Bag Raiders live in concert.
ON TOUR

Bag Raiders

7
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
7
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 7 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Bag Raiders is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Bag Raiders concert reviews describe live shows and performances as funky.

ON TOUR

Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand (February 21)

Latest Release

Got Me Started (Bag Raiders Remix) - Single (20 March 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
Sydney, Australia (2006 - present)
Bio
Bag Raiders are an alternative dance band founded in 2007 by mainstays Jack Glass and Chris Stracey. Both classically trained musicians, they met in the Cranbrook School orchestra practice room with Glass a year ahead playing piano and cello, and Stracey playing violin, guitar and clarinet.
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Critic Concert Reviews

The AU Review (Australia)

December 7, 2010
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I haven’t really been to a lot of gigs like the Bag Raiders’ gig at The Forum, so I really wasn’t to sure what to expect. The first support of the night was beloved Graz, who bassed it up with remixes of all the favourites, including the funky "Ms. Jackson" by Outkast. It was a really poor turnout for the fir

X-Press Magazine (Australia)

December 31, 2019
75
%
Being a summer event, The Ice Cream Factory usually brings the heat in more ways than just the acts on stage but, for a cool change, the weather on Friday night was actually perfect for the evening ahead.

SF Critic (USA)

September 15, 2015
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Even with years of performing under their belts and the relatively small size of the Rickshaw Stop, they seemed to be a little nervous during the first minute of their set Friday.

LA Music Blog (USA)

August 16, 2011
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The Wiltern had not yet filled up at 8 p.m. on Thursday evening, but those in the crowd were treated to quite the performance by opening act, Bag Raiders. Chris Stracey and Jack Glass, the Australian pair that make up the electro-pop band, have been traveling across the U.S. for the past few weeks and brought

Panic Manual (Canada)

August 2, 2011
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The duo, consisting of DJs Chris Stracey and Jack Glass were there to open for UK darling Ellie Goulding.

LA Music Blog (USA)

April 13, 2011
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From touring throughout their home down under, to Portugal, to Ultra Music Festival in Miami, to playing a number of shows in our very own backyard, these guys have seriously been hustling.

Faster Louder (Australia)

March 20, 2011
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Who knew that such a humble beginning to the evening could escalate into such an extravaganza! On Friday night the ANU Bar saw a diverse range of hippie dancing head banging and down right raving and that was only the beginning.

Past critic reviews published in

The 405 (UK), Knack Focus (Belgium), Humo (Belgium), De Morgen (Belgium), ConcertNews.be (Belgium) and more

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