June 2011: The Adults, The Jury & The Saints, The Naked and Famous, The Thomas Oliver Band, Tiki Taane, Zowie

Moving parts, alien adventures, falling to pieces, toys and boys, biking to the beach, and a smash hit.

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March 2011: The Adults, The Good Fun, The Jury & The Saints, The Rabble, Tiki Taane, Tyson Tyler, Villainy

A stairway to heaven, trees and sheets, on a wharf, a caged journey, the new aesthetic, on top of a car park, and extreme levels of male shirtlessness.

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December 2010: Shihad, Simon Spire, Six60, State of Mind, Steriogram, Street Chant, The Black Dahlias

The haunted mural, glowing in the dark, back to the old house, currency, along the coast, a glamorised kebab and a geek’s night out.

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August 2010: Midnight Youth, Motocade, November Zulu, Opshop, Pieter T, Rosie Riggir, School For Birds, Seth Haapu, Shapeshifter

Great balls of fire, point and click, unexpected subversion, underwater mystery, proper like, applying lippie, an amorous rabbit, rooms full of weirdos and augmented reality.

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August 2010: Anika Moa, Annah Mac, Atlanta Fall, Autozamm, Black River Drive, Brooke Fraser, Chazz Valentine, Die! Die! Die!

A very wet phone call, change management, paper boats, the band and the song, thrift store art, damp hair in a cool cafe, the romantic punk, and chaotic scribbles.

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June 2010: The Phoenix Foundation, Timmy Schumacher, Tyree, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vince Harder, We Are Romans, Young Sid

The flooded underground, snacks and guns, straight hair and big glasses, the rock format, and working for the man.

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June 2010: Deach, Deceptikonz, Dukes, Ekko Park, Glass Owls, Hollie Smith, J Williams

A solo vibe, down on the corner, he’s the lion man, furious CGI cityscape, monochrome splat, the nuns and the rabbit, and fashion is always danger.

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June 2010: Anika Moa, Anna Wilson, Artisan Guns, BARB, Cairo Knife Fight, Candice Rhind, Concord Dawn

Lonely hearts theatre, the tartan skirt, tiny power lines, unusual pop, a really long cord, a girl’s night out, and Vienna part II.

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March 2010: Dane Rumble, Erakah, Gin Wigmore, Hollie Smith, Ivy Lies, Jayson Norris, Katchafire

Bring a torch, nope, electro dress-up, a wild west, everything from the ’90s, the two Jases and slapstick comedy trauma.

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March 2010: Anika Moa, Annabel Fay, Autozamm, Black River Drive, Boh Runga, Bulletproof, Computers Want Me Dead, Concord Dawn

Running through the ’80s, over yonder in old Havana town, haunted by a ghost, doctoring the rock, rocking the winery, Slave takes over, computron 2010, down at the Prater.

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