“Papa Pilko & The Binrats are always a spectacle to behold, even if your eyeballs burn and your ears ring at the end of it. Filthy as hell, mad as hatters, and all the better for it.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
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“Beautiful Stink bench press 300lb of Pearl Jam with ease, as dense and muscular as a side of beef. Hair flies high, as do we.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
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LSF @ The Duke Of Enmore, 5th May
“LSF kick off tonight’s 666 Nights Of Live Music celebration at The Duke by serving up slab after slab of riff and rhythm, big and grumpy chunks of it.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
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Loser @ Oxford Art Factory, 4th May
“Loser come to market with a barrow absolutely brimming with quality product. Every song is constructed like the business end of a great big truck, even the lighter bits feeling like a wall has landed on your head. The heavier bits… well, hell. Three people shouldn’t sound this huge, and songs like this need a […]
“The Sunday Estate’s set tonight is like climbing a set of stairs, each one raising the volume and the pace. At the bottom, your first step is 90s jangling guitar with big choruses, and at the top the Bloc Party vibes are ripping your face off. It’s a long way up, and the view from […]
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Highways @ Oxford Art Factory, 4th May
“Highways may feature a couple of ingredients from sleepmakeswaves but post-rock is left in the pantry tonight. Instead – on only their third live outing – we get giant slices of alt-rock cake, sweet and rich and sugary enough to put you in a coma. Fills the stomach, fills the room, nom nom.” Gallery Learn […]
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The Tin Knees @ Oxford Art Factory, 3rd May
“It’s hard to over-emphasise how rare and unusual The Tin Knees are. Just getting *this* many musicians with *that* level of talent together in one place is odd enough. That they have all agreed to pool their considerable talents together to create what may be the wonkiest band at work today is even odder. Chaos […]
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Mumfighter @ Oxford Art Factory, 3rd May
“Mumfighter’s skills at yo-yo and rollerblading are only matched by those on show in a set full of electronically-driven but mind-alteringly bonkers tracks. The beats tear holes in the intestines, the vocal alternates between finely-honed bars and stream-of-consciousness harangues, and the whole thing is as incomprehensible yet instantly addictive as crack in a disposable vape. […]
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Fanzine #04 | Apr 2023
The cover this month is graced by the outstanding Clews, who blew the walls out at their show earlier this month. It wasn’t the only brilliant performance on Sydney’s stages though, and this issue features shows from Sweetie, WILSN, Good Ramen, the outstanding Turpentine Babycino, and tons more. Away from the stage, there’s also the […]