The Drones You know it’s going to be a stellar Drones show when Gareth Liddiard drops the F-bomb only minutes into the first song. The lead singer...
Hungry Kids Of Hungary Much-loved indie-pop rockers Hungry Kids Of Hungary finished off their current national tour by stopping off at The Corner Hotel in Richmond for a fun-filled...
28 Days Melbourne punk-rock band 28 Days are back, and it feels — and sounds — good. Jay Dunne (vocals), Simon Hepburn (guitar), Damian Gardiner (bass), Jason...
The Rubens Low-hype group Mt Warning opened for The Rubens on the Brisbane leg of their Never Be The Same tour. Featuring Mikey Bee, Aleesha Gibbs, Grant...
Tame Impala You can’t help but feel a tinge of national pride every time a noted publication slaps a “best new music” or “10” on a Tame...
Dead Letter Circus Few Australian bands get away with touring as often as Dead Letter Circus without a new album to support them. However, whenever the progressive quintet...
Pete Murray Pete Murray has returned to the touring circuit with the recent release of his album Blue Sky Blue: The Byron Sessions. With so many collaborations...
Public Image Ltd Public Image Ltd (PiL) vocalist, John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) recently caused quite a stir with his much-publicised interview on Australian tabloid panel TV show,...
DZ Deathrays It seems like DZ Deathrays are always on the road. In their short three-year career they’ve played a mountain of shows (touring over 15 countries,...
Ben Lee In the midst of a crowd of people both young and old, hippy and hipster, displaying at times an alarming lack of shoes, Ben Lee...
Counting Crows The first Counting Crows tour 20 years ago was cancelled due to swollen nodes on lead singer Adam Duritz’s throat. In 2004, part way through...
The xx The xx step out to a full yet oddly subdued Festival Hall tonight. The band take the stage with an air of carefully weighted composure,...