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24/09/2025
By Lucy Horton
Concert ReviewFeatureSURG

Old enough to know better, young enough to pretend: 25 Years of The Get Up Kids’ Something to Write Home About

There’s quite the line outside the Oxford Art Factory. Hoodies and canvas jackets are tied around waists, freeing hands to vape or authenticate, photographically, claims of ‘the last time they were here….’. The distribution of flannels is more than standard, but not in-your-face; offset by t

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09/06/2025
By Allison Mackey
Concert ReviewSURG

Old mervs at the roundhouse

Henry Carringtonn-Jones and David House – the twosome that comprises Old Mervs – looked casual and comfortable onstage at the UNSW Roundhouse. It was as if they’d been plucked from the crowd in front of them and instructed to use just an electric guitar and a drum set to expertly command an ot

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18/02/2025
By Allison Mackey
Concert ReviewSURG

A victory lap for an artist who’s just getting started

Olivia Dean’s Roundhouse Show was a triumphant celebration of fierce femininity Photo: Jess Gleeson. “This next song is about how a lot of my ex-boyfriends have unfollowed me on Instagram, but I still follow all of them,” Olivia Dean quipped to the crowd of her sold out show at the UNSW Roundh

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31/03/2018
By Jarret Armstrong
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Review: FBi Takeover of The Marly

What can you expect from a two dollar show? Is this too good to be true? Did we drink enough beforehand? How and why did we eat that much Chinese food?

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29/03/2018
By Rhea Thomas
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Gig Review: The Story So Far @ Factory Theatre

It’s clear why The Story So Far are at the very front of the rising punk scene — their live performance is just as rich as their studio sound, ever-evolving and growing fiercer and fiercer.

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