38 songs… had to count em twice coz I couldn’t believe it… and he still didn’t get around to airing things like Long and Winding Road, Revolution, Listen To What The Man Said or Jet… what an embarrassment of riches…

“Hey friends! Good. To. See. You. Again.” Peter Garrett opens tonight’s show with a smile. It’s not an expression we’re used to seeing on his distinctive visage, but throughout this triumphant return to Melbourne, he never looks less than overjoyed.

Forget Adele. On Saturday night Alison Moyet turned in a performance that many are already enthusiastically citing as the concert of 2017 and in the process, proved herself unequivocally to be one of the enduring voices of our generation.

SATURDAY, 14 JANUARY 2017 | BY HARRY At the ripe young age of fifty five, Lloyd Cole is the epitome of the modern day travelling balladeer. He’s certainly no stranger to our shores – choosing to visit Australia every couple of years – attracted as much by our beguiling golf courses, as the opportunity to perform for an ever appreciative […]

A memory of a fantastic show I attended this time last year by “Ash Naylor and the Diamond Dogs” just popped up in my timeline …they paid a fitting tribute to the Great Man at the Cherry Bar dusting off some rarely played classics… the recording of the evening really stands up so thought I’d […]

As the members of City Calm Down – new darlings of the Australian Indie music scene – take to the stage in utter darkness, for their third of three sold out Corner Hotel shows – the crowd go nuts. Their audience numbers have simply ballooned since the last time I saw them at Howler only six months ago.