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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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10/06/2025
By Aidan Elwig Pollock
Concert ReviewFeatureSURG

The day I went and saw Japanese Breakfast at the Opera House on a whim and a prayer

Japanese Breakfast is a musical project I had definitely heard of before May 2025, but my knowledge did not extend beyond this fantastically textural name. It was only when a friend mentioned that they were heading to the Opera House to see the act, who were performing as part of Vivid, that I sat d

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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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02/05/2025
By Rosina Carbone
Concert ReviewSURG

The Murder Capital Live

A Tale of Two Irish Bands What does cracking Australia even mean for an international band? What does it cost? What is there to gain? What does success look like for an Irish post-punk band like the Murder Capital in a new rock industry still trying to find a norm for greats-making? Touring Australi

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23/04/2025
By Chris Kane
Concert ReviewSURG

Knot-as White as I Thought

KNOTFEST 2025 review Knotfest 2025 was a celebration of heavy music today. Offering a unique introspection of how many ridiculous sub-genres, waves, and eras we have made in our head, the line-up forced attendees to draw down their barriers and enjoy a hot and humid communion of nothing but heavy mu

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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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03/01/2025
By Gryff W-B
Concert ReviewSURG

Poly-Amnesia: Finding a lost sense of Polynesian identity through diasporic art

Josef from the 2210 in South-West Sydney has been on a quest to find himself through a reflection on his family’s past and how it shapes the context in which he lives today. It Takes a Village is an ethos to live by that Josef has always felt, he just had to rekindle with the […]

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20/07/2024
By George McMillan
FilmSURG

Longlegs: deep chills, shallow cinema

Satan was name-dropped a couple of too many times and, frankly, Satanism is just not that scary anymore.

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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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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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