Will Oakeshott, Journalist

Live Review: Touche Amore, Turnover, Endless Heights, Hindsight

"The starter gun had been fired and in response the quintet launched into their assault."

Live Review: The Smith Street Band, Joyce Manor, Ceres, Allison Weiss

"The adoration was blatantly obvious on a grand scale."

Live Review: WOMADelaide Day One

"If heaven exists on an artistic platform this was it."

Live Review: Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band

"Even at 67 years old, Bruce Springsteen's inner punk still comes out to play."

Photos by Adam Sullivan

Live Review: Refused, Sick Of It All, High Tension

"Swinging the microphone, executing handstands, dancing and fly kicks, he is an enigma on stage."

Live Review: The Front Bottoms, The Hard Aches

"Opening track 'Skeleton' transformed the venue into a crowded trampoline, which shook the entire building."

Features / Music

The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Will Oakeshott

Live Review: Violent Soho, The Bronx, Luca Brasi, Tired Lion

"The show became a blur of bodies and deafening chants."

Live Review: The Jezabels, Ali Barter

"They are a flawless, mathematical machine in a live setting. Was this their recovery? Was this their return?"

" Rollins is rather a different person from the young man who fronted titans of the hardcore genre Black Flag, though no less magnificent."

Live Review: Totally Unicorn, God God Dammit Dammit, Powerxchuck, Stabbitha & The Knifey Wifeys

"Totally Unicorn could turn anyone's frown upside down."

Live Review: Rolo Tomassi, Belle Haven, Stabbitha & The Knifey Wifeys, Tiger Can Smile, St Judes

"If the producers of 'Stranger Things' don't add Rolo Tomassi to the soundtrack, it would be criminal."

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