Snap Scene: Lydia Lunch at the Curtin, Carlton 6th July 2019
Created as a multimedia showcase featuring Lydia’s text set to music, “Dust and Shadows” is enhanced by the video images of French visual artist Elise Passavant. […]
Articles by Mandy Hall
Snap Scene: Hextape at the Curtin, Carlton 6th July 2019
Hextape is sound artist/activist Bridget Chappell. She is the founder and coordinator of Sound School, an award-winning organisation upskilling and celebrating marginalised voices in electronic music. She produces hardstyle dance music as Hextape, organises raves in Melbourne’s subterranean spaces, and studies classical cello at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, sometimes combining these pursuits in funny mixed bill squat shows. Works include “Undertow” for Melbourne Knowledge Week, and her album “2 Fast 2 Furious” on Factoid. […]
Scene News: Dallas Frasca’s initiative A Hitch To The Sticks Festival returns with Tex Perkins, Magic Dirt, Stonefield, Ella Hooper + more
A HITCH TO THE STICKS FESTIVAL RETURNS Look out, Wangaratta! The world-first of its kind festival A Hitch To The Sticks returns in 2019, bringing Tex Perkins & His Fat Rubber Band, Magic Dirt, Stonefield, Ella […]
Star Scene Kram – Abbey Rd
In celebration of Abbey Road’s 50th anniversary, some of Australia’s most respected musicians and members of iconic groups, collectively known as ARC — Kram (SPIDERBAIT), Mark Wilson (JET), Davey Lane (YOU AM I) and Darren Middleton (POWDERFINGER) — all self-confessed Beatles tragics, will faithfully and lovingly bring The Beatles’ most audacious creation to life on stage, performing Abbey Road in full, from start to finish, followed by a second set comprising of a selection of hits spanning the breadth of The Beatles’ career and catalogue.
Abbey Road – The Beatles’ swansong and their crowning achievement as a recording group – is a stately, majestic, playful yet fiercely rocking masterpiece of pop music, regarded as one of the greatest records of all time. […]
Snap Scene: Alex Lahey, Metro Sydney – 15th June 2019
Irresistibly catchy hooks abound throughout this Australian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s assured second full-length with Lahey’s distinctively candid lyricism giving a voice to millennial ennui. […]
Snap Scene: Stand Atlantic, Metro Sydney – 15th June 2019
Stand Atlantic, made up of Bonnie Fraser (vocals/guitar), David Potter (guitar), and Jonno Panichi (drums), launched into the international eye following last year’s debut LP Skinny Dipping. Their blend of hard-charged rock and soaring pop melodies has earned them spots on international tours and critical accolades like triple j’s Feature Album, a “Best International Break-through Band” nomination at the 2018 Heavy Music Awards and inclusion in Kerrang!’s highly coveted Hottest Bands of 2018. […]
Scene News: Joe Satriani Announces The Release Of “Squares”
JOE SATRIANI has had a long and acclaimed solo career, his awards and accolades from fans and the industry alike are unending. Yet, through all of that, SATRIANI has often mentioned in interviews the musical trio that launched the next step in his musical career, his first band, the Squares, formed in Berkeley, CA in the late 70’s. Until now, no recordings of the inception of the legendary SATRIANI sound was available.
Now that is all about to change! On July 12, 2019, “Squares” will be released. […]
Snap Scene: The Badloves, Fyrefly St Kilda, 2nd June 2019
The Badloves debut album “Get On Board” spent a massive 69 weeks in the charts , peaked at number 5 and went double platinum; delivering 5 hit singles in, “Lost”, “Memphis”, “I Remember”, “The Weight” (w Jimmy Barnes), “Memphis” and “Green Limousine”. […]
Snap Scene: The Brian McKnight 4, The Palais 31st May 2019
He has released 19 albums to date over the past twenty-five years, selling over 30 million albums worldwide. With 16 Grammy Award nominations, 30 million albums sold worldwide and numerous chart-topping songs such as “Back at One”, ‘’One Last Cry’’, ‘’6, 8, 12’’, ‘’Anytime’’ and ‘’The Only One For Me’’ McKnight has established himself as a musical legacy. His momentum continues with his brand new single ‘’When I’m Gone’’, the lead single off his brand-new album ‘Bedtime Story’ […]
Snap Scene: Mike Champion, The Palais 31st May 2019
Mike Champion is a South African/Australian born, international singer/songwriter whose distinct sound lives at the intersection of R&B, Nu Soul, and Funk.
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