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  Live review: Nicki Minaj, Hordern Pavilion

  17 May 2012

  This show was the perfect Australian introduction to Nicki Minaj, focused primarily on her more recent record, while shying away from early vitriolic material.

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  Live Review: City and Colour

  15 May 2012

  Returning almost a year after selling out this same venue, twice, and watching his third album debut at #2 on the ARIA chart, City and Colour were again met with yelping female fuss and dopplegangers aplenty, but it was his showcase last night that set him apart from 2011’s gig.

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  Live Review: Groovin' The Moo

  14 May 2012

  A small town festival once reserved for touring Australian rock bands has since proven it can compete with the nation’s music event heavyweights.

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  Live review: Prince, Sydney

  14 May 2012

  TMN review the first show of Prince's Australian tour.

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  Live Review: The Mountain Goats

  07 May 2012

  Darnielle is an interesting man to watch on stage. Somehow the combination of his geeky awkwardness, his comfortable manor on stage and the audience's obvious love for his prolific catalogue earned him your full attention as you watched. His barebones songwriting was set alight by the tight and dynamic trio.

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  Review: Missy Higgins previews new album

  24 April 2012

  “I’d forgotten who I was without music,” Higgins explained to the assembled press, and music itself, predominately songwriting, seems to be a key lyrical theme on the new record

• Live review: Seal, Sydney Entertainment Centre

  20 April 2012

  If the audience had been a coach on The Voice that night, and Seal was but a hopeful contestant trying to impress the judges with his musical abilities, their hands would definitely have been numb from pummeling that big red button and screaming ‘I want you!’

• Live Review: Supafest, 2012

  16 April 2012

  It was easy to tell who on the train was heading to Olympic Park for Supafest 2012 and who was heading in for a lunchtime visit to the Royal Easter Show.

• Live review: Byron Bay Bluesfest 2012

  12 April 2012

  It’s hard to know where to begin when writing up a festival the size of Byron Bay’s Bluesfest, such is the length and breadth of a festival covering five days, as many stages and over 200 performances.

• Live Review: Tony Bennett

  10 April 2012

  Tony Bennett’s embracing smile, cheerful nature and the pizzazz he brings to jazz standards and show tunes not only explain his enduring longevity but merely scratch the surface as to why this man can charm the hearts of so many.

• Live Review: Rebecca Ferguson

  04 April 2012

  Ferguson is a star; it’s only a matter of time before this is a fact, not a prediction.

• Live Review: Frankie Valli

  04 April 2012

  The man was a twenty-something romantic again, charming the women who made up the majority of the audience and humbly reminding everyone; “I’m Frankie Valli, just a Jersey boy.”

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