Tag Archive: live

Ma. Gallery’s Fourth Birthday Party

We wouldn’t usually support four-year-olds partying at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney till ungodly hours of the morning, but ma.gallery is a feisty young lass and will do as she pleases. That’s… Read More

Susanne Sundfør live in London

Susanne Sundfør is a Norwegian singer/songwriter who has achieved both critical and chart success in her own country. While recording duet Running to the Sea with Röyksopp exposed her to a larger audience, it is… Read More

Holiday Sidewinder crosses your mind

Former Bridezilla frontwoman, Holiday Sidewinder, is currently holed up in London, working on her much anticipated debut solo LP. We’re mega excited to hear some new material from the Australian songbird when it… Read More

The Tallest Man at Sydney Opera House

The Tallest Man On Earth – Sydney Opera House 5/3/2013 Like a suspicious elf in brown leather boots plotting its mischievousness, he began by creeping around the stage, then leaning out and leering… Read More

Motorama live at Bad Bonn, Dudingen

Motorama. Five-piece indie-rock band out of Russia. Get with it. Straight off the bat I would describe their sound as the lovechild of The Drums and Joy Division, with Editors as that quirky… Read More

Soundwave 2013 & An Ode to Linkin Park

Somethingyousaid.com’s Victoria Mietchen headed along to Soundwave and wrote an ode to her teenage favourites Linkin Park: As the sky darkened with twilight I stood moored in a churning and restless sea of strangers,… Read More

Deap Vally at The Haunt, Brighton

Without wishing to blow our own – admittedly impressive – trumpets, we were banging on about Californian two-piece Deap Vally absolutely yonks ago. We interviewed them in one of those, “hey guys, you probably haven’t… Read More

Lucy Rose live in Switzerland

Kaya Strehler doesn’t know whether to be besotted with Lucy Rose’s serenading or to have a jealous tantrum: I was recently whipped away for a delightful two-hour drive down to Geneva with the luring… Read More

Two Door Cinema Club & The Vaccines live

Earlier this month, I attended a show at a cinema club (with two doors) where everybody was getting themselves vaccinated against giant jungle creatures. Oh wait, no I didn’t. That’s what my ticket… Read More

Foals create a frenzy of chaos

It was dark, sweaty and pulsating. The cavernous Oxford Art Factory in Sydney was the perfect setting to see English quintet Foals play a midweek show of high intensity and grit. With support… Read More

Alabama Shakes at Sydney’s Metro

Call them whatever you will, soul-revival, rock-revival, gospel; Alabama Shakes are a band living up to the hype and their name, shaking up crowds wherever they’ve landed over the last 18 months. The… Read More

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are crowd pleasers

She stands at the lip of the stage, marking the spot where, she tells us, ten years ago she fell headfirst to the floor. It’s why the band had started with the cha-pa-pa… Read More