Tag Archives: 2025

Live Review: Chelsea Grin + Currents + Bloom + Heavensgate at UC Hub, Canberra – 4 May 2025

Review and photos by Krista Melsom – Kristabella Photography

You’d be forgiven for forgetting it was a Sunday night—and one of Canberra’s first real tastes of winter, despite still being autumn. The chill in the air didn’t stop punters from arriving shortly after doors, rugged up and ready to throw down. It didn’t take long for UC Hub to fill out as fans streamed in early, a clear sign that this four-band bill had drawn serious interest. With two heavy-hitting co-headliners in Currents and Chelsea Grin, and local favourites Bloom and Heavensgate rounding out the support, the night promised mayhem—and it absolutely delivered.

Continue reading Live Review: Chelsea Grin + Currents + Bloom + Heavensgate at UC Hub, Canberra – 4 May 2025 →
Krista Melsom, Live Review, Review

Album Review: Ally Venable – Money & Power

Review and photos by Peter Coates – https://www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

Released – April 18th, 2025 – Ruf Records

As the PR blurb states – Rules are to be broken. Expectations are there to be defined, and glass ceilings are there to be shattered. 

Having spent the past decade carving out her own unique space in the male-dominated world of blues-rock, Texas guitarist Ally Venable’s combative sixth album, Money & Power, demands more of both – for herself, for women around the world, and for anyone else who thought they weren’t worthy of a seat at the table.

“I hope these songs allow people to see into my life in a vulnerable way and hold a strong perspective that empowers women and breaks the glass ceiling.”

Continue reading Album Review: Ally Venable – Money & Power →
Album Review, Peter Coates, Review

Live Review: Byron Bay Bluesfest 2025 – Day 3 and 4

Review by Wanda Hill

Miss Kaninna

Shake up your juju, power up your mojo, get your stars aligned and come for the ride that is Bluesfest 2025. Saturday and Sunday were full tilt jammed up with people loving the weekend offerings. What a way to spend a precious few days of holiday being surrounded by artists who have found their voice, internal fire and instruments of choice with which to share their insights for all to be grooved and enlightened by. Thousands came to have their hearts soothed, vibes raised, joints loosened and greased by this musical manna for the body and soul.

Continue reading Live Review: Byron Bay Bluesfest 2025 – Day 3 and 4 →
Bluesfest, Festival, Live Review, Review, Wanda Hill

Photo Gallery: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2025 – Sunday 20 April 2025

Photography by Ant Ritz Photography

Featuring 19-Twenty, Allison Russell, Bill Chambers, BJ The Chicago Kid, Chaka Khan, Cimafunk, Hussy Hicks, John Butler, Kasey Chambers, Kim Churchill, Missy Higgins, Miss Kaninna, Neal Francis, Rag’n’Bone Man, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Roshani, WILSN

https://www.bluesfest.com.au/

Allison Russell
Continue reading Photo Gallery: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2025 – Sunday 20 April 2025 →
Ant Ritz, Bluesfest, Festival, Photos

Live Review: Gary Clark Jr. + Hamish Anderson at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – 17 April 2025

Review and photos by Peter Coates – https://www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

Back in Australia for BLUESFEST once more, Gary Clark Jr also managed to throw in a few sideshows in Australia, and Sydney got the third of these the night before he played the festival.  I was lucky enough to see this astonishing bluesman play the Factory Theatre and the Corner Hotel in 2013, and those two shows will long remain burned into the brain.

Continue reading Live Review: Gary Clark Jr. + Hamish Anderson at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – 17 April 2025 →
Live Review, Peter Coates, Review

Photo Gallery: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2025 – Saturday 19 April 2025

Photography by Ant Ritz

Featuring Allison Russell, BJ The Chicago Kid, C.W. Stoneking, Clarence Bekker, Gary Clark Jr., Marc Broussard, Melody Angel, RY X, The Cat Empire, The Memphis Three – Fiona Boyes, The Memphis Three – Frank Sultana, The Memphis Three – Jimi Hocking, Vance Joy, WILSN, Xavier Rudd

https://www.bluesfest.com.au/

C.W. Stoneking
Continue reading Photo Gallery: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2025 – Saturday 19 April 2025 →
Ant Ritz, Bluesfest, Festival, Photos

Live Review: Byron Bay Bluesfest 2025 – Day 1 and 2

https://www.bluesfest.com.au/

This is not the last Bluesfest after all, much to the relief of the thousands upon thousands of people who have enjoyed the festival so far. Who would want to give up this magic event that brings the world of incredible musicians to the most eastern edge of Australia while also shining light on our magnificent local talent.

Continue reading Live Review: Byron Bay Bluesfest 2025 – Day 1 and 2 →
Live Review, Review, Wanda Hill

Live Review: Sex Pistols (feat Frank Carter) + Civ1c at The Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – 8th April 2025

Review and photos by Peter Coates – https://www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

CIVIC are an Australian old-school rock’n’roll punk band, formed in 2017 in Melbourne.  The band currently consists of founder Jim McCullough out front, guitarist Lewis Hodgson, bassist Roland Hvlaka, and with new drummer Eli Sthapit.  

Continue reading Live Review: Sex Pistols (feat Frank Carter) + Civ1c at The Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – 8th April 2025 →
Live Review, Peter Coates, Review