Category Archive: live

Berlin Festival Day 2

Jemma concludes her Berlin Festival experience by discovering her new favourite band: As day two rolled in, I had the customary brain mush functionality and was preoccupied with trying to remember how and when… Read More

Berlin Festival Day 1

Something You Said’s Jemma Cole girl-crushes on Grimes and ends up on stage with Diplo: For the past three months I’ve been amongst the millions of Australian youths who decide to go abroad… Read More

Sydney Parklife: bands, bats, bums

It didn’t bode well. The free bus between the train station and the venue was packed with overly muscular, tattooed young men in singlets and shorts, the smell of goon falling from their… Read More

The Rubens at The Metro

Kate Holcombe multi-tasked at Sydney’s Metro Theatre the other night, working behind the bar while reviewing a show at the same time. Impressive: The night began with an explosive opener from New Gods,… Read More

Spray & Wipe at The Espy, Melbourne

Marcus Thaine checked out a bunch of bands at The Espy last Friday: Burnt out in the foray of gritty guitar rock which dominated the night, I managed to miss Northeast Party House, the… Read More

BIGSOUND’s Big Review

Marcus Thaine went to BIGSOUND in Brisbane and saw a lot of bands. Here are his thoughts: Here are just my ramblings, thoughts and recollections of my experience at Brisbane’s music conference, BIGSOUND.… Read More

Nitin Sawhney at Sydney Opera House

Sonia Clarke stays wide awake for Nitin Sawhney: Forget trees falling in the forest: what I would like to know is, if you sleep through a gig at the Opera House, did it really… Read More

Twerps, Melodie Nelson and Day Ravies in Bondi

Harriet Cheney headed to Bondi to check out Twerps: The free Weds night gigs at the Beach Road Hotel are a baffling success. Usually I would hate the over boozed and over (or under)… Read More

Alpine at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory

Carol Bowditch checked out Alpine at OAF in Sydney: I arrived towards the end of Club Feet’s set, to a tune that I subconsciously had memorised the chorus of. I hummed along to… Read More

The Pharcyde at The Beresford in Sydney

The Pharcyde’s Sydney show made Sonia Clarke‘s face hurt. In a good way:   Nothing could have made me feel older at The Pharcyde gig than cadging a cigarette (I will be quitting… Read More

Joe McKee live review

Something You Said reviewer Ebe Cassidy gets her buzz killed: Last Saturday we saw Snowman’s Joe McKee who was launching his first solo album, Burning Boy, at the Grace Darling in Melbourne, an… Read More

Seun Kuti hits London

On Nov 23rd at The Forum in London, Soundcrash  is bringing to you a celebration of live Jazz in its many variants which is not to be missed; from Seun Kuti’s infectious and Afrobeat to… Read More