Month: February 2024

American crossover thrash leaders Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I.) performed at Max Watt’s in Melbourne on Saturday 24 February 2024 as part of their 40th Anniversary Tour of Australia.

Sonic architects and post-rock monarchs Mogwai bring their magnificent, mesmerising soundscapes and epic live show to the stage. The hugely influential and innovative band have released several critically acclaimed albums over their 25-year career, with their latest, As The Love Continues, scoring the band their first UK number one in 2021.

Last in Australia in 2017, performing shows across the country, with a reputation as one of the formative influences on American alternative rock, Dinosaur Jr. – J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlow (bass, vocals), and Murph (drums) – are ready to bring the classics down under.

The Australian power trio is fronted by Graham Clise (Annihilation Time, Lecherous Gaze, Rot TV, Witch).

The annual Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair is the biggest and most important industry event in the Southern Hemisphere attracting the biggest names in toys and thousands of attendees from around the world.

Swedish ethereal post-metal heavyweights Katatonia performed at The Croxton in Melbourne on Saturday 10 February 2024, as part of their Australian tour.

German power metal band Blind Guardian performed a sold-out show at Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre on Friday 9 February 2024, as part of The God Machine Tour of Australia.

Seminal Australia surf rock band The Atlantics were inducted as the Parkes Elvis Festival Wall of Fame 2024 recipient. The Atlantics are an Australian surf band founded in 1961.