Two Gallants / Deer Tick Double headline shows are always a tricky business, inevitably running the risk of neither band getting a proper set; raising questions of who should play...
Lisa Mitchell Empty patches on Melbourne Zoo’s lawn were hard to come by for Lisa Mitchell’s sold out Zoo Twilights show. With tiny tots and teenagers abound,...
Cloud Nothings With band members thrashing around silhouetted against a wall of light, Violent Soho make for an auspicious opening band, their sound even more powerful and...
Clubfeet Edging along Little Bourke Street among dancing dragons and the sharp pop of firecrackers celebrating Chinese New year, it becomes clear that this Saturday night...
Divine Fits The term ‘supergroup’ can have an unfair stigma attached to it; a group of inflated egos banding together to collectively play sold-out shows of sub-standard material...
Ben Salter Plays The Velvet Underground Summer is good. Sunday afternoon beers are good. The Velvet Underground are very good. Ben Salter is also very good – surely this afternoon’s effort...
Jessie Ware ‘Diva’ is a term used with such abandon; it has lost all of its original connotations. Forget your Mariah Carey backstage wobbles and think instead...
The Men Releasing scungy garage tracks on tapes and records here and there since 2008, Brooklyn-based outfit The Men consolidated their sound to a more listener-friendly format...