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26/09/2023
By Miles Huynh
ArticlesMusicOpinionSURG

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16/09/2023
By Nathan Phillis
ArticlesMusicRetrospectiveSURG

Folk Punk: 45 Years Later

Image by Sam Moqadam from Unsplash. Let’s hear it for the crusties, tree-huggers, and city rats I’ve always been a huge proponent of the folk-punk genre. The music industry is absolutely rife with the Car-Seat Headrests, Taylor Swifts, and King Crimsons of the world, but – despite all thei

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23/08/2023
By Will Thorpe
ArticlesMusicMusic ReviewRetrospectiveSURG

Retrospective: Fifty years on from Goats Head Soup, have the Stones’ critics learned anything?

At the end of the day, the Stones rock on. The history of the Rolling Stones is, in large part, a history of sceptical critics dismissively writing off albums, and interviewers posing the question of when the band will pack it in. 61 years in, they’re still waiting. Released August 1973, Goats Hea

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19/08/2023
By Matthew Forbes
ArticlesMusic ReviewSURG

‘Barbie: The album’ deserved better

The soundtrack for the biggest film of the year is heavy on big names, but light on thrills There are probably very few people as satisfied with themselves right now than the Barbie marketing team. Between the universally praised teasers, social media campaigns that caught on like pink wildfire, and

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02/08/2023
By Rosina Carbone
ArticlesConcert ReviewMusicSURG

YEAH YEAH YEAHS ARE STILL BIGGER THAN THE SOUND

Rosina reviews yeah Yeah Yeahs @ The Hordern Pavilion – 24 July 2023 Image credits: Jordan Munns Looking around, it’s not hard to see that Sydney has sorely missed Yeah Yeah Yeahs.  Pay no mind to the crisp chill that pervades the general admission queue, or the untimely booking that wi

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30/07/2023
By Solomiya Sywak
ArticlesSplendour 2023SURG

Splendour in the Grass ’23: Day 3 Diary

Image credits: Bruce Baker Solomiya’s Splendour experience comes to an end Dear Splendour Diary, My energy and brain cells are waning. Splendour definitely dragged on; especially as a camper onsite, you couldn’t escape it. Finally getting into a routine of thawing myself in the morning and t

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29/07/2023
By Solomiya Sywak
ArticlesSplendour 2023SURG

Splendour in the Grass ’23: Day 2 Diary

Image credits: Bruce Baker Solomiya tackles the hot and the cold Dear Splendour Diary, I think I somehow got both hypothermia and hyperthermia; waking up at ungodly hours with no feeling to my feet, then waking up at a godly hour absolutely sweating. Now used to the Splendour routine, I donned the l

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27/07/2023
By Solomiya Sywak
ArticlesSplendour 2023SURG

Splendour In The Grass ’23: Day 1 Diary

Image credits: Matt Jelonek of Getty Images SURG correspondent, Solomiya Sywak, takes you through the Day 1 highlights Dear Splendour Diary, Forget ‘Splendour in the Mud’, 2023’s festival lineup was sun, more sun and the coldest nights I have experienced in my life so far. The annual pilgrima

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22/07/2023
By Zoe Biggs
ArticlesMusicSplendour 2023SURG

’23 Splendour Spotlight: Mumford & Sons

Zoe reflects on the nostalgia of the band, and longs for a Sydney sideshow. In 2009, my parents travelled to Ireland for a friend’s wedding. Having hired a car to drive from Dublin to Dingle, it was Mumford & Sons’ first studio album, Sigh No More (2009) which (partially) soundtracked their

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22/07/2023
By Victoria Gillespie
ArticlesMusicSplendour 2023SURG

’23 Splendour Spotlight: Full Flower Moon Band

grungy and ethereal, this project is on a mission to demythologise rock n roll I’m not going to Splendour, but if I was, I’d be seeing Full Flower Moon Band. Hailing from Meanjin (Brisbane), this bluesy-rock outfit formed in 2015. FFMB have released two albums (the first is Bandcamp-exclusive) a

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