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  • greg atkinsonGreg Atkinson of Ups and Downs. 

    "Shake Yer Popboomerang 3" Sydney Launch
    Ups and Downs
    Halfway
    The Aerial Maps
    Marrickville Bowling Club
    Friday February 29, 2020
    Photos by Mark Fraser of Redback Rock

    This isn’t going to be one of those reviews where someone walks you through a song-by-song recreation of the gig. For starters, I’ve seen Aerial Maps once, Halfway never, and Ups and Downs twice. None of them are really big on song introductions either. So I have no idea what any of the tunes were called, besides a couple from the headliners.

    I guess a dedicated reviewer would have gone and had a squiz at the set lists, or maybe bailed up a hapless band member, but to be honest I was too busy drinking with a dear friend I hadn’t seen in ages to worry about that. So it’s going to be more about the vibe, man, and a few observations I jotted down in a notebook.