Review Scene

Review Scene: Happy Mondays: Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, The Meanies, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 1st February 2021

During COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne, some reassessed their careers and lives, and many including our local music industry, were financially ...
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Snap Scene: Happy Mondays: Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 1st February 2021

Happy Mondays is a celebration of what Melbourne does best: live music. Every Monday night in February, two iconic music ...
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Review Scene: X-mas Even, Even, Clio Renner, Corner Hotel, 23rd December 2020

Even have been playing the Corner Hotel on X-mas Eve for so long that X-mas Even has become a long ...
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Review Scene: The Casanovas, Stay Gold, Brunswick 20th December 2020

Billed by Silverback Touring as “an intimate Sunday session with Melbourne icons The Casanovas,” this event certainly delivered the promised ...
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Review Scene: Thee Marshmallow Overcoat, Thornbury Theatre, 28th November 2020

What does it take to entertain a music starved Melbourne crowd recently released from a stringent lock down and aching ...
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Review Scene: Mavis Staples & Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, Zoo Twilights,7th March 2020

@mavisstaples @emmadonovan_music #rightnow @zootwilights Photos: @angeliqueontour Mavis Staples and the Melbourne Zoo, an incongruous pairing but one embraced with enthusiasm ...
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Review Scene: 10CC & Russell Morris at Melbourne Zoo Twilights, 21st February 2020

by Maryanne Window Melbourne Zoo has proven itself through the summer twilight series to be one of the premier outdoor ...
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Review Scene: Queen & Adam Lambert, AAMI Stadium, 19th February 2020

Queen & Adam Lambert, AAMI Stadium, 19th February 2020 click for gallery Queen flew into Melbourne for 2 huge shows ...
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Review Scene: Blues Portrait by Pauline Bailey

Pauline Bailey Blues Portrait: a profile of the Australian blues scene 2019 The blues. By its very nature this genre ...
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Review Scene: Elton John, A Day On The Green, Rochford Estate, 31st January 2020

The sure fire rule of thumb at any ADOTG winery show is that there will be three distinct demographics present ...
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Review Scene: SEBADOH, Northcote Social Club, 28th January 2020

Three piece kings of Lo-fi Sebadoh were born out of the prolific nature of Dinosaur Jr back in 1988. Founding ...
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Review Scene: TRUCKFIGHTERS, Prince Bandroom ~ 10th January 2020

Truckfighters, Sweden’s finest fuzz-rock band, somehow make the desert/ stoner rock sound ‘fun’ when plenty of their equals are far ...
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Review Scene: Evan Dando, The Spotted Mallard ~ 17th December 2019

Evan Dando -photo by Maryanne Window By Dan McMahon Note to self – next time Evan Dando announces a last ...
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Review Scene: Milk! Records Christmas Show, Northcote Social Club ~ 22nd December 2019

By Ellie van Werkhoven Christmas would not be the same without the annual Milk! Christmas show. On the 22nd of ...
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Review Scene: The Sisters of Mercy, Cash, The Forum, 30th October 2019

Andrew Eldritch, one of the founding members of The Sisters of Mercy abhors his band defined as goth, but the ...
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Review Scene: Swervedriver, The Croxton, 19th September 2019

On this warm Spring evening, many eschew their jackets, and those driving, take delight in the multitude of parking spaces, ...
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Review Scene : Ride – The Forum, 5th September 2019

When Ride last toured here in 1992, The Palace in St Kilda was a thriving live music venue, and the ...
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Review Scene: Based on an extraordinary true story ‘Come From Away’ is not your typical musical

Following on from successful seasons in New York, London and Toronto, Melbourne is currently hosting the Australian premiere of Come ...
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Review Scene: A GOLDEN opening in Melbourne for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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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Review Scene: The Melbourne Guitar Show, Caulfield Racecourse, 3rd & 4th August 2019

The Melbourne Guitar Show, Caulfield Racecourse 3rd August 2019 Having attended a few previous Melbourne guitar shows at Caulfield Race ...
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Review Scene: A captivating “Thoroughly Modern Mille” opens at the State Theatre

The Melbourne performance of Thoroughly Modern Mille has been brought to us in all its splendor by seasoned professionals The ...
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Review Scene : Sharon Van Etten, Hamer Hall, 11th June 2019

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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Review Scene: APIA Good Times Tour feat. Brian Cadd, Joe Camilleri, Kate Cebrano, Russell Morris, The Palais, 25th May 2019

The Palais has probably hosted all of these artists at one time or another over the decades but the APIA ...
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