Reverberation Weekender photos
On Friday and Saturday last week i dropped by The Hopetoun to check out the Reverberation Weekender and take some photos. It was a mini-festival of sorts, featuring artists that are distributed by Reverberation. It was a good chance to see The Holy Soul play again, and the fellas from Children Collide.
Jens Lekman in Sydney
I dropped by the Hopetoun to see Swedish crooner Jens Lekman last night. He was wonderful, a man and his uke singing sentimental love songs. Songs about falling out of love with his girl during anti-Bush riots in his home town of Göteborg, about cutting off the end of his finger, about a joke he [...]
Jumping Finn
Here’s another jumping shot for ya. This is Liam Finn from Betchadupa playing at the Hopetoun last night.
Red Riders, the new hottness
Red Riders rock the shop. I saw them launch their EP at the Hopetoun last Saturday. It was the 3rd time i’d seen em, so i obviously like them and their super catchy pop/rock tunes. And so did all the punters at the Hopetoun, the place was packed to the rafters, mainly with young girls [...]
Wednesday night rock
Last night I saw Kiosk, Teenager (Nick from Pnau’s new band) and Wolfmother at the Hopetoun before jogging down the road to catch Young Heart Attack at the Gaelic Club. Lots of great fist thumping, hair waving, balls out rock all round. I won the Young Heart Attack ticket last Friday because i was busting [...]
The Carla Werner Show
Before my sickness took hold i went to see Carla Werner play at the Hopetoun. As expected she was amazing, captivating, enthralling and many other superlatives. Through a series of odd coincidences i ended hanging out with a mate of Carla’s for most of the evening. Despite me being a bit star struck i took [...]