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  Live review: Local Natives

  16 May 2013

  The indie rock five-piece entered the stage to the strains of David Bowie's Young Americans, which was a fitting introduction to the energetic show that would follow.

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  Live Review: Tool, Sydney

  06 May 2013

  Tool's arena tour is a violent reminder of the progressive sound that has remained impervious to trends or copycat newcomers.

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  Live review: Groovin' The Moo 2013

  29 April 2013

  In Maitland, it’s not unusual to spot the odd cow or horse hanging out in a roadside paddock. But, dinosaurs and giraffes walking up the main street can only mean one thing: the Moo is back in town.

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  Live review: 666 words on Black Sabbath in Sydney

  29 April 2013

  The depth of influence that the original incarnation of Black Sabbath has had on hard rock and heavy metal over the last four decades can never really be understated.

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  Fall Out Boy have lost their lyrical edge

  26 April 2013

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  Album review: The Flaming Lips, The Terror

  23 April 2013

  Wayne Coyne described The Terror to this publication as “dissonant, even amongst itself”, which seemed like an exciting prospect.

• Album review: James Blake, Overgrown

  16 April 2013

  Just as he set out to do, Blake has scored a direct hit to the heart, in the most sonically arresting way.

• Live Review: Fall Out Boy, Sydney

  26 March 2013

  If this was a plan to have us associate last night with every youthful indiscretion that was mimicked in their first two records, then it worked.

• Album review: Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience

  25 March 2013

  Having squeezed as much as he can out of pop stardom, JT is determined to be seen as an Entertainer.

• Album Review: Bring Me The Horizon, Sempiternal

  22 March 2013

  If you thought 2010's There Is A Hell… was risk-splattered and genre-crossing, then nothing will prepare you for this.

• Live review: Rodriguez

  20 March 2013

  Even before a sold-out crowd at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre last night, Rodriguez remains a mystery.

• Album review: British India, Controller

  19 March 2013

  Controller is a balanced fourth release from a band that surely – to borrow Melia’s own phrase – won’t be “just outside of international recognition” for much longer.

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