Gig Review
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Review: Newton Faulkner @ The Factory Theatre (Sydney)
Fletcher Kent is doing remarkably well for being a week old.
He's not an infant, mind you – he just so happens to have recently changed his stage name from... -
Review: 2024 Knotfest @ Brisbane Showgrounds
Fans from all generations stepped into the electrifying world of Knotfest, where heavy metal reigned supreme and the energy pulsated through every riff and
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Review: DYLAN @ Northcote Social Club (Melbourne)
DYLAN is an international sensation. Born and raised in the UK, and known for her big hit 'You're Not Harry Styles', DYLAN has just completed supporting the amazing Maisie
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Review: The Damned @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
Less than a year since their last appearance on our shores, and billed as the 'final Australian tour', this reunion of an early line-up with drummer Rat Scabies recent return
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Review: Tijuana Cartel @ Freo.Social (Fremantle)
Consumed by wanderlust, the magnetic pull of Tijuana Cartel once again proved irresistible.
Their latest auditory journey 'Alectura' promised to tantalise our... -
Review: The Dead South @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
A sold-out, disproportionately bearded crowd had to hoedown on the spot – there was certainly no room to square dance – during Canadian bluegrass innovators The Dead South's
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Review: Montaigne @ The Vanguard (Sydney)
To be completely honest, I'm a Montaigne fan girl.
It's been a long relationship going back to the FBIi SMACS festival in 2016. Fast forward to 2024 and... -
Review: The Damned @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
The Damned have become progressively more venerated since starting out in the late '70s.
I love how over the decades these punk rockers have meandered musically... -
Review: Halestorm @ Liberty Hall (Sydney)
Summer has officially left as winds whip around Liberty Hall in Sydney, but there is one place left where it will be hot as hell tonight.
Skindred kick off the... -
Review: 2024 New Bloom Fest @ Melbourne Pavilion
After hosting a boxing event the day prior, Melbourne Pavilion had been transformed into the site for the local leg of the inaugural New Bloom Fest.
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Review: Graham Nash @ Sydney Opera House
A perfect night shines at the Sydney Opera House, as a patient crowd waits.
Graham Nash enters right on time. "Let's have a few hours of relative peace," he... -
Review: 2024 CMC Rocks QLD @ Willowbank Raceway (Ipswich)
After years of bad weather, the forecast set the stage for an incredible line-up and atmosphere to be one of the best years CMC Rocks has had in a while (15-17
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Review: 2024 New Bloom Fest @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
An exciting newcomer to Australia's festival scene, New Bloom Fest made a loud entrance debuting at Brisbane's The Fortitude Music Hall on Friday (15
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Review: Tim Hecker @ Brisbane Powerhouse
The large theatre at Brisbane Powerhouse was swallowed by darkness.
The dimming of the venue's lights caught the attention of the crowd, many of whom were... -
Review: 2024 Seasonal Fruit Autumn Edition @ Felons Barrel Hall (Brisbane)
Brisbane is no stranger to eclectic music festivals. Seasonal Fruit is a joint-hosted venture between Jet Black Cat and Felons Barrel Hall that started in late 2023 and is
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Review: 2024 WOMADelaide @ Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla (Adelaide) Part Two
Despite frustrating set clashes and an unexpected heatwave that left temperatures remaining high even late into the night, overall 2024 was a return to WOMADelaide's roots
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Review: Lydia Lunch & Joseph Keckler @ Adelaide Town Hall
Last touring Australia four years ago just prior to the pandemic shutdowns – with her suitably named band Retrovirus playing retrospective shows and promoted at the time as
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Review: Drab Majesty @ Brisbane Powerhouse
As part of the Festival of Other Music known as ΩHM, Brisbane Powerhouse played host to LA-based darkwave, dream-pop band Drab Majesty, but not in the way you might
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Review: Graham Nash @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Billed as 'Sixty Years Of Songs & Stories', there was potential for the nostalgic, conversational element of the show to limit the number songs but this did not
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Review: Teenage Fanclub @ The Northern (Byron Bay)
Teenage Fanclub have held a consistent place in my listening for more than two decades.
It's an exciting prospect to see the boys from Glasgow, Scotland,...