Articles by Mary Boukouvalas
Snap Scene: Lydia Lunch Retrovirus – The Tote. 14th June 2018.
Including music from Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, 8 Eyed Spy, Queen of Siam, 1313 and Shotgun Wedding, Lydia Lunch Retrovirus (featuring members from Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks, The Flying Luttenbachers, Child Abuse and more) marries No Wave, Skronk, Hard Rock and Psychedelic Out Jazz to create a dynamic live performance which is dangerous, infectious and aggressively sexy the way Rock music once was.
Snap Scene: Marios Papadeas Santourists & friends, Caravan Music Club – 8th June 2018
Snap Scene: Adler’s Appetite – 170 Russell – Friday 25th May 2018
Star Scene: Chris Robinson ~ BLACK STONE CHERRY
Snap Scene: Steven Adler & Deanna Adler Q&A with James Young
Snap Scene: Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience , The Palais – Thursday 24th May 2018
Now 51, with a stellar career under his belt, Bonham junior’s critically acclaimed show seems a far cry from the first time he performed. At the tender age of four, Jason was seen deftly twirling drumsticks behind a mini Ludwig drumkit, in a home-movie segment of Led Zeppelin’s benchmark concert film, The Song Remains the Same.
Snap Scene: LA Guns – Max Watts, Melbourne 18th May 2018
The “classic lineup” of Guns, former Girl singer Phil Lewis, drummer Steve Riley, guitar player Mick Cripps and bassist Kelly Nickels have sold 6.5 million records, including 1988’s L.A. Guns and 1990’s Cocked and Loaded, both of which were certified Gold. Cocked and Loaded contained the hit single “Ballad of Jayne” that went to #33 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #25 on the Mainstream Rock charts.
After a nearly 15-year break, Philip Lewis and Tracii Guns are back together for another chapter in their partnership that began in 1986, 4 years after Tracii formed L.A. GUNS in 1982.
Q&A Scene: Michael Rhydderch ~ BROTHER BE
Snap Scene: Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds – The Old Bar, Fitzroy, 14th May 2018
Bringing back a heady mix of fuzz guitar, New Orleans drum beats and bass lines dripping with soul, Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds “cast garage-surf-spaghetti-western-retro-futuristic magic”.
One of rock n’ roll’s true legends.