Gig Review
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Review: AVÉ (Australian Vocal Ensemble) @ Adelaide Fringe
Former Adelaide Fringe ambassador Katie Noonan has returned with her newest endeavour, Australian Vocal Ensemble or simply AVÉ.
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Review: Springtime @ Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
As the monotonous rain falls in rhythmic thuds atop my umbrella, streetlights reflect on the glistening footpath as I approach the majestic Brisbane's Princess Theatre, in
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Review: Polaris @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Australia's eminent metalcore exports, Polaris are back on the road baby.
Daniel Furnari (drums), Jamie Hails (vocals, tambourine), Rick Schneider (guitar),... -
Review: Ocean Alley @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
Warmed up by support acts Dulcie and Hockey Dad, ticket holders at Ocean Alley's first of two shows at The Riverstage (9 February), sang along with great gusto to Spacey
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Review: Stepson @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
As we draw to the end of the first month of the new year, live music has lately often seemed like a thing of the past with venue restrictions, the postponement and
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Review: Bliss N Eso @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
It's Friday night (21 January) and I am shoulder shifting, like a washing machine agitator, through the swarming clubbers and bar hoppers in Brisbane's Valley Mall on my way
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Review: Hiatus Kaiyote @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Hiatus Kaiyote are a hard act to size up, tagged under the banners of all things hip hop, R&B, electronica, prog, and everything in between.
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Review: Paul Kelly's Making Gravy @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
With his crew of handpicked and talented musicians, Paul Kelly showcased his distinct storytelling flavour through music and the occasional chat with the audience with a
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Review: Patient Lounge @ Tomcat (Brisbane)
Last Saturday (27 November) at Brisbane's Tomcat, Patient Lounge launched their new single 'Treehouse', with support from fellow locals Torizon and Winchester
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Review: 2021 Groundwater Country Music Festival
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, thousands of country music lovers flocked to Broadbeach on the Gold Coast and were blessed with blue skies and a golden line-up of
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Review: Spillage @ O'skulligans (Brisbane)
It's Saturday evening (6 November) and Brisbane's Fortitude Valley entertainment precinct is alive and well.
With a purposeful tromp in my step, I scoot past... -
Review: Ben Ely Band @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
It's Friday night (10 September) and I am off to see a wizard, a musical wizard of Aus, Ben Ely!
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Review: 2021 Eumundi School Of Rock Concert (Sunshine Coast)
The Sunshine Coast's Eumundi School Of Rock (ESOR) programme has been running for six years, cultivating a thriving music culture among locals between the ages of 8-17
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Review: Double Touch @ Sub Rosa (Brisbane)
Sub Rosa feels like an esteemed underground burrow, where Alice could be welcomed into the protection of the white rabbit's family.
Late night dance instructor... -
Review: 2021 Splendour XR
Splendour XR was a novel way to experience a music festival.
While not quite the same as seeing the artists on stage, it was still a great way to spend a... -
Review: Super Massive @ O'skulligans (Brisbane)
Under dark Friday evening skies and a drizzle of rain, Brisbane's Fortitude Valley entertainment precinct springs to life (25 June) and its lights bejewel the wet footpaths
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Review: Creedence Clearwater Inspired feat. Proud Mary @ QPAC Concert Hall (Brisbane)
It's arguably one of the greatest tragedies in rock history. The short lifespan of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Review: Selve @ The Pink Hotel (Gold Coast)
Last Monday (7 June), as I was pulling up in a limo to Coolangatta’s iconic Pink Hotel, exactly one year since Gold Coast alt-rock band Selve wrote their latest single of the
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Review: 2021 Blues On Broadbeach (Gold Coast)
Blues On Broadbeach (BOB), thank goodness returned from its 2020 COVID hibernation, because as Terence Charles or 'Snowy White' would say: "I can't get enough of the
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Review: Damien Johnson @ Lefty's Music Hall (Brisbane)
There's some meat to it, and I don't just say that because Damien Johnson is shirtless on stage in a former 'pound of flesh peddling' kind of
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