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Live Gallery: Future Islands at the Sydney Opera House 19.02.2023

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Words: Jim F / Pictures: Huw Williams It was a brilliant, almost life-affirming night in Halifax as The Smashing Pumpkins rolled into town to play to a sold-out Piece Hall crowd of 6,000 last Tuesday. The warmth of the summer evening matched the warmth the audience showed all three acts, turning this historic courtyard into …

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Second Idol’s Single Launch Is a Love Letter to Loud Guitars and Big Feelings

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Legendary alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins are set to bring their Aghori Tour to the UK this summer, performing at four iconic venues in August. With special guests Skunk Anansie and White Lies joining on select dates, this series of headline shows promises to be an unmissable experience for fans of era-defining alternative music. …

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Last night, the Pixies performed an intimate show at Eora/Sydney’s Liberty Hall, offering fans a rare close-up experience with the iconic band. Playing to just 1,200 lucky fans, the event sold out within days, offering an occasion miles removed from the sprawling stadium crowds they’re currently drawing as Pearl Jam’s support act. Black Francis greeted …

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While much contemporary music of today seems required to focus on the ‘me’ some artists continue to probe wider into the things that ‘we’ do collectively, the injustices, the inhumanities, the inequalities. Since co-founding the seminal Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the agit post rock assembly Thee Silver Mount Zion, Efrim Manuel Menuck has been …

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The Tank’s industrial skeleton provided a hauntingly perfect backdrop for Gordon’s powerful, atmospheric performance.

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Alternative pop icon, PVRIS, made their highly anticipated return to Orlando’s House of Blues. No venue is big enough to contain the powerful vocals and irreplaceable energy PVRIS brings to the table. Kicking off the night was Tijuana’s, Bruises, and was followed by Manchester rock band, Pale Waves.

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By Anthony Moore This past Monday evening indie pop band of Montreal brought their unique visual presentation and sound to the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Before the music started I could hear murmurs from the fans standing next to me about how amazing the show was in Seattle the night before and sharing experiences …

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A post rock summit, confluence or collab, some might even toss in the supergroup label if they were feeling flippant. Whatever you want to call the artistic meeting of minds that is WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN (or WAWBARC between friends) it offers up the enticing prospect of new collective music from Mat …

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Ever since Big|Brave‘s core members Robin Wattie (vocals/guitar) and Mathieu Ball (guitars) experienced a ‘loud can be quiet’ epiphany over a decade ago, ditching the acoustics and plugging in, their elemental sound has set the aerobatic thrill of Wattie’s singular voice within a swirling storm of riffs, distortion and pummelling rhythms. In some ways their …

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