ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 27 NOVEMBER 2012 Having completed their apprenticeship via extensive touring throughout Australia, Brisbane’s Dead Letter Circus blew the proverbial doors open with chart-topping 2010 debut LP This is the Warning….
Category: Rock
DEAD CITY RUINS – Shockwave
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THE NEPTUNE POWER FEDERATION – Le Demon de L’amour
95% Five albums in and The Neptune Power Federation continue to find way to surprise and fascinate their growing legion of fans. Always a band no stranger to concept albums, this time they…
Winter Magic Revival Festival, Katoomba
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Monolith Festival, Sydney
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Blacken Open Air 2022
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GAY PARIS: Gritty, Edgy Horror
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 6 MAY 2011 With a sound comparable to Clutch teaming up with Chrome Division and then roping in Tom Waits for a few songs, the unlikely-named Gay Paris are a…