Tag Archive: live

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

Free download of Carter’s 1991 Paris gig

You may recall how, a couple of weeks ago, I was raving about the influence that indie/punk/pop duo Carter USM had on me. Well, while the guys were sorting through old tapes looking… 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

White Arrows, Opossom and Jinja Safari live

Carol Bowditch manages to avoid the attention of horny 14-year-olds in order to review some fine bands: I’d known that the Blind Date tour was going to be an all-ages show and had… Read More

The sparkliest indie music event of the year

Same Same and Sydney’s The Standard have teamed up to bring you the sparkliest, glitter filled indie music event of the year, with an all-amazing cast of artists. Sweet Tooth features some of… Read More

Electric Guest feel the love in Melbourne

Ebe Cassidy and Vinisha Mulani had a look at Electric Guest’s recent show: The Northcote Social Club had a lot of love for LA band Electric Guest, who were playing the last of… Read More

Skydreams Festival will get you jumping

When I was a kid I was terrified of jumping castles. By the time I became brave enough to jump on jumping castles I was pretty much a grown-up, and jumping in castles… Read More

Sui Zhen in Sydney, some photographs

The lovely Sui Zhen, aka Becky Freeman, invited Something You Said to her show in Sydney last week, so we popped along to take some snaps. It was a wonderful gig, as the talented… Read More

Benjamin Francis Leftwich interview

SYS chatted to the very nice Benjamin Francis Leftwich, fresh from the airport after he had played a gig in Melbourne the night before and ahead of the release of his debut album,… Read More

Django Django live

Django Django played two sold-out gigs at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory this week. Their shows were exactly the kind of high-energy and fun outings that you would expect from the British quartet, as,… Read More