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UTG @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: David Quirk – ‘Career, Suicide’

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UTG @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Celia Pacquola – ‘Let Me Know How It All Works Out…’

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UTG @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Ronny Chieng – ‘Chieng Reaction’

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UTG @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Felicity Ward – ‘The Iceberg’

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UTG Review @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Joel Creasey – ‘Rock God’

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UTG Review @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Bryony Kimmings – ‘Sex Idiot’

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Comic: Bryony Kimmings Show: Sex Idiot Venue: Melbourne Town Hall Every now and then a piece of performance art comes along that is so unique, daring and confrontational that words simply cannot do it testament. Bryony Kimmings’ Sex Idiot is not one of these shows, but only because you’d need to […]

UTG Review @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Alex Williamson – ‘Dumb Things I’ve Done’

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Comic: Alex Williamson Show: Dumb Things I’ve Done Venue: The Athenaeum Theatre Over the course of the last seven years, Alex ‘Shooter’ Williamson has developed from brash comedic upstart to a multi-talented, verifiable YouTube sensation. With more than 35 million views and more than 370,000 people who have signed up as […]

UTG Review @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: The Umbilical Brothers – ‘KiDShoW (Not Suitable For Children)’

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Review Comic: The Umbilical Brothers Show: KiDShoW (Not Suitable For Children) Slapstick superstars, The Umbilical Brothers–Dane (David Collins) and Shavid (Shane Dundas)–brought their considerable talents back to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year for an opening night performance of their latest comedic creation, KiDShoW (Not Suitable For Children), and what […]

REVIEW: Chuck Ragan – ‘Till Midnight’

Artist: Chuck Ragan Album: Till Midnight Label: Side One Dummy Genre: Folk-punk / Americana There are two kinds of vocalists in this world, singers and storytellers. A singer could sing the phonebook and make it sound beautiful, while a storyteller could sing the phonebook and make it sound meaningful. The singer has learned a craft, […]

LIVE REVIEW: Closure In Moscow at The Esplanade Hotel (3/9/13)

Five years is a long time to leave between albums, but with the finishing touches finally being applied to Pink Lemonade, the long-awaited follow-up to Closure in Moscow’s critically acclaimed 2009 debut full-length First Temple, the band graced the stage of their hometown of Melbourne, Australia on Monday night to play a free show that […]

STREAM: Kendrick Lamar And Tame Impala’s “Backwards”

US hip-hop superstar Kendrick Lamar and Grammy award nominated Australian psychedelic-rock outfit Tame Impala have collaborated to produce “Backwards,” a re-imagining of Tame Impala’s 2012 hit “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards.” The track, which is taken from the film adaptation of Divergent, the highly-anticipated soundtrack to the first installation of Veronica Roth’s book trilogy, […]

SINGLE REVIEW: The Smith Street Band – “Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams”

Artist: The Smith Street Band Song: “Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams” Album: Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams Label: Poison City Records There’s voices in this world that can speak endlessly without saying anything, and then there’s voices that can say everything with a simple turn of phrase. Undoubtedly Will Wagner is gifted with the latter, […]