Review Scene

When Ride last toured here in 1992, The Palace in St Kilda was a thriving live music venue, and the ...
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Following on from successful seasons in New York, London and Toronto, Melbourne is currently hosting the Australian premiere of Come ...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Melbourne’s Her Majesty's Theatre is purely magical. Roald Dahl’s classic story has been brilliantly ...
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The Melbourne Guitar Show, Caulfield Racecourse 3rd August 2019 Having attended a few previous Melbourne guitar shows at Caulfield Race ...
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The Melbourne performance of Thoroughly Modern Mille has been brought to us in all its splendor by seasoned professionals The ...
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As Portishead blares through the speakers, Sharon Van Etten and her five-piece band make their way to the dim lit ...
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The Palais has probably hosted all of these artists at one time or another over the decades but the APIA ...
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Lazaruswritten by David Bowie and Enda Walsh officially opened at the Playhouse at Arts Centre on the 21stof May 2019 ...
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Muriel’s heart-warming tale takes a flamboyant leap onto stage! It’s been 25 years since PJ Hogan grabbed our attention with ...
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If there was such a genre of music called ‘art punk’ Do Re Mi certainly qualified. I last saw the ...
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By Byron Boukouvalas EMINEM 2019 Photo Credit: Jeremy Deputat Marshall Mathers, EMINEM, touted as a Rap God, lived up to ...
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The Australian music community is in mourning today for legendary blue man Chris Wilson. His reputation across Australia and the ...
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With the recent tour announcement of Butterfingers' 15 Years of Fatboys, we throwback to a CD review by Mary Boukouvalas ...
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Melbourne's iconic Her Majesty's Theatre was filled with an infectious, buzzing energy on Friday night as the highly anticipated rock ...
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William Shatner is one of those actors who have rarely disappointed. When he’s good, he’s good… And often, when he’s ...
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It has been 29 years since The The last toured Australia in 1989. Here as part of the Melbourne International ...
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Jimmy Webb is a living legend as one of the great songwriters of the modern era. The average Joe probably ...
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Upon walking into the Melbourne Guitar Show this year the first thing I noticed was a sign saying "first 15 minutes ...
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There is always something warm and inviting about walking into the Palais Theatre on a cold winter’s night. The plush red ...
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Words Fail is the third solo album to be released by Melbourne guitarist Shannon Bourne. While usually known for being ...
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How do we create meaning from experience but by comparing comparing polar opposites? To see light we need darkness, to ...
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It's a long flight from Boise Idaho to Melbourne but American singer songwriter Eilen Jewell has made the journey twice ...
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Many a year ago Royal Blood only existed in the veins of royals, and then in 2013 on the way ...
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As the lights dim, an excited punter screams out in the most ocker vernacular, "Smash it Deano" to chuckles and ...
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It's been a long time since I've seen Beck live in Australia. I remember first seeing him play solo acoustic ...
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Okay, so looking up Gogol in a dictionary is an absolute mind-fuck. We all know the meaning of Bordello but ...
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Sadly, many of the grungy pubs and music venues of yore have been gentrified or pulled down. The Curtin is ...
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David Duchovny has accomplished quite a lot in his 57 or so years on the planet - actor, writer, director, ...
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There's nothing like seeing a classic rock band and finding out that they're still at the top of their game ...
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American Idiot doesn't seem to quite know where it stands. Not quite Rock Opera, not quite Musical Theatre. The cast ...
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