Live, Music, Reviews The Necks, Vivid Live (Sydney Opera House, June 4) Benjamin Woods Renowned, Australian, improvisational jazz trio The Necks were invited to play their first headline slot in their own right at Vivid …
Live, Music, Reviews Repressed Records 15th Anniversary Concert Vivid LIVE (Sydney Opera House) Benjamin Woods The Repressed Records website proudly proclaims: “Repressed Records is located in Newtown, Sydney and has been running for 13 years and …
Live, Music, Reviews Living Colour Live (Metro Theatre, Sydney) Benjamin Woods Unfortunately, I discovered the wonder of Living Colour relatively late in life for a rock ‘n’ roll fan. I was aware …
Live, Music, Reviews Pixies Live, (Hordern Pavilion, Sydney) Benjamin Woods It’s 2017 and it’s the first time an avowed rocker like me has caught the legendary Pixies. Shame on me. …
Live, Music, Reviews Guns N’ Roses Not in This Lifetime Tour (Sydney Olympic Park) Benjamin Woods The core of the original Guns N’ Roses line-up have reformed for a massively successful world tour. The measure of its …
Music, News & Commentary, Recorded Triple J’s Hottest 100 2016: a personal and biased account Benjamin Woods What follows is a personal and entirely biased account of yesterday’s Triple J Hottest 100 by someone who spent most of …
Live, Music, Reviews MONA MOFO 2017 – the primitive beginnings of electronica (Hobart) Benjamin Woods A number of years ago professional gambler and arts aficionado, David Walsh, created MONA – the Museum of Old and …