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07/04/2025
By Allison Mackey
Concert ReviewSURG

Wild Fun at Manning

Indie folk band Wild Rivers impresses and entertains at USYD’s student bar It was difficult to discern everything that Devan Glover and Khalid Yassein of Canadian indie folk band Wild Rivers said in between songs at Manning Bar last Saturday over the techno rave happening in the venue’s courtyar

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22/12/2022
By Kat Porritt-Fraser
SURG

Why Julia Jacklin’s PRE-PLEASURE was one of 2022’s best albums

Kat Porritt-Fraser celebrates a cathartic musical highlight from the past year. Julia Jacklin has the kind of voice that makes you pause what you’re doing to listen in. PRE-PLEASURE has a similar quality as an album – if you resist listening closely, if you’re not ready to open your emotional

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04/05/2021
By Alison Wright
SURG

Tiny Little Houses’ ‘Car Crash’-ing Hit You Wouldn’t Think You Could Relate To

The new release from Tiny Little Houses, ‘Car Crash’, has Ali wrapped up in their indie rock hits once more as she details the feeling of the song.

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16/11/2020
By Zander Czerwaniw
SURG

Interview: Nick Lutsko is Injecting Absurdity

Nick Lutsko on creating comedy from the US Election, Dealing with Alex Jones, and Balancing Dual Identities

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05/05/2020
By Amelia Raines
SURG

MGMT’s Independent Era

MGMT’s conversion almost calls for the abolition of labels in their entirety, at the start of an age where there is no one to dictate what is and isn’t commercially appealing, no creative interference.

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10/04/2020
By Georgina Noack
SURG

Song Review: ‘Lost Angeles’ by The Aces

Utah quartet are back with their second single, about “that experience of being infatuated by Hollywood and a new city, but then having the excitement and romance of it ripped away at the hands of heartbreak.”

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02/08/2016
By Bronte Coles
SURG

Ball Park Music: Splendour in the Grass 2016

One can only imagine that given a headlining set time, they would’ve drawn a crowd on par with, if not rivaling, that of The Cure.

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