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  • 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.


    And don’t think that...
  • 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 &...
  • Jeff Martin's National Acoustic Tour

    Following a mammoth year of recording and touring in Canada and Australia, Jeff Martin  will hit the road in solo, acoustic mode nationally from March through to May on

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  • 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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  • Frenzal Rhomb Queensland, Canberra, The Entrance and Sydney Dates

    Good news. Your life is about to get that much easier thanks to these 5 Frenzal Rhomb shows!


    Frenzal Rhomb reckon "Us 'normal' people tend to go about our lives...
  • 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...
  • Soundgarden @ Big Top Luna Park Review

    How much can you really expect from a rock band whose members are all in their 50s? A hell of a lot, as it turns out.


    Soundgarden, with its (almost) original...
  • Smashing Pumpkins @ Big Top Luna Park Review

    Walking through the gaping maw of Luna Park’s iconic entrance, I spotted an enormous, inflatable Triple M guitar angel and pondered how much had changed since first seeing

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  • Incubus @ The Forum Theatre Review

    It was a fine, sunny evening in Melbourne (yes, the sun does make an appearance sometimes) on 25 February and a sell-out show at The Forum Theatre for Californian band

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  • Soundgarden @ Festival Hall Review

    Festival Hall in Melbourne was full to the brim last night (24 February) with people from all over the Garden State.


    There were representatives from the outer...
  • Smashing Pumpkins @ Festival Hall Review

    Gerard Way was placed as the support act at almost the last minute. The American musician and comic book writer was the lead singer and co-founder of My Chemical Romance, but

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  • J Mascis @ The Factory Theatre Review

    The weekend before the onslaught of Soundwave and Future Music sideshows is tough for any act, but there wasn't much of a chance of it impacting this one, Sydney headline gig

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  • Soundwave 2015 Melbourne Review

    Brisbane and Sydney hard rockin’, metal lovin’, punky spunkies get your best festival outfits ready for a weekend of absolute heavy madness.


    Last weekend Adelaide...
  • Mountain Sounds Festival 2015 Review

    Mountain Sounds has everything you could possibly want from a music festival, served with the most perfect of proportions.


    With headliner Alison...
  • J Mascis @ The Zoo Review

    We braved the weather and we were rewarded with a very special event at The Zoo on 19 February.


    What a show! The Zoo was packed with fans keen to be rocked and the...
  • Introducing Shifting Sands

    Brisbane’s Shifting Sands first staggered bleary eyed into the down-light two years ago and quickly burnt dive bars like bridges with their beautiful, downbeat alco-core

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  • Latest Soundwave 2015 News

    Only eight more sleeps for Melbourne and Adelaide peoples; and fifteen more sleeps for Sydney and Brisbane folks; before Australia’s largest, hard rocking, metal churning,

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  • Living With The Jungle Giants

    The Jungle Giants' frontman, Sam Hales, talks about the band’s upcoming album and what it’s like being neighbours with a bunch of Brisbane bands.


    After the stomping...
  • Choose Your Weapon: The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones

    Following the success of the inaugural Choose Your Weapon show at the New Globe Theatre in Brisbane last month – ‘Guns N Roses vs Nirvana’ – the second in the series

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  • Introducing Tongue Tied Thieves

    Tongue Tied Thieves combine hard-hitting drums, distorted guitars and soulful vocal melodies to create a sound that encapsulates high-intensity rock jams to slower, indie-pop

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