27/05/2014 The last time I had been to the Newcastle Panthers was for Elev8 when I was 16. Which is as embarrassing for me to admit, as it would have been for you to read that. Thankfully, visiting the Panther’s this time around was infinitely better, as Boy & Bear were a fantastic live...

16/4/2014   With special guests Papa vs. Pretty & Holy Holy When a band releases an album as incredible as Puddinghead, the pressure is immediately on to back it up with an amazing live show. It’s always a risk to start an album tour pre-release date, but I think it’s fair to say Ball...

16/4/2014   It’s difficult to find a producer who is equally as talented vocally. An even rarer breed is someone who can do that, and execute both skills flawlessly in a live setting. If anyone had any doubt that Sydney-born firecracker Elizabeth Rose was one of those gems, she definitely...

22/10/2013   It was dimly lit, and everyone was pushed together so tight that you could barely move your arms. We were all here to see the biggest music act of 2013 perform live, and you could feel the excitement run through your veins.   Oliver Tank walked on to the stage with a giant...

22/10/2013   People are scattered around the dancefloor, drinks in hand, the slight murmur of conversations rises slightly. Suddenly, 5 lanky men amble on to the stage and say “We’re The Creases!” The conversation stops and everyone rushes to the front.   Sounding like the Arctic Monkeys...

10/10/2013   The projector shines an eerie backdrop picture, which glows brightly on stage. An artsy cutout of a big, glowing moon sets the mood as the crowd funnels into Sydney’s Metro Theatre arena. A light mist covering the front of the crowd as clouds move affront the moon on the animated...

23/09/2013 It’s been a big year for Australia’s Twelve Foot Ninja. Not only were the band personally selected by Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares  to support Fear Factory on their ‘Demanufacture’ tour in July, but they also launched a successful KickStarter campaign to fund a music video for their...

20/09/2013 Wow. The Cat Empire are the masters of performance. Utilising dancers, 7 musicians and a countless amount of various instruments (some I didn’t know existed), they got the entire crowd to fall in love with them again on their Steal The Light World Tour, with support from the incredible...