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  • TV On The Radio @ The Tivoli Review

    Ahhh, the summer of 2008. It was a bleak time for popular music. That ‘Electric Feel’ song was hanging around like a fart in a blanket, Kaiser Chiefs were still being taken

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  • 2015 Caxton Street Festival Review

    It’s a gorgeous Brisbane winter day (7 June) on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend and the neighborhood is absolutely buzzing with that splendid sunny festival

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  • Cobain: Montage Of Heck Review

    The anticipation surrounding 'Cobain: Montage Of Heck's release at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was not unfounded.


    This is not a Nirvana documentary and Kurt...
  • It's Time To Release The Hounds

    A mutual love of hard rock music drew Release The Hounds together in 2010. Five years on and they are on the road touring their expert live show along Australia’s east

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  • Tex Perkins And The Dark Horses: Rockin' Cabaret

    Proving himself a versatile man, Tex Perkins is always involved in one project or another. And this time, the frontman is trying the cabaret circuit with his band The Dark

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  • Wallapalooza: The Pirates Are Coming

    Ahoy mateys and set sail to roam the high seas in search of adventure with promoter Andy Clark as he travels his pirate-themed festival juggernaut, Wallapalooza, across this

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  • Valhalla Lights: When The Lights Go Out

    Few bands have the emotional and musical mettle to carry on as a group in the wake of losing a beloved member, let alone to take on the nigh-impossible task of completing an

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  • Christa Hughes Is Rockin’ The Ladies Lounge

    Singing sensation and ladies' lounge lizard, Christa Hughes, is returning to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2015.


    The bawdy and ballsy broad will belt out...
  • Stonefield Golden Dream Tour Australia

    Stonefield extend two years of relentless touring to promote new single 'Golden Dream'.


    The new track was given a first play on triple j last week by Dom Alessio,...
  • Monster Truck @ Easy Tiger Review

    “Sweaty pig sex with an ex-girlfriend.” This was Alice in Chains’ Mike Inez’ description of the feel of Canadian alternative-rock ensemble Monster Truck.


    I thought...
  • High Five Richard In Your Mind

    Richard In Your Mind are heading out on their 'Give A High Five' tour in June to celebrate the re-release of their fourth album, 2014's 'Ponderosa', on

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  • Mojo Juju Is Seeing Red But Feeling Blue

    Mojo Juju will kick off a national tour this June and July with songs from her new record.

    'Seeing Red / Feeling...
  • Chris Cornell's Unplugged Visit To Australia

    Australian Soundgarden fans are having a sweet 2015. The band were recently in the country for Soundwave. Now their frontman, Chris Cornell, has announced solo acoustic,

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  • TV On The Radio Want A Brighter Future

    TV On The Radio's Kyp Malone explains what inspires and pisses him off about music; and why he's not pumped for the next US election.


    Scenestr managed to catch the...
  • Dean Ray Is Coming Back

    'The X Factor Australia' 2014's runner-up, Dean Ray, is back in the limelight with a current run of national dates.


    Dean Ray's debut single, 'Coming Back', and...
  • Youth Group Are Re-Opening The Skeleton Jar

    Following a successful show in Sydney earlier this year, Youth Group have announced a vinyl release of their breakthrough album 'Skeleton Jar' and have reunited to play three

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  • Gang Of Youths @ Oxford Art Factory Review

    You know that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you watch a feel-good movie about a man bouncing back from heartbreak or death and grief, or some twisted combination of all

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  • Motley Crue & Alice Cooper @ Rod Laver Arena Review

    Having found our seats at Rod Laver Arena (12 May) and checked out the stage and incredible rigging, an overwhelming anticipation of what was to come set in.


    Tracks...
  • TrashQueen In Pig City

    Hailing from the northern suburbs of Brisbane, three-piece outfit TrashQueen have been kicking around since 2010.


    Favouring the late ’70s sounds of Led Zeppelin and...
  • Venture Back In Time With The Hot Dub Time Machine

    If the idea of booty-shaking, stepping, singing-along, yelling “woohoo” and chatting up the person next to you combined with the best pop songs of all time sounds like your

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