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Splendour Sideshows Guide

So tickets to Splendour have come and gone, and if you missed out (or even if you didn’t), you’re probably going to be interested in hitting up a few sideshows. The problem of course is that the Splendour lineup was so full of amazing international artists that it’s going to be hard picking just a […]

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I Was Nearly Captured By MGMT

So I was really hoping to be able to give you guys a fairly exclusive idea of what MGMT’s upcoming album sounds like right about now, but things didn’t turn out that way.

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Gig Review: Phoenix @ Festival Hall, 5th March

“Wow, you know all the words. It’s like being back in Paris” – Thomas Mars I went to Festival Hall last night expecting a suave and sophisticated show from the French pop maestros (a belief which was only solidified when the guitarist appeared on stage wearing a neck scarf). What I got was an energetic, […]

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Upcoming Cheap Melbourne Gigs

If there’s one problem with loving live music it’s that it really can get expensive sometimes. With that in mind I’ve compiled this list of great bands you can see in Melbourne over the coming months, all for less than $25 each (including six $15 or under!), which is phenomenal value for money.

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News: Little Lion Man Video From Laneway

Here’s an absolutely awesome video taken of Mumford and Sons performing their Triple J Hottest song of 2009, Little Lion Man, at the Laneway Festival in Melbourne. All credit goes to the uploader, tanrs7, I’m just featuring it here because it is rather spectacular. And it only captures a very small proportion of the atmosphere […]

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Melbourne Laneway Review

Yesterday, the indie crowd of Melbourne congregated at Footscray Community Arts Center for one of Australia’s favourite music festivals, Laneway. Having relocated this year to allow for stages that the crowd can actually see, and boasting a lineup that read like a who’s who of ‘it’ bands, this was certainly a festival to savour.

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