London Round-Up: By Tony Mitchell
Visiting London for ten days this September, I was fortunate to see gigs by the…
Event reviews
Flow Festival Helsinki August 11-13 2017
This year’s Flow Festival featured expanded terrain and sold out to 75,000 visitors over three…
Jazz-Espa Helsinki 24 July – 4 August 2017
The 18th edition of the annual Jazz-Espa open air summer festival coincides with the 100th…
From Isabelle Huppert to Wallis Island: 28th Alliance Française French film Festival Sydney 7-30 March 2017
The annual French Film festival, held throughout Australia and New Zealand, has just been extended…
Mutek Barcelona: 9th -11th of March 2017
Two weekends ago we witnessed the 8th edition of the Spanish version of Mutek, the…
Womadelaide: Adelaide Botanical Gardens – 10th-13th of March 2017
Something happens to you when you step into the Adelaide Botanical Gardens for Womadelaide, an…
Near Myth: ‘Idiot Mystic’ Album Launch – Worker’s Club Melbourne 2nd of Feb 2017
There are timeless, musical universals we can connect with and Near Myth’s ‘Idiot Mystic’ LP…
The Bats – The Deep Set with Strings: Sydney Festival Jan 29th 2017
The Bats were reputedly the main reason Roger Shepherd started the Flying Nun label, although…
‘A spectacle for the imagination’: Autechre live in Estonia and Hellsinki – 13th and 14th of November 2016
Last week we witnessed two nights of the European tour of Autechre. Getting really busy…
Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival 2-13 November 2016
This was SIMA’s fifth Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival, and a resounding success all told.…
Gwenno – Newtown Social Club, Sydney 13th of October 2016
Sales had been slow for this gig, but on the night Gwenno said it reminded…
Russell Haswell, Jealous God, These Hidden Hands & Robin Fox – Berlin Atonal – 24-28th of August 2016
Berlin Atonal is a festival of electronic music and audio visual performance housed in Kraftwerk,…
Flow Festival – Helsinki Finland 14/8/16 by Tony Mitchell
This August was the 13th edition of Helsinki’s Flow Festival, which has grown from strength…
Conner Youngblood – Estalagem Ponta Do Sol – Madeira Portugal 17.8.16
Estalagem Ponta Do Sol is a luxury hotel perched high on cliffs of the south…
Sonar 2016 Barcelona 16-18 of June review by Chris Mann
There is so much more to a good festival these days than just grab bagging…