Womadelaide: Adelaide Botanical Gardens – 10th-13th of March 2017
Something happens to you when you step into the Adelaide Botanical Gardens for Womadelaide, an…
Browsing: Event reviews
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…
Hiromi – Melbourne International Jazz Festival – Hamer Hall – 9th of June 2016
In person Japanese pianist Hiromi exudes pure effervescent joy. A remarkable instrumentalist, she regularly combines…
Kamasi Washington – Prince of Wales – Melbourne 22nd of March 2016
Saxophonist and bandleader Kamasi Washington is an impressive figure, seemingly in all the right places…
Messiaen: From The Canyons to The Stars – Sydney Opera House 12th March 2016 By Tony Mitchell
French composer Olivier Messaien’s From the Canyons to the Stars, a 90 minute work in…
Womadelaide 2016 – Adelaide Botanical Gardens 11th – 14th March 2016
Womadelaide 2016 was a curious beast. There seemed to be an intent from organisers to…
Unsound Adelaide 2016: Review by Bob Baker Fish
Unsound is a festival dedicated to the dark arts of electronic music, to experimental and…