It would be hard to argue that this year’s V festival lineup was anything to get excited about. With The Killers headlining the festivities, it had nothing on the Pixies and The Smashing Pumpkins of previous years, reading like a very average British festival. And a last minute set change, which caused The Killers to…
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It goes without saying that there has been no band who has even come close in matching the success Kings of Leon has seen in Australia this past year. And all it took was one song. In January of last year, still riding the wave of “ONLY BY THE NIGHT”, the Kings of Leon were…
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Following the disasters which ravaged Queensland and Victoria in February, the worst in our nation’s history, it became clear that we as a community had to join together to do something – anything – to not only immediately assist those in peril, but financially assist any and all organisations which would keep these sort or…
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While last month’s “The Big O” may have been something new for Sydney Uni students, Beachball is a long-running tradition for the new semester. While the internationals are missing, a fantastic showcase of local talent is always on offer. This year, Van She and Wolf & Cub were given the honour of headlining the Manning…
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It’s a distant memory now when Coldplay first played Australia. In fact most of you probably didn’t even notice it happening. Riddled with nerves, Chris Martin stepped onto the Big Day Out Main Stage in 2001 to a crowd who had no idea who they were. They had barely released “Parachutes” at this point, after…
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One thing that my friends in the UK have always bragged about over the years were the bands that their Universities would get for their Orientation week-equivalent, Freshers’ Week. Well it seems the kind folks at Boundary Sounds were a bit jealous as well, and organised an Australian-wide tour / mini festival “The Big O”,…
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