Gig/Concert: Jamie Cullum
Venue: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 9 March 2010
Headliners: Jamie Cullum
In one word: Charming
Massey Hall is a venue with an illustrious music history having hosted many legendary performances, one of the most famous of all being the 1953 concert with jazz influentials Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and the rest of The Quintet....
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Gig/Concert: Tinariwen
Venue: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 4 March 2010
Headliners: Tinariwen
In one word: Radiant
Tonight in Toronto “one of the most superb bands” in world music performed to a packed-out Phoenix Concert Theatre. That’s a paraphrase of the introduction given by Small World Music’s Executive Director Alan Davis as Tinariwen took...
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Gig/Concert: Soundwave Festival
Venue: Steel Blue Oval, Perth
Date: 1 March 2010
Headliners: Faith No More, Jimmy Eat World
In one word: Sweltering
With positive memories of the swift organisation of the 2009 Soundwave Festival it was with disappointment that several of the opening bands for this year’s show played to empty fields due to a bottlenecked, one-gate...
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Gig/Concert: Soundwave Festival Melbourne
Venue: Royal Ascot Showgrounds
Date: 26 February 2010
Headliners: Faith No More, Jane’s Addiction
In one word: Belter
Whereas Big Day Out contained a grand mix of what can only be described as bogans in Australian flags, Soundwave contained a much wider array of people such as emo bogans, metal bogans, ska bogans and punk...
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Gig/Concert: John Waters (actor, filmmaker and all-round influential pop cult icon)
Venue: Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Date: 27 February 2010
Headliners: John Waters
In one word: Dapper
Now I know we’re a music website and all that but you just can’t escape the filthy influence of Baltimore’s own John Waters on popular culture; his work on the musical...
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Gig/Concert: Fucked Up with Kurt Vile, The D’Urbervilles, GIVE
Venue: Opera House, Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 26 February 2010
Headliners: Fucked Up
In one word: Vigourous
On a wintry Friday night at the Opera House in Toronto’s east end two of the area’s best local bands took to the stage. Established hardcore hero’s Fucked...
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Gig/Concert: Volcano Playground w/ Bitter City, Charge of the Light Brigade
Venue: Crown and Tiger, College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 25 February 2010
Headliners: Volcano Playground
In one word: Molten
There was a veritable snowpocalypse tonight in Toronto but that did not stop a crowd of gig goers from braving the elements to turn out at a dingy...
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Gig/Concert: El Perro Del Mar with Taken By Trees
Venue: Mod Club, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 21 February 2010
Headliners: El Perro Del Mar
In one word: Transfixing
“Hello. Can you turn down the lights please?” were the opening words of Victoria Bergsman as Taken By Trees took to the stage. The Mod Club was dimly lit tonight, with ...
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Gig/Concert: Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2010
Venue: Manchester Academy, Manchester, England
Date: 6 February 2010
Headliners: Maccabees
In one word: Pulsating
The annual NME Awards Tour is renowned for showcasing acts that are set to be big in the coming year; in 2005, it was The Killers, in 2006, it was Arctic Monkeys and most recently, last year, was...
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Gig/Concert: Daniel Johnston with Old Man River and Kid Sam
Venue: Prince Bandroom, St Kilda, Melbourne
Date: 3 February 2010
Headliners: Daniel Johnston
In one word: Religious
Kid Sam started the night off with a fantastically weird and wonderful set that melded together melodic and experimental elements that was a bit reminiscent of My Morning Jacket with an art...
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