The Bats @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed onSunday January 29 “This is serious!” smirked the chief songwriter for The Bats, Robert Scott, early into the band’s Sydney Festival set. It was...
Regurgitator @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed onTuesday January 17 (photo by Ashley Mar) “This next one’s a more upbeat song about heroin,” announced Quan Yeoman, leading into ‘Run Run Run’...
Kate Tempest @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed on Thursday January 21 (photo by Jamie Williams) The Sydney storm was welcome in its way, but clearly caught many audience members off guard....
The Blackeyed Susans @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed on Sunday January 17 With a style steeped in darkened country bending to and around the incredible power of Rob Snarski’s vocals, the sounds...
Dreamland @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed on Saturday January 16 (photo by Jamie Williams) “Welcome to Dreamland,” breathes drummer Laurence Pike into the microphone. The time is midnight and the...
Matthew E. White @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed on Friday January 15 (photo by Jamie Williams) Dressed immaculately in a tailored suit and rarely seen without a boyish grin, Matthew E. White...
The Chills @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed on Wednesday January 13 (photo by Jamie Williams) New Zealand band The Chills – signed to the now-revered Flying Nun Records label – lit...
Regurgitator set to perform their Pogogo kid’s album live at Sydney Festival Expect Gurge-style genre mash-ups that the whole family can enjoy - no, really.
“I’m either angry or I’m elated and full of love”: Aldous Harding We talked to folk powerhouse Aldous Harding about her exceptional new record Party, playing some of the best gigs of her career, and Danny DeVito.
Otto & Astrid ★★★★ The zany Otto & Astrid of Die Roten Punkte fame took the stage at the Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent to a fervent and excited late-night...
Looking Back: The Making Of The Bats’ Classic NZ Album, Daddy’s Highway Paul Kean’s life was changed by stolen songs. Music was ever-present as he grew up in New Zealand in the ’60s – as dependable as...
Felicity Ward ★★★★ Felicity Ward may be the only comedian on the planet to be geographically billed as ‘London via Woy Woy’. By extension, it also kind...
Celia Pacquola ★★★ Celia Pacquola has made a name for herself on shows like Utopia as an effortlessly likeable presence. Her Sydney Festival show in the Spiegeltent...
Weyes Blood: California’s Unlikely Songwriting Star Natalie Mering makes big music. The songs she records under the Weyes Blood moniker are striking most of all for their scale – Front Row...
Why Regurgitator Are Taking On The Velvet Underground At Sydney Festival 19 years ago, Brisbane electro-punksRegurgitator releasedUnitand, contrary to their thoughts at the time, found a whole lot of people liked their new stuff better than...
Mother’s Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin Comes To Sydney If you were of the opinion that gin is a nasty, dry and bitter alcohol to be swilled about only by our elders at stuffy...
Otto & Astrid Are A Really Serious Rock Band, You Guys Occasionally in the life of an entertainment journo, you find yourself talking with one of the greats. Sergeant Pepper. Benny and The Jets. The Monkees....
Meet The Boys Of Briefs: The Second Coming Dallas Dellaforce is busier than ever. The cabaret, drag and stage show performer otherwise known as Daniel Squires Cater is in charge of costuming for...
An All-Star Leonard Cohen Tribute Is Coming To Sydney Festival 2017 The late master is set to be honoured by a range of local artists. Take it as a sign of what a long, painful slog...
Halfway, The Ever-Evolving Supergroup Of Australian Veterans Life, age, obligation – none of these seem relevant when you’re truly committed to a particular path. Halfway are one of those bands who know...
