Kirin J Callinan live in concert.
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Kirin J Callinan

22
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
22
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 22 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Kirin J Callinan is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Kirin J Callinan concert reviews describe live shows and performances as entertaining, riveting, unpredictable, surreal, sensual, mesmerising, and playful.

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Latest Release

Can't F*ck the F*cker - EP (31 May 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
Bio
Kirin J Callinan is an apex predator. A butterfly.
Has Performed With
Standish/Carlyon

Critic Concert Reviews

Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2019
%
Provocative, adroit, perspicacious, intrepid…

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

July 22, 2017
%
That may be, but he is still a riveting performer…mercurial, unpredictable, a bit shambolic, but always entertaining.

The Music (Australia)

June 10, 2017
%
From Jack Ladder to Alex Cameron and Mossy, they all cultivate a persona and carefully consider an image as part of their creativity.

Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2017
%
As the house lights go down and the stage is plunged into darkness, the crowd presses in closer, whoops and yelps rising up into the humid air as fans wait expectantly for their idol to appear on stage and the show to begin.

The AU Review (Australia)

January 21, 2015
%
His cult-like following have no problem obliging his ostentatious presence, often calling back one-liners just as sleazy and continuing the playful, flirtatious dialogue that fills the small pockets of space between songs.

The AU Review (Australia)

July 9, 2013
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The terms 'controversial' and 'confronting' seem to get thrown around a lot and after watching his show at Jive on Friday night I'm going to go with chameleon.

The AU Review (Australia)

July 7, 2013
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Northcote Social Club, Melbourne on July 4, 2013

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Image Credit

Andrew Braithwaite [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons