If you’re in Sydney you might have been starting to get excited about a great day out in Western Sydney today at the Out On The Weekend festival. Of course that isn’t going to happen now that the festival sadly got cancelled earlier this week. It’s a sad state of affairs that a city this size can’t … Continue reading
More announcements this week of new gigs, forthcoming albums and the arrival of some highly anticipated ones. Fanny Lumsden has been working tirelessly over the last few years playing shows in all manner of venue, city, houses and country halls. The culmination of that to date is her debut album Small Town Big Shot which … Continue reading
A few new songs of note hit the internet this week. Firstly and hot off the press is the new single from The Falls whose debut full length album is coming soon. The Sydney duo who relocated to the USA have just had ‘Let In The Light’ premiere on The Wall Street Journal. The album OMAHA … Continue reading
Last night I had the opportunity to see Aldous Harding perform at the Vanguard in Sydney as part of her current Australian run of shows. Incredible gig. She has this ability to be fragile, hilarious, anxious and self-effacing between songs and then slip effortlessly into the hypnotic, droning and melodically adventurous singer and guitarist. Bent over … Continue reading
It’s been a big week for announcements and releases and shaping for another big one next week. Jason Isbell‘s new album Something More Than Free is finally out after being announced months ago (and leaking very early too). It’s been getting mixed reviews – Pitchfork gave it a paltry 5.8/10 while Paste gave it an 8.6/10. … Continue reading
Last weekend provided the musical highlight of the week with the superb Marlon Willams show at The Basement in Sydney. It was sold out, in fact his whole tour was and he absolutely nailed it with his backing band The Yarra Benders acting as musical foils and conspirators. Read our full review. We’ve got a … Continue reading
We updated our Sydney Gig Guide the other day and July is already looking like another bumper month. Tonight you can catch James Thomson and band at Gasoline Pony while our gig of the week is the sold out Marlon Williams (full band) show at The Basement on Saturday night. Head over to the guide to check out … Continue reading
Circumstances prevented us from getting a Weekly Round-Up together last week but we’re back this week. Last Friday we presented a show at the Petersham Bowling Club in Sydney and it was an attentive and appreciative audience that were treated to stellar sets from James Thomson (accompanied by bass and fiddle), Davey Craddock and Roland … Continue reading
The weather has been fairly chaotic of late here in Sydney and one victim of it’s wrath was the Petersham Bowling Club, one of the finest supporters of roots music with live shows, craft beer and a family friendly environment. They suffered water damage and had to reschedule some shows while they cleaned up the … Continue reading
