Category Archive: live

Music review: High Tea in Sydney

Marking High Tea’s sixth year, the not-for-profit organisation teamed up with Common Electric’s places+spaces for a special show. The first of a ten-part series kicked off with the Australian/German artist Phia and local… Read More →

Ariel Pink in Sydney – Live Review

Melissa Barrass headed to Oxford Art Factory to catch American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ariel Pink in action: Braving a fever that could only challenge Chuck Norris at his worst, I witnessed Nicholas Allbrook… Read More →

Laneway 2015 – Sydney review & photos

Boasting a seriously impressive line-up, St Jerome’s Laneway Festival headed to Sydney on Sunday. Reviewer Ruth Hodge and photographer Philip Erbacher captured everything in words and pictures: If you were wanting to go… Read More →

Live Review: Sugar Mountain 2015

We headed to summer’s sweetest one-day treat – Melbourne festival, Sugar Mountain: After a one-year hiatus, Melbourne music and arts festival Sugar Mountain reared amorphously from its new CBD location: the Victorian College… Read More →

Belle & Sebastian, Twilight at Taronga

Harriet Cheney headed to Taronga Zoo in Sydney to check out legendary Glasgow-based six-piece, Belle and Sebastian: You can’t help feeling excited visiting a zoo. It brings the inner child out to play.… Read More →

Live Review: Catfish and the Bottlemen

Terri Prior makes her somethingyousaid.com debut by checking out Welsh indie band Catfish and the Bottlemen at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory: Fresh from the success of their breakthrough debut album ‘The Balcony’ these four… Read More →

Review: Chiodos Live in Singapore

American post-hardcore band, Chiodos, took their ambitious songcraft and inventive arranging skills to Singapore on the weekend to play a show in association with FIJI Water. Desmond Chan went along to check it out: 4pm is a rather… Read More →

Live Review: The Growlers in Sydney

Having interviewed them and reviewed their Newcastle show, we ventured to catch California based beach goth outfit The Growlers in Sydney last Friday evening:  Despite the name, ‘The Roller Den’ has absolutely nothing to do… Read More →

The Growlers, live in Newcastle

Following our interview with California-based surf-garage outfit, The Growlers, we sent Ruth Hodge to check them out in Newcastle: These guys describe their sound as “beach goth” and that’s enough to warrant a… Read More →

Something You Said’s best gigs of 2014

At somethingyousaid.com, we’ve got reviewers all across the globe. From the United States to Australia via the UK, Spain, Switzerland, France, Austria and a bunch of places in between. Between us, we’ve spent countless… Read More →

Ty Segall in Sydney – Review and photos

American musician/songwriter Ty Segall recently performed over two nights at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory. Heather Vousden was there to capture the magic. Here are her words and pictures: The anticipation to experience Ty Segall… Read More →

Meredith Music Festival 2014 – review

Somethingyousaid.com’s correspondent attended her First Meredith this year. Here’s what she discovered: I was going to start this article with a disclaimer, warning veteran Meredith readers of the following details and compiled notes of… Read More →