Gig Review
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Review: The Hives @ Forum Melbourne
The walls of Melbourne's Forum Theatre were rocked like never before on Saturday night (19 July) as Sweden's kings of garage rock, The Hives seized the
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Review: Billy Strings @ ICC Sydney
Winter flashes its teeth with a vicious bite around the ICC Sydney, where international firestorm Billy Strings brings his five piece of string slingers to shred the night
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Review: Atreyu & Memphis May Fire @ Northcote Theatre (Melbourne)
Back in Australia to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album 'The Curse', American hard rock band Atreyu took to the stage at Melbourne's Northcote Theatre (12
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Review: 2025 Unsound Adelaide @ Lion Arts Factory & Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
With Unsound Adelaide now the under the umbrella of Illuminate Adelaide in recent years, this year sees a move from its former cultural home (given the Polish connections)
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Review: Atreyu @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
It might be hump day, but The Triffid's already got punters piling in raring for a night of metalcore nostalgia from one of the OGs that helped spawn the
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Review: STAYC @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
For the first time since their debut in 2020, K-pop stars STAYC finally made their way down under to meet their eagerly awaiting fans.
They rounded off the... -
Review: Mood Swing & Chevy Bass Block Party @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
The Triffid's beer garden is already buzzing when I roll in, with my breath fogging before me. Brisbane is remembering it's winter, but letting us off easy tonight compared
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Review: The Living Tombstone @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
As I stomp in out of the cold Brisbane winter and straight under the suspended heaters in The Triffid's beer garden, I instantly cop the full force of what I've wandered
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Review: Skegss @ Open Season @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
With four acts on the line-up, Skegss' Open Season show at Brisbane's The Tivoli was always going to be a marathon event (28 June).
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Review: Palace @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Through strobing lights and a foreboding haze, Palace's soft embrace graced us at Brisbane's The Fortitude Music Hall last Thursday.
Locals Girl and Girl opened... -
Review: Killing Heidi @ Open Season @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Last Thursday, Killing Heidi's 2025 Reflector 25th anniversary tour arrived in Brisbane and it's a sell out as part of the Open Season programme!
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Review: Yours Truly @ Max Watt's (Melbourne)
If you recently had your heart broken by the love of your life or have found yourself surrounded by toxic people, then Max Watt's was the place to be on Sunday night (22
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Review: Central Cee @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
After a stratospheric climb in popularity over the last five years, thousands of eager punters stormed the Brisbane Entertainment Centre en masse for one of London's hottest
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Review: Pete Murray @ QPAC Lyric Theatre (Brisbane)
Leaving a Pete Murray gig feeling the performance was impersonal is an impossibility based on my experience seeing him at QPAC's Lyric Theatre last Saturday (21
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Review: Kisschasy @ Forum Melbourne
Eighteen years ago, Melbourne's Kisschasy released their second album, 'Hymns For The Non-Believer'.
While it went Gold and is considered their most successful... -
Review: Killing Heidi @ The Gov (Adelaide)
As a 30-something-year-old Aussie rock chick, it goes without saying that Killing Heidi have influenced my life.
In my tween years, watching the rebelliously... -
Review: Little Birdy @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Little Birdy took to the stage last Friday night at Brisbane's The Princess Theatre (20 June) to launch their BigBigLove 21st anniversary tour.
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Review: Surprise Chef @ Open Season @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Surprise! Delight! Superb! Surprise Chef said hello at Brisbane's The Princess Theatre Thursday night as part of Open Season 2025. We said hello back, and had a little
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Review: Testament @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
It's only been what. . . 11 years since Testament last played to Aussie fans on our turf.
Well, last night (18 June) in Brisbane they returned to fans arriving... -
Review: Spacey Jane @ PICA (Melbourne)
It's the kind of cold that gets into your bones. The type of night where most people stay home, pile on blankets, scroll, scroll, scroll.
However, inside...