cornerstone roots & salmonella dub @ the hifi, west end

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Al

I ventured out last night, sans Kitty, for the first time since junior pixels arrived. I really wanted to see Cornerstone Roots & Salmonella Dub who were playing at the Hifi in West End, Brisbane.

The show was quite good. It was far from a sold-out show (about quarter capacity), probably due to the expensive $50 ticket price. Cornerstone Roots were great, especially the vocals, and Salmonella Dub were also good, but I was let down by the lack of vocals since their departure of Tiki Taane. Oh well. Still a good night out, good to see some live music.

sometimes you know today you’re gonna have a good time

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Al

a message to you, rudy

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Al

This is fantastic, listen to it and you can’t not smile.

the beatles ‘love’

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Al

We went to Las Vegas last weekend to see The Beatles Love by Cirque du Soleil. It was unreal, like the best show I have ever seen. The sets were amazing and the show was all based upon a blended Beatles megamix: absolutely extraordinary. I couldn’t take any photos as they weren’t allowed.

The rest of Las Vegas was pretty really crap. It’s like a huge version of Surfers Paradise where every second person is drunk and at their worst. After seeing the show I couldn’t wait to get outta there and onto NYC.

the cosmic game

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Al

I’ve been really getting into the Thievery Corporation album: The Cosmic Game. It’s a nice album to have playing in the background as it is nice and mellow but still interesting to listen to.

lior with shadows and light @ the brisbane powerhouse

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Al

We saw Lior play at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Thursday night (23 April 2009). It was yet another amazing Lior show, this time he was accompanied by a string quartet, a shadow artist Stephen Mushin, and a special guest who played a tabla for a couple of songs, which was really amazing.

Lior singing "I'll forget you" with Katie Noonan

The shadow artisty really made the show, it was simple yet so effective. It was projected on a round screen directly behing Lior. Originally Lior planned on having two shadow artists on tour, but he quickly had to change plans when of them gave birth very recently. Stephen Mushin did a really great job by himself, changing the screen in time to each song, with very subtle indicators of change. The concept of shadow artistry can be seen in the film clip for Lior’s “I’ll forget you”:

All in all, it was a very enjoyable concert. Lior finished this two song encore with a brilliant instrument-less solo chant, which reminded me of Fajr we heard every morning in Malaysia.

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fat freddy’s drop @ the northern, byron bay

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Al

We saw Fat Freddy’s Drop live at the Northern in Byron Bay last Saturday night. They were really good, but not as good as last time I saw them in Brisbane, probably because they played mainly new stuff (unreleased) so I didn’t really know that many songs. It is probably a better idea to tour after releasing a new album, as that way the crowd can get into the new songs they know. It was a great night nonetheless.

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fat freddy’s drop touring oz in march 2009

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Al

My pretty much all-time favourite band are touring Australia next month. With a choice between the Tivoli in Brisbane on a Friday, or two gigs (Saturday & Sunday) in Byron Bay, we opted for Byron, with the added bonus of the Byron tix being about $20 cheaper.

fat-freddys-drop

The last time I saw them was in late 2007 and they blew me away so it has been a long time coming: I can’t wait!

9 Mar 2009: Palace Metro ,Melbourne
20 Mar 2009: HQ, Adelaide
21 Mar 2009: Enmore Theatre, Sydney
27 Mar 2009: The Tivoli, Brisbane
28 Mar 2009: The Great Northern, Byron Bay
29 Mar 2009: The Great Northern, Byron Bay

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