The Zoo
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After 32 Years Brisbane Live Music Institution The Zoo Is Shutting Its Doors Forever
Currently mired in a music festival wasteland, the latest casualty of Australia's worsening local live music sector is Brisbane grassroots institution The
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Review: Orange Goblin @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
I arrive at Brisbane's well-known live music venue The Zoo (11 April), following the throng of people climbing its black and gold glittered steps.
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Review: Taylor Acorn @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
Taylor Acorn's performance at The Zoo in Brisbane (9 March) was akin to a therapeutic session for her fans, as she belted out tunes with electrifying
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Review: Magic Dirt @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
Feedback squealed from the speakers at Brisbane's The Zoo (2 September), overwhelmed by the turbo-charged riffing of Magic Dirt.
As frontwoman Adalita Srsen... -
Review: We Set Sail @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
"There's nothing better than being the centre of attention in front of 400 people," deadpanned Paul Voge of We Set Sail, clearly uncomfortable at the
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Review: RedHook @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
I would be under-exaggerating if I told you I was excited to see RedHook.
Supported by Sydney indie punks The Dead Love, The Zoo was a punk-rock haven last... -
Review: Stepson @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
As we draw to the end of the first month of the new year, live music has lately often seemed like a thing of the past with venue restrictions, the postponement and
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An Icon Of Brisbane Music The Zoo Has Finally Installed Air Conditioning Just In Time For Summer
It may have taken 30 long years, but the stifling heat of Brisbane's live music institution The Zoo is no more with the Fortitude Valley venue finally installing air
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Review: Ben Ely Band @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
It's Friday night (10 September) and I am off to see a wizard, a musical wizard of Aus, Ben Ely!
And feeling 100 per cent blessed. Why? Because, because,... -
Live Music Venue The Zoo To Re-open To Crowds With Anti-Social Series
Brisbane’s iconic live music venue, The Zoo will re-open to patrons next month – in accordance to further lifting of social distancing restrictions on 11 July – with
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Review: Weyes Blood @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
Last night (25 February), Weyes Blood took The Zoo (in Brisbane) above the fog of modern angst and into her own private realm of nostalgic romanticism.
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Review: Regurgitator @ Band Together Bush Fire Fundraiser @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
Five Australian bands came together (25 January) for a benefit show at The Zoo in Brisbane, raising funds for the aid and recovery from the devastating bush fires, with all
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Review: Ali Barter @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
It’s the spookiest time of year, and the streets of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley brimmed with Halloween costumes.
However, inside The Zoo (31 October) Ali Barter... -
Swervedriver Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
Guitar noise whirred and stuttered from amplifier stacks. Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin’s foot hopped from pedal to pedal, orchestrating noise while bandmate Jimmy
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John Maus Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
American synthpop artist John Maus stood centre stage and howled.
Alone on stage, John’s baritone screams echoed over his backing music and throughout Brisbane’s... -
Verge Collection Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
Verge Collection is a band well versed in transition.
Frontman Ben Arnold has used the most-of-the-time four-piece act as a vessel for songs navigating all the... -
Icecream Hands Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
Icecream Hand’s singer-guitarist Charles Jenkins gently ribbed his own age to fans gathered at The Zoo (21 March) in Brisbane.
“I’m old, so you’ll have to come to... -
Sabrina Lawrie Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
It’s Nightwoods before Sabrina Lawrie, and all through the house, funky creatures were stirring, The Zoo filling out (18 January).
The Brisbane five-piece,... -
Amyl And The Sniffers Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
“F...in’ hell, Amy!” shouted Amyl And The Sniffers guitarist Dec Martens. “That was me beer!”
Amy Taylor, the Melbourne pub punks’ lead singer, snatched the beer... -
Cheap Fakes Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
Hemingway were chill, commanding rhythmic dominion over the kingdom that had gathered to sway before them at The Zoo in Brisbane (4 August).
The ethereal sounds of...