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 David Robinson | Dec 20, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC – UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Thu 19 Dec, 2019. It’s hot enough to fry an egg on the footpath outside, and the temperature inside The Gov is also rising. The place is packed. Adelaide’s searing heatwave appears to have done precisely nothing, in terms...
by David Robinson | Dec 13, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC – UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Thu 12 Dec, 2019. The Gov’s main room is gently filling, mostly with middle-aged men. Tonight’s show is from the highly regarded outfit known as The Sex Pistols Experience, paying tribute to the band of similar...
by Michael Coghlan | Nov 30, 2019 | Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Fri 29 Nov. As Jethro Tull’s lead guitarist Martin Barre spent decades in the shadows of front man Ian Anderson. In the Martin Barre Band he is free to step forward and be the front man and it suits him. It’s always interesting...