Coachella vs Splendour In The Grass : Music Festival Battle

So without further ado, let us outline our predictions for this year’s Splendour in the Grass festival and why it is easily comparable to Coachella.

Pond – Live at the Northcote Social Club: Gig Reviews

You can consider April 2012 as a mighty step forward for Perth fun and sunlovers Pond.

Blitzen Trapper – Live at The Prince of Wales: Gig Reviews

A hairy road-trip through the woods of the US of A. On a relaxed Tuesday night a dedicated audience filled out the Prince band room to experience the dilectable country folk of Portland’s Blitzen Trapper.

Canyons – Live at The Toff: Gig Reviews

I have to admit, I was flecked with mild sceptism ahead of this performance, having glimpsed the live Canyons experience when they supported French electronic maestros Justice earlier this year. In the context of Festival Hall, the Sydney group was unable to realise their potential and fully capture the vigour and depth of their studio recordings.

Last Dinosaurs – Live at The Toff in Town: Gig Reviews

‘We heard tuesday nights are big in melbourne’ Last Dinosaurs frontman Dave McGann told the crowd early on in their set. Tuesday nights are usually just another night to endure before the weekend arrives, but on this particular Tuesday, it certainly was big. Last Dinosaurs had everyone at the Toff bopping their heads along with their good hooks and catchy melodies. No one in sight was standing still, I even caught the bar man swaying his hips to the beat of Time & Place.

Youri Blow – Live at Revolver: Gig Reviews

The blues genre can ellicit such polarised responses from today’s ardent music fan. Some are taken by it’s lonesome, hypnotic and earthy charm, while some point to it’s predictability as a defining feature of why they will never enjoy it. And then of course there are those who fall somewhere in between.

The Kooks – Live at Festival Hall: Gig Reviews

I couldn’t have been happier than to spend my first gig of 2012 at Festival Hall with a band that has been a favourite since the release of their first album Inside In/Inside Out. Fans were spread from wall to wall chanting ‘we want Kooks’, welcoming the British rockers to a typical Aussie summer rock show.

Fleet Foxes – Live at the Palais: Gig Reviews

Fleet Foxes are a band of considerable talent. Yet their greatest strength surely lies in their ability to deflect undesirable focus. To borrow a sporting reference, their musical output is much more the ‘champion team’ than the ‘team of champions’, and this became even more apparent no more than one song into their show at [...]

Meredith Music Festival 2011: Gig Reviews

The Meredith Music Festival has been and gone, and now it’s time for festival friends to recount fond memories of the Supernatural Amphitheatre.
Day one, aside from being the start of the festival, was also the beginning of scepticism from the majority of the festival goers towards commonplace meteorology. The cataclysmic thunderstorms that were a popular call for professional weather types eventuated into [...]

Straight To You – Triple J’s Tribute to Nick Cave: Gig Reviews

This time around it’s all about the much celebrated and revered cannon of Nick Cave. Rising to prominence with The Birthday Party, and since having monumental success with both Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and more recently with Grinderman, Nick Cave seems to be as creatively charged as he’s ever been. And what better way to celebrate this unfinished career than put together some of Australia’s finest up-and-coming talent?

Bright Eyes – Live at the Hi-Fi Bar: Gig Reviews

With Bright Eyes he’s taken the role of the folk troubadour and turned it into a popular music cultural identity. The sheer number of eager fans at Melbourne’s Hi Fi Bar was something you wouldn’t normally associate with a guy who released an album singing alongside Emmylou Harris.

Nirvana – Live at the Paramount: Gig Reviews

I get the feeling that any documentary on Nirvana will forever containt the following phrases: ‘anthem of a generation’… most seminal act of the 90’s… and don’t forget ‘voice for the disaffected youth’.

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