Gig Review
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Review: Train @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
There's something wild about reviewing and photographing a band you used to listen to on the way to primary school drop-off.
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Review: Sigur Ros @ Hamer Hall (Melbourne)
You never forget your first time hearing Sigur Rós.
That alien falsetto, the glacial swell of strings and distortion, the aching beauty of something you can't... -
Review: Tommy Emmanuel @ QPAC (Brisbane)
Tommy Emmanuel's concert at QPAC in Brisbane was something this crowd had been anxiously anticipating for some time.
Tommy has been a mainstay of Australia's... -
Review: The Lemonheads @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
For fans of '90s alternative music, Evan Dando was more than just a frontman – he was a reluctant spirit guide through that slacker-poetic era.
With lyrics like... -
Review: Ball Park Music @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
Brisbane's electrifying indie rock darlings, Ball Park Music paid Adelaide a visit on a fresh Saturday evening, the sole South Australia stop on their Like Love tour this
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Review: Sigur Ros with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
There have been some surprising and unlikely Adelaide Symphony Orchestra collaborations with the musical mainstream over the years; Hilltop Hoods and The Avalanches
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Review: Skeleten @ Liberty Hall (Sydney)
Friday night is always the light at the end of a gloomy week as autumnal weather shifts.
As I lined up outside Sydney's Liberty Hall (16 May) leaning on a wall... -
Review: Snarky Puppy @ State Theatre (Sydney)
If you're a music buff who longs for the good old days – perhaps as far back as the last century, when musicians played their instruments with such virtuosity and poured
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Review: Snarky Puppy @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Snarky Puppy is not a conventional band, rather they are a loose collective of extremely high-quality musicians, typically focussed on a style of music perhaps best thought
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Review: Carolina Eyck & Australian Chamber Orchestra @ City Recital Hall (Sydney)
A nicely mild autumn evening unfurls around Sydney's CBD, as the crowd assembles for theremin prodigy Carolina Eyck.
Encompassed by the Australian Chamber... -
Review: LANDMVRKS @ The Gov (Adelaide)
French metalcore act LANDMVRKS are at the tail-end of their debut headline Australian tour.
It's their penultimate show Adelaide's The Gov (Tuesday 13 May) with... -
Review: ZZ Top & George Thorogood & The Destroyers @ 2025 Red Hot Summer Tour @ Sandstone Point Hotel (Brisbane)
Today's adventure at Red Hot Summer Tour is a proper all-dayer stuffed with Aussie rock royalty: Dallas Frasca, Rose Tattoo, Baby Animals, and The Living End. Plus, two
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Review: Alessia Cara @ Palais Theatre (Melbourne)
Alessia Cara is currently in Australia as part of her Love & Hyperbole tour.
Mostly known for her singles 'Here' and 'Wild Things', it was great being able... -
Review: Myles Smith @ Hordern Pavilion (Sydney)
A sold-out show at Sydney's iconic Hordern Pavilion, which has seen many a musician light up its stage over the decades, last Friday (9 May) it belonged to one: Myles
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Review: Gracie Abrams @ Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne)
Gracie Abrams, one of the fastest growing stars in pop music right now, returned for her second tour of Australia as part of her The Secret Of Us world
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Review: Charlie Collins @ Paddington Uniting Church (Sydney)
A cold and wet Friday night swamps Sydney's Paddington Uniting Church, while inside a torrent of new material waits to be released as Charlie Collins launches her
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Review: Slowdive @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
As the hyperactive 1980s rolled into the '90s, an emerging music style in the United Kingdom was catching on.
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Review: Max McNown @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
In his very first Australian show, Oregon native Max McNown brought a sold-out crowd at Brisbane's The Tivoli to its feet with a heartfelt, genre-blending performance that
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Review: Leif Vollebekk @ Metro Theatre (Sydney)
How do you open Leif Vollebekk's Sydney show? With Melbourne singer-songwriter Hayden Calnin.
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Review: The Offspring & Simple Plan @ Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne)
With tents scattered around the grounds of Rod Laver Arena, you could already feel the supercharged energy of fans hyped for The Offspring.
After a successful...