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Snap Scene: You Am I plays Spinal Tap at The Corner, 23rd March 2018

“One out of every four and a half interviews has included the question ‘Have you ever had a Spinal Tap moment?’. Well sweet lord, any band worth their talc has, and we, whether on talc or not, have had more ‘Tap moments’ than liquid dinners! So, we have thrown down the gauntlet, unto ourselves, under the auspices of Montgomery Glitterbest the Third our perfectly adequate manager: why not have ONE BIG SPINAL TAP moment. And then do it again… The sounds and the smells of Tap done by our band (the looks are yours to fuss with). We love the songs of Tap, they speak of the mighty, meaty and manky elements of the Majesty Of Rock. Hip hip hooray, and so say all of us. TAP INTO AUSTRALIA!”

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Snap Scene: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Forum Theatre, Melbourne 24th March 2018

Californian rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC) played a sold-out show at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on Saturday 24 March 2018, as part of the band’s Australian Tour. Formed in San Francisco during 1998, and named after Marlon Brando’s motorcycle gang in the 1953 film The Wild One, the band members are Peter Hayes (vocal, guitar, harmonica), Robert Levon Been (vocal, bass, guitar), and Leah Shapiro (drums).

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Snap Scene: Gogol Bordello – 170 Russell, 14th March 2018

When you mix Romani music with punk and dub step you end up with a new creation that is heavily influenced by the pure sounds but they are less recognizable as the once distinct styles. In that lies Gogol Bordello’s attraction. Their circus-like performance could soon be just a motif, shallow and entertaining but soon tiresome and without gloss, if there was no substance behind the music.

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