http://www.tonedeaf.com.au The Home Of Australian Music Sat, 18 May 2013 17:10:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306381/jinja-safari-3.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306381/jinja-safari-3.htm#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 06:58:57 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=306381 Supporting acts – responsible for setting the mood, warming the audience up and then keeping them entertained for the first two hours of the night – have the potential to turn a good gig into a great gig. Ideally, they will be similar enough to the main performer that the audience will almost definitely like [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306381/jinja-safari-3.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306149/local-natives-3.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306149/local-natives-3.htm#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 00:08:49 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=306149 Sydney’s Metro Theatre played surrogate home to the cities hipster crowd with a collection of bearded, skinny-legged individuals littering the street in drones.  These music-lovers were out in the cold for only one reason; to witness one of the bright sparks in the indie rock music scene. With their last appearance in Australia being over [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306149/local-natives-3.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306131/flume-5.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306131/flume-5.htm#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 23:37:50 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=306131 Mounting the crest of the Riverstage’s natural amphitheatre last Tuesday night, one can find the source of the muffled cheers echoing out and across the surrounding Brisbane river. While the rest of the enormous, grassy slope is quickly filling up behind them, a sizeable mosh of mostly under-18s are bustling and vocalising their zealous delight [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/306131/flume-5.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305876/ainslie-wills-5.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305876/ainslie-wills-5.htm#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 00:01:26 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305876 Ainslie Wills brought her nine-show You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine tour to an end at Black Bear Lodge, the night opening with local musician Emerson Snowe. Beginning with the vocally-driven ‘Bruises’, Snowe demonstrated his vocal and lyrical prowess, with vague similarities to ex-Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale in the top of his register. After [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305876/ainslie-wills-5.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305856/aerosmith-2.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305856/aerosmith-2.htm#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:34:33 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305856 They’re possibly the biggest rock ‘n’ roll band to ever come out of the United States, and over the past few weeks they have been gracing our shores on what is their first Australian tour in in 28 years. After being strongly rumoured to be one of the headliners on the fallen Soundwave Revolution lineup, Aerosmith [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305856/aerosmith-2.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305655/laura-4.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305655/laura-4.htm#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 03:08:35 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305655 Expectations were high for this gig with a stellar lineup behind local heroes Laura. It was a night of mostly instrumental rock of the highest intensity helped by the brilliant sound The Toff is known for. The only low point was the annoyingly high level of crowd chatter during songs the whole night, which sadly [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305655/laura-4.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305545/kooks.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305545/kooks.htm#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 00:20:53 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305545 The line for The Kooks’ Adelaide show had already curved around the old theatre venue by the time the doors opened at 7pm.  The atmosphere was heavy with teenage anticipation for this Brighton band, fresh from their Groovin’ The Moo performances. Whether they were paying for frontman Luke Pritchard’s English charm, for the effortless fun [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305545/kooks.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305525/tame-impala-4.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305525/tame-impala-4.htm#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 23:50:39 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305525 With Groovin’ The Moo in town, Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre has been set on fire with sideshows. Alongside our own Tame Impala, the classic venue has had an explosive week – holding acts such as Flume, The Kooks, and Tegan & Sara. It was now the psychedelic rockers’ turn to blow the fans out of the [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305525/tame-impala-4.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305470/rubens-11.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305470/rubens-11.htm#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:39:21 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305470 It would appear that Michael Gudinski was right. If the capacity crowd at The Forum was anything to go by, then the Australian music mogul wasn’t the only one who was excited about The Rubens. Performing in Melbourne as a part of their largest tour to date, the boys from Menangle continued their dream run. [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305470/rubens-11.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305465/matt-kim-2.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305465/matt-kim-2.htm#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:21:28 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305465 A Matt & Kim show is something every live music lover must experience at least once in their life, if not repeatedly every time the group visits their respective town. Eager punters lined the stage at The Zoo, gearing up and securing a spot for Brooklyn’s dynamic duo, who are known for delivering a performance [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/reviews/shows/305465/matt-kim-2.htm/feed 0