Even - Melbourne, Australia Dec. 2021 (sbd)

“Christmas Even”

Brunswick Ballroom

Melbourne, Australia

Dec. 23, 2021

Moshcam pro-shot video (webstream audio capture)

01 greeting + Stop & Go Man

02 Six Monkeys

03 Black Umbrella

04 Mayfair Laundry Bus

05 Electric Light

06 Cherrry Afterglow

07 Dandy Stomp

08 Be Still

09 Golden Sunday

10 There Is a Light

     That Never Goes Out (Smiths cover)*

11 Candle

12 Stupid Dream

13 Shining Star

14 Don't Wait

15 Rock 'n' Roll Save My Life

16 Urgent (Foreigner cover)**

17 Lennon medley

18 Rock 'n' Roll Save My Life (reprise)

19 Jamming

20 Lifetime

21 Life Gets In the Way

22 Bowie In My Dreams

*Nick Barham, lead vocal

**Wally Kempton, lead vocal

   

Even:

Ash Naylor - lead vocals, guitar

Wally Kempton - bass, backing vocals
Matt Cotter - drums
Anton Ruddick - guitar (for this show)

plus cameo appearances by assorted family & friends

ROB SEZ: I've raved about the Australian band Even here in previous posts, and it's time for me to do it again. If you like your guitar-based rock in the classic 1960s and 1970s British mold — with hummable melodies and succinct guitar solos — I highly recommend you give Even a try. Start with the band's masterful 1998 album Come Again and explore from there. Even have a great new double-length long player Reverse Light Years, released in late 2020. Moshcam made a beautiful pro-shot film of one of the band's annual "Christmas Even" shows in late December. It's well worth paying to view HERE (you can sample a full-length song for free).

FLAC lossless capture of lossy source

MP3@320

Even - Brisbane, AUS Jan. 2017 (preFM) + bonus

The Foundry

Brisbane, AUS

Jan. 14, 2017

‘Live Delay’ digital broadcast (first aired Sept. 10, 2017) 

preFM (sound quality: VG++; webstream recording)

SAMPLE: "Weather King" (live 2017)

EVEN: the face of rock 'n' roll, 2017.  Fab photos by Carbie Warbie

00 Live Delay intro

01 Karmic Flop

02 No One Understands Me 

03 Stop and Go Man

04 End to End

05 Don't Wait

06 Eternal Teen

07 Weather King

08 Way

09 Dear Morris

10 She Told Me So

11 Little Red Taxi
12 Peaches and Cream
  

13 Little Piece

14 Shining Star

NOTES: 01 - 12 = The Less Is More album, played live; 13 & 14 = encores

All the DJ intrusions have been removed, but I decided to keep most of the intro section. It includes a pretty good summary of the band’s history. HUGE thanks to Live Delay and Branko Cosic.

EVEN: playing together for 23 years.
Way past time for their music to be heard

ROB SEZ: WOW! I cannot believe my good luck finding this live set by Even in excellent sound quality. If you’ve been paying much attention to the blog this year, you know I’m a HUGE fan of this band. I'm posting this in the hope others will discover the musical treasure created by Ash Naylor & Co. If there’s only one new band you have time to check out, make it Australia’s amazing Even. A pretty good place to start: this video gallery of the band's singles (begin with 'Mayfair Laundry Bus', then move on from there). The bonus set is part of their opening slot for Midnight Oil in Wodonga earlier this month. It's a not bad audience recording that will please those who're already fans. It includes a previously unreleased new song, slated for the band's next studio album.

 

Wodonga

Victoria, AUS

Nov. 3, 2017

   supporting Midnight Oil

    audience recording
(sound quality: VG- to VG) 

01 Little Piece

02 Black Umbrella

03 Stop and Go Man

04 Victoria (new song)

05 Don't Wait

05 Life Gets In the Way

06 We Are the Purple Nazz

NOTE: this is lacking at least 1 song the band played on this occasion, and I’m guessing there were others not captured in this recording. Many thanks to preserver7777 for sharing.

FLAC

(the brief Wodonga set, included with both downloads, is only available in high-quality MP3)
MP3@320

Learn more about Even's music at

Wikipedia, Twitter or the band's FB page
  

Even - Live at The Wireless & Elsewhere

'Live at The Wireless' (& Elsewhere)

Triple J Radio, Sydney, Australia 

various dates & locales

1998-2013

FM, soundboard & webstream recordings (sound quality VG+ to Ex-)

Even's main dude, Ash Naylor, making waves again...

