From the monthly archives:

July 2007

28 Days - The Clubhouse, Maitland

by adminJuly 31, 2007

Although the air was chillier than us city slicks are used to, in the township of Maitland you cannot mistake the relaxed feeling of good old fashioned country hospitality. You would have thought it was a typical quiet night at the local pub with the lack of bodies milling in and the rest of the [...]

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The Cops - Cambridge Hotel

by adminJuly 25, 2007

Mercy May impress a growing crowd of punters. Just like the kid brothers of Oasis or the Stone Roses, lead singer / guitarist Dan prowls the stage like a young Liam Gallagher, full of intensity and tambourine battering. Their psychedelic garage rock is refreshing. ‘Pick it Up’ and ‘You Got Me’ display their British influences [...]

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Mia Dyson - Cambridge Hotel

by adminJuly 18, 2007

Playing songs from all their LP’s, however most noticeably “the Goodbye Girl” LP, Epicure played a really well put together set and brought the house down with the crowd favourite “Armies against me”, which I have to admit had me singing along in a very bad voice as loud as I could. … This massive set was continually impressive, with plenty of new material from her up coming release, including the title track “ Struck Down”, “Never felt young”, where I was blown away with not one, but two acoustic solos, “Heavy” and the powerful “Rollover” in which Angus Diggs thundered away in an extended jam on the drums.

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Something With Numbers - Bar On The Hill

by adminJuly 12, 2007

They continued to dazzle and impress the crowd with their punk-rock set and sexy dance moves (nice, Jake) as they played more from their latest release ‘Perfect Distraction’ including; ‘Zombie’, ‘Bang, Bang, Bang’ and ‘Chase the Chaser’ before throwing in the oldie, but a favourite ‘Crowner of Kings’ for all their loyal fans than closed the night with ‘Goodbye Mickey Finn’ before asking The Lazys and The Inches to join them on stage to say one last goodbye. This was the second last show of The Goodbye Mickey Finn Tour, and although they kept saying they cannot wait to go home, I bet these boys will miss each other, as over the last three months these boys have become the best of friends, and this helped a lot with the overall success of the night, as it rubbed off on the crowd.

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Expatriate - Cambridge Hotel

by adminJuly 9, 2007

They belted out hard-rock with a hint of punk in each song, and had the crowd screaming for more, as a fair sized mosh was beginning to form by the barriers. … The size and enthusiasm of the crowd proved obvious Expatriate have a strong fan-base within the Newcastle music scene as they had the mosh bellowing out to each and every lyric and screaming for them to hurry up and play ‘Space Between’ already.

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Bodyjar - Cambridge Hotel

by adminJuly 3, 2007

Being a fan of Bodyjar for at least the last ten years I may be in a very biased position to review their latest local gig at the Cambridge Hotel however I will do my best to give you a true picture of their performance. This gig being part of their “Is it Alive” tour to promote the recent release of their first live album was set to prove that the Jar after 12 years are still one of the most consistent punk rock bands in Australia’s music history.

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