by Ian Bell | Nov 27, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Pop/Synth ~ AUS] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Fri 25 Nov, 2022. Ahh the 1980s! What a brilliant time for shiny synthy-pop music. Everything seemed so futuristic and modern. The charts were full of impossibly glamorous looking pop groups like Duran Duran, Spandau...
by Ian Bell | Nov 15, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Metal/Rock ~ SWEDEN] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. Mon 14 Nov, 2022. Well Adelaide, once again, you missed a good one. I say that with some conviction because most of you were not there. Swedish rockers Hardcore Superstar took to the stage of The Gov on Monday...
by Ian Bell | Nov 12, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Pop/Dance ~ UK] National Gallery of Victoria Garden Restaurant. Thu 11 Nov, 2022. The National Gallery of Victoria and their ‘Always Live’ initiative is a pretty unique and interesting program. It’s designed to offer unique experiences in the Arts and with a...
by Ian Bell | Nov 12, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ AUS] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. Fri 11 Nov, 2022. Tonight’s music evening opens with local singer-songwriter Alana Jagt armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar, some excellent songs and strong set of pipes. Check out her album launch at The Grace Emily on...
by Ian Bell | Oct 12, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Tue 11 Oct, 2022. The Gov is heaving with Brit-pop fans and ex-pat Englishmen to see the mighty Charlatans turn in a blinder on a Tuesday night in little ol’ A-Town. Like many of the great bands of the Brit-Pop/Madchester era of...
by Ian Bell | Sep 14, 2022 | Interviews, Live Music, Music
[MUSIC ~ UK] by Ian Bell. Ah the 1980’s what a glorious time for pop music. After a decade of denim, self-important twenty minute guitar solos and things being very earnest and serious, the eighties was an explosion of glitz and glamour, dressing up, excess, and...