Maxine Gatt, Journalist

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Live Review: A Weekend In The Gardens: John Farnham, Daryl Braithwaite, Ross Wilson

"We hear the first beat to 'You're The Voice' and the crowd becomes ecstatic."

Boy & Bear. Pics supplied

Live Review: A Weekend In The Gardens: Boy & Bear, San Cisco, Amy Shark

Shark sets the bar early: a clear highlight of the night.

Photo by Joshua Braybrook

Live Review: Peaches, Black Cracker, Betty Grumble

"Our queer queen of song proceeds to walk like some futuristic, sexual sheepdog beyond the stage inside the now-bulging plastic phallus."

Live Review: L7, Cosmic Psychos

"We are L-grab-them-by-the-pussy-7."

Live Review: A.B. Original, Birdz, DJ Marze

"[A.B. Original] hit us with their latest, bouncy, hook-laden single '26 January' calling Dan Sultan to the stage to expertly sing his chorus."

Pics by Clinton Hatfield

Live Review: Twelve Foot Ninja, Dan Richardson, Acolyte

"A rock-solid performance that sends the audience into a crowd-surfing frenzy."

Live Review: My Dynamite, Jesse Redwing Band, Rich Davies & Ayleen O’Hanlon

"My Dynamite are possibly not as tight as usual."

Photos by Lucinda Goodwin

Live Review: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Thundamentals, XP

"Macklemore sucks you in quickly with his funny stories and likeable personality."

Live Review: Mark Lanegan Band, Mike Noga

"Fuck yeah, fucking oath!"

Photos by Clinton Hatfield

Live Review: Lurch & Chief, Horace Bones, Pretty City

"Somerville and Hall... reach their hands out to pull even more punters up with them until the stage literally can't fit any more people."

Live Review: The Living End, Bad//Dreems, 131's

"Cheney leaps onto Owen's bass and belts out a guitar solo while balancing up on the instrument."

Live Review: Being As An Ocean, Saviour, Void Of Vision, Spectral Fires

"The crowd swarm around Quartuccio and sing along as he holds the mic out to a shouting punter."

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