Author: Alex Kirk
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The Magician @ Vic On The Park, 14th Aug
“The Magician come off chaotic but it lands in precise waves, a calibrated mayhem. It’s wild and feral but it’s whetted sharp, a hammer blow with a scalpel’s edge.” Gallery Listen
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Alex Fears @ Vic On The Park, 14th Aug
“You can’t keep up with Alex Fears. Punk rock is delivered in hyperspeed slices, while the joke that you just got is now seven punchlines back and the technical disasters are segue-ing into sketch comedy. No-one packs in this much honkingly daft fun into their set, no-one keeps you as dizzily off-balance while thwacking you […]
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Appletinis @ Bootleggers, 14th Aug
“Appletinis pack the joint tonight, with a crowd primed to sing along and dance like loons. Great big songs – hilariously, theatrically large – boom like pop gongs, a ringing metronome measuring the pace of your good times.” Gallery Listen
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POLYBIUS @ Bootleggers, 14th Aug
“POLYBIUS’ shine blinds, enough glint to take out one or both retinas. The songs are all chrome and fresh wax while the vocal thunders with a heavy foot, a V8 blasting through out of a concrete tunnel into blazing sunlight.” Gallery Listen
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Anna Dine @ Bootleggers, 14th Aug
“Anna Dine infectious alt-pop-indie-jazz flitters and skitters, dancing with a huge, involuntary grin. Bubbling like a shook bottle, plenty of fizz and bang.” Gallery Listen
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Gigs This Week In Sydney | 12-16 Aug
Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists. The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days. Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you […]
This week’s data-driven roundup of artists killing it around the world and in Australia this week Get this in your inbox every Sunday by signing up to the Substack Start next week right by getting across the biggest and the hottest new music around – as usual, I’ve taken a look at which artists are […]
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Phase II @ Enmore Hotel, 9th Aug
“Phase II bring it like C.O.F.F.I.N doing jazz, heavy and snarling but with truffles to sniff out underneath, as noodly as it is noisy. Bananas, basically – a riot of unpredictable, wonky, and crazy-loud fun.” Gallery