW: GLADYS KNIGHT Farewell Tour – Perth Riverside Theatre, 19th March 2024

There are many singers who can rightly be described as ‘Stars’ but far fewer as ‘Superstars’. Gladys Knight fits firmly into the latter category and her tour de force of a show at the Riverside […]

LIVE REVIEW: DISTURBED with special guests WAGE WAR

It was big monster energy vibes and chin beards abound for the one and only Australian sideshow from Disturbed at the vanguard of their Knotfest appearances this coming weekend. The universally adored and Grammy nominated […]

LIVE REVIEW: PLINI with special guests SUNGAZER and JAKUB ZYTECKI

Tonight was a showcase of the very best virtuoso guitar players and musicians from around the globe. It was a schooling in technical brilliance. From the ambient shredding of Polish guitarist Jakub Zytecki and his […]

LIVE REVIEW: HUMAN LEAGUE – The Astor Theatre Perth

Tonight is a celebration of all things 80’s and all things electronic at a packed out Astor Theatre that hosts Human League’s last two sold out nights of their almost completely sold out 2024 Dare […]

LIVE REVIEW: THE VANNS With Special Guests Ghost Care and The Colliflowers

I have been to the Indi Bar in Scarborough plenty of times for gigs over the years, but I have never seen it this busy with people filling every area of the venue on the […]

LIVE REVIEW: PETE MURRAY with special guests WILSN and MIETTA

Portsea Hotel has to be one of Melbourne’s most iconic hotels to visit. Set high on the foreshore with uninterrupted bay views, this renovated hotel with great food and cold drinks flowing is the host […]

LIVE REVIEW: 1927 with Special Guests BOOM CRASH OPERA

On a very hot Saturday night in Melbourne at the Corner Hotel in Richmond ‘The Best Things’ on Tour was on. Luckily the band room had great air conditioning for the very hot 80’s and […]

LIVE PHOTOS: MACHINE HEAD & FEAR FACTORY With Special Guest ALL THIS FILTH

SLAUGHTER THE MARTØUR WØRLD TØUR AUSTRALIA Bay Area icons MACHINE HEAD have arrived on their ‘Slaughter The Martøur Australia 2024 Tour’. Forgoing their “An Evening With…” format for the first time in a decade, MACHINE HEAD returned […]

LIVE REVIEW: TEENAGE FANCLUB With Special Guest Euros Childs

Opening the night at the Astor Theatre, was one man and a keyboard, by the name of Euros Childs. He is from the south of Wales, a Welsh lad who has come over to Perth […]

LIVE REVIEW: THE BETHS With Special Guest Juice Webster

It was a melting public holiday Monday night as people crowded into the main band room of the Rosemount Hotel, vying for a spot of the stage and awaiting the music to come. They didn’t […]

REVIEW: Jonathan Rach – Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral Exhibition

It was an incredible privilege to be invited to the opening of Jonathan Rach’s Nine Inch Nails gallery. While standing outside waiting for the doors to open a handful of us gather outside 524 Flinders […]

LIVE REVIEW: THE STRUTS With Special Guest Jacob Fitzgerald and the Electric City

How Jacob Fitzgerald has not been on my radar in the time I have lived in Melbourne is astounding to me. It actually took his support of The Struts to even look up his name […]

LIVE PHOTOS: THE BAND CAMINO with special guest KIAN

Nashville-based pop-rockers The Band CAMINO touched down in Australia and New Zealand for a series of debut headline shows in February and March. Since relocating from Memphis to Nashville in 2018, the three-piece outfit – singers/guitarists […]

LIVE PHOTOS: POP WILL EAT ITSELF With Special Guests JESUS JONES

Finishing up their Australian tour POP WILL EAT ITSELF aka PWEI aka POPPIES hit Freo Social and played a Greatest Hits Set for the First Time Ever! The career spanning set list included ‘Ich Bin […]

LIVE REVIEW: SHONEN KNIFE with special guests Turnstyle and Grunge Barbie

I walked into a packed out Milkbar amongst a sea of bodies on Saturday night, where there were a lot of leather jackets on a crowd of all ages, but mostly older than their 30s. […]

LIVE REVIEW: WANSTOCK feat. The Animals, Dragon, The Ted Mulry Gang, Strait Shooters, Standing Room Only, Day Dreamers

Wanstock was started in 2018 by Geoff Wansborough. “It was his way of keeping the music alive” Quote – Steve Mulry (Ted Mulry Gang). So with not a USB in sight and maybe the nursing […]

THEATRE REVIEW: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at Crown Theatre Saturday 2nd March 2024

