Gig Review
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SummerSalt Adelaide Review @ Glenelg Beach
As you walked into the SummerSalt festival at Glenelg Beach (Adelaide, 18 November), it was like entering one, massive beach party.
Millennials, parents, friends... -
Supanova 2017 Adelaide Review @ Adelaide Showground
An appearance by Stan Lee at a comic book convention is perhaps a little like Jesus Christ turning up to Mass.
While Supanova is a broad church catering to anime,... -
Confidence Man Brisbane Review @ The Triffid 2017
Although it may have been the band’s musical origins that initially drew my interest (uniting members from notable groups including The Jungle Giants, The Moses Collective
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GZA Brisbane Review @ Woolly Mammoth
For over 20 years, Wu-Tang Clan member GZA has been peppering memorable lines throughout the group’s vast discography – my favourite is the ‘Liquid Swords’ boast: "Your
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The Black Seeds Perth Review @ Metropolis
Passion and energy between The Black Seeds band members and a generous list
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The Tea Party Sydney Review @ Enmore Theatre
There is something inherently different with anniversary tours being that the element of surprise is replaced with a sense of nostalgia and familiarity.
By the... -
Cosmic Psychos Brisbane Review @ Crowbar
Over three decades, the influential pub-rockers Cosmic Psychos have gained a reputation for electric live shows.
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Pete Tong Melbourne Review @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl
When released late last year, Pete Tong’s 'Classic House' album (the second one, 'Ibiza Classics', drops 1 December) garnered the acclaimed music tastemaker his first ever UK
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The Growlers Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
Who are The Growlers?
Their gig at The Zoo (3 November) sparked many a conversation and generated an exceptional amount of interest on social media; I was drawn to... -
Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble Brisbane Review @ The Foundry
It’s been over eight years since cult band Stereolab broke up, soon after their final tour of Australia.
For the first time since, band member Laetitia Sadier has... -
Joseph Tawadros Trio Brisbane Review @ QPAC
If you’ve ever wondered what it’d look like to have a room full of people chair-dancing to ‘world music’, you’ve probably never seen Joseph Tawadros perform
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Beaches Brisbane Review @ The Foundry
Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley was the height of activity on Saturday 28 October, with noise from the streets and neighbouring venues bleeding into The Foundry.
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Nite Jewel Brisbane Review @ The Junk Bar
Los Angeles chanteuse Nite Jewel – aka Ramona Gonzalez – makes music filled with intimacy, including on her latest album ‘Real High’.
Returning to Brisbane for the... -
Illicit Symphony Brisbane Review @ The Triffid
It’s a Sunday night, a rainy Sunday night (15 October), and most of Brisbane's rock & roll fans are at The Riverstage to see Midnight Oil.
But for those who... -
2017 Red Deer Festival Review
It’s an overcast, humid, sticky and a very wet day (14 October) in the glorious, rolling pastures of Mt Samson as Red Deer Music and Arts Festival braces itself for another
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Migos Brisbane Review @ The Riverstage
It was raining. And despite the forecasts predicting exactly that, no weather broadcast could quite prepare punters for the water that plummeted from the sky that evening (15
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At The Drive In Brisbane Review @ Eatons Hill Hotel
On the last stop of their Australian tour, post-hardcore heros At The Drive In provided a frenzied send-off to the Queen's Birthday long weekend (2 October) in
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One OK Rock Sydney Review @ Manning Bar
For a band notorious for selling out arena shows in their home country Japan, seeing One OK Rock within the intimate surrounds of Sydney's Manning Bar (7 October) is not only
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2017 Caloundra Music Festival Review
Two days of sun, one of cooler, cloudy skies and then one of much welcomed rain on the Sunshine Coast.
This was the 2017 Caloundra Music Festival (29 Sep to 2 Oct),... -
2017 Sweaty Palms Review @ Proud Mary's
Previously held at The Entrance Leagues Club, this year’s Sweaty Palms Festival took over Proud Mary’s in Erina (30 September), bringing with it a fresh look, a better
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