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A dance remix of Brisbane immortals The Go-Betweens’ ‘Streets of Your Town’ may look cringe worthy on paper, but fortunately The Aston Shuffle make it work and the modestly sized crowd here to see Bluejuice are appreciating every second. You can see exactly why Bluejuice brought this accredited indie-dance duo on their...
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I adored the Arctic Monkey’s when I was fourteen. I thought their debut Whatever People Say I Am was the best album to ever be released, the be all and end all of quality music. My teenage adoration has mellowed somewhat and over time I’ve lost track of the Arctic Monkeys. With each new album they’ve adapted the sound but at...
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Beirut is very much on the verge of being a band you’d never listen to. Musically, they’d be placed in the ‘world’ section – and I don’t know about you, but I can’t name another band on earth that would sit here. Pairing their gypsy-inspired sound with some, well, just inspired lyrics – they have forged a new genre...
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There are a couple of assumptions you can make about a Fleet Foxes gig. It’s a safe bet that the gig will be packed, the indie-folk band draw a big crowd with their disarmingly beautiful harmonies and intricate melodies. It’s also pretty safe to say that the action on stage won’t be much to look at, but that won’t...
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Photo: Phillip Andrews
Brisbane, rejoice! Let be known that I attended a gig at the Zoo and DIDN’T drown in my own sweat. It seems investments have been made in a few extra fans which provided relief from the heat in the notoriously heated venue. Hooray! What an excellent start to a new year of music.
Quite the crowd had gathered...
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It’s a hot and uncharacteristically windy Gold Coast afternoon when I sit with Big Day Out co-founder and promoter Ken West. Before us is an empty Gold Coast Parklands which, in a couple of days, will be transformed into a festival hording ground for close to 50,000 music revellers – “it’s almost like a small community for...
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After watching Grouplove blow the (metaphorical) roof off of the Falls Festival on New Years Eve, I was more than excited to see what they would do for a (more intimate) encore in Byron Bay. The Northern was the final stop on the Los Angeles quintet’s whirlwind national tour, and given their storied formation at a hippie...
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Words: Penny Langfield
The low guttural sounds resounding up the hill beyond The Grande stage at Woodford had the punters inside pumping. Even the relaxed folk outside the tent were tapping their feet rather enthusiastically. It could have been a Pearl Jam concert. The band may even have been singing in English, judging by the...
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