Melanie Horsnell failed to capture my attention, her music would suffice as background noise at a quite pub. Most of her songs sounded very similar, and didn’t excite me. I am always open to the possibility of changing my opinion, but a lot would have to change. The best song of the set was a cover of Gotye’s Heart’s A Mess. Melanie failed to get the crowd interested in partaking in the filming of her “possibly” new film clip. Melanie wanted people to use their video phones to film whatever they want during the song and send it to her. Technical standard was of the usual high Tivoli standard.
Performance 5.5
Technical 8
Old Man River
Old Man River (aka Ohad Rein) and his band walk out on stage to Barry White’s Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Baby. One thing that I can definitely agree on with the Old Man River fans is that Ohad’s strength is in his song writing. It will be interesting to see what Old Man River does next. My jury is still out until the second album is released. He has the potential to be a great singer/songwriter or just become another Jack Johnson (which no-one wants). It was a Tivoli gig so you should by now know the story by now about the technical side of things.
Performance 8
Technical 8.5
Josh Pyke
Josh Pyke kicks off his set with a solo performance of a cover of House at Pooh’s Corner. After this the curtain rose to reveal the backing band (drums, bass and violin) and they launch into Fill You In followed by sing-along Memories & Dust. Other highlights from Josh’s set include Lines on Palms, Private Education, and Middle of the Hill. The encore saw Josh return to the stage to perform a song with some good old banjo, followed by Kids Don’t Sell Their Hopes So Fast and finished with Feeding the Wolves. Josh Pyke seemed a lot more comfortable on stage with a full backing band than at pervious gigs. Mixing and lighting were almost perfect throughout the set.
Performance 8.5
Technical 9.5
