Andy Hazel is a writer and musician based in Melbourne. He is also the editorial assistant at The Saturday Paper to which he contributes profiles on musicians, actors and directors. His writing also appears in The Monthly, Guardian Australia and A Rabbit's Foot. Andy is also the producer and host of Twin Peaks The Return: A Season Three Podcast.
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Chris Isaak and his band move and perform with joyous ease and freedom.
Love Of Diagrams prove that, despite all that has happened in the last seven years, they still sound like no one else.
"The band's longevity has led them to be cherished even more with each passing year and tonight, the room is full of fans in love with its steadfast commitment to jangly guitars, distorted lead breaks and simmering harmonies."
The duo's delicately plucked guitars blend together so mellifluously that it makes you wonder whether the contribution of electricity to popular music might have been overrated.
Buoyed by the reaction from the crowd, Cavetown play like a band who know they can't fail.
"By force of personality alone, The Native Cats sound like no other band on the planet."
It’s unlikely 2023 will offer up a better show.
Some real magic happened as Fazerdaze performed a rich set and brought along perfect support acts.
Body Type sounded like a band on an unstoppable trajectory on the 19th of August.
Slowdive won over a packed audience at Melbourne's Forum on a Saturday night, delivering victory lap after victory lap.