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BARBARA @ Transgenre, Red Rattler, 27th Sep

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 27 September 2025

“BARBARA are all raw nerves, dark electronics underpinning a mood of paranoia, a threat just out of your sightline. There’s a joy in it too though, a wild dance despite and in the face of danger, and that’s what stays with you.” Gallery Listen

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BARBARA @ Factory Theatre, 23rd Mar

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 23 March 2025

“BARBARA’s set thumps with black humour, Joy Division with a dose of 2020s paranoia. There’s weird fun in the beats and the vocal, danceable post-punk for the club set – it’s a modern take on a classic, a version of a dark past that’s brightly right now.” Gallery Listen

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I would like to acknowledge that the gigs that are pictured here, the stages they’re played on, the bars and venues they’re held in, and the good times they represent, are all held on lands that were never ceded by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge these First Australians as the traditional custodians of the continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. I pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend my recognition to their descendants.

Please also see my personal Music Industry Collaboration Commitment