Last time BENEE was on Australian shores it was February 2020, and everything seemed hopeful. She was playing Laneway Festival, and we were promised to see so much more of the breakout star with the release of her highly anticipated debut album under her sleeves, and a world tour. But then the world locked down,…
Category: Live Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Wildflower – Riverstage
The future is female, it always has been. There are so many incredible women in music who have paved the way for the powerhouses we see topping the charts now, and Wildflower is a festival that celebrates everyone coming together. With an incredible line up boasting some of Australia’s most cherished female identifying artists like…
LIVE REVIEW: Genesis Owusu – The Tivoli
Genesis Owusu. That’s it. That’s the sentence. There’s not a lot more I can say than Genesis – mother fucking – Owusu. That’s genuinely the thought process of everyone as they left The Tivoli over the weekend from witnessing his energetically charged live show. After having a breakout year that saw the Ghanian-Australian artist winning…
LIVE REVIEW: Delta Goodrem – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
With an absence of arena shows over the past two years, Delta Goodrem didn’t hold back in giving every pop fan exactly what they’ve missed on the opening night of her Bridge Over Troubled Dreams Tour in Brisbane. With a setlist full of greatest hits, a big extravagant stage set-up, costume changes, a gospel army…
LIVE REVIEW: Hatchie – Old Museum
Hatchie is slated to release her sophomore record ‘Giving The World Away’ on April 22, and it’s already promising to be her boldest and most defining body of work yet. The Australian singer-songwriter has hit the road for an intimate run of dates to preview some of the new tracks to her fans, while also…
LIVE REVIEW: The Jungle Giants – Riverstage
There is nothing like a hometown show to deliver those high energy frequencies we so desperately need in our lives right now. And for The Jungle Giants, their return home was a milestone moment in their career which saw them headlining the Riverstage for the first ever time. With the ecstatic energy radiating throughout the…
LIVE REVIEW: Wildlands Weekender – Brisbane Showgrounds
2021 was a weird year. Everything seemed to be finally going back to normal and then it all got worse. Much worse. One of the industry’s majorly affected was the music industry. Interstate touring was locked back up, and International touring was (and is) still a distant memory. Bands that tried to tour were met…
LIVE REVIEW: Hope D – The Tivoli
With the ongoing touring restrictions in place, Brisbane’s music and arts scene has really been deeply impacted. So when we get a chance to head along to live music it’s been such a wholesome and soul reviving moment. It’s genuinely just really nice to stand inside a concert venue along with like-minded people and scream…
LIVE REVIEW: Budjerah – The Triffid
Budjerah is first and foremost a storyteller. His debut headline tour captured that raw power behind his words as he stunned audiences with the contrast of his emotional lyrics, and his energetically delivered anecdotes in-between songs. Closing the tour in Brisbane at The Triffid, the journey for the singer-songwriter to play this particular show had…
LIVE REVIEW: Amy Shark – Riverstage
Amy Shark is only two albums into her career, but she’s already created a discography that has soundtracked the heartbreaking, romantic and emotionally charged moments of people’s lives. To celebrate the release of her sophomore record ‘Cry Forever’, the Gold Coast singer-songwriter has hit the road for her biggest headline tour yet that he has…