reviewed for FasterLouder Roots music was the flavour of the night at the Metro with 3 quite different variations on that fairly all encompassing genre. It has become a term that describes anything associated with blues, folk, reggae and country and with The Fumes, Wagons and headliners Calexico we were entertained with the full spectrum. The Fumes had been conjuring up some heavy blues rock … Continue reading REVIEW: CALEXICO @ Metro, Sydney 03/03/10
After an impressive showing at the Soundwave Festival a few days prior this was a gig that promised much and for the most part delivered. After negotiating a carpark/backdoor entrance to the Factory Theatre it quickly became apparent that this wasn’t a gig for pale indie kids. Clutch fans are generally large males with a decidedly metal/punk/rocker fashion aesthetic. Local lads The Fumes were battling … Continue reading REVIEW: CLUTCH @ Factory Theatre, Sydney 24/02/10
Its always a tricky scenario when one of your favourite bands is one of the first of the day at a festival. In this case it was Sunny Day Real Estate who were starting at 12.30pm. Leave the city at 10.30am? – that should give us plenty of time… NOT. Once we hit the motorway approach to the exit the traffic slowed to a halt … Continue reading REVIEW: SOUNDWAVE 2010, Sydney Australia
A brutally hot Sydney day greeted 55,000 people as they made their way to the Showgrounds for what was the 99th Big Day Out show. As expected the dress code was plenty of skin, tiny denim shorts, bikinis and a lot of surf shorts and dodgy tattoos. If anything the BDO seems to attract a younger audience each year, as much there for the rite … Continue reading REVIEW: BIG DAY OUT – SYDNEY 2010
Here is the latest update of what is turning into a ridiculous summer of festivals, sideshows and tours… The Original Wailers – 26th November @ Metro Theatre Songs – 26th November @ Oxford Art Factory Salmonella Dub – 27th November @ Metro Theatre The Veils – 27th November @ Oxford Art Factory Underground Lovers – 4th December @ The Annandale Tiki Taane – 4th December … Continue reading ON TOUR
Monster Magnet – 6th September @ Metro Theatre Songs – 10th September @ Hopetoun Hotel Shihad – 18th September @ Annandale Hotel Peaches – 18th September @ Home Shapeshifter – 19th September @ The Forum Wolfmother – 19th September @ Enmore Theatre Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – 23rd September @ Metro Theatre Devoted Few/Sherlocks Daughter – 24th/25th September @ Hopetoun Hotel Vivian Girls – … Continue reading SYDNEY GIG GUIDE
Danananakroyd – 29th July @ Annandale Hotel The Bats – 8th August @ Hopetoun Hotel Alice Cooper – 24th August @ Entertainment Centre Decoder Ring – 28th August @ Metro Theatre Violent Soho/Talons – 29th August @ Spectrum Queensryche – 31st August @ Metro Theatre Shihad – 18th/19th September @ Annandale Hotel Shapeshifter – 19th September @ The Forum Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – … Continue reading Gig Guide….
The V Festival drew criticism this year from many people who saw it as having a weak lineup. Not weak in terms of the popularity of the bands in a commercial sense but more in the musical quality of the headlining acts. There was definitely an anglophile slant to the lineup this year with many of the bands being darlings of the middle of the … Continue reading Review: V Festival @ Centennial Park, Sydney
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