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Snap Scene: Old Crow Medicine Show & Valerie June, The Enmore, Newtown – 3rd October 2017

October 17, 2017 Mandy Hall
Acclaimed Statesiders Old Crow Medicine Show returned to Australia for the first time in eight years to play a string of East Coast dates this September and October, in addition to their already-announced performance at the Caloundra Music Festival. On their Australian shows, Old Crow Medicine Show pay tribute to their music icon, Bob Dylan, by playing his seminal 1966 album, Blonde On Blonde, in full.

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Snap Scene: Napalm Death, Max Watt’s House of Music, Melbourne 10th Oct 2017

October 13, 2017 Paul Miles
Britain’s grindcore pioneers Napalm Death played Max Watt’s in Melbourne on Tuesday 10 September 2017, as part of their Campaign for Musical Destruction Tour of Australia and New Zealand. Vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway (Extreme Noise Terror) was joined on stage by bassist Shane Embury (Unseen Terror, Brujeria), drummer Danny Herrera, and touring guitarist John Cooke (Venomous Concept) to blast out a powerful set of their noisy extreme metal.

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Snap Scene: Australian Americana Music Honours – Thornbury Theatre – Monday 2nd October 2017

October 10, 2017 Mary Boukouvalas
A jam-packed line-up boasting the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show and Valerie June, along with seasoned chart-toppers Busby Marou, Kasey Chambers, Shane Howard, Bernard Fanning, Catherine Britt, Kevin Welch and Henry Wagons, and joined by some exciting new talent Emily Barker, Ruby Boots and Jordie Lane & The Sleepers, will grace the Thornbury stage. With Triple R’s Denise Hylands and the Americana Music Association’s Jed Hilly set to host the proceedings, the Australian Americana Honours Night delivered an unparalleled evening of music for Roots and Americana fans.

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Snap Scene: Peter Hook and the Light – Corner Hotel, 3rd October 2017 by Mary Boukouvalas

October 6, 2017 Mary Boukouvalas
Accompanied by his band The Light, comprised of his son Jack Bates on bass, guitarist David Potts, Andy Poole on keys and Paul Kehoe on drums they launch into Joy Division’s “In a Lonely Place” and so begins their foray into nostalgia in the first set. “Cries and Whispers” mesmerises with a gargantuan bass line, while the stellar “Ceremony” closes the first set.

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Snap Scene: Old Crow Medicine Show & Valerie June, The Forum – Sunday 1st October 2017

October 5, 2017 Mary Boukouvalas
Acclaimed Statesiders Old Crow Medicine Show return to Australia for the first time in eight years to play their acclaimed “Blonde on Blonde” show in a string of East Coast dates this September and October, in addition to their already-announced performance at the Caloundra Music Festival.

Hailing from the Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Memphian and fellow Tennessean Valerie June, who has shared the stage with the likes of Sharon Jones, Sturgill Simpson, Jake Bugg and more, will join Old Crow Medicine Show on their Australian run, rounding out an authentic ‘Taste of Americana’ double-bill for local audiences.

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