Despite performing sporadically since 2019, few local Bikini Kill fans would have expected the legendary feminist punks to return to these shores. Given their almost thirty-year absence, it was no surprise the all-ages show at Brisbane’s The Tivoli sold out well in advance. Playing to a packed house diverse in age and gender, with local trans-punks Queerbait providing support.

- American indie rock icons Pavement last toured Down Under over twelve years ago years and I forgive them completely for the long wait between drinks. Consisting of Stephen Malkmus (also of Steve Malkmus & The Jicks), Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West, this time joined touring member and multi-instrumentalist Rebecca Cole, Pavement are hallowed in the halls of alternative rock the world over.