Concrete Playground

Saturday, 18th September - 7PM - Saturday, 6th November - 7PM
@ Sydney Entertainment Centre

If you were born before 1990, a well-spun "the first time I saw Powderfinger" story holds nearly the same cachet as a "the first time I did it" story. In the 20 years since their beginnings as a university band in Brisbane, the 'finger has, ahem, touched most of us...

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Wednesday, 4th August - 8PM
@ Metro Theatre

In 2003, while handing me a burnt-copy of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People, a friend provided the following caveat: never trick yourself into thinking you know exactly what Broken Social Scene are going to do next. It was obnoxious advice, but true nonetheless. Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning's sprawling musical...

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Saturday, 31st July - 8PM
@ Metro Theatre

Strange but delectably true: just a week ago, if you looked in the front window of the right three-storey terrace in Surry Hills at about 4am, you would have seen several twenty-somethings dancing intoxicatedly (it was a word then, at least) to the vintage-warm strains of Midlake. Now, while this is the only recorded instance...

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Saturday, 29th May - 11AM
@ Central Station

As a party host I'm all about grand gestures, the more fantastical the better. For my 26th birthday, my flatmates and I plastered our entire living area in astroturf, fairy lights and sunflowers. The theme was "cosmic garden party", and all the guests thought we were crrraaaazzzzzyy.Our "insanity" pales in comparison to the...

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Saturday, 25th September - 8PM
@ The Gaelic

Beyond accolades, placing these bands side by side just makes sense. Both are pop experimenters with a keen sense of adventure in their music, and both have fierce (in the Tyra Banks/[i]ANTM[/i] sense) reputations for their live shows.

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Saturday, 23rd October - 8PM
@ Metro Theatre

Clare Bowditch is a woman of many skills and pursuits: ARIA award winning songstress, mother of twins, major proponent of the Australian Midwives Association and expert impersonator of Julia Gillard. Earlier this year, Bowditch interviewed Gillard (the real Gillard). The event was casually referred by the press as Ranga vs....

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Friday, 22nd October - 8PM
@ Oxford Art Factory

To be sure, Tim and Jean wear their influences of their sleeve(s) but what they lack in originality they make up for in excellent Fleetwood Mac covers and good lookin' man-child charisma. Their story is not much different to any other young band aping the sounds-of-now-and-Brooklyn. This one time, Tim...

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Sunday, 16th January - 11AM
@ The Croatian Club

For most Sydneysiders (the ones born here at least), a weekend trip to Newcastle is not at the top of their to-do list. For the weekend upcoming though, I strongly recommend that changes. The reason: Summer Vibes at The Croatian Club.For the unacquainted, The Croatian Club is an actual Croatian...

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Tuesday, 15th February - Saturday, 26th February
@ Damien Minton Gallery

The artistic products of a one-month residency at China's Red Gate Gallery and a very uncomfortable bed go on show at the Damien Minton Gallery.

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Saturday, 5th March - 7PM

After 33 years, even if it's not Sydney's defining cultural event, it is an immutable part of our city's folklore. The theme of this year's parade will focus on equality in marriage and encourages participants and spectators to 'say something!'

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Friday, 10th June - 7AM
@ Metro Theatre

For those who've not followed Little Red they have played everywhere from New York City to Papua New Guinea. Now they're back and bringing their infectious melodies to the Metro.

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Thursday, 9th June - 8AM
@ Surry Hills Library

Since April this year, Surry Hills Library has played host to a series of after-hours talks, workshops and film screenings, a fair number of them on the naughty side.

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