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Gig Review: A Night at Greaser - Free Gigs and a Mosh Communion (8 August 2026)
Kylie talks of the gift of free gigs, local music, and making metal head friends at Twisted Lullabys headlining gig, supported by Deprived Of, Graveyard Club, and Pyrokinesis.
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August 5, 2026 · Harrison Tang
Gig Review: Shady Nasty at The Tivoli, Brisbane - Glorious punk behind curtains (3 July 2026)
The Tivoli is going intimate mode for Shady Nasty tonight, circle pits and all. Harrison's review from a safe view.
July 19, 2026 · Tannum Portelli
Gig Review: Full Flower Moon Band at The Tivoli, Brisbane - Full Flower Moon Band sells out The Tivoli (18 July 2026)
Full Flower Moon Band - The Tivoli take over. Tannum's live review.
July 11, 2026 · Kylie Mangili
Gig Review: Hiatus Kaiyote at The Tivoli, Brisbane - 15th Anniversary Tour Opener (10 July 2026)
Hiatus Kaiyote opened their 15th anniversary tour at Brisbane's Tivoli with a fairy onstage and their first-ever circle pit. Kylie's live review.
June 3, 2026 · Lincoln Savage
Following a Song (Part 1)
Part one of a series on how music earns. Every song is at least two copyrights, paid separately, often to different people. Here is the chain from a song being written to a payment landing, and the economics of streaming, distribution, and sync along the way.
May 27, 2026 · Kylie Mangili
Sellma Soul
Sellma on performance and autonomy. Art is meant to be about creative freedom, but what happens when the industry is deviating from that dream?
May 6, 2026 · Lincoln Savage
Bcharre بشرّي
Yousef Taouk and Tom Kinsella on Lebanese folk samples, Brisbane studio hardware, and why a single fan paying you directly is worth more than ten thousand streams.
May 6, 2026 · Lincoln Savage
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