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Having made my way to 10 artists on the day before, I upped the ante on the second day trying to get to as many artists as I could before the inevitable fatigue set in, getting to a further 11 artists and peeking in on another one from the crowd while having an evening meal …

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It was great to get back amongst a full-blown festival once again, and Bluesfest delivered in spades as the Thursday saw huge crowds in attendance. As always, the festival begins with a traditional Welcome To Country, a sign of respect for the traditional owners of the land upon which the festival operates, the Bundjalung people. …

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On the Wednesday evening before the Easter long weekend, as the faithful 4 day campers are making their way in and setting up camp, Bluesfest have, over recent years, put on a single stage event with 3 or 4 acts as way of saying thank you to those festival goers who are regarded as the …

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30 years on from the release of their sophomore album, Hi-Fi Way, You Am I rolled into Hobart on their Hi-Fi Daily Double Down Tour to deliver a near religious experience to a 400 strong crowd of enthusiastic fans at the Odeon Theatre on Saturday evening. The band played two sets, during which time they …

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The Fuzz Island Fest at Altar Bar in Hobart last Saturday night unveiled (possibly) one of the best international bands you have never seen or heard before. Put on and hosted by Psychedelic Salad Records, six bands played right through to the early hours of Sunday morning in what is hoped to be an annual …

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It has been almost a year since I reviewed Claire Anne Taylor’s Giving It Away (review here), and over 55 gigs later after touring mainland Australia, she and her band brought the album home to her Tasmanian base along with some surprise new tracks which have been written and road-tested while on the long haul …

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On the back of the August release of their 8th album, Whatever, Whatever, Grinspoon continued their Whatever, Whenever, Wherever tour at The Odeon Theatre here in Hobart on Friday night. Almost 30 years have elapsed since the band became an entity in Lismore, New South Wales, and despite the highs and lows that they have …

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The legends that are The Church winged their way into Hobart to roll out the Tasmanian leg of their ‘The Already Yesterday Tour’, a celebration of the first four albums from the band, spanning the years 1981 to 1985, with those being Of Skins & Heart, The Blurred Crusade, Seance and Heyday. Steve Kilbey has, …

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Reincarnated punk legends, The Saints, hit The Odeon on a sultry Wednesday evening to deliver some large slices of Australian rock and roll history from the seminal period of the band’s early days from 1973 through to 1978. Founding members, Ed Kuepper on guitar and Ivor Hay on drums were joined by a veritable who’s …

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It was an evening of firsts, as Hobart’s post-rock supergroup, follow, took to the live stage for the very first time and played songs from their debut LP, Old Haunts (album review by Senior Editor, Arun Kendall, here), which was released back in May 2023. Formed by past and present members of Luca Brasi, Silver …

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