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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.
Articles by Mandy Hall
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Star Scene: Brian Cadd
Brian Cadd is a legend of the Australian music scene. He spoke to What’s My Scene on the end of his current tour, just before embarking on this year’s APIA gigs.
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Q&A Scene: Martin Cilia’s Shadowman – Track by Track
Australia’s King of the Surf Guitar takes on the inspiration of Hank Marvin and The Shadows in this new release.
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Snap Scene: Mental As Anything, St Andrews Hotel, 20th April 2019
Formed at art school in 1976 Mental As Anything are now commemorating the 40th anniversary of their first 1978 record ‘Mental As Anything Plays At Your Party’!
The present line-up of the band features original singer keyboardist Greedy Smith; ex Atlantics guitarist Martin Cilia; drummer Jacob Cook; guitarist vocalist Craig Gordon and bassist vocalist Peter Gray.
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Snap Scene: Dave Warner’s River of Salt book launch, Manly Distillery – 5th April 2019
Sydney Suburban Soldiers got their chance to hear Dave talk about My Life of Crime – discussion and readings from all his crime novels, but especially River of Salt.
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Snap Scene: Brooke Taylor, Caravan Music Club 29th March 2019
Since picking a guitar up for the first time only eight years ago, Brooke Taylor has already crammed more into the resultant time frame than many performers do in a career. A musical grounding in both her home city Melbourne and Sydney, Brooke soon started travelling and playing around the world. Auckland witnessed her first “overseas” gig before an eventful tour of Canada followed, which included playing at venues in Vancouver, Calgary and Banff.
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Snap Scene: Tropical Fuck Storm – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 22nd March 2019
TFS is the new band formed by Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin (from Australia’s epic art punk psych maniacs The Drones) with Lauren Hammel (High Tension) on drums, and Erica Dunn (Harmony / Palm Springs) playing guitars, keys and other gadgets.
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Snap Scene: All the Weathers – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 22nd March 2019
All the Weathers are Georgia Lucy, Gigi, Callum. All the Weathers, All the hits, All the time.
12″ LP “…For the Worms” to be released in early 2019 through Hobart based label Rough Skies Records
Previous releases include the cassette “Tactile Textiles” (Plum Stop), and 12″ LP “Six for Gold” (Wrong Place (Right Time))
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Snap Scene: Judas Priest at Download Festival, Paramatta Park. 9th March 2019
There are few heavy metal bands that have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their 40-year career. Formed in the early ’70s in Birmingham, England, Priest were one of the first metal bands to exclusively wear leather and studs – a look that began during this era and would eventually be embraced by metal heads throughout the world. JUDAS PRIEST went on to change the face of heavy metal.
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Snap Scene: Ghost at Download Festival, Paramatta Park. 9th March 2019
Ghost are a Grammy® Award-winning rock band from Linköping, Sweden. The bands critically acclaimed third full length, Meliora and its accompanying EP Popestar, elevated the Swedish rock band into the pantheon of rock greats and resulted in a Grammy Award for ‘Best Metal Performance’.