Tame Impala at The Enmore, Sydney
Harriet Cheney saw the creators of our album of the year play live in Sydney. Safe to say she enjoyed it: I missed shit kringle at our annual Christmas party to attend this gig. That… Read More
Category Archive: live
Grimes at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney
There are few artists that have been as universally adored in 2012 than Grimes, so it was amid huge anticipation that Claire Boucher took to the stage at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory for… Read More
Young triumphs over old at Homebake
The minority of punters who stayed sober enough to recall much of Sydney’s Homebake last year may have been a little worried about returning in 2012. This is largely to do with the… Read More
Jazz and a few wines in the vines
Sonia Clarke got her jazz on and her wine on in The Hunter Valley in New South Wales a couple of weeks ago. Here’s what she can recall of events: Sometimes it is… Read More
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 shake up the soul
Rolling up to the Metro on Saturday night for Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti, and his full original band, Egypt 80, saw the mood fairly subdued, with a small crowd… Read More
The Evangelical Art of Thom Yorke
Sophie Metcalfe went to see Radiohead in Sydney. Safe to say, she enjoyed it: On Monday night something happened. I thought some words should be said about it. I have not been asked… Read More
Elizabeth Rose at Goodgod in Sydney
I arrived to catch Gnome, a brother and sister duo that played songs which sounded a little bit like Toro Y Moi mixed with an Animal Collective kind of vibe. The Sydney group… Read More
Lee Ranaldo live in Sydney
I have seen Sonic Youth several times now. The first when I was fourteen and before the gig I necked a bottle of cheap, putrid, fizzy wine outside the venue with a friend.… Read More
Last Dinosaurs at The Metro, Sydney
Arriving late to The Metro Theatre for the Last Dinosaurs headline show, the first thing I noticed was the swarms of teenagers milling in the foyer, edging away from the barrier surrounding the… Read More
Melbourne Parklife: Rain, Rizzle, Robyn
Ebe Cassidy braved the rain for SYS in order to check out the host of fine acts at Parklife, as it made its merry way to Melbourne: The weather was so appallingly bad,… Read More
Oscar Key Sung live
Marcus Thaine reviews one half of Oscar & Martin: Everyone tuned in to the Melbourne/Aussie music scene would be familiar with Oscar & Martin. Their 2011 debut, For You was a work of… Read More
Stuff White People Like and a bit that they don’t
Harriet Cheney went to Newcastle for TiNA and Sound Summit: I hit the road later than I had hoped to, because I was writing questions for an interview. Luckily, that meant that I… Read More