Gig Review
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Kingswood @ The Triffid Review 2015
Super-cell storms and flash flooding be damned; when Brisbane wants to enjoy some quality rock, there ain’t no weather going to get in our way.
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Kylie Minogue @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre Review 2015
Performing hits from the now and then, certified pop princess Kylie Minogue had Brisbane Entertainment Centre in the palm of her hand. As a huge Kylie fan, this reviewer was
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Hot Brown Honey Review
'Hot Brown Honey' is hilarious, raunchy, provocative, sassy, in-yer-face political cabaret with extra dollops of circus arts, burlesque, beatboxing, striptease and hip hop
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Di Clark Quartet At Brisbane Jazz Club Live Review 2015
The phrase ‘dulcet tones’ is now generally applied ironically, but in the case of Di Clark, the term is genuinely applicable.
Di’s superb vocals and relaxed... -
London Grammar @ Festival Hall Review
Melbourne's Festival Hall sold out months ago for the anticipated return of English band London Grammar.
The past eighteen months has been a steep learning curve... -
Future Music Festival 2015 @ Flemington Racecourse Review
It's one of the biggest events on the Melbourne party calendar; one that I look forward to with mixed emotions.
Firstly it's the creme de la creme of festivals: big... -
Sunnyboys @ The Triffid Review
So the night of time-travelling back to my early 20s to re-visit a band I still love to this day, The Sunnyboys had arrived.
I was having a laugh with my mate Damo... -
Sinead O’Connor @ QPAC Concert Hall Review
There is something different about Sinead O'Connor, some kind of energy or otherworldliness that radiates out from her.
It might be the potent, combination punch of... -
The Prodigy @ The Big Top Review
The Big Top at Luna Park (11 March) could not have been a more perfect venue for the circus freaks of the rock world that are The Prodigy.
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London Grammar @ The Riverstage Review 2015
On 7 March, London Grammar powered through the classic, dry heat of Brisbane and chilled us right to the bone with their set at Brisbane’s Riverstage.
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Graveyard @ Crowbar Review
Metal rockers Graveyard lit-up Crowbar on Friday night (6 March), with an hour-long set that showed the quintet’s musicianship and respect for an array of genres.
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Future Music Festival @ Doomben Racecourse Review 2015
Perfect weather greeted hordes of excited festival-goers on Saturday (7 March) for Future Music Festival which, as always, was an absolute mecca of EDM in all its hedonistic
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Die Antwoord @ Metro Theatre Review
A packed moshpit waited in suspense, a blinding, blue light illuminating the empty Metro Theatre stage (5 March), bass ominously booming through the speakers. We prepared
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The Foundry Official Launch Review
Foundry: noun (plural foundries). A workshop or factory for casting metal.
Whether it was sculpted in sound/ moulded in music/ forged in the fires of rock &... -
Drake @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre Review
Drake may not have sold out the entire BEC last night (5 March, 2015), but the fans that were there were intensely loyal and crazy loud.
Aubrey 'Drake' Graham, an... -
Soundwave 2015 Brisbane Review
The crazy carnival of souls affectionately known as Soundwave rolled through Brisbane last weekend, bringing with it all the metal carnage we’ve come to love about this
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Foo Fighters At Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Review
A Fooking Great Time at a Fooking Huge Arena Show.
"This is the biggest fucking show of the whole tour,” Dave Grohl enthused. "This is gonna be a long fuckin’... -
Millencolin & The Vandals @ The Hi-Fi Brisbane Review
With Soundwave touring the country, many capital cities are going to play host to some of the loudest, heaviest, bone-shaking music in the world.
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Bat Country @ Bennetts Lane Review
I walk into Bennetts Lane (24 February) – a funky, little jazz club tucked away in an alleyway somewhere in the north of the Melbourne CBD – and perch myself on a stool by
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Marilyn Manson @ The Tivoli Review
By now you’ve seen all the headlines, heard the gossip and checked out the grainy Instagram footage.
So let’s cut to the chase here: this gig (at The Tivoli on 27...