Kathy Pollock, Journalist

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Live Review: Blank Realm, Nite Fields, 100%

"The set is fun, immersive and dazzling."

Live Review: Hoodoo Gurus, HITS, Mick Medew & The Mesmerisers, Fat, The Skeletones, Goldstool

"The band are simultaneously note-perfect and spontaneous, and are clearly having a blast playing again in celebration of 4ZZZ."

Live Review: Ed Kuepper

"Venture up the steps into Black Bear Lodge and soak up some new, nostalgic, and strangely warming songsmithery."

Live Review: Yngwie Malmsteen

"Some clad in T-shirts saying ‘Yngwie who?’ on the front. The backs answer the question — ‘Yngwie f*cking Malmsteen, that’s who.'"

Live Review: The Celibate Rifles, Dr Bombay, The 52 Pickups

Even with 30 years of live music experience, The Celibate Rifles perform "with as much rock’n’roll conviction as any new band out there."

Live Review: The Necks

Brisbane immersed themselves in The Necks.

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