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It's rare to see a founding member of an iconic post punk band performing original songs and a set devoid ...

Today we're remembering the legend that was Tom Petty. Here are some thoughts from some of our What's My Scene ...

Music and fashion were the passions at The National Gallery of Victoria last Friday night. The fashion was courtesy of ...

An idea, a vision, a belief and a passion created and founded the first Pop-Up Globe in Auckland in 2015 ...

Genuine kindness. Two words that sat in mind throughout the whole of Vera Blue’s show at 170 Russell on the ...

Review By Maria Papadontas Sweet Dreams by Annie Lennox plays in the background, and the crowd, at The Plenary, Melbourne Convention ...

Masters Apprentices 65: life in the old dog. Part of the original Adelaide line-up of the Masters Apprentices patched up ...

HEAVY METAL: IT’S LOUD, IT’S UGLY, IT WON’T GO AWAY. I guess if I wanted critical acclaim I’d have picked ...

Supersense was metamorphic. The contemporary performing arts festival, created and presented by Arts Centre Melbourne in association with curator and ...

Arriving at Caulfield Race track on a rainy Melbourne day amongst a tide of umbrellas and rain coats. On entering ...

As many people say ‘There’s no rest for the wicked’, and certainly the wicked have been insanely busy over the ...

British rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen captivated crowds on Friday the 21st of July at famous Melbourne venue, Festival ...

Having formed as an acoustic trio together with the late Dan Peek in the U.K. back in 1969, the founding ...

Vale Chester Bennington. Suicide is an atrocious way to depart. Loved ones never recover…ever. Who knows what makes people believe ...

The theme of Mark Seymour's current tour is all about retrospection. Based on his recent release RollBack the Stone 1986-2016, ...

Dear metal friends, the gods have been good to us this week with an absolute shitload of goodies, so sacrifice ...

It seems to be the right time to be reading and writing about ‘Music Wars, the sound of the underground: ...

Listening to the talent that is Alison Moyet takes me back to the 1980s and possibly the biggest vocal talent ...

There has been a big run of 20th anniversary release tours and so called nostalgia acts doing the rounds for ...

Welcome to the new column for those punters who order their music ripped. Melbourne (and Aussie) peeps have always supported ...

Jimmy Webb is a multi Grammy award winning singer-songwriter. His songs have been performed by some of the greatest voices ...

Deborah Conway & Willie Zygier opened the show, with members of the Black Sorrows as their backing band (John McCall ...

Upon first listen to Sublime, the new album by Charlie Marshall and his latest band The Curious Minds, two things ...

Every so often the music gods bestow upon us a band so good it defies belief and makes the toughest ...

Arriving early to the always charming and intimate Northcote Social Club, the crowd was greeted with a stunning and evocative ...

A lot has happened between the time of the intimate gig the newly reformed band The Tea Party played at ...

Our coverage of the various Bluesfest sideshows that have been in town in the last fortnight: Santana & Doobie Brothers review ...

Just how people respond to a band and its music depends a lot on the reason or reasons why that ...

Arriving at Hamer Hall in plenty of time I was able to watch people arrive and I'm guessing from the ...

​The Doobies were musically excellent and presented what could be, for them, a potentially boring and repetitive repertoire with enthusiasm ...

This lineup intrigued me from the outset. Blondie and Cyndi Lauper were billed as double headline acts for this tour ...

Crowds swarmed with high spirits to see Melbourne’s own Tash Sultana play at 170 Russell on Wednesday night. The one-woman ...

Book Review By Christina Heristanidis GROUNDBREAKING FASHION 100 ICONIC MOMENTS By Jane Rocca Illustrations by Juliet Sulejmani There is a ...

Every seat was taken at the behemoth that is Rod Laver Arena; the majority of punters female and a decent ...

Mike Noga is rousing the punters with material from his  new, dark, psychedelic concept album King, " about a guy ...

Local Melbourne 5 piece indie rockers  Batz are powering through their set, lead singer Christina Auby pulling out all the ...

Gina (Marla Sckaloff, The Practice ) and Seth (Patrick Adams, Suits) star in this cute love story about a couple ...

The admittance of a folk punk band into Hamer Hall probably best illustrates just how gentrified our once rebellious bands ...

Melbourne turned on a perfect Autumn evening for this great double bill of Martha Wainwright and her opening act, New ...

Saturday night, a warm autumnal eve, on a long weekend and the punters are wired in anticipation of the sold ...

Mick Turner opens the account with his unique melodic guitar attack, he is able to generate beautiful pensive chords with ...

After attending the first evening of Roundhouse Entertainment’s A Weekend in the Gardens on Friday night, it was clear that ...

The series starts in 1885 London. It’s dark and eerie and we are met with Hyde causing havoc in the ...

By Dora Kourambas  Xylouris White  round out their Australian summer odyssey with a final run of headline appearances taking in Melbourne, ...

THE CLOUDS - Zaffre EP Jodi Phyllis and Patricia Young are back with their trademark dual lead vocals that made ...

At 8.45pm sharp, the Pixies take their assigned spots on stage to the Beatles "You Know My Name" and kick ...

It may be sexist but Ladies in Black appeals mainly to the female members of the species, or those in ...

Cold Chisel reached their peak in the early ‘80s. Creatively their style was a mixture of rock, blues and rockabilly ...

The Hollerin Sluggers GYPSY MOJO Album Track-by-Track Hush Hoggies Hush A Southern Rock tune inspired by a 1935 Southern American ...

How do you make religion, AIDS, hunger, poverty, female circumcision and oppression hilariously funny? Well you take seven years and ...