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The Velvet Club @ Factory Theatre, 8th Mar

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 8 March 2026

“The Velvet Club move with both urgency and care, a driving, pounding strut that moves at its own speed. It’s as arch as a raised eyebrow but it carries itself with both pace and vigour, classical indie rock with a healthy sense of modern paranoia. Much of this set is new, a twitchy and melodic […]

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Most Playlisted: Budjerah, The Velvet Club

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 24 July 2023

Budjerah and The Velvet Club topped the list this week, gaining the most adds to the most credible Australian new music playlists. Both artists did well to stand out in a fuzzy week of few clear winners, with the former making it onto three of Spotify’s premium playlists including New Music Friday & NZ, and […]

Tags Angie McMahon, Budjerah, CC:DISCO!, Death Bells, filous, Husky, Mid City, OK Hotel, Royel Otis, The Velvet Club

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.

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