Gig Review
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Review: Violent Soho @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
As life begins to return to some semblance of normal prior to the pandemic, part of the process of returning to every-day life is indulging in those activities denied us the
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Review: george @ Brisbane Powerhouse
george are still like nothing else.
Katie Noonan tells us how good it is to be back at Brisbane Powerhouse (6 May) – and that they were the first band to play... -
Review: 2021 Sunshine Sounds Festival @ Eumundi Showgrounds (Sunshine Coast)
Ponchos in paradise on Black Stump Road, amidst the hills of the Sunshine Coast hinterland, glistened together in the cherished golden rays to delight souls and tastebuds
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Review: King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
It's Fri-Yay! The sun has just sunk and the air is cooling.
Tonight (23 April) as part of the Summer(ish) Sounds Festival series, King Gizzard And The Lizard... -
Review: Tame Impala - InnerSpeaker Live From Wave House (Livestream)
Kevin Parker has said that if he could change one thing about the earlier Tame Impala records, he would make the vocals louder.
With the band's 10th anniversary... -
Review: The Stones' Sticky Fingers Tribute Show @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
As I arrived stylishly late at The Fortitude Music Hall (17 April) – for the second of two Brisbane concerts as part of The Stones' Sticky Fingers tribute tour – the
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Review: 2021 Roady4Roadies Brisbane Walk
Brisbane turned on a sparkling autumn day (11 April) as people hit the road for the annual Roady4Roadies event.
The event began early for a walk through the... -
Review: 2021 Airwaves Festival @ NightQuarter (Sunshine Coast)
You may remember Airwaves 2020, with its unique COVID-safe drive-in format held in Nambour. Yep, the one that smashed all obstacles to give starved punters a live music
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Review: Midnight Oil & First Nations Collaborators - Makarrata Live @ WOMADelaide
Putting together any line-up in 2021 is a significant challenge. For a festival explicitly dedicated to exploring the global landscape of music and dance, that's
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Review: 2021 Darkworld Festival @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
What's black, red, smokey, spiky, and swallows shiny things? The inaugural Darkworld Festival at The Triffid (Brisbane, 6 March) #icymi.
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Review: Tash Sultana @ 2021 WOMADelaide
As you walked through the lush grass of Adelaide’s East Parklands through towering gum trees, with colourful flashes of rosellas flying past, and beautiful music serenading
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Review: One Trick Pony Club @ What's Golden at The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Now who wants to have some fun? Like, do you really want to have fun?
Yes, yes, I've borrowed that line from Kramer no doubt, but the urgency and passion of... -
Review: Midnight Oil @ 2021 WOMADelaide
Night two of WOMADelaide (6 March) saw some supporting players return from night one, but Midnight Oil were the flaming stars in the Eastern parklands.
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Review: Sarah Blasko, Archie Roach & Lior @ 2021 WOMADelaide
At 2021 WOMAD, the park may have been smaller, your seat was a plastic lawn chair instead of picnic rug spread out upon the Botanic Gardens' grass, but if you squinted your
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Review: DZ Deathrays @ Felons Barrel Hall (Brisbane)
Pirates, fiends and young'uns in onesies and pleather gathered at Felons Barrel Hall in Brisbane (4 March) to fill their sails with the life-breathing wind of DZ
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Review: Bernard Fanning, Something For Kate @ Summer Sounds Festival (Melbourne)
I might just be getting old, but if Summer Sounds Festival's Live At The Bowl series (Melbourne) is anything to go by, socially distanced gigs in the COVID era are an
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Review: Sheppard @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
It's a humid Friday evening (26 February) and local indie-pop royalty, Sheppard, are bringing it to the fine establishment – The Fortitude Music Hall.
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Review: Bad//Dreems @ Live, Loud & Local at The Bridgeway Hotel (Adelaide)
Before COVID, before the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, before grunge, the place for live music in Adelaide was the expansive Bridgeway Hotel concert room hidden at the back
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Review: SummerSalt Adelaide @ Glenelg Beach
As I strolled into the SummerSalt festival site (14 February) it was a humbling experience, and I'm sure I speak for everyone who attended when I say how grateful I am to
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Review: Unit 20 Regurgitator @ New Farm Cinemas (Brisbane)
Regurgitator's triple platinum album, 'Unit' continues to enthral almost a quarter of a century since it was released.
'Unit 20 Regurgitator' is a live film of...