The Victims Final Melbourne Show
Friday 1 December – The Brunswick Ballroom. The final Melbourne show for Perth punk founders The Victims. Led by Dave Flick (aka Dave Faulkner of The Hoodoo Gurus) with James Baker (The Scientists, Hoodoo Gurus, […]
Reviews
Groundwater Country Music Festival Review
Review by Samuel J.Fell Groundwater Country Music Festival Broadbeach, Gold Coast, October 20-22 Broadbeach appears in the middle distance with the lethargic ease of some sort of leviathanic apparition, highrises wreathed in the salt haze that […]
THE ROLLING STONES’ HACKNEY DIAMONDS: A MUCH BIGGER AND BETTER BANG!
By Brian Wise THE ROLLING STONES – HACKNEY DIAMONDS (Polydor) There’s good news and there’s better news! The good news first. This is definitely the best Rolling Stones album since Steel Wheels in 1989 and […]
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Paul McCartney in Melbourne. A Tour De Force!
Review by Brian Wise PAUL McCARTNEY – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Saturday October 21, 2023 A few minutes into his first show here in six years, and only his fifth visit ever to Australia, Sir Paul McCartney said, […]
OUT ON THE WEEKEND – Saturday October 14 – Seaworks, Williamstown
Review by Brian Wise Over the years, the Out On The Weekend festival has established itself as Victoria’s premier ‘Americana’ festival, featuring an array of some established and many up-and-coming acts from the USA mixed […]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Strictly Brilliance
By Brian Wise. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival – Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Sunday October 1, 2023. The fact that I made it to just one day of this extraordinary festival meant that I miss […]
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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Day 2: Guitar Attack
Review by Brian Wise. Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, Sunday September 24, 2023 It’s possible that I could have been suffering a severe case of FOMO (fear of missing out) this […]
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023: When Too Much Guitar is Never Enough!
Review by Brian Wise. Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, Saturday September 23, 2023 Adam Grandluciel of The War On Drugs summed it up when he said, “It’s a lonely night for […]
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Squeezing Out Sparks of Brilliance: Squeeze & The Psychedelic Furs Live In Nashville
By Brian Wise Psychedelic Furs/Squeeze – Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Sunday September 17 It probably seems somewhat incongruous for these two Brit bands from the 80’s to appear at one of the shrines of country […]