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The Jungle Giants Brisbane Review @ The Tivoli Theatre
While false starts normally carry negative connotations, The Jungle Giants’ premature launch into the set simply made their impending performance feel more
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The Script Sydney Review @ ICC Sydney
There are a few, key elements you can always predict will present themselves at a concert with The Script.
The first is that lead singer Danny O'Donoghue will poach... -
Luka Lesson & QSO Wave Festival Review @ Brisbane Powerhouse
Orchestral music has a bit of a rep for blandness.
It’s easy to think it’s all about the slow, bafflingly frivolous pieces our great-great-grandparents adored, and... -
King Parrot Toowoomba Review @ The Spotted Cow
This takes me back to last week when I was watching Primus. The bass player from opening
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Ocean Alley Brisbane Review @ The Tivoli Theatre
Who doesn’t like a good brass section? And when the six-piece surprise you with a three-part harmony as well? Our borders are open to you, Tunes Of I, sirs.
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2018 Mojo Burning Festival Review @ Hamilton Hotel
The fifth annual Mojo Burning festival proved that it continues to be a local musical force to be reckoned with at the Hamilton Hotel (Brisbane) on Saturday night (14
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Butterfingers Toowoomba Review @ The Spotted Cow
“Everybody stares at me… when will it be over?”
There are a lot of daggy things about local opener Sang-Froid, but also plenty of contagions. I danced a little... -
Steve Poltz Sunshine Coast Review @ Bison Bar
Steve Poltz is like my favourite caffeinated beverage: energetic, enigmatic and effervescent.
He’s a little weary after playing a string of shows for a long time,... -
Primus Brisbane Review @ Eatons Hill Hotel
If you’re not interested in real musicians playing real music feel free to stop reading.
The room was filled with silent sardines; a sea of fish heads rolling in... -
Songs That Made Me Brisbane Review @ QPAC
Though it can be easy to forget that English isn’t universal, there are thousands of languages and dialects around the world.
But though language can be a barrier... -
Willow Beats Sunshine Coast Review @ Solbar
I didn’t recognise the first, unadvertised name on the run sheet, but walk through the door to a familiar face on stage.
It’s Rivah, Carol Lloyd Award finalist... -
2018 World Science Festival Brisbane Review
Though the Joh years bought Queensland a lingering reputation for anti-intellectualism, the truth is that we’re a state with a love of nerdy things.
Our cons are... -
Saviour Brisbane Review @ Crowbar
We’re all looking for a Saviour. Sometimes we stumble across one accidentally.
There were no accidents at Saviour’s appearance at Crowbar last Friday (6... -
The Festival at Basket Range Adelaide Review
In the Basket Range, on the edge of suburban Adelaide, a very hip community of natural winemakers has captured the imagination of the wine world with their natural and
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Vacations Brisbane Review @ The Foundry
Most of us are moving too quickly.
It’s a common societal issue – fast-paced lives plaguing many; either Vacations are totally immune to the problem or are cleverly... -
Bluesfest 2018 Review @ Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Byron Bay
The 29th Annual Bluesfest festival was a big and bad-ass behemoth of high calibre music.
It was a gathering of top-quality musicians who have long, since mastered... -
Bad Friday 2018 Marrickville Block Party Review
From its humble beginnings at the Annandale Hotel (RIP) some nine years ago, Bad Friday has transformed into one of the Inner West Sydney’s biggest revelries.
With... -
Newton Faulkner Sydney Review @ The Factory Theatre
It’s 5 minutes until the opener and 45 minutes before Newton Faulkner is due to tread the boards at The Factory Theatre in Sydney (1 April) and the atmosphere is stiflingly
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Jose Gonzalez Sydney Review @ Sydney Opera House
Math was never my strongest subject.
Particularly in grade 11, once the work became more complicated. I wasted away the classes each day, headphones in, mind... -
Mick Jenkins & The Underachievers Brisbane Review @ The Triffid
Water is an important symbol to Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins.
His breakthrough mixtapes, ‘The Water[s]’ and ‘Waves’, are even themed around the element. For him,...