The night started with a few local acts to entice the crowd. And the taste of emerging talent certainly had punters’ hair swinging. First off was Royal Artillery. The act boasted a blend of solid stoner-blues riffs and echoing vocals, laying down song after song without so much as a minute’s break. There’s a lot to admire in their tight style, like their ability to move from one song to the next via feedback.

It was love, love, love, as the Mountain Goat herd descended on Fortitude Valley for the 2020 edition of their annual Valley Crawl. The free event showcased some of Australia’s top talent with six-and-a-half hours of original tunes across nine venues in Fortitude Valley. Kicking off at 5:30, acts played right through to midnight and then kicked on into the early hours at the Black Bear Lodge afterparty.  Some of the performers included: Great Sage, Tia Gostelow, Dopamine and many, many more - too many to see in one night. 

Over the last few years, Private Function have established themselves as one of the most chaotic, engaging, memorable live acts in the Australian punk scene, and beyond. The Melbourne band bring forth top-quality, raucous punk music that is also highly entertaining, and oftentimes downright hilarious. They headed into this tour off the back of their brilliant debut full-length album St Anger, and a hosting gig on rage which saw them feature legendary artists like Limp Bizkit and Crazy Frog.