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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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31/08/2025
By Isla Hook
CampusConcert ReviewFeature

Mama Subpoena: Here We Plead Again – A Revue, Reviewed

Swapping the canvas page for the big stage, the Law Revue is back again! In a witty celebration of Sydney Uni’s law faculty, Mama Subpoena: Here We Plead Again was a glimmering example of the scrappy but sharp production of student theatre. Its self-reflexive humour tiptoped against the controvers

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08/05/2025
By Allison Mackey
Concert ReviewSURG

Gracie in All Her Grandeur 

Abrams made Qudos Bank Arena feel intimate on the second of three sold-out shows Gracie Abrams’ penultimate sold-out show at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena boasted the power of the Teenage Fangirl. Led by Gracie – one of our very own – and exceptional opening act Ashe, 21,000 screaming fans found

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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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02/12/2024
By Finn Cameron
Concert ReviewSURG

MODE FESTIVAL 2024

What is this “cultural celebration” that they claim takes place at Mode Festival? Here Finn Cameron finds out the truth. Mode held its third edition on Wareamah (Cockatoo Island) on Saturday 12th October. Improving on each year, it seems they are well on their way to creating an annual q

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25/06/2024
By Rosina Carbone
Concert ReviewSURG

Cancer Bats storm Crowbar

My leather jacket just isn’t cutting it anymore. It’s a frigid sabbath like this that sees me only dare to brave the Crowbar floor with a down-padded winter jacket zipped to my chin and covertly thick socks tucked under bootcut jeans. “We’re here to see Cancer Bats and then we’re fucking r

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28/04/2024
By Imogen Church
Concert ReviewSURG

Fall to the Floor for Body Type

Immie convinces you to listen to Body Type.

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22/04/2024
By David Balodis Serra
Concert ReviewSURG

The Chemical Brothers Live Again

Davo Reviews The Chemical Brothers Live @ The Dome Sydney Showground – 29 February 2024

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02/12/2023
By Rosina Carbone
Concert ReviewSURG

Welcome to the Brian Jonestown Massacre

Photo by Rosina Carbone Rosina reviews the Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Enmore Theatre – 16 November 2023 Good things happen to those who wait around concert venues. So when singer Anton Newcombe and guitarist Ryan Van Kreidt spill out of the doors of the Duke to greet the throng of flat caps an

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13/09/2023
By Grace Street
Concert ReviewSURG

Brutalismus 3000: Serving ‘ULTRAKUNST’ in Paris 2023

The Berlin-Based post-techno gabber punk duo brought an electric set to La Cigale Hall in May this year. After discovering the ‘post-techno gabber punk’ duo Brutalismus 3000 on a techno playlist assembled for me by Spotify, I made it a mission to get to their ULTRAKUNST 2023 Tour.  As it ju

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