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Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
From country cool to indie gold, here are the gigs to catch this month
The Preatures Liberty Hall, August 15 In 2013, Sydney band The Preatures hit paydirt with the song Is This How You Feel?, a slinky pop banger that went platinum and scored them $50,000 when they won the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition. The band split up in 2021, but reunited last year to play a show celebrating 2014 debut album Blue Planet Eyes. That one-off gig has now spun out into a national tour playing the album in full, with the promise of new songs hinting the band may be back for good. Keith Urban Qudos Bank Arena, August 22-23 With everyone from Beyoncé to Post Malone jumping on the bandwagon, it's fair to say country music has hit peak coolness in the mainstream. Queenslander Keith Urban has been playing his own take on country pop for decades now (his self-titled debut album came out in 1991), and long before cowboy hats became a go-to fashion accessory. Touring in support of last year's album High, Urban is a generous performer, known for gigs that push past the two-hour mark - so expect all the hits, along with the new material. Icehouse Sydney Coliseum Theatre, August 23 Icehouse may not have released an album of original material in more than 30 years, but the love for the iconic Sydney band is obviously still there. Eighties hits Great Southern Land and Electric Blue (co-written with John Oates of Hall and Oates) both appeared in triple j's recent Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, and earlier this year the Iva Davies-led project scored the Icon Award at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards. Tyler, the Creator Qudos Bank Arena, August 26-28 Los Angeles rapper, singer and producer Tyler, the Creator (Tyler Okonma) has gone from snotty teenage firebrand in the late Noughties to bona fide Grammy-winning, stadium-selling-out pop star over the past two decades, becoming one of modern music's most electric live acts in the process. Tyler is touring in support of last year's chart-topping album Chromakopia, although he's bound to also play new songs from his just-released surprise album Don't Tap the Glass. Rad Presents - Live Liberty Hall, August 30 Artist management and events company Rad Music is saying goodbye to winter with this mini-festival across Liberty Hall and Courts, featuring a bunch of artists on its roster. Playing across two stages, the line-up includes Victorian rock band The Belair Lip Bombs, Sydney rap-experimental-punk hybridists Shady Nasty and xiao xiao, plus indie bands Armlock, Dust, Bridge Dog, Paint, Bimbo, Sevilles and Crocodylus. Headlining is Wollongong's mighty Hockey Dad, one of the country's most reliably great live rock bands. Paul Kelly Qudos Bank Arena, August 30 It's heartwarming to see that, at age 70, national treasure Paul Kelly is performing his largest headline shows ever. Over a prolific career (29 studio albums and counting), he's produced more iconic songs than almost any other Australian artist, including perennial Christmas anthem How to Make Gravy. Making this show even more of a must-see is support act Lucinda Williams, a legendary singer-songwriter in her own right who has her own show at the Sydney Opera House on August 31. Soft Centre Festival White Bay Power Station, August 30 One of the joys of being a music fan is discovering new acts and occasionally pushing outside the barriers of what you normally listen to. This multi-stage event is just the thing for those after some audio and visual adventure, with the promise of radical performance art, adventurous club sounds, blistering A/V shows, site-responsive installations and 'durational spectacle'. Highlights include the intriguing sounding The Musical, British artist and musician Klein, and US rap experimentalist Pink Siifu. Other Australian artists worth catching in August include Melbourne's Merpire, recently reactivated Sydney band Deep Sea Arcade, dance dynamos Shouse, Tim Minchin, The Rubens, Youth Group's Toby Martin, Montaigne, Gypsy & The Cat, Alex Lloyd, The Cat Empire, Caligula, The Moving Stills, Jeff Lang and End of Fashion playing their self-titled debut album in full to celebrate its 20th anniversary. International artists include Cuban pop sensation Camila Cabello, Daniel Seavey, Pup, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Jay Park, Alex Warren, NZ indie rockers Ringlets, German DJ Paul van Dyk and US rockers The Used playing three albums over three nights. Who will you be seeing? Let us know in the comments.
