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  • chris virtue 20251. Three Gigs
    In March, Barry Adamson played the Factory, in what looked like it was going to be the gig of the year, touring his “Cut to Black” LP. Hot band, great songs, great voice and a running gag that I can’t remember from a man with a larger-than-life presence.

    The album’s great too. Seriously good songwriting and composition which one would expect given that he does soundtracks. The title track and the opening “The Last Words of Sam Cooke” are the standouts for me, but all tracks are excellent.

    2. The Beasts – twice
    Saw The Beasts back in February at the Manning Bar in Sydney and it was last time to see the great James Baker. They were touring their latest release Ultimo. Great show and it reminded me that there are two bands who generate this sort of noise. The other is Crazy Horse.

  • hard ons box

    “The Most Australian Band Ever!”, the internationally acclaimed 2024 documentary about the early days of legendary Sydney punk band the Hard-Ons,is being released on Blu-ray and the deluxe edition is a bloody ripper.

    The Jonathan Sequeira-produced doco won Best Film at the LA Punk Film Festival and the physical edition is out just as its sequel “Harder and Harder” starts a run in Australian cinemas.

    So here's the bloody low-down.