Category: Gig Reviews

Georgia Fields + Phia, Melanie Horsnell @ Smith’s Alternative, Thursday July 13
The chilly nights of Canberra call for warm, cosy venues with warming drinks like red wine and whisky and, of ...

Toxicon @ The Basement, Saturday July 8
Presented by Shananigan’s Entertainment, six local and three interstate bands performed to an intimate crowd of 75 attendees. Primitive (Melb) ...

Shoeb Ahmad, Wives, Naif @ Ralph Wilson Theatre, Gorman Arts Centre, Saturday July 8
The night began, unlike almost any other gig review in these pages, with a panel discussion involving the three bands ...

Cable Ties, Moaning Lisa, Slagatha Cristie @ The Phoenix, Saturday July 8
Cable Ties are the best band I’ve seen at The Phoenix since Destrends last visited us. This was proper punk, ...

Bay City Rollers @ Southern Cross Club, Thursday June 29
Rollermania swept through the Southern Cross Club on Thursday June 29 with three generations of tartan-donned Bay City Rollers fans ...

Hoodlum Shouts, Agency, Marlon Bando, Petre Out @ Lobrow Bar, Saturday June 24
Compared to the frantic, guitar heavy assaults that were to come later in the night, Petre Out’s solo acoustic guitar ...

Mere Women, Wives, Little Lunch @ Transit Bar, Thursday June 22
The first leg of the launch tour of Mere Women’s new album Big Skies kicked off with Little Lunch’s simple ...

DragonForce, Immorium @ The Basement, Thursday June 22
The latest edition to the DragonForce clan would be lead vocalist, three times removed, Marc Hudson. When I say ‘latest’, ...

The Last Exposure, Slagatha Christie, Sleeping Dogs, Maxine Kauter Band, h. @ The Phoenix, Saturday June 17
ANU Bar’s Finale show caused quite a stir with the lack of representation in their line-up. Well, with every action ...

ANU Bar Finale @ ANU Bar, Saturday June 17
How to celebrate and succinctly sum up decades of Canberra music history? It’s tricky to plan and control it, but ...