I had intentionally not listened to any of her music before I attended American guitarist Kaki King’s The Neck is a Bridge to the Body at The Rosemount Hotel on Sunday night. Usually, I’d give new artists a bit of a listen on Spotify before a gig, but after reading a few reviews, and not […]
Troye Sivan Bloom ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Cutting edge, sweet, and cozy are three words to describe Troye Sivan’s Bloom. Sivan’s life is directly engraved on each lyric and sound, listening to the songs allows you to understand what he has encountered. From the opening track Seventeen the album starts to tell his story, […]
Katy Perry Witness Tour | Perth Arena | Until 25th July | ★ ★ ★ ★ As the crowds poured into Perth Arena it was immediately clear that Katy Perry has a very distinct audience, aside from a smattering of gay boys throughout the crowd, this audience was primarily made up of two groups; 12 year old […]
Matthew Young’s Fruit Tour | Jack Rabbit Slims | Friday 6th July | ★ ★ ★ ½ It was a smooth sailing night for Matthew Young’s Fruit headline tour. Accompanied by the local band, Priscilla. The night started off gentle with a handful of gig goers as people start to come in for his concert. Priscilla, […]
Looking for some new music to listen to? Here’s some of the latest tunes and albums to arrive in the OUTinPerth office. Paul Simon Graceland Remixed ★★★ Thirty two years after its original release, Paul Simon’s iconic album is given a remix makeover by some of the biggest names in EDM. It’s hard to make […]
Mamma Mia | Crown Theatre | Until July 1 | ★ ★ ★ ★ The fun, energetic musical Mamma Mia is back with a new cast, new staging, fresh choreography and all those ABBA songs that we love forever. I’ve seen this musical on Broadway, I’ve saw it the last time it was in Perth, and would […]
Lady Leshurr | Jack Rabbit Slims | ★ ★ ★ ★ The words Hurricane and Lady are often tied together when it comes to forces of nature; in the case of Lady Leshurr, a force of nature is the only appropriate term that comes to mind. Beginning her career in 2009 with the release of Unleshurr she […]
Flight Facilities ‘The Return Flight’ | Villa | 11 May 2018 | ★ ★ ★ ★ When you manage to sell out a gig almost immediately, the weight of expectation can sometimes be overbearing. The hype had been building ever since Flight Facilities announced a series of intimate Australian shows to kick off their ‘Return Flight’ world […]
Belle and Sebastian | The Astor Theatre | 2nd May 2018 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is how every concert should be. On the back of their recently released set of EPs How To Solve Our Human Problems, Belle and Sebastian made a triumphant return to Perth, their first stop in a series of four dates […]
Kylie Minogue’s new album Golden is out today. The OUTinPerth team were up early to grab a copy of the singer’s latest offering and the album lives up to it’s promise of being infused with a country sound, only one or two tracks are not filled with banjos plucks and yeah-haws. While some fans might not like […]
