The Brag

After taking a break in 2010, the (usually) annual Homebake festival returned to Sydney’s Domain for its 14th iteration. Featuring some of Australian music’s most respected names, amongst the next crop of rising local artists, it promised to be a day of cross-generational musical highlights – but proved to be somewhat hit and miss. The [...]

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Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Architecture In Helsinki, CW Stoneking, Grinderman, Homebake Festival, Icehouse, Max Easton, Oh Mercy, The Brag, The Jezabels, The Vines, Triffids

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You can keep your Shania Twain and your Taylor Swift; older than their ages combined, Dolly Parton is still hotter by far.
She took the stage bang-on 8pm amidst a riot of colour and too-bright lights, launching into a kick-arse countrified medley that included ‘Walking On Sunshine’. It’s hard to overstate just how good she looked [...]

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Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Allphones Arena, Dolly Parton, Robbie Miles, The Brag

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After listening to the barking vocals and swirling guitars on any Fucked Up album, one can’t help but sit back and conjure images of the manic live show that could surely ensue. It’s fair to say that my expectations were not only met but were surpassed when the Canadian sextet took over Sydney’s freshest live [...]

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Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Fucked Up, Greg Clennar, The Brag, The Standard

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After some time away from the limelight, Sydney’s Dappled Cities climbed back on stage ahead of their forthcoming album, with some early slots at Harvest Festival and a sideshow support gig for Brooklyn’s TV On The Radio.
But absence be damned: these constantly evolving art rockers have maintained their eminence in the local scene since the [...]

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Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Dappled Cities, Elizabeth Rose, Matthew O'Neil, Millions, The Brag

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“The seventies: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Can…You could see all those bands live back then. It doesn’t get much cooler than that.” William Bensussen aka The Gaslamp Killer didn’t need to think for long when I asked him about his preferred musical era earlier this year, and his live set serves as evidence; [...]

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Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Christiaan de Wit, Oxford Art Factory, The Brag, The Gaslamp Killer

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