Category Archive: review

Gonjasufi in London

Sydneysider Jemma Cole reviews her first ever London gig, and it almost brings her to tears: Gonjasufi is a man that has fallen under many different categorisations, including ‘space hip hop’, ‘electro Hendrix’,… Read More

The Jezabels at The Hordern Pavilion

When I first chanced upon The Jezabels a few years ago, in tiny Sydney venues supporting The Wahas and Bridezilla, I always thought they were pretty good. I never dreamed though that, in… Read More

Jack Colwell & The Owls at Goodgod Small Club

There are two surefire ways of getting a good review. The first is to hand your reviewer, upon arrival at the venue, a personalised, signed hand-drawn picture of a unicorn. The second is… Read More

White Denim live

Golden Lady checks out the White Denim gig in London: Hailing from the eponymous music capital, Austin, Texas, this now four-piece, blues-tinged, psych-rock band proceed to take the stage for what will surely… Read More

BJM Live

Carol Bowditch was at the sold-out Raveonettes and Brian Jonestown Massacre show in Sydney:  Having already sold out the Metro, this massive double headliner played a follow-up show to fans at OAF. The Raveonettes… Read More

The Walkmen – Heaven

Andy James has a listen to the latest outing from The Walkmen: Formed over a decade ago from the ashes of indie outfit Jonathan Fire*Eater, New York five-piece The Walkmen’s flame burns brighter… Read More

Boy and Bear at The State Theatre, Sydney

Sophie Metcalfe reviewed and photographed Boy and Bear’s gig in Sydney last week: It has been a while since I’ve been to an all-ages gig. I think we can all agree that the all-ages… Read More

Chet Faker – Thinking In Textures review

Victoria Gottschalk casts her ears upon Chet Faker’s EP and feels a bit sexy: Upon listening to Chet Faker’s Thinking In Textures, I felt a mixture of love, loss and sexual frustation. I… Read More

Florence & The Machine

Celeste Macdonald braved the rain to check out Florence & The Machine’s huge show in Sydney last week: On Thursday night, Florence & The Machine returned to Sydney on the Ceremonials tour. Needless to… Read More

The Great Escape

Something You Said had a couple of roving reporters at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton last weekend. Here’s their review:  The Great Escape this year was fortunate to be gifted with some… Read More

Grimes’ Visions – one of the albums of the year

Liana Gow-Killingbeck gets movin’ to the sweet sounds of Grimes: The first time I heard the new Grimes album was a tad embarrassing. I decided I was going to listen to Canadian Claire… Read More

Beach House – Bloom

Following the success of Teen Dream in 2010, Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand are back with their fourth full-length album. Bloom was born on the road in stolen moments between soundchecks and shows, and takes… Read More