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  • Primus & The Dean Ween Group @ Enmore Theatre 06/04/2018

    Primus has long been a personal favourite of mine. Ever since picking up a copy of 1999’s ‘Antipop’ in my early teenage years at a tiny record store in Coffs Harbour, I’ve been hooked to the zany...

    • Posted 7 years ago
  • Dream Theater @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 19/09/2017

    In late 2016, progressive metal stewards and one of my all-time favourite bands, Dream Theater, announced something teenage me would have needed a change of pants for. They made public that, in honour of its 25th anniversary,...

    • Posted 7 years ago
  • Dream Theater @ The Big Top, Sydney 30/10/2014

    Images: Martin Michea Words: Andrew Craig (Click here to view the full gallery) It’s been a while since progressive metal giants, Dream Theater, have graced our shores. Five long years in fact. And it’s not like the...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Rob Zombie, Korn and Mushroomhead @ The Big Top, Sydney 25/02/2014

    A show featuring Rob Zombie, Korn and Mushroomhead. If ever there was an evening of live music that would trigger the nostalgic moments of a member of Generation Y’s teenage adolescence, this was the one. Upon arrival,...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Big Day Out @ Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney 26/01/2014

    Images: Neal Walters Words: Andrew Craig Click here to view the full Big Day Out Sydney gallery. Big Day Out. Australia’s longest running touring music festival. Since its inception in 1992, its name has become unanimous with...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Amorphis, Datura Curse and The Eternal @ The Factory, Sydney 11/10/2013

    With the massive quantity of international bands touring Australia over the last portion of 2013, it’s becoming increasingly harder to choose which bands to try and see. Tonight’s decision was a difficult one, as for tonight in...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Steel Panther & The Art @ Luna Park, Sydney 05/10/2012

    As I walked through the iconic smiling mouth upon the entry to Luna Park, I immediately thought it was the perfect introduction to the night that I was about to have. For tonight, the Big Top, a...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • Cathedral, Paradise Lost & Turisas In Sydney

    After the accumulation of Soundwave, work, being back at university, and the massive evening of DTP and Meshuggah the night before, I found myself in a sleepy haze back at The Factory, a venue that’s quickly becoming...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Mastodon, Gojira and Kvelertak @ The Hi-Fi, Sydney

    MASTODON w/ Gojira, Kvelertak The Hi-Fi, Sydney – 1st March 2012 I now find myself reviewing my third sidewave, which is the last of a very long week of live shows, including the massive day that was...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • MESHUGGAH & DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT @ THE FACTORY, SYDNEY (28/02/2012)

    MESHUGGAH w/ Devin Townsend Project, Dredg The Factory, Marrickville (Sydney) – 28th February 2012 With the immense amount of bands playing at this year’s edition of Soundwave, there was bound to be some massive sideshows announced containing...

    • Posted 13 years ago