Originally this gig was supposed to be at Etithad Stadium and headlined by Peter Gabriel. Yeah, the original lead singer of Genesis, and the guy who had hits with Solsbury Hill, Sledgehammer and Steam when he went solo. I'm a pretty big fan of his, so I ummed and ahhed about going. But because the tickets were so ridiculously expensive, I lost ( Read more... )

I was fortunate enough to see Concrete Blonde frontwoman/bassist Johnette Napolitano at the Corner Hotel in 2009. It was probably one of the best gigs I went to that year and probably up there in "My Favourite Gigs Ever" mental list. I have some very fond memories of the gig: for the most part, it was Johnette on acoustic guitar, backed on drums by ( Read more... )

I claimed on Rockwiz, to an underwhelmed response from hostess Julia Z, that the first concert I ever went to was to see Powderfinger at Festival Hall. It's not entirely true, as I've found a ticket stub to at least one show previous to it. But it was the first major concert I recall attending: I saw them on the New Suburban Fables 2001 Tour, ( Read more... )

These days I have lowered expectations for Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy CorganThe Smashing Pumpkins were/are a big band for me. I was a huge fan of them back in my high school years, and off the top of my head, they were probably the first "alternative" band that I really liked. I love and still think very highly of most of their pre-breakup ( Read more... )

Joy Division are a band that are critically acclaimed by a lot of people, and being the music snob that I am, I've got both of their studio albums. Their music is very dark, very dreary and really requires attention (I think). I like them, but I've found myself listening and thinking... "is that it?". For me, they were so acclaimed that when I ( Read more... )

As everyone probably knows, I'm a huge fan of Melbourne rock/power-pop trio Even, and try to attend most of their shows in Melbourne. But much to my disappointment (whinge, whinge, whinge), I missed the two shows previous to this event: the first, due to commitments elsewhere, was supporting The Mess Hall at the Espy. The second gig, was the band's ( Read more... )

It's time for another Mark Prindle (Music Reviewer God) survey! He holds a survey once a year, and it's always based around the numbers 7 and 3. (The significance of those numbers? He was born in '73). This time the survey was broken up into three groups: pick your seven favourite albums of all-time, your seven favourite albums from the last decade ( Read more... )

Once again, Australia Day has come and gone, and with it, the Melbourne Big Day Out (which I attended) and the Triple J Hottest 100 (which I voted in). I had hoped to post a journal entry before the Hottest 100, with the songs I voted for, and poll predictions, but as per usual, that didn't happen. Just couldn't find the time to finish it. Bummer. ( Read more... )

More goddamn lists ( Read more... )

Notes from 2012: We're now up to gig reviews from 2009!

Honestly though, there really isn't much to add to this gig review. I still like Fall Out Boy, though I haven't listened to them in ages, nor have I seen them live since this gig, as the band went on hiatus in 2009. If they ever did reconvene and tour Australia, I'd probably see them again. I ( Read more... )