Gig Review
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Review: BJ The Chicago Kid @ Northcote Theatre (Melbourne)
BJ The Chicago Kid has long been an underrated voice in the American R&B and soul scene.
He's truly an artist's artist, someone who has worked with rap... -
Review: The Libertines @ Forum Melbourne
After discovering The Libertines' debut album 'Up The Bracket' last year and becoming obsessed with their raw energy and thoughtful songwriting, I was excited to see they
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Review: Gary Clark Jr. @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
Since his early-career appearance in Adelaide during the dying days of the Big Day Out, Gary Clark Jr. has forged a devoted Australian following.
Clark, who met... -
Review: Delta Goodrem @ Sydney Opera House
It's an odd framework to consider a chart-topping, quintuple-platinum selling album, with multiple hit singles to its name to boot, as underrated.
This,... -
Review: Gary Clark Jr. @ Palais Theatre (Melbourne)
On a breezy Monday evening, Melbourne's Palais Theatre warmed up to a scorching set from the one and only Gary Clark Jr.
Bathed in a low orange glow, the band... -
Review: Yellowcard @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
'Ocean Avenue' rockers Yellowcard celebrated two decades of their seminal breakthrough album of the same title, with a line-up sending elder emos into a frenzy last night in
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Review: Illy @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Brisbane's The Princess Theatre, in Woolloongabba, is Queensland's oldest surviving theatre with a rich history dating back to 1888.
My last visit to the... -
Review: The Libertines @ Enmore Theatre (Sydney)
It's been two decades since Jon McClure stood on a stage in Australia, performing the songs of his long-serving indie-rock vehicle Reverend & The
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Review: Bad Manners @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
Last night, The Triffid hosted the Brisbane leg of Bad Manner's 50th anniversary Greatest Hits Australian tour.
First up were local punks, The Dog Trackers who... -
Review: GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith @ The Corner Hotel (Melbourne)
One of 2024's most exciting and infectiously listenable releases was brought to life this month by musical masterminds GUM (Jay Watson) and Ambrose Kenny-Smith – two bona
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Review: Slowly Slowly @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Slowly Slowly may be on a 'Forgiving Spree', but their stature and subsequent performance is anything but easily forgotten.
The Melbourne pop-punk, indie... -
Review: SummerSalt 2025 @ Don Lucas Reserve (Sydney)
The sun is rising on a glorious autumn day at Cronulla, in Sydney, where SummerSalt brings a once in a lifetime line-up to the beach's shores.
The crowd files... -
Review: Dethklok @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
If you think the apocalypse will arrive with fire and brimstone, you're clearly not standing inside Brisbane's The Fortitude Music Hall with me tonight!
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Review: Mallrat @ Forum Melbourne
As the lights rose, casting cones of colour around the stage, and the music echoed through the Forum Melbourne, the kinetic energy in the crowd was palpable (5
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Review: The Murder Capital @ The Brightside (Brisbane)
When watching The Murder Capital last Friday night (4 April) at Brisbane's The Brightside, I spent the night with one constant thought in my mind – this is the last chance to
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Review: The Wonder Years @ Lion Arts Factory (Adelaide)
Pop-punk juggernauts The Wonder Years have returned to Australia for the first time in over seven years.
It's the tail end of their Australian tour in Adelaide,... -
Review: Xiu Xiu @ Institute Of Modern Art (Brisbane)
The empty space around the mixing desk at the back of the room has grown.
The sold-out crowd inside Brisbane's Institute Of Modern Art (4 April) tightly packed... -
Review: Cyndi Lauper @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
The Veronicas are already owning the stage as I walk into the cavernous Brisbane Entertainment Centre, packed wall to wall with punters.
If Cyndi Lauper's Girls... -
Review: Yellowcard @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
Pop-punk violin pioneers, Yellowcard have returned to Australia for the first time since 2017.
On Friday (4 April) it was the second show of the Australian tour... -
Review: Mallrat @ Enmore Theatre (Sydney)
It's a balmy Sydney evening around Enmore Theatre, as the ready crowd awaits Aussie electropop princess Mallrat.
A hefty slew of openers warms up the night (3...