Birds Of Tokyo @ Hi Fi Bar Sydney 23.05.2013
Tonight's gig was put on by a mobile phone company with competition winners and media and a few paying public all in the name of marketing and advertising for their...
View ArticleChunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Pardon My French
French pop punk/metalcore crossover act are a difficult band to write about. There are preconceived notions you get even before you listen to the album due to the ridiculous band...
View ArticleGay Paris @ The Annandale Hotel 7/6/2013
It's hard to describe Gay Paris live. Energy-they have abundance of it. Singer Wailin H Monks just flails around the stage as his band who look like rejects from Duck...
View ArticleJane's Addiction - Live in NYC
Jane's Addiction official second live album Live In NYC was recorded in front of a sell out show at terminal 5 in New York on the back of 2011's The...
View ArticleThe Transplants - In A Warzone
Tim Armstrong from Rancid, with Blink 182's Travis Barker and Skinhead Rob Ashton are The Transplants who formed over a decade ago for a couple of really good records before...
View ArticleTegan & Sara - Heartthrob
With a knack of writing great melodic folk pop songs, the Canadian twins step out of their comfort zone with a straight up pop record with lots of keyboards and...
View ArticleAlkaline Trio - My Shame Is True
Alkaline Trio are one of those bands that allow simplicity in the music and the themes of their tracks to engage the listener. It's tinged with darkness, filled with melodic...
View ArticleCold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
I could never understand why Mine Is Yours got such mixed reviews when released in 2011. It was one of my favorite records of that year and for me brought...
View ArticleCity & Colour - The Hurry And The Harm
Some musicians can do absolutely no wrong. They have this uncanny ability to hit gold with every new song they write, with every new record. Dallas Green is one of...
View ArticleLetlive - The Blackest Beautiful
Letlive's second album for iconic punk label Epitaph is bubbling pot of influences, heavy groove riffs, venom like vocals and dissonant overtones to create a sound that is best described...
View ArticleDaft Punk - Random Access Memories
I'm not one to normally like this style of music and I have never been a Daft Punk fan. But, like everyone else I couldn't help but get caught up...
View ArticleBliss N Eso @ Enmore Theatre 5/7/2013
On the back of a brand new record Circus In The Sky dropping just days beforehand, Sydney's favourite hip hop crew Bliss N Eso returned to the stage kicking off...
View ArticleFIDLAR @ Oxford Art Factory 31/7/2013
Splendour sideshow week continued on with Californian punks FIDLAR at the Oxford Art Factory, and judging by the crowd, this was one show that had a lot of buzz and...
View ArticleDeez Nuts @ Bald Faced Stag 28.07.2013
The show ended with the venue pulling the plug on the band half way through 'Band Of Brothers' which resulted in the crowd finishing the song off for the band...
View ArticleCold War Kids @ Metro Theatre 29/07/2013
With Splendour In The Grass over for another year, the sideshow tour begins and first cab off the rank was U.S indie darlings Cold War Kids. From all reports, they...
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