Month: March 2021

Much-loved Aussie rockers Baby Animals played the By The C festival at Catani Gardens on St Kilda’s foreshore in Melbourne on Sunday 14 March 2021.

Fronted by siblings Ella Hooper on lead vocals and Jesse Hooper on guitar, Killing Heidi also includes Adam Pedretti on drums, Tim Curnick on bass, and Clio Renner on keyboards.

Melbourne alternative rock band Motor Ace played the By The C festival at Catani Gardens on St Kilda’s foreshore on Sunday 14 March 2021.

Electro synth-pop rockers Pseudo Echo performed their first post-COVID concert at The Palms at Crown casino in hometown Melbourne on Friday 12 March 2021. Led by founding frontman Brian Canham on vocals and guitar, the band also includes bass keytarist James Mudd, synth keytarist Matty Ray, and drummer Cameron Smith.

One set is a stand up rock show that if you closed your eyes you’d think there was full band on stage, but it’s just me. And the other set is me alone on the piano.

Over the Moomba long weekend, families and children joined their favourite ABC Kids stars in a one-off event featuring Justine Clarke, Jimmy Giggle, Dan Sultan and Pevan & Sarah.

The Casanovas formed in 1999 and got caught up in the early 21st-century rock mania, sharing a bill with a barely-known White Stripes early on before touring Europe with the Datsuns. Then came SXSW, Triple J rotation, The Big Day Out, and shows/tours with Motörhead, Mötley Crüe, The Darkness, The Living End, The Black Crowes, Redd Kross and Airbourne and others.

FtFDS charged into Melbourne’s stoner rock scene five odd years ago, fuelled on a riff hungry consciousness, drop C tuning and vigour for carving new ideas from classic 60’s/70’s psychedelic rock inspirations.

Distinctly Australian – as legendary critic Ed Nimmervoll noted, “His voice is as familiar to us as the taste of Vegemite, as essentially Australian” – James was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1996 and was honoured with the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2014.

Pete Murray is one of Australia’s most-loved and respected singer songwriters. He has sold out countless national tours and written 5 hit records that have amassed more 1 million album sales to date.