Mark Prindle, patron saint (or godfather?) of (amateur) online music reviewers, annually runs a survey on his website. The theme/topic changes each year, and the this year's theme was the "Top 73 Since '73". Basically, pick seventy-three of your favourite albums that were released from 1973 onwards. And the significance of 1973? Well, it's the year ( Read more... )

First of all, hope everyone had a happy Australia Day! Heh ( Read more... )

Note from 2012: Back to 2008! I think I might alternate between handfuls of old (2011) and older (2008) reviews. Seems like a more interesting thing to do.

Reading these older gig reviews is quite fascinating: I get to re-visit times, places and moments. The Crowded House concert mentioned in this review was at the Forum and was one of the best ( Read more... )

Note from 2012: Another really old review: this gig occurred six days after the Epicure show! Originally the review was listed as Thursday 21st, but I realised this date didn't actually exist: the 21st was a Friday! To make matters more confusing, there were Bloc Party shows at Festival Hall on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st. To solve this mystery, ( Read more... )

Note from 2012: This is possibly the oldest completed gig review that I have "in the archives". It was from a gig that happened over three years ago. Since then, Carmen and I broke up in 2009, Epicure broke up in 2010 and the Ha'penny Bridge Pub is now known as The Sporting Globe. Love Outside Andromeda have not reformed, but frontwoman Sianna Lee ( Read more... )

Tim Finn! He rocks! He's my favourite Finn whose name isn't "Neil"! I've been to several gigs of Tim's gigs over the recent years, and enjoyed all of them heaps! And yes, that means I like him even more than Liam Finn, though I will admit that Liam is monstrously talented, and does have impressive facial hair. Anyway, when there was to be an album ( Read more... )

Okay, I will admit that I'm not entirely familar with Sophie Koh. Until the week of this gig, I hadn't even listened to any of her music in any great depth, either. So, why did I bother traveling to the Toff in Melbourne on a week night to attend the 'album launch party' for her new album, All Shook Up then? Well, that's a good question... but with ( Read more... )

The Red Sun Band at The Nash wasn't particularly noteworthy, and Carmen and I did have to leave halfway through, so I won't be writing a hugely detailed report on it.

But I will mention a few things:

Firstly, the main reason for attending was actually to see Sianna Lee of Love Outside Andromeda fame play a solo set in support. She looked ( Read more... )

It has been awhile since I wrote anything here. Mainly because I haven't actually attended any events or gigs in awhile. It's strange; my top desk drawer usually has tickets to a few upcoming gigs, but last month, there really wasn't anything on, nor were there any major events to buy tickets for announced.

(Okay, there was a Burgandy's gig, but I ( Read more... )

For once, a gig in Geelong! Not to mention a gig involving quite possibly my favourite Australian band who isn't called Crowded House. That's right... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's Even! Or as youngest bro Mark likes to refer to them as "Odd". Heh. Took me a couple of goes to get that joke.

Mark: So, how was Odd last night?
Me: Huh? What?
Mark: Odd!
Me: Say ( Read more... )