Gig Review
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Review: Ty Segall and Freedom Band @ Adelaide Uni Bar
Terms like psychedelic and garage rock are used to describe Ty Segall's musical styles, and while these are fitting it is rock & roll at its basics.
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Review: Elton John @ Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane)
Truly an icon of music, Sir Elton John reminded Brisbane one final time of his alluring majesty as one of the greatest songwriters and showman of all time.
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Review: Marc Rebillet @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Loop daddy Marc Rebillet made a steamy Australian live debut, taking on The Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on a Tuesday night (17 January).
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Review: Arctic Monkeys @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
Thousands of thirsty young ears gathered to drink from the Arctic Monkeys at Brisbane's The Riverstage last night (11 January).
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Review: 2022/2023 Falls Festival @ North Byron Parklands (Byron Bay)
The summer sun is beating down in beautiful North Byron Parklands. Punters gather from everywhere, streamlining in to the deliciously less muddy festival than the last affair
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Review: The Aston Shuffle @ Indian Ocean Hotel (Perth)
The first Monday of 2023 (2 January) started off as it should – lounging in a pool float with a tequila soda in hand as The Aston Shuffle (aka Vance) played a set at Perth's
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Review: The Poor @ Norton Music Factory (Sunshine Coast)
It's a Saturday evening (29 October) and I'm making my to an industrial estate in Caloundra West (Sunshine Coast) to a relatively new live music venue, the Norton Music
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Review: The Offspring & Sum 41 @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
On their first Australian headline tour in 18 years and with more than 40 million albums sold under their belt, punk-rock stalwarts The Offspring have both nothing to prove
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Review: The Offspring & Sum 41 @ Hordern Pavilion (Sydney)
There's no air of subtlety when Sum 41 take to the stage.
AC/DC's 'TNT' is blaring, spotlights are twirling and flames literally shoot up from the ground when... -
Review: Jacob Collier @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Jacob Collier and his band transformed into luminous souls of resonance at The Tivoli on Saturday night (10 December) turning the room into a psychedelic cathedral and
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Review: Kendrick Lamar @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Four years since 'King Kenny' Kendrick Lamar last set foot on Australian soil, the Grammy, American Music Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Compton rapper has
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Review: The Wombats @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
The Wombats are back!
At the tail-end of their Australian tour (along with their run of Spilt Milk festival shows), Matthew Murphy, Tord Knudsen and Dan Haggis... -
Review: The Offspring & Sum 41 @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
The sun is beaming onto your crusty Blink-182 t-shirt while the smell of hair gel and smoke fills the air. Not to be mistaken for a scene out of 'American Pie', it's 2022 and
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Review: 2022 Good Things Festival @ Brisbane Showgrounds
The rain is holding off, but threatening to release a downpour as the Brisbane Showgrounds gates open for Good Things Festival where thousands are lined around the block to
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Review: Jack Johnson @ The Riverstage (Brisbane)
Mellow, chilled, laid-back and with a '70s lounge feel, Jack Johnson in concert is everything you would expect of the surfer singer-songwriter.
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Review: Sharon Van Etten @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
As testified by my own Spotify Wrapped, Sharon Van Etten is a staple in my Top 5.
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Review: Art vs Science @ Freo.Social (Fremantle)
It's been a hot minute since Sydney-based trio Art vs Science aka Jim Finn, Dan McNamee and Dan Williams found themselves in Fremantle; and they certainly delivered on their
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Review: Keith Urban @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Charismatic, breathtakingly fit, and with magic fingers creating surreal sounds, Keith Urban is a surprising package who straddles the space between country, rock and pop
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Review: Ride @ Forum Melbourne
British shoegaze icons Ride last toured Australia in 2019, playing Melbourne in September that year; so a return trip three years later – on paper – doesn't seem all that
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Review: Ride @ The Gov (Adelaide)
As the members of Ride take up their positions to open the show at The Gov (29 November), Mark Gardener (singer, guitarist and co-frontman) comments: "It's been a long time
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