Neurosis & Dispossessed @ The Croxton, Melbourne, 18/02/2017

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Neurosis & Dispossessed @ The Croxton, Melbourne, 18/02/2017

I always love it when someone uses their position for something just slightly outside of the remits of what you’d normally expect. Bronwyn Bishop and her helicopters, for instance. Tonight I got to see the singer of Dispossessed hush...
- Posted 8 years ago
Guns N’ Roses & Wolfmother @ Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 14/02/2017

It’s a rare moment that the MCG hosts a live band and uses its famous cricket ground as the venue. Following the reunion tour of The Police in 2008 (which drew a crowd of 30,000) and then the charity...
- Posted 8 years ago
Opeth @ Sydney Opera House, Sydney 06/02/2017

Images: John Raptis Words: Rod Whitfield Click here to view the full gallery. This is really quite a surreal feeling. I have never actually been inside the hallowed house before, and seeing one of my all time favourite bands...
- Posted 8 years ago
Periphery, Circles & Polaris @ 170 Russell, Melbourne 05/02/2017

Words: Mitch Alexander Photos: Clinton Hatfield (Click here to view the full gallery) Following the unprecedented event of rain falling in Melbourne, and the subsequent public transport shutdown/driver’s freaking the fuck out/bicycle’s getting soaked, I only managed to catch...
- Posted 8 years ago
Periphery, Polaris & Circles @ The Metro Theatre, Sydney 03/02/2017

Words: Rod Whitfield Photos: Jess Miller (Click here to view the full gallery) It is a tropical night in Sydney, the heat and humidity are high and the crowd lined up along the side of the Metro and almost...
- Posted 8 years ago
Stick To Your Guns, Knocked Loose, Relentless & Reactions @ The Brightside, Brisbane 26/01/2017

Music and Australia Day are as synonymous with each other as meat pies and sauce, or ‘shrimp’ and barbeques; and on a night where there were a few places in Brisbane you could go to escape the drawl of...
- Posted 8 years ago
Refused, Sick Of It All & High Tension @ Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 25/01/2017

Featuring a monumental lineup consisting of legendary punks, Refused, hardcore punk heavyweights, Sick Of It All, and explosive local outfit High Tension, this mixed bill delivered a history lesson to a sold out Prince Bandroom. The first of two nights, this show explored the shape of punk that has come to influence and...
- Posted 8 years ago
Lagerstein, Atomic Riot, Ablaze & Skärlet @ Cherry Bar, Melbourne 14/01/2017

My first official gig of 2017 was one I was very much looking forward to! It’s been four months since Brisbane’s Lagerstein were last down in Melbourne (then for their show in September at the Evelyn Hotel), and I...
- Posted 8 years ago
Katatonia, The Eternal & Myridian @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne 10/12/2016

Across Melbourne, a sold-out Corner Hotel crowd gathers dot witness the first ever headline tour of Swedish doom metallers Katatonia. Three years since their last visit to our shores, supporting their fellow countrymen Opeth, expectations were high and excitement...
- Posted 8 years ago
Baroness, Batpiss & Child @ Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 09/12/2016

Images: Sebastian Marino Words: Mitch Alexander After a harrowing month long journey, losing three of my party and a few toes to both hyperthermia and sunstroke, I managed to get from northside to St Kilda for the show. I...
- Posted 8 years ago

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