Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (14/08/2009)

The final every show!!!! This was a sad gig, but a great one nonetheless. Will be sad not to have the morbid gypsy playing in dark M-Town! You can read my review of the gig by clicking this sentence. Poor John and Take Your Skin Off And Dance were stand outs by far (yes, I'm biased toward the original lineup). "Mum, this is a f***ing expensive paino!" haha.

And now I present to you, the final song of the final gig that Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra will ever play together... The World Is Broken - it sure is (includes Steve Sedegreen on guest piano, Harry Angus on trumput and a returning Pete Burgess on tuba):


Now, depending on how Martini goes solo, I have a feeling they'll be back at some point.

Dan Sultan @ The Corner (13/08/2009)

Dan Sultan is brilliant live! You can read my review of the gig by clicking on this sentence.

Here are some videos:

Fool (awesome tambourine dancing at the end):


Whip on Hide:

Art vs Science @ The Toff in Town (07/08/2009)

Art vs Science at the Toff - frankly, anyone who can get a mosh going at the Toff must be fun...

Palez Vous Francias anybody?

Doves @ Palace Theatre, Melbourne 28.07.2009

Doves put on a brilliant show at the Palace. The highlight was 10:03, along with its stroby strobes that I told Kieran would appear - brilliant. You can read my review by clicking this sentence.

Here're a couple of vids:

Snowden:


Words:


Here's the set list:

Boom Pretty @ The Gershwin Room, Espy, Melbourne 24.07.2009

It's been a while!

Alright, here we have clips from Boom Pretty's gig at the Espy - the single launch of Winter Bend. Here are the clips, enjoy!

1. This Train (opening song):


2. Tuning music (some silliness):


3. Garden Of:


4. Winter Bend (closing song):

Groovin' the Moo @ Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo (16/05/2009)

When I probably should have been doing assignments, I was at a festival in Bendigo. Surprise surprise. My review of all the action is here on FasterLouder. Sorry about the puns, I was told (by a certain editor) to go right ahead and include them.

Highlights of the day - ART vs SCIENCE in the tent with the inflatable penguin flying around to Flippers ("Use your flippers to get down"); The Drones awkward stage banter ("I think we should play a song" ~ Gareth Liddiard); Little Birdy (the whole set) and Katy Steele cracking it at someone in the crowd (not sure who or why, but it was funny); Ratatat for being an awesome surprise; and Hilltop Hoods, with the amount of times they got the crowd to put their hands in the air.

Here are some clips from the festival:

1. Little Birdy - C'mon c'mon - opening song


2. Little Birdy - Brother (my camera wasn't agreeing with the lighting for this one)


3. The Living End - Who's Gonna Save Us


Moo!

Skydiving... Waahooo

On Saturday 2 May, James, Tess, Gary, Adele and I went skydiving at Euroa. Perfect weather meant that the view was spectacular, except a lack of wind actually resulted in us coming down quicker - dammit! This was the most awesome experience and I highly recommend it to anyone who's up for a thrill!

So, here's me:


And here's Gary (he was smart and changed the music to his own selection):


I'll try to get the other videos up here at some stage.

Thanks to the sibs et al. for the present! =D