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Live Review BY ALEC SMART 22/09/19 September 30, 2019 Enmore Theatre in Newtown played host to a memorial concert tribute to a much-loved character from Australia’s live music scene, Damien Lovelock, aka ‘Damo’, the late Celibate Rifles’ singer, on 22 September. Damo passed away from cancer on 3 August at his Sydney northern beaches’ home,…
August 29, 2019 Complex is an accurate name for Montaigne’s second album, as the record grapples with themes of loneliness, isolation, distorted love narratives, confused sense of self, the desire to escape, self-image issues and self-realisation. All these concepts interact and percolate amongst themselves on Complex, and Montaigne does a spectacular job of expressing herself with eloquence, passion and powerful…
August 01, 2019 HOLY HOLY will release their new album My Own Pool of Light on Friday 2 August. The release will be followed with a national tour this September, October and November. ‘MY OWN POOL OF LIGHT’ – Album Review REVIEWER – Ben Nicol On their third release, My Own Pool of Light, Holy Holy put the guitars on the…
July 26, 2019 Angie McMahon releases her highly anticipated debut album Salt today via AWAL Recordings, followed by a national tour throughout October including Wollongong’s Yours & Owls Festival. The release follows a breakthrough 24 months for Angie, who was awarded the prestigious Grulke Prize for Developing Non-U.S. Act at SXSW this year (past honourees include Courtney Barnett and CHVRCHES) and has performed…
July 03, 2019 Allday will be releasing his third album Starry Night Over The Phone on Friday 12 July. The album contains already released singles ‘Wonder Drug, ‘Protection‘, ‘Lungs‘ and ‘Restless‘ (recently showcased on triple j Like A Version) and will be followed an ‘Allday and Friends’ set at Splendour and an extensive album tour around the country in venues…
July 10, 2019 “Infectious” only just begins to describe Sydney pop outfit Georgia June. Formed in mid-2017, this five-piece plays a bit of pop and a bit of rock – all backed by some really funky guitar licks. And Georgia up front has such a strong, natural Australian voice. She’s not one for a homogenous…
June 15, 2019 DULCIE Dulcie is a band you need to see live to really appreciate what makes them so special. For one, they’re really young, so when they’re performing their indie-pop tunes, it’s clear they exhibit musicianship that is well beyond their years. What’s more, is that they gel incredibly well together, which allows…
May 31, 2019 I struggle to think of any young women musos when I was in my formative years in the 1980s. OK, you had plenty of Australian singers (Debbie Byrne, Renee Geyer, Chrissie Amphlett etc) but none playing instruments that I recall – let alone an entire band. Thankfully, times have changed and these…
May 29, 2019 “Lucky Country – my arse! I spent Reconciliation Day in Canberra, taking my daughter to see Midnight Oil – the greatest rock band this country will ever produce.Politics has always been at the heart of their work. They give 100% every show, and 40+ years later they are as good, as sharp…
May 22, 2019 “Born out of friendship, bowling, sci-fi movie marathons and literal brotherhood, The Pinheads formed out of what is now colloquially known as the Leisure Coast, spread out among the northern suburbs of the Illawarra and Wollongong region. They quickly established themselves as one of the area’s must-see live bands; no mic stand…