Lime Cordiale (Oxford Art Factory)
When Oxford Art Factory bills its return to live music as a “speakeasy” in “the most intimate of settings”, without mentioning that the 70-person limit is by decree of the pandemic, you appreciate the...
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Nick Cave: Idiot Prayer (Alexandra Palace, London)
In pre-pandemic times, a concert such as Nick Cave’s Idiot Prayer would have been called a solo show. Not so this one, filmed by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Robbie Ryan and billed as Nick...
View ArticleSteve Kilbey (Paddo RSL)
If a future historian ever documents the work of The Church’s Steve Kilbey they’d need to rewind the tape startlingly far, with Kilbey’s new album alongside classical guitarist Gareth Koch, Songs From...
View ArticleTex Perkins (Camelot Lounge)
Last I saw of Tex Perkins he was ramming some critical infrastructure – a spine – up the New Years’ Eve concert on Sydney Harbour by dedicating The Honeymoon Is Over (The Cruel Sea) to Prime Minister...
View ArticleHockey Dad (drive in, Bulli)
If drive-in concerts could make enough of a buck for concert promoters to pursue them (they can’t), Wollongong band the Pinheads’ appeal on Friday to “give us a beep!” would go down in Australian music...
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Ocean Alley (Qudos Bank Arena)
Photograph: John Wilkes Even before arriving on a filthily hot day to Sydney’s Olympic Park, the adjectives about Saturday night’s big gig have been beefed up into superlatives. Great Southern Nights...
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The Presets (The Factory)
Photo: RICK CLIFFORD His voice awash with elation and relief, Julian Hamilton of The Presets speaks straight to the arse of every seated one of us when he says: “I thought this would be weird.” Mate,...
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William Crighton (The Great Club)
Photo: William Crighton/SMH It would be mad to pretend that the good times of country-rock artist William Crighton’s show on Friday were exclusively about him. The warm and fuzzy buzz was also due to...
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Floors of Heaven underwater concert (Woolloomooloo Bay)
Photograph: Jacquie Manning The line between novel and novelty could have been easily crossed last night at Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool at Woolloomooloo Bay. Floors Of Heaven: Submersive Study is a 45...
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Dua Lipa – Qudos Bank Arena
GLENN POKORNY A recount of British pop star Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia concert could really just be synonyms for ‘feelgood’ strung together with the names of songs so uniformly earwormy that not one,...
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