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LCD 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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Peats 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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Concrete 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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Sydney: The Summer Guide

Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months

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A Guide to New Year’s Eve 2011/12

Kickstart 2012 with a bang and head to one of these venues for a momentous start to the new year.

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Win 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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Twenty-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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The Best Free Events to Catch During Sydney Festival 2025

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Many of the Best Seats at Sydney Festival 2025's Headline Shows Are on Sale for Just $49 — Here's Why

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Must-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far

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The Summer Concert Guide to Sydney

A summer line up this good is not going to be easy on the wallet. Let’s just hope that after a couple of months of epic gigs followed by dusty days at work, you’ve still got your day job.

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The 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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New 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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Concrete Playground Interviews Geoffrey O’Connor

Geoffrey O’Connor is bringing his polite heartbreaker brand of cool to Sydney.

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Win 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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Concrete 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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A Musical Guide to Sydney Festival 2012

The Sydney Festival has brought us some truly spectacular performers in years gone by, and this year's fanciful roster of artists brings another exciting bunch to Sydney in 2012.

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David 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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Feist, 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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David Lynch Goes To Crazy Clown Town

David Lynch releases a track from his forthcoming LP.

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Unload 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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IPhone 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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This avant-garde revue showcasing some of Australia's most innovative artists combines video installations, sound sculptures and more.
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Flickerfest Sydney 2025

Fri, 17 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach

Sydney's only Academy® qualifying short film festival returns for the 34th year running.

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Sydney Symphony Under the Stars

Sat, 18 Jan, 2025
Parramatta Park, Parramatta

At this free event, you can enjoy a rousing evening of classical hits and new Australian masterworks while sitting under the summer stars.
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The FRIENDS™ Experience: The One in Sydney

Sat, 5 Oct 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney, Sydney

Way better than rewatching all 236 episodes, again.

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Squid Game: The Experience

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Luna Park, Milsons Point

This immersive 'Squid Game' experience at Sydney's Luna Park will get you playing 'Red Light, Green Light' IRL.

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The Boxing Day Bash

Thu, 26 Dec, 2024
Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park

Watch all the action as the Sixers and Stars show just how deep the Sydney-Melbourne rivalry runs.

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Newcastle Hosts Two Festivals In One Weekend

Yes, we do like to poke fun at our younger brother Newcastle now and then. But next week we have to admit he's winning big time.

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Win One of Three VIP Passes to Parklife

The good folk at Barcardi are giving you and a friend the opportunity to get your hands on a VIP Parklife experience.

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The Ten Best Festivals in Sydney

Get ready to dance kids, because summer’s coming. Here is Concrete Playground's shortlist of Sydney’s best festival experiences.

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Win Tickets to the Opening of The Standard

The Standard, Sydney's newest multi-purpose performance space, opens this Thursday.

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Win 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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Design 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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Win Tickets to Silent Comics at Graphic

We have five double passes to giveaway to Silent Comics at Graphic.

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Three Ideas Shaping the Future of Music

Technology is changing the way music is made and consumed.

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Improv 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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Interview /// 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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The 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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Watch 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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Art/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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The 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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Sonic Youth Sell Their Gear for Charity

The aging band auctions some vintage equipment for charity.

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Parklife 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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Kaiser Chiefs Want You to Make Their Album

Design and sell the new Kaiser Chief's album and earn a quid.

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Interview /// 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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Going Gaga for Google Chrome

The internet goes Gaga for Google Chrome.

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Splendour 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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Second 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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Interview /// 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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New Google Music Service Unveiled

Google Music allows you to access your music, anywhere and anytime, online and offline.

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The Cure Announced To Play at Vivid Live 2011

Get out your black trench coats and tease up your hair, The Cure are a-coming.

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