Matt Catchpole

For such an uncompromising artist to deliver work of such consistently high calibre over a 40-year-plus career commands our attention and makes him worthy of serious analysis. Such talents are rare not just in rock, but in the arts in general and often come hand in hand with a self-destructive bent.

You’d think then that if he had an “eff you” to deliver it would have been directed towards Dig! director Ondi Timoner, but tonight it’s his mother in the cross hairs. “Man, this is awesome!” Newcombe pronounces after shuffling on stage looking like a cross between Neil Young‘s younger brother and an extra from a Sergio Leone Western. “Mom you said I’d never amount to shit, but I’m here headlining this place and you are dead.

You’d think then that if he had an “eff you” to deliver it might have been directed towards Dig! director Ondi Timoner, but tonight it’s his mother in the cross hairs. “Man, this is awesome!”, Newcombe pronounces after shuffling on stage looking like a cross between Neil Young‘s younger brother and an extra from a Sergio Leone Western. “Mom you said I’d never amount to shit, but I’m here headlining this place and you are dead.