by Ian Bell | Feb 14, 2020 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC] Crown & Anchor, Fri 7 Feb, 2020. It seems like every second review I write wants to start by scolding Adelaide audiences for not getting out of the house to support the shows that do come here. Let’s take it as a given when I say The Cranker is maybe half...
by Ian Bell | Feb 13, 2020 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Tue 11 Feb, 2020. Alice Cooper is the architect of theatrical rock; the costumes, the theatrics, the bombast. Without him there would never have been KISS, Slipknot or a million other bands. Alice Cooper is 72 years old and is out there...
by Bián Hickman | Feb 5, 2020 | Interviews, Live Music, Music
[MUSIC/Brit Punk ~ UK] English punk rock and new wave group The Stranglers have their sights set on Australia in 2020, landing in Adelaide on Tue 11 Feb to perform at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. In anticipation of The Gov gig, we catch up with bassist, songwriter...
by Ian Bell | Jan 22, 2020 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Rock – AUS] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Sat 18 Jan, 2020. Skyhooks! What a brilliant game changing, life-altering, behemoth of band they were. When they exploded into our lives in the early 1970s they were unlike any other band out there; colourful, energetic,...
by Russell Copelin | Jan 18, 2020 | Blogs, Interviews, Live Music, Music, Ukulele Russ
[BLOG ~ MUSIC ~ ALASKA/USA] by Russell Copelin. Festivals! They are a great place to get your name out and play for a large crowd. If run well they can be some of the best times on stage you will ever have. A good festival knows how to treat their artists, local and...
by Russell Copelin | Jan 17, 2020 | Blogs, Interviews, Live Music, Music, Ukulele Russ
[BLOG ~ MUSIC ~ ALASKA/USA] by Russell Copelin. So you got a gig! Maybe it is your first gig. Someone is going to let you play in public with amplification. You have officially made it to the next level, out of your living room or the old classic out of your garage....