The Age
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
From country cool to indie gold, here are the gigs to catch this month
The Preatures Liberty Hall, August 15 In 2013, Sydney band The Preatures hit paydirt with the song Is This How You Feel?, a slinky pop banger that went platinum and scored them $50,000 when they won the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition. The band split up in 2021, but reunited last year to play a show celebrating 2014 debut album Blue Planet Eyes. That one-off gig has now spun out into a national tour playing the album in full, with the promise of new songs hinting the band may be back for good. Keith Urban Qudos Bank Arena, August 22-23 With everyone from Beyoncé to Post Malone jumping on the bandwagon, it's fair to say country music has hit peak coolness in the mainstream. Queenslander Keith Urban has been playing his own take on country pop for decades now (his self-titled debut album came out in 1991), and long before cowboy hats became a go-to fashion accessory. Touring in support of last year's album High, Urban is a generous performer, known for gigs that push past the two-hour mark - so expect all the hits, along with the new material. Icehouse Sydney Coliseum Theatre, August 23 Icehouse may not have released an album of original material in more than 30 years, but the love for the iconic Sydney band is obviously still there. Eighties hits Great Southern Land and Electric Blue (co-written with John Oates of Hall and Oates) both appeared in triple j's recent Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, and earlier this year the Iva Davies-led project scored the Icon Award at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards. Tyler, the Creator Qudos Bank Arena, August 26-28 Los Angeles rapper, singer and producer Tyler, the Creator (Tyler Okonma) has gone from snotty teenage firebrand in the late Noughties to bona fide Grammy-winning, stadium-selling-out pop star over the past two decades, becoming one of modern music's most electric live acts in the process. Tyler is touring in support of last year's chart-topping album Chromakopia, although he's bound to also play new songs from his just-released surprise album Don't Tap the Glass. Rad Presents - Live Liberty Hall, August 30 Artist management and events company Rad Music is saying goodbye to winter with this mini-festival across Liberty Hall and Courts, featuring a bunch of artists on its roster. Playing across two stages, the line-up includes Victorian rock band The Belair Lip Bombs, Sydney rap-experimental-punk hybridists Shady Nasty and xiao xiao, plus indie bands Armlock, Dust, Bridge Dog, Paint, Bimbo, Sevilles and Crocodylus. Headlining is Wollongong's mighty Hockey Dad, one of the country's most reliably great live rock bands. Paul Kelly Qudos Bank Arena, August 30 It's heartwarming to see that, at age 70, national treasure Paul Kelly is performing his largest headline shows ever. Over a prolific career (29 studio albums and counting), he's produced more iconic songs than almost any other Australian artist, including perennial Christmas anthem How to Make Gravy. Making this show even more of a must-see is support act Lucinda Williams, a legendary singer-songwriter in her own right who has her own show at the Sydney Opera House on August 31. Soft Centre Festival White Bay Power Station, August 30 One of the joys of being a music fan is discovering new acts and occasionally pushing outside the barriers of what you normally listen to. This multi-stage event is just the thing for those after some audio and visual adventure, with the promise of radical performance art, adventurous club sounds, blistering A/V shows, site-responsive installations and 'durational spectacle'. Highlights include the intriguing sounding The Musical, British artist and musician Klein, and US rap experimentalist Pink Siifu. Other Australian artists worth catching in August include Melbourne's Merpire, recently reactivated Sydney band Deep Sea Arcade, dance dynamos Shouse, Tim Minchin, The Rubens, Youth Group's Toby Martin, Montaigne, Gypsy & The Cat, Alex Lloyd, The Cat Empire, Caligula, The Moving Stills, Jeff Lang and End of Fashion playing their self-titled debut album in full to celebrate its 20th anniversary. International artists include Cuban pop sensation Camila Cabello, Daniel Seavey, Pup, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Jay Park, Alex Warren, NZ indie rockers Ringlets, German DJ Paul van Dyk and US rockers The Used playing three albums over three nights. Who will you be seeing? Let us know in the comments.
