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NewsConcrete Playground Meets The Drums
Being The Drums means being one of the most hardworking bands around at the moment – since they skyrocketed in hype in 2009, The Drums haven’t slowed down, incessantly touring and releasing two LPs in that time. They’ve visited antipodean shores before, working the festival circuit and are about to do it for the third time – this time around for St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival.
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NewsMatthew McConaughey Returns as Wooderson from ‘Dazed and Confused’
In a flashback for stoners and film fanatics, Matthew McConaughey has reclaimed his trademark role as Wooderson from the cult film Dazed and Confused.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival Brisbane
For those, like us, who like their festivals a little more niche and boutique, you can't go past St. Jerome's Laneway Festival.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets The Kooks
We spoke with band member, Hugh Harris, about bringing in the New Year at Falls, cooking spag bol and retracing his roots in his spiritual homeland, Sydney.
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NewsThe Song Map
This is what the world would look like if you could build a city from your iTunes library.
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NewsCoachella Line-Up Lands for 2012
The highly-anticipated line-up for the colossal Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has just emerged.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsLCD Soundsystem Documentary to Launch at Sundance
Almost one year after their break-up, a film documenting the final chapters of alternative powerhouse LCD Soundsystem will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsPeats Ridge Festival 2011 Review
It’s one-seventh the travel time to Woodford, one-fifth the number of Southern Cross tats at Field Day, as picturesque as Falls, and the local line up is without parallel.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets The Arctic Monkeys
The band's perfectly coiffed and sonorous toned lead singer, Alex Turner, takes time out to chat to Concrete Playground.
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NewsWin a Double Club Stolen VIP Pass to Rhythm and Vines in New Zealand
Courtesy of our friends at Stolen Rum, Concrete Playground has a double-pass three-day Club Stolen VIP Package up for grabs.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to the Rare Finds Festival
To celebrate their fledgling year in business, the guys and girls at Rare Finds are throwing a party, putting on a showcase of their bands, taking over The Zoo and Winn Lane this Saturday.
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NewsThe Spirit of Youth Awards Set to Grow in 2011/2012
With the competition's expansion into unprecedented categories, there are now more opportunities for Australia's finest creative minds to showcase their work to the world.
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NewsNew Years Eve with Yuksek
Skeptic or not, 2012 might be the last year for all of us so why not celebrate the beginning of the end with a bang?
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NewsConcrete Playground Interviews Geoffrey O’Connor
Geoffrey O’Connor is bringing his polite heartbreaker brand of cool to Sydney.
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NewsWin a Priceless Night Out with Florence + the Machine
Win the ultimate night out on the town for you and three friends.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Guide to Sydney Festival 2012
The reinvigorated Sydney Festival has completely transformed our city in summer and it’s made Sydney a truly amazing place to be in January.
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NewsNo Years Announce the Second Line-up of Artists
If you’re going to be in Brisbane in the waning hours of 2011 then to fulfill your requirements of getting loose/having fun you’ll need to be at the Powerhouse for No Years.
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NewsDavid Bowie’s Face Graces the £10 Note
The face of Ziggy Stardust is now official currency in the London suburb of Brixton.
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EventBrisbane Gin Festival
Fri, 4 Apr - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
This boozy festival is bringing 50 craft gin distillers from around the country to Brisbane Showgrounds for three days of masterclasses and tastings.
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EventNew Year's Eve in Brisbane
Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
They don’t call it Bris-vegas for nothing.
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EventLes Misérables: The Arena Spectacular
Wed, 28 May - Sun, 1 Jun 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
You'll hear the people sing when this arena spectacular version of Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel hits Brisbane.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Summer
Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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EventFestive High Tea
Fri, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City
'Tis the season to build your own gingerbread house over festive-themed cocktails at Brisbane's W Hotel's Christmas high tea.
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Event$2 Summer Dips
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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EventBrisbane Comedy Festival
Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.
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EventChristmas in Brisbane
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane
From a festive maze to a free light and sound experience, here's how Brisbane's CBD and South Bank is celebrating Christmas in 2024.
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EventMoonlight Cinema Brisbane
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'Challengers' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Roma Street Parklands.
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NewsFeist, Chairlift and Laura Marling to Headline St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2012
If you like bands most people haven't heard of, then you will likely love the St. Jerome's Laneway Festival 2012 artist roster.
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NewsUnload Your Emotional Baggage and Get a Free Song in Return
This new site lets you unload your worries to a perfect stranger, who will in turn read it and send you a song they think will make you feel better.
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NewsIPhone Bike Speaker Lets You Listen While You Ride
Play sweet music and use your iPhone as a GPS while riding through the town on your bike.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Art vs Science Perform the Music of Icehouse at the JD Set
Our old mate Jack Daniels has made it to 161 fine years. And to celebrate, he’s throwing one mighty big blow out.
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NewsDesign Similarities That Will Have you Seeing Double
Bob Caruther's collection of images will leaving you wondering just how 'new' a new idea really is.
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NewsWin Tickets to Silent Comics at Graphic
We have five double passes to giveaway to Silent Comics at Graphic.
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NewsThree Ideas Shaping the Future of Music
Technology is changing the way music is made and consumed.
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NewsImprov Everywhere Causes a Scene in New York
Their eighth mp3 experiment proves we've come a long way since the Napster debacle of the early noughties.
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NewsInterview /// Concrete Playground meets Catcall
Yearning to create pop music that has a little more depth than your standard dancefloor anthem is Sydney’s Catcall.
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NewsDownload The Frankly! Pop Sampler
If you need something to tide you over before the festival in September, Frankly! have released a pop sampler with tracks from all acts on the bill. Best of all, it’s free
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NewsThe 100 Best Australian Albums of All Time
After the 47,000 votes were counted, the top gong went to Powderfinger's Odyssey Number 5.
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NewsWatch Radiohead ‘Live From The Basement’
The band premiered a broadcast of The King of Limbs 'Live From The Basement' on Spanish TV over the weekend. Watch it in full here.
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NewsArt/Work Interview with Jai Pyne from The Paper Scissors
This week Art/Work has a chat with Jai Pyne, frontman of local Sydney band The Paper Scissors.
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NewsThe Ten Best Live Music Venues in Sydney
Choose your own adventure from Concrete Playground's list of favourite spots, featuring everything from long-term Sydney stalwarts to DIY new kids on the block.
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NewsSonic Youth Sell Their Gear for Charity
The aging band auctions some vintage equipment for charity.
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NewsParklife 2011 Lineup Announced
Santigold, Gossip, Lykke Li, the Naked and Famous, Digitalism and the Streets all announced as headliners at this year's festival.
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NewsKaiser Chiefs Want You to Make Their Album
Design and sell the new Kaiser Chief's album and earn a quid.
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NewsInterview /// Concrete Playground meets Computers Want Me Dead
One half of Computers Want Me Dead, Sam Harvey, chats to Kirstie Sequitin about Gary Numan, Nine Inch Nails and embracing their inner synth pop.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass 2011 Sideshows Announced
If you missed out on tickets to Splendour in the Grass, never fear: the artists are coming to you.
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NewsSecond Opera for Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn
A new opera penned by Blur and Gorillaz frontman will premiere as part of the English National Opera's 2011/2012 season.
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NewsInterview /// Concrete Playground Meets The Wombats
We talk to the Wombats about music, near-death experiences, meeting Paul McCartney and dancing drunk to Joy Division.
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NewsNew Google Music Service Unveiled
Google Music allows you to access your music, anywhere and anytime, online and offline.
