Archive | August, 2010

Two Door Cinema Club Do Like A Version

I’m still writing my review of the final day of Splendour, so in the meantime check out one of the festival’s most fun acts, Two Door Cinema Club, doing Like A Version for Triple J. They cover Simon And Garfunkel’s Cecilia and do a great job, so have a watch of the video here. And, […]

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Splendour In The Grass Day Two Review

After an absolutely incredible day one of Splendour In The Grass full of great food, great company, a wonderful atmosphere, plenty of moshing, crumping, and of course LCD Soundsystem, day two had a hell of a lot to live up to. Thanks to the remarkable lineup of artists performing however, this was never going to […]

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Gig Review: Passion Pit @ The Prince Bandroom, 5th August

Last night Passion Pit played to a sold out and adoring crowd at the wonderful Prince Bandroom. Many factors combined to make this one hell of a gig: a really great opening act in The Joy Formidable, a very tight and enjoyable set from Passion Pit, fun banter, and a ban on all photography.

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Splendour In The Grass Day One Review

Splendour In The Grass 2010 was the best music event I have ever been to. It was the most thoroughly enjoyable musical experience of my life. Let’s get that out of the way immediately. And I think that many of the other 30,000 people there would hold a similar sentiment. There are very few negative […]

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Gig Review: Mumford And Sons @ The Palace, 29th July

“You have been more kind to us than anywhere else, so from all of us thank you so much for that” – Marcus Mumford Last Thursday, in the lead up to their (spiritual) headline performance at Splendour In The Grass, Mumford And Sons played a medium-scale sold out gig to an absolutely adoring crowd at […]

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