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2 weeks ago |
beyondtheencore.com | Matthew Hocter
There’s something about seeing ZZ Top that feels like reconnecting with an old friend you didn’t realise you missed until they’re standing right in front of you. Last night at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, that reunion had all the familiar swagger — just a little rougher around the edges, and somehow, all the better for it. Before the main event, the night kicked off with Melbourne’s own Dallas Frasca, a tornado of blues, sweat, and soul.
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2 weeks ago |
albumism.com | Matthew Hocter
Happy 40th Anniversary to Eurythmics’ fourth studio album Be Yourself Tonight, originally released April 29, 1985. My childhood was filled with a very healthy overload of music and I was one of those incredibly lucky kids that saw the latter half of the ‘70s come to a close, lived through the entirety of the ‘80s, was a teenager as I entered the ‘90s and a fully blown young man as I entered the new millennium. My musical influences were, and are, as diverse as they possibly can be.
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3 weeks ago |
beyondtheencore.com | Matthew Hocter
There are some artists whose presence on stage feels like a reminder that music can still mean something. That it can carry weight, history, joy, struggle, and identity all at once—and still land with grace. Chaka Khan, standing centre stage at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre for her 50th anniversary tour, didn’t just perform a set. She held court over a lifetime of sound, voice, and culture. And in doing so, she offered something more than entertainment.
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3 weeks ago |
beyondtheencore.com | Matthew Hocter
Lady Gaga has never been content with mere evolution—she obliterates, rebuilds, and redefines. With Mayhem, her most conceptually cohesive and sonically dissonant work in years, she doesn't ask for attention—she reclaims it. This is not the Gaga of glitz and gloss, nor the stripped-back torchbearer of Joanne or Chromatica's synthetic catharsis. This is a Gaga who burns down the framework entirely. And in the ashes, she crafts an album that is intimate, apocalyptic, and utterly unafraid.
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1 month ago |
beyondtheencore.com | Matthew Hocter
There are artists whose music you admire. Then there are those who define eras, shift paradigms, and embed themselves into the fabric of your personal history. As a journalist, I’m not supposed to gush or fanboy. Objectivity is the golden rule. But this time—for me—Cyndi Lauper falls irrevocably into the latter.
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On the eve of Cyndi Lauper's upcoming farewell Adelaide show at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, here is a little flashback to her 2013 tour of Australia for the 30th Anniversary of her groundbreaking album, #ShesSoUnusual. https://t.co/DmuKaz5Byx #CyndiLauper #Adelaide