by Ian Bell | Nov 21, 2022 | Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Secret Gig ~VIC] The Prince Bandroom – The Prince, Sat 19 Nov, 2022. If you had told me a few months ago that I would be in a Melbourne pub at 2pm on a Saturday afternoon with 900 other (mostly) dudes to see a secret gig by ‘90s provocateurs (shit stirrers,...
by Ian Bell | Apr 29, 2021 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ AUS] The Bridgeway Hotel, Sat 17 Apr, 2021. Back in what some might call ‘the day’ The Bridgeway was the place for bands to play. In the ‘70s and ‘80s everybody from Motorhead to Real Life played there. Tonight’s show is completely sold out and the line to...
by Clayton Werner | Feb 29, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Rock ~ VIC] Fortuna Spiegeltent at The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Thu 27 Feb. Tex Perkins & Matt Walker is billed as a collaboration that is long overdue and the gig starts with three brand new songs that are the results of this collaboration so far....
by Matt Saunders | Jun 10, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[ADELAIDE PREMIERE ~ USA ~ IF YOU LOVE… ALL THINGS SHINY] Dunstan Playhouse, Sun 9 Jun. There are many surprises worth preserving in Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt’s song and dance act, Nancy And Beth, but it’s no spoiler to reveal that it is expertly performed,...
by Adrian Miller | Feb 22, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Comedy, Live Music, Reviews
[COMEDY/MUSIC ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ QLD] Broadcast Bar, Thu 21 Feb. Eric Tinker (AKA Derek Tickner) is blessed with a keen sense of the ridiculous. His ‘Tinkerings’ are his observations, sometimes his own, more often revisions of other peoples’ songs. At best, these...
