Live Reviews

Review: JD Garrahy Rock ‘n’ roll is dead, you say? Yeah, sure—I’ll believe that when hell freezes over. It’s not dead; there just hasn’t been anyone worthy enough to fill the void since the rock […]

Review: Joshua Hobbins Photography: Nate Rose On Sunday night, the Brisbane Entertainment Centre hosted a lineup that pulled from different eras of heavy music, with LANDMVRKS, Papa Roach and A Day to Remember each bringing […]

Review: By Christian Stanger Photography: Dan Maynard  When I came home from the UK in early 2009, the world had shifted slightly off its axis. The GFC was in full swing, Kevin Rudd was about […]

Metal heroines NERVOSA unleash the opening track to their upcoming album, Slave Machine, as a third single. “Impending Doom” builds up menacingly, using thunderous riffs and speedy drums to share sinister social observations and establish the women’s dominance in the […]

Proving once more that Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuthin’ ta fuck with, Boondall was shaken to its absolute core as the hip-hop giants kicked off the Australian leg of their Final Chamber tour. Local legends Bliss […]

Review: Nev Pearce Photos: Kaotic Images  It’s been seven years since thrash metal titans Anthrax last hit our shores at Download Festival, which also included some side shows with Slayer and Behemoth. Those shows were […]

Review: Dan Maynard It was barely a year ago that Japanese Kawaii Metal trio Babymetal were in Australia last. Since then, they’ve released a brand new album Metal Forth and toured the world endlessly, and tonight, it’s Australia’s turn […]

Review and gallery: JD Garrahy There’s sold out shows and then there’s One OK Rock shows. As I arrive to The Fortitude Music Hall, camera in hand, the sheer amount of people already lined up […]

Review: Joshua Hobbins Photography: Nate Rose For more than two decades, The Bronx have built a reputation as one of punk’s most ferocious live bands. On Saturday night at Brisbane’s Tivoli, they proved once again why that reputation […]

Review: Christian Stanger On a Friday night, with humidity climbing toward triple figures, Brisbane finds itself hosting a poetry recital. Not the kind you might expect inside the Playhouse or Concert Hall, but something closer […]