Month: February 2019

Snap Scene

Snap Scene: Butch Walker – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne 25th Jan 2019

February 1, 2019 Paul Miles

American singer, songwriter, and record producer Butch Walker performed his first-ever solo show in Australia at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club on Friday 25 January 2019. Following his days as lead guitarist in glam metal band SouthGang, and then lead vocalist and guitarist for rock band Marvelous 3, he embarked upon a solo career in 2002. Butch has since released eight full-length solo studio albums along with three live albums, and a bunch of EPs and DVDs. […]

Snap Scene

Snap Scene: Daryl Braithwaite – Caravan Music Club 11th Jan 2019

February 1, 2019 Mary Boukouvalas

Daryl Braithwaite’s initial success as a singer came with Sherbet, a band which forever remains in the history books of Australian music. Throughout the 70’s, Sherbet produced 20 national Top 40 singles and were the first Australian band to top the one million dollar mark in album sales in the country with a total of 15 albums and 30 singles to the credit with songs like “Summer Love” becoming the highest selling single of 1975. And, “Howzat” not only a #1 hit in Australia, but also achieved #2 in England. […]

Scene News

Scene News: Introducing Self Esteem

February 1, 2019 Scene News

Self Esteem is Rebecca Lucy Taylor, and a project which began with painting and prints and video alongside her day job writing and performing as one half of Slow Club. Since her musical divergence from the band, Rebecca has revelled in unleashing a whole version of herself with no compromises, no reducing herself, no hesitating. She would go on to write the songs that had been rising up inside her all through the years — big songs, that spoke of love and sex and chaos, that brought in huge basslines, gospel choirs, the kind of polished, provocative production she admired on the biggest pop records. […]

Q&A Scene

Q&A Scene: EWAH & The Vision Of Paradise…

February 1, 2019 Mandy Hall

EWAH & The Vision of Paradise are jetting out of hometown Hobart to tour the eastern seaboard performing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane launching their first single Cannibals to be lifted from their anticipated 2019 release. Mixed by William “King Willy” Bowden, winner of a Grammy for his work with Gotye “SomebodyThat I Used To Know”. Cannibals was recorded at Head Gap Studios. […]