Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
It’s been a coming of age so to speak since ROACHFORD last toured Australia. Twenty-one years to be exact. This tour had to be one of my most anticipated tours of the year. I missed […]
For some tonight could be considered a dose of nostalgia, a re-reading of a chapter in life’s book, the soundtrack to a time passed. Like all songs that have become the soundtrack to life they […]
You’ll never see a Rosemont crowd as pumped up as this one. On the verge of selling out before showtime, The Rosemount was packed to the rafters for the opening night of D.A.D.’s 2025 Australian […]
What an amazing night of rock n roll!!! I will simply preface this review with that statement. Australia has this vast array of talent, some artists we know, some we already love, some we don’t […]
Music at it’s best elicits emotion, and there’s nothing in the world like a good live gig. Tonight Fremantle was treated to a masterclass full of joy, love and golden grooves on the first night […]
Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say and it’s a little strange indeed to see, an albeit 2-piece, New Model Army, in Perth almost 40 years after I last saw them. It’s strange what […]
I’ve never seen so man sailor’s hats on dry land, never seen so many smiling faces in one room and never see an audience so completely and utterly caught up in the moment as tonight […]
Kicking off things tonight are Melbourne’s own Bengal Tigers who first started in the late 70’s, their career is one that should have been huge. In Melbourne’s metal scene in the Bengal Tigers were tipped to […]
On the banks of the Swan River, Perth is welcoming rock royalty: ZZ Top, with their iconic blend of blues-infused rock, Texas charm, and unmistakable beards. Joining them tonight are George Thorogood & The Destroyers, […]
Bendigo Racecourse is the site for the opening day/night of The Red Hot Summer Series 2 and what an amazing site to hold it on. I have never been here before but will definitely be […]
Who would have thought that on a balmy Thursday April evening you could find a band that simply blows you away. I had been given the word on good advice that The Satisfaction were a […]
This has been a show that has been marked in my calendar since I first got word of it and since then have been counting down the days until tonight. Some might call it a […]
I’ve been a fan of Jason Ayres since I first saw him supporting Diesel at Freo.Social back in 2019. That night it was a stripped back nine-song acoustic set littered with catchy covers and well […]
Ablaze closed out their ‘Next Train Out’ tour with a headline gig at Melbourne’s very own Northcote Social Club after bumper shows in Adelaide & Sydney. ‘Next Train Out’ has collected over 16,000 streams in […]
For those not familiar, the name Gary Clark Jr. might have you thinking it was your mullet clad neighbour with a Commodore who loves a VB or 6. But you’d be wrong. Very wrong. Gary […]
Hundreds of damp punks in a Prison Yard watching The Sex Pistols – what could be a better or more fitting way to end a tour on a Friday evening in Fremantle? We started the […]
Well, I must say I have been to gigs in Mansions, at the beach, in pubs the size of a postage stamp all the way up to stadiums, but I have never been to a […]
For those that were there in the 80’s and 90’s we all know that the Rock music we had back then was the best in the world, but sometimes it takes a show by a […]
English synth-pop duo SOFT CELL hit Australia for their first ever tour & with an announcement like that, which has fans donning their fluro and leathers, we couldn’t wait to head down to the opening […]
Philadelphia 6-piece The Wonder Years wrapped up their 2025 Australian tour in Perth, the band’s first time down under in over 7 years, with California punks Joyce Manor and Melbourne up-and-comer Suzi who joined them on all dates. Melbourne based […]
Tonight was the ‘Bon Voyage’ one-off special show and the first night of the ‘Bitter Sweet Tour’ of Cassidy Paris and band. In the next couple of weeks Cassidy and band will be travelling to […]
Canadian alternative folk-rockers, CRASH TEST DUMMIES, made their long-awaited return to Australia for the First Time since 1992 as part of their God Shuffled His Feet 30th Anniversary World Tour. The original lineup of Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan […]
Back when I was a kid my best mate’s brother had an amazing record collection but we were never allowed to touch it so of course every Saturday when he headed down the pub we […]
After a spellbinding Red Hot Summer performance that many had declared as set of the day at Sandalford’s a mere 24 hours previously, Noiseworks took the two and a half hour journey south to host […]
Picture this: a dimly lit venue in Medina, Minnesota, buzzing with anticipation for hometown favorites Them Pesky Kids prepare to unleash their sonic storm. These guys don’t just play music—they hurl it at you with […]
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