Posts under ‘Recent gigs’

As twilight crept over the manicured lawns of the Melbourne Zoo, the diverse crowd assembled to watch Chicagoan rapper Lupe Fiasco began to get restless. Gates had opened at 5.30, on a beautiful late-summer Friday afternoon.
Lupe (real name Wasalu Muhammad Jaco) was supported in his Sound Safari concert by local hip hop and soul artists [...]

When a band walk on stage at Queenscliff Music Festival and they’re dressed as a chicken, banana, shaman, and a carrot respectively, you hardly expect anything but comedy. And at an initial glance this band is hilarious, however they also happen to be some of the most talented and unique musicians around Melbourne. The music [...]

The Veils cemented their place as a magnificent yet criminally underrated band, with an emotionally loaded, musically complex and captivating performance on the final afternoon of the Queenscliff Music Festival. Playing on the main stage, the band began their set with the slow buildup and eventual crashing climax of “Not Yet” from their 2006 abum [...]

One wouldn’t expect a band that has made itself famous for a bizarre hybridisation between death metal and music genres as eclectic as jazz and folk to attract a large audience. Any doubts this reviewer had in regards to the crowd were soon diminished, however, as fans packed out the Palace on Bourke St. to hear Sweden’s Opeth do what they do best.

One would have been forgiven for questioning whether Northcote Social Club was playing host to a darkened, indoor picnic rather than a Skipping Girl Vinegar gig; as the vast majority of the crowd were sprawled comfortably out across the floor on blankets rather than adopting the usual vertical position. Despite being slightly phased by the [...]

Nothing could have prepared the Northcote Social Club’s band room carpets for the sweaty assault it received on Tuesday night. Lead by the Gambian Master Drummer, Ebrima ‘King’ Marong, Afro Mandinko’s 10 piece band concluded their residency at the NSC, going out with a bang.

“I believe it’s all a dream and the more we wake the more we dream”
Zoe Ryan
Supporting Fahrenheit 43 at Curtin Bandroom
29 Lygon St, Carlton
Thursday 22 October
Acoustic singer-songwriter Zoe Ryan impressed in her first Melbourne show, at the Curtin Bandroom last Thursday 22nd October supporting Fahrenheit 43. Zoe’s initial nerves were evident but not intrusive, and [...]

As far as local gig lineup goes, it couldn’t have got much better for someone of my taste in music.  A young thrash band, a grunge/punk band and a two piece black metal band was always going to be an epic mix, and en excellent night at the Greyhound Hotel.
Two piece black metal band Evisceration [...]

Saturday’s Parklife Festival at Birrarung Marr showcased once again an eclectic line up of local and international acts. The huge day of music offered a mix of musical styles as diverse as pop, dance, hip hop, electro, and indie music across four stages; with a panoply of genre-spanning acts ensuring there was something for every [...]

Following the fall of thrash metal in the early nineties, its subsequent rebirth, (which has born witness to countless reunions, new tours, and the hasty donning of 80s denim), has been nothing but impressive.  German thrash legends, Kreator, returned this month to Australian shores, following their 2006 tour, to support their superb new album Hordes [...]

Local boys Desert Morning are launching their debut self-titled EP this Saturday 5th September at the Ding Dong Lounge. A solid line up of Melbourne bands will be on hand to ensure the night is a big and loud one, so get down to China Town and support our homegrown, up and coming talent! Entry [...]

Remember Frente? The melodic Australian pop group shot to sudden success in 1992 with their sunny, catchy hit single “Absolutely Kelly Street”, followed by their top 5 debut album, Marvin the Album. A beautiful acoustic cover of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle” earned the band some recognition in America and the UK, however the good [...]

Ellington supporting Short Stack @ the Hi-Fi
5th July 2009

As we briskly walked up Swanston Street trying to find Hi-Fi bar we were greeted by an onslaught of teenage girls and the odd boy, dotted proportionately considering the circumstances: the final local show of Short Stack’s current national tour, accompanied by My Future Lies and our interview [...]

Featuring:
The Cat Empire
Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter
Paul Kelly
Katie Noonan
The Melbourne Writers Festival with The Indigenous Literacy Project is proud to present a benefit concert featuring some of Australia’s leading musicians. The concert will feature performances from Australian musical stars including Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter (right) and readings from ambassadors Aunty Joy Wandin Murphy, Tara [...]

When I was around eight years old, I took weekly piano lessons from a tall, thin, pale man named Robin.
Robin had long dark hair and longer fingers, perfect piano playing digits in fact. I thought he was very mysterious and groovy then, and time has only intensified this sentiment. Occasionally, as I banged out the [...]

As a result of the fanfare surrounding the Priory Dolls’ EP launch, Heaven is a Dirty Place, I decided to go and see them at the John Curtin Hotel in Lygon St last Friday night.  Music aside, the Dolls were in business mode, earnestly selling both their EP and their tshirts to those willing to [...]

Orthodox Hasidic Jew and acclaimed reggae artist Matisyahu (real name Matthew Miller) is on his way to Melbourne, playing one show at the Prince in St Kilda. The American’s distinctive combination of traditional Jewish lyrical themes and reggae hip hop musical influences result in anthemic, addictive songs like “King Without a Crown” and “Heights”.