Jacob Diefenbach screams musical theatre all rolled into a one man (boy) show. His technique on the keyboard doesn’t look relaxed which makes me think that Jacob is mostly self-taught. Jacob’s enthusiasm and honesty shines through like the big bright show lights of Broadway. Jacob’s younger days as a gay teen growing up in the central Queensland town of Rockhampton has provided him with a fair dose of material to draw from. Jacob both reflects back to the past and looks to future with a breath of fresh air and humour. Jacob’s highlight song of the night for me was Take Him Screaming.
Performance 6.5
Technical 7
Kristy London & The Other Halves
Kristy London & The Other Halves bring some indie rock to the Brisvegas scene (also not to mention the very sequin-esk dress of Kristy). Kristy London and The Other Halves produce a varied sound though never steering to far away from their distinctive indie rock sound (soft though to some quite hard and heavy). Although Kristy London & The Other Halves music isn’t off putting it didn’t really grab me. I have a feeling that they may struggle to gain popularity. I didn’t find Kristy London particularly entertaining with her on stage performance. There were a couple of technical hiccups.
Performance 6
Technical 6.5
Kate Miller-Heidke
Set list style review, because we should all know by now what I think of this amazing chanteuse.
Out & In – this is appears to becoming Kate’s opening song, no complaints here, it is a beautiful song to open with
Little Adam – always a hit, Kate’s vocals never fail to impress
Make it Last – the current single so it gets the crowd going
Mama – strong vocals with some gritty guitar
Ducks Don’t Need Satellites – simple really isn’t it
Dreams – the song that was inspired by a bit of nasty unrequited love
Intermission: Speed of Red (Sally and Kier) – Sally and Kier show off for us, usually a costume change would occur here but not tonight.
Bored With Me – inspired by the “cunt” (Kate’s words I swear) that became bored with her
Apartment
Shoebox – does anyone else get the feeling that Kate doesn’t like living in an apartment
I Got The Way – inspired by catching the train to school, Ben McCarthy is really impressive during this song with his one handed bass action and a shaker in the other
You’re the Voice – yep the Kate Miller-Heidke cover of a John Farnham classic
Australian Idol
Words – the first single from Little Adam
Encore: Space They Cannot Touch – probably my favourite Kate Miller-Heidke song
I would have like to have seen, some more older stuff in there as well, like Blah Blah, but all in all it was a great set.
Performance 9
Technical 8
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