Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
When I first started attending festivals things were simple – you’d plan for a year with your mates, wait patiently for line up announcements in the music papers, listen to the bands on the media […]
The legacy of Entombed in death metal has been one that many fans look at as not only pioneering but revered as legendary that inspired many bands in all forms of extreme metal. The […]
The Darkness are getting to be semi-regular visitors to Australia these days – just 18 months after their last visit in support of their latest album ‘Last of Our Kind’ they’re back again before […]
British Metalcore giants Architects hit Fremantle last night on the tale end of a triumphant Australian tour including appearances at Groovin’ The Moo Festival. A headlining experience at a club show is always going […]
Melbourne thrashers Desecrator have been tearing across Australia in support of their first ever full-length album “To The Gallows“, an album that was long overdue but ultimately well worth the wait. With support from […]
Tonight saw the return of Michigan’s favourite death metal sons The Black Dahlia Murder with a bunch of other great heavy hitters including one man death metal act Putrid Pile, Melbourne’s Whoretopsy and local […]
French alternative black metallers Alcest returned to Perth for the fist time in six years to tear up the stage for their Australian and New Zealand tour, wrapping up the final leg of their […]
Canadian prog metallers Protest The Hero have been slamming across Australia this past week despite losing guitarist Tim Millar during the tour who had to leave due to a personal emergency. But as they […]
Legendary rockers Helmet finally returned to Australia in 2017 and it was a much welcomed return for the seasoned veterans who came to Perth for the first show of the tour to perform not […]
Some shows you know you’re going to remember for a very long time, some shows you know you’ll be counting the days till the band return: this was one of those shows. Black Stone […]
Day Five – the final day, dawned beautiful with still no sign of rain – was this some kind of a record for Byron Bay Bluesfest? There were no signs of the party winding […]
There’s a funny thing that happens with a festival that runs over the best part of a week – at the halfway point when you’re feet are aching and you feel like you’ve about […]
Day Three should’ve been known as Buddy Guy Day. Blues Royalty visited the festival, moving on to the stage with all the fire, wit, cheek, voice, guitar skills and sexiness of a man a […]
Day Two was rife with Coachella-like reported sightings of various celebrities but the only confirmed one was Jason Momoa, seen strumming a guitar in the Gibson shop and backstage at the Bonnie Raitt set. […]
Day One Byron Bay Bluesfest was a masterpiece in Festival organisation with surrounding streets well signposted, shuttle buses ferrying excited crowds from Byron Bay to the nearby Tyagarah Tea Tree farm. Festival staff were […]
It’s easy to get confused by the intricacies of the use of band names and the personnel involved in various tours and individual shows. Last year Australia’s premier Festival Bluesfest announced ‘Jethro Tull’ as performing at their […]
Alter Bridge made their way to Fremantle on the final show of the Australian tour in support of their latest album “The Last Hero” and the anticipation to hear the new songs live was […]
Carlos Santana and The Doobie Brothers kicked off their joint Australian tour together in Perth on Friday night, in the country to also perform at this year’s Bluesfest in Byron Bay. We were lucky […]
US metalcore act I Prevail have only been around for a couple of years and yet their impact on the music scene has been undoubtedly been huge, particularly in Australia which is a country […]
Awww yes! I am still buzzing!!! As I excitedly write up this review, my body is literally recovering from what was easily one of best live shows I’ve experienced so far this year. Tempest […]
The Swedish metal titans known as Meshuggah rolled into Fremantle on Friday night on the last show of the Australian tour in support of their latest album “The Violent Sleep Of Reason“, the explosive […]
We got our dancing shoes on and they finally came… The masters of British Rock are finally here in Australia and only a mere 28 years after forming. Still on the strength of the four […]
Metalcore veterans returned to Australia this past week and ended a run with the eclectic Fallujah in Perth on Wednesday night. Bringing to the powerhouse show on top of all that was a massive […]
Who would believe it’s nearly 25 years now since Not A Day Goes By, Heaven Knows and Walk Away Renee stormed the Australian charts and launched Rick Price as an international superstar? There’s been […]
Instrumental prog heroes Animals As Leaders finally returned to Perth after having last seen them in Australia at the very last Soundwave Festival in 2015 and the fans came in droves to catch a […]
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