Sigur Ròs @ Festival Hall 

Sigur RòsAn amazing show overall. They pretty much played a little something from each of their albums and despite it being at Festering Hole (aka Festival Hall), the sound wasn’t terrible at all.  The highlight for me was definitely seeing Gobbledigook performed live.  With the crowd on their feet, clapping throughout the entire song, a brass band roamed the stage firing everyone up. To cap it all off, confetti and smoke shot out from the stage over the entire venue bringing together the uber happiness and joy EVERYONE in the venue was feeling.

By far the strangest thing at the show was security. They patted people down! At a Sigur Ròs show? VERY strange since Sigur Ròs fans aren’t the first choice to target for carrying a weapon.

Unfortunately I have no photos to show since I was there to enjoy and I also couldn’t find any on flickr yet but you can find some from the Sydney show (which had pretty much the same setlist and stage setup) over at Mulletgod’s flickr page.

 
 
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Sunday, August 3 2008
 
Music General
 

Broken Social Scene 

Broken Social Scene @ The Corner
Broken Social Scene @ The Corner

Broken Social Scene @ The Corner
Apparently, when Broken Social Scene are hot, they cannot be topped. Wednesday night’s performance was not one of them. The band weren’t in the best of moods before the show began, Feist and Amy Millan (from Stars) were nowhere to be seen since they had other solo commitments around the country and the band stopped and started a few times. When I spoke to a couple of huge fans of the band, they weren’t overly impressed with the performance. This being my first time, I didn’t know what to expect but I didn’t mind what I was hearing. Luckily the band will return sooner rather than later and we’ll get to see the full force that is Broken Social Scene. More photos here and here. And a much better Melbourne review here.

 
 
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Tuesday, March 4 2008
 
Music General, Photography
 

Explosions In The Sky 

Explosions In The Sky
Explosions In The Sky
Explosions In The Sky
Eluvium @ The Corner
Glorious, glorious music! That’s what I heard last night. And not a vocal to be heard! This was the band’s first visit to Australian shores and I was very surprised to see so many last.fm’ers adding themselves to this gig only because I didn’t think the band was overly popular here. Fuck was I wrong. A sold out show in no time and seeing them perform live, it all started to make sense. Amazing musicians creating beautiful and momentum-building epic music that surpasses the CD experience. I have spent many years listening to their lush sounds whilst designing and they got me through many late night hard slogs. Eluvium was the perfect support too. Amazing what one man can do with a laptop, pedals and a guitar. Let’s keep our fingers crossed both these acts return to our shores in the near future and inspire a whole new generation.

 
 
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Sunday, February 17 2008
 
Music General
 
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