The Klaxons are currently touring the country in all their nu-rave glory, after a couple of false starts. Fans have been waiting for quite some time to see the lads, given their last Australian tour (including an appearance at Splendour In The Grass), was cancelled due to drummer Jamie Reynolds stage-diving and breaking his leg! But they are definitely worth the wait, the 2007 Mercury Prize winners impressing a sold out, packed-to-the-rafters Club Capitol in Perth on Tuesday night, with pitch perfect harmonies and a charismatic performance. Opening with an onstage jam that succeeded in getting the crowd amped, they went straight into the wailing sirens of Atlantis To Interzone, before proceeding to play most of their Myths Of The Near Future album in a heavier, more aggressive fashion than the recordings, including Golden Skans, Gravity's Rainbow, Isle Of Her and the Paul Oakenfold cover It's Not Over Yet.

The mesmerising Sarah Blasko is currently touring around the country on the Showstopper Tour – her last lot of headlining shows for critically acclaimed second album, What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have.

Sitting down for a chat after her chilled gig at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Sunday night, Blasko was relaxed as she talked about the tour. “All the guys in the band, I’ve been playing with over the last few years,” she said. “It’s nice to be around people that you play with a lot and have gotten really comfortable with.”

If there’s one thing you can say about a Sarah Blasko performance it’s that each and every one is different. Sometimes they’re more dramatic affairs and at other times she casually chats to the audience. So what has this tour been like? “I’ve been enjoying all the shows actually. It’s weird just to be singing and not have to do anything else like play guitar.” In the next few weeks catch her in Launceston, Hobart, Melbourne, Toowoomba, Brisbane and Adelaide. For more info click here.