Europe is packed with bucket list festivals all-year round, regularly attracting those from around the world who are itching to explore all sorts of uniquely formed, expertly curated music and arts events, from the most acclaimed to the most obscure. Teetering between both categories is Helsinki’s Flow Festival, a three-day boutique festival worshiping contemporary music…
Read moreIf there is a personification of the word “chill”, it’s US singer-songwriter, Ryan Adams. His hidden-eye mop hairstyle, mumbling presence and sizable discography took to a security-laden (and now-controversially named) Margaret Court Arena on Friday night and delivered a slick, calming performance. Supporting Adams were popular Australian up-and-comers Middle Kids, who were an absolutely killer…
Read moreRyan Adams will be back out our way in a few months with his 16th (yes, 16th) album Prisoner – tune your eyes to this one, you won’t want to be missing tickets to these shows. The Grammy nominated songwriter will be hitting some his biggest stages yet on this tour, visiting New Zealand and Australia in…
Read moreLast night, American troubadour Ryan Adams treated an intimate room of invited guests at Sydney’s Factory Theatre to what was only his second performance with a brand new backing band. The gig – which was serving as a warm up for their first official performance at the Enmore Theatre tonight – saw Adams and his…
Read moreSan Francisco’s Outside Lands festival continues to be one we desperately want to be at, yet again delivering a line up of musicians we’re green with envy over. Taking place at the Golden Gate Park from August 5th – 7th this year, the festival brings together (unsurprisingly) Radiohead and LCD Soundsystem to headline the ninth year of Outside…
Read moreWith Conan, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert ALL on holidays last week – it was Jimmy Kimmel’s week for the taking! In a special all-Kimmel edition; click through to see Jimmy return back to Brooklyn for a special week of shows that featured musical performances from Ryan Adams, Big Grams, Nas + Usher,…
Read moreThere are many things in life that most people would deem to be unnecessary. Examples of these include public transport that doesn’t work, hot cross buns that look like choc-chip but are actually sultana, and now Ryan Adams’ cover album of Taylor Swift’s 1989. To set the precedent for this review, I personally consider a cover…
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