It’s cold, overcast and around me are thousands of kids, all dressed in black, waiting for the doors to open so we can get the much anticipated Melbourne Soundwave Festival underway. Once inside, it was full steam ahead to the main stage to catch UK power pop rockers, FEEDER, start the day with a 30 [...]
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THE BIG DAY OUT – Melbourne, January 30th, 2011
Posted: February 2, 2011 in Gig ReviewTags: Airbourne, Andrew WK, Big Day Out, Billy Joel, Iggy & The Stooges, Jim Jones Revue, Lilyworld, Melbourne, Raw Power, Red Bacteria Vacuum, The Black Keys, The Troggs
So I don’t ever usually review shows I paid a ticket for but I have to rave about this one cos it was heaps awesome n stuff. Here’s the scoop; I bought a ticket cos Iggy & The Stooges was announced. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I was deported from the UK in [...]
ACID KING – The Tote, Melbourne, October 10th, 2010
Posted: October 10, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: 2010, Acid King, Doom, Frank Kozik, Kyuss, Mans Ruin, Melbourne, Mordam Records, San Francisco, Sludge, Sympathy For The Record Industry, Tote
Back in the day, like the mid-90′s, I had this little distro thingo and I could order records in on the cheap and sell them to the people. Well, while doing this, I was ordering from a company called Mordam Records and one of the labels they looked after was Mans Ruin. I became hooked [...]
CALLING ALL CARS @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne, September 18th, 2010
Posted: September 19, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: AC/DC, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brisbane, Calling All Cars, Corner Hotel, Grunge, Melbourne, Nirvana, Numbers Radio, The Black Angels, Young Revelry
I was offered some freebie guest list action to last night’s show thanks to the good folk at Shiny. Pretty awesome considering I am a little broke at the moment due to paying bills, my loan off, etc. You get the drill. Anyway, for those who don’t know anything about Calling All Cars, they supported [...]
SOULFLY – Billboards, Melbourne, September 8th, 2010
Posted: September 9, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: 2010, Billboards, City Of Fire, Fear Factory, Hatebreed, Incite, Max Cavalera, Melbourne, Sepultura, Sex Pistols, Soulfly, Spiders In The Biscuit Jar, Strapping Young Lad, The Cult
Let’s be honest here… I don’t listen to Soulfly. I couldn’t even tell you a single song title. Yeah, really. I mean, sure, I know who they are, I know that the dude’s from Sepultura and I know a lot of dude’s who wear basketball jersey’s, camo shorts and have shaved heads, goatee beards and baseball [...]
SUPER WILD HORSES – Farewell Show @ The Curtain, September 3rd, 2010
Posted: September 4, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: Aampirellas, Constant Mongrel, Dee Dee Ramone, Giants of Science, Greensteam, Hozac Records, Jed Whitey, Missing Link Records, Motorhead, Muscle Car, Mustang, Super Wild Horses, The Curtain, The Erotics, The Twerps, Too Dirty For Hippies
Ever since I saw these girls play an instore at Missing Link Records, I was hooked. Sure, I have the first single they did and was totally into it but after seeing them play, my thoughts were confirmed. I dig ‘em. A lot. And it has nothing to do with the fact they’re cute and female. [...]
SIMON DAY @ THE RETREAT, AUGUST 29th, 2010
Posted: August 29, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: 2010, Melbourne, Ratcat, Retreat, Simon Day, Suzie Stapleton, The Drones
Tonight I headed to the Retreat to see Ratcat frontman, Simon Day, play a solo show with Suzie Stapleton. Arriving just 5 minutes before Simon took to the stage, it was indeed good timing. Truth be told, I have never been a huge fan of the Retreat though because I don’t like the way the [...]
THE DOMNICKS – The Spanish Club, Melbourne, August 27th, 2010
Posted: August 27, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: Clash, Dom Mariani, Domnicks, Howard Shawcross, Marz Frisina, Melbourne, Nick Sheppard, Off The Hip, Spanish Club, The Cortinas, The Stems, Western Australia
So tonight I saw The Domnicks. For those not in the know, The Domnicks combine the guitar twangin’ talents of Dom Mariani (The Stems / DM3 / Someloves) and Nick Sheppard (The Cortinas / The Clash) and together with Howard Shawcross (The Elks / The Jackals) on bass and Marz Frisina (DM3 / The Calhoons) on drums, they make [...]
OFF THE HIP RECORDS 100th RELEASE BBQ
Posted: August 22, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: BBQ, Buried Horses, Frowning Clouds, GOD, Johnny Casino, Little Murders, Los Chicos, Mass Cult Suicide, Melbourne, Midnight Woolf, Of The Hip, Powder Monkeys, Russian Roulettes, Sole Stickers, Spain, Spencer P Jones, The Cheats, The Living Eyes, The Tote, Wrong Turn
For any small time label to get past release one is a feat in itself but when you have 100 releases under your belt and a shitload to follow, that’s commendable. Melbourne label Off The Hip Records has done just that. They have stuck with their product, stood by it through thick and thin, rejected [...]
ASH – Billboards The Venue, August 4th, 2010
Posted: August 5, 2010 in Gig ReviewTags: 2010, 4th, Arcadia, Ash, August, Billboard, Burn Baby Burn, Girl From Mars, Goldfinger, Ireland, Kung Fu, Mark Hamilton, Melbourne, Mudhoney, Rick McMurray, Tim Wheeler, We Are Scientists, Weezer
Arriving early to the venue, I was greeted with an aftershow pass much to my surprise, which is good because I took along a piece of history just in case I had the chance to bump into Tim and Co. while at the show; a poster from their very first Australian tour in 1995. I [...]
