With a chip on its shoulder and an energy of its own, the Brisbane music scene keeps punching above its weight

 Always the underdog and sometimes suppressed, Brisbane's music scene continues to "prove the bastards wrong" with a crop of new talent and a thriving live circuit.

From humble and humid beginnings, big acts have grown — from The Go-Betweens, Powderfinger, the Jungle Giants and now Sycco and Hope-D.

Streets of Your Town may forever evoke open-windowed Queenslanders but it wasn't until the 90s that bands could "break it in Brisbane".

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-26/brisbane-music-scene-go-betweens-powderfinger/102142708




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