  The second concert I ever went to was Tina Turner. At that point in her career February 24th 1984 at The Haven Theatre in Boston U.K. she was on the verge of a huge […]

LIVE REVIEW: XAVIER RUDD With Special Guest CALYPSO CORA

A warm breeze blew through the gates of Fremantle Prison on the evening of 1 March 2024, as the crowd poured into the Parade Grounds courtyard. The sold out 2,700 capacity venue was a buzz […]

LIVE REVIEW: P!NK With Special Guest TONES & I

On a breezy summer night the Summer Carnival has come to Perth! With Optus Stadium and the nearby Matagarup Bridge bathed in pink it could only mean the return of one of our country’s favourite […]

LIVE PHOTOS: CALEXICO Plays The PERTH FESTIVAL

Celebrating 20 years of Calexico’s much-loved Feast of Wire is a live show featuring the album played in its entirety alongside a selection of fan faves. Taking their name from the border town of California and Mexico, […]

LIVE REVIEW: ASH GRUNWALD with Special Guest Karen Page

It was as though static electricity had gone through the crowd as they waited for the doors to open at Milk Bar last night. Everyone talking excitedly about seeing Ash Grunwald play, wondering what songs […]

LIVE REVIEW: SIMPLE MINDS with ICEHOUSE and BACHELOR GIRL

A sold out show in Perth’s glorious Kings Park is a wonderful way to end any tour, and this years Red Hot Summer Series Two concluded on an unusually cool night that appeared out of […]

LIVE REVIEW: Glam Fest Sydney, Metros 18th February 2024

GLAM FEST AUSTRALIA’s second installment descended upon Sydney this Sunday with a bang that you could hear from space. To say that it went well would be the understatement of the year, and as the […]

LIVE PHOTOS: MOGWAI Plays The PERTH FESTIVAL

Scottish post-rock monarchs Mogwai are bringing their epic live show back to Australia for the first time in six years. As part of the Perth Festival 2024, they hit the Rechabite unleashing their colossal sound […]

LIVE REVIEW: SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS With Special Guests THE STRUTS and ROSE TATTOO

While I was both shocked and disappointed to learn that Slash only ranked 65th on Rolling Stone’s infamous (and arguable) list of the100 greatest Guitarists of all time, (but No. 2 in TIME Magazine’s top […]

LIVE REVIEW: MUDVAYNE & COAL CHAMBER Co-Headline Tour ’24

Coal Chamber opened the proceedings with the ever popular ‘Loco’ as the crowd went banana like I expected. The energy from Coal Chamber is wild, with their electric light show, their enthusiasm, there’s no way […]

LIVE REVIEW: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Live in Leeds

The City Varieties Music Hall was established in 1865 as a room over a pub for the working class. It is a living, breathing homage to the music hall era. You can feel it, hear […]

LIVE REVIEW: GLAMFEST AUSTRALIA – The Melbourne Show

Putting together a line up of fourteen bands across only two stages is an ambitious undertaking for any promoter. Execution has to be flawless and run so ruthlessly. Mixing some of this countries best hard […]

LIVE REVIEW: The 9th Annual Ravo Blues & Roots Festival featuring Diesel, Ross Wilson, Dave Hole, 19-Twenty, Vdelli and many more

The 9th Annual Ravo Bluesfest at Ravenswood Hotel proved to be an unforgettable celebration of Australian Blues music, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Murray River. With twelve amazing acts spread across two stages, […]

LIVE REVIEW: NAT ALLISON Showcases New Project ROCK CHICK at Festival Of Sails Geelong

The original Queen of rock’s little sister Nat Allison showcased her new project ROCK CHICK at Geelong’s Festival Of The Sails on Australia Day.  The four piece band which is made up of Anthony Licciardi […]

LIVE REVIEW: DIRTY HONEY – Live at Leeds

There is a real buzz in the air tonight at the Stylus Venue at Leeds University for Dirty Honey. The doors may have been an early (6.30pm with curfew of 10.00pm) but the Stylus is […]

LIVE PHOTOS: NORTHLANE With Special Guests Erra, Landmvrks and Banks Arcade

Australian heavy trailblazers Northlane took the stage last night as part of their first and only headline tour of the country in 2024. It’s been a blockbuster two years for Northlane. Emerging from the pandemic with […]

LIVE REVIEW: THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT With Special Guest YOMI SHIP

This was a sweet deal for me as a reviewer because I got to cover The Butterfly Effect playing ‘Begins Here’ in full. I couldn’t believe my luck when I found this out because this […]