01 Shining Star (live at The Wireless)

02 Stop and Go Man (live at The Wireless)

03 Life Gets In the Way (live at The Wireless) 

04 Black Umbrella (live at The Wireless)

05 Underwater Dream (live)

06 No Surprises (live)

07 Little Red Taxi (live)

08 Getting By (live)

09 Waiting for You (live)

10 Rock 'n' Roll Save My Life (live)

11 Sandymen Blues (live)

Track Notes

01-04 = undated sessions, "Live at The Wireless", 

             Triple J Radio, Sydney

05 = Live at ABC, Sydney - Oct. 1998

06-08 = Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne - March 1999

09 = audience rec., Woodfest, Yorkshire, UK 
        June 2013

10 = Ash Naylor fronting Rockwiz house band 

        Sept. 12, 1998

11 = Corner Hotel, Melbourne - Aug. 1998

SAMPLE: "Black Umbrella" (live at The Wireless)

Live in Melbourne

2009 & 2010

audience recordings (sound quality GD+ to VG-; club shows recorded on average-quality equipment. Sound-wise, there's nothing awful & nothing really great, either.)

LOOK! It's those shy guys from Even, hiding on the couch...

01 Back to Life

02 Black Umbrella

03 Shining Star

04 Rags

05 The Fool Who Made You Sad

06 Sister Rock

07 Stupid Dream

08 End to End

09 I Walk On

10 In Another Time

11 Watching My Door

12 Coming Back to Earth

13 Candle

14 Rock and Roll Save My Life

15 Kommercial Radio

16 Life Gets In the Way

17 We Are the Purple Nazz

18 mystery bonus track

NOTE: Most of the above are taken from Even’s "Sweet Sixteen" show, The Hifi Bar, Melbourne, May 21, 2010 as well as "Christmas Even" shows, December 2009 & December 2010. This one's for fans who want to hear a full-length live show; the better-sounding Triple J Radio set above is intended for the curious and new fans. Special thanks to Triple J Radio, zombos, peterdaicosisgod, baudmania & Even Addict for recording & sharing.

EVEN (L-R): Wally Kempton, bassist; Matt Cotter, drummer; Ash Naylor, guitarist + lead vocalist

ROB SEZ: I love — I mean LOVE — this criminally under-appreciated Australian band. If you like classic-sounding rock with pop melodies & strong lyrics (think mid-to-late 1960s era Kinks, Beatles & The Who), you owe it to yourself to check out Even. The Ash Naylor fronted, Melbourne-based trio have been around since 1994. They're still plugging along today, without the popular recognition they richly deserve. If you like what you hear, check out all their albums, especially 1998's Come Again — which is at least nine tenths of a masterpiece. It's a shame the fans have to look so hard for decent-sounding live sets by this band. Can you hear us, Rubber Records and El Reno? If you release a good-sounding live recording by this band, people like us will buy it.

MP3@320 (Live in Melbourne set = 256 kbps)

  

Learn more about Even's music at

Wikipedia, Twitter or the band's FB page

Even - Video Singles Gallery

So you don't know the Australian band Even?

Well, if I may be so bold, it's high time you did.

Do you like mid-to late-1960s era Kinks, Who & Beatles?

Like yer rock with a hummable melody & good lyrics?

Want to hear it played like the band really mean it?

OK, then: what are you waiting for??

EVEN ARE ONE OF THE MOST CRIMINALLY UNKNOWN / NEGLECTED 

GROUPS I'VE EVER HEARD.

Even - Video Singles Gallery

Suggestion: start with 3rd video, "Mayfair Laundry Bus" & go from there

Stop and Go Man (1996)

Weather King (1997)

Mayfair Laundry Bus (1997)

No Surprises (1998)

Black Umbrella (1998)

Underwater Dream (1999)

Shining Star (2001)

Electric Light (2001)

I Am the Light (2008)

Back to Life (2009)

No Surprises (live on Recovery - 1998)
you'll want to raise the volume to enjoy this one...

Sister Rock (2008 - video by drummer Matt Cotter
from photos by J. Ginn)

Even more Even coming in a few days.

Learn more about Even's splendid music at
Wikipedia, Twitter or the band's FB page