Music – Reviews Archive

Only in a few rare cases do teen angst-ridden high school bands make it out with any success (sorry the ‘Liquid Coma’ of my past). The Cactus Channel is one such rarity. Starting out when they were 16, this ten-piece “cinematic soul” …

A few side streets from Liverpool city centre, among the old converted warehouses and cobblestone alleyways, is the Kazimier, a 500-capacity club and music venue. The entrance is nondescript and easily mistaken for the back door of a restaurant kitchen. But this …

There is a cruel joke told about the ‘child prodigy’ in music. It goes, “When he was four, he played like a 20-year-old; when he was 20, he played like a 20-year-old; when he was 40, he played like a 20-year-old”. But …

The beating of drums is just one irresistible attraction of Crimson Sky, the exciting TaikOz production that premiered at the Glen Street Theatre  last night. The composition is a dedication to the forms of Wadaiko and the performers and their passion on stage comes from their …

Winter is drawing to a close and as you put away your scarves and coats the Balmain Sinfonia is reaching for their instruments as they invite you to join them in welcoming spring when they perform at the Macquarie University Jubilee Concert …

Whilst listening to the Arctic Monkeys’ third album Humbug last week I noticed its release date was five years ago to the very day. On my first hearing I remembered being slightly confused by it; it hadn’t the immediacy of their first …

The Composer is Dead is a fabulous murder-mystery story, written and composed as an orchestral presentation by Lemony Snicket and Nathaniel Stookey in 2006. It was principally designed as an entertaining, educational piece for children to learn about the world of traditional …

Jeff Duff has always been a David Bowie fan. But then, what’s not to like about the man voted the most influential artist of the 20th century by his peers? And though Duff is not easily impressed by fame and stardom, he does …

You would never have a Midnight Oil today. In a career that has spanned thirty years, The Oils have stepped on political toes, bit the corporate hand that fed them, always taken the hard line and never taken a step back. As …

  “From the rocking of the cradle to the rolling of the hearse the going up was worth the coming down,” croons Kris Kristofferson as he contemplates the life of country music legend Johnny Cash. And Australian rock legend Tex Perkins agrees …