13 December 2015
We gave this a little mention last issue, but we feel it deserves a bigger mention. In what is a massive win for the city, Cat Power will swing by Bendigo next year as part of an intimate series of solo theatre performances.
12 December 2015
Partying away your New Year’s to the best music has to offer is a mighty fine way to bring in 2016. And with Beyond the Valley selling out recently, it may seem like one less chance for you to do so.
12 December 2015
Is he dead? Is he alive? A promotional poster for Game of Thrones featuring a bloodied Jon Snow and the words ‘April HBO’ do little to answer our questions.
12 December 2015
Temperatures will rise when The Detonators hit Bendigo’s Golden Vine Hotel on December 19. Regarded as “Australia’s high priests of roots rock ’n’ roll”, they formed out of Melbourne in 1997 with an explosive (detonators … explosive … genius) combination of rockabilly, blues and early rock and roll.
11 December 2015
In another Bluesfest sideshow, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal is set to take to the stage in Melbourne with an intimate solo show. Performing solo in Australia for the first time in 20 years, Taj Mahal will be bringing his ground-breaking fusion of traditional blues with sounds from Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific.
11 December 2015
For a while there it seemed we couldn’t escape The Jezabels. They were at every festival, were every second song played on the radio and featuring in magazines left, right and centre.
11 December 2015
The Great Australian Beer Festival returns in 2016, welcoming brewers and beer lovers alike. More than 200 local and international craft beers will be served up, proving once and for all that the thing that goes best with beer is more beer.
11 December 2015
Holy Holy are sure as hell on a good run. After touring recently through UK and Europe earlier this year, the band received the ultimate compliment from Liam Gallagher who headed backstage and said they were the best band he’s heard in years.
11 December 2015
Punk, hardcore and mathcore come together in perfect harmony when it comes to Melbourne’s DriveTime Commute.
10 December 2015
The 2016 Brunswick Music Festival is set to be their biggest incarnation yet, and today they’ve announced an incredibly talented group of local female musicians to perform over three special shows.
10 December 2015
We all know Alison Wonderland can drop some sick beats, but we’ve just found out she can drop some even sicker truth bombs, recently taking to Twitter with this gem: “It’s funny & I’m generalising here but I don’t think DJ thots realise that they’re giving blow jobs to the nerds they ignored in high school”. Geeks really can rule the world.
10 December 2015
Only the best things in life seem to make the cut to be transformed into a musical (we’re still waiting for a musical version of everything Bill Murray) that’s why we weren’t surprised in the slightest with news of ‘Friday Night Lights’ getting musical theatre-ified.
10 December 2015
Behold a quick playlist of the some of the bands set to embark on Meredith in the next three days. Though this list is short and sweet, your experience at the festival will be long and indulgent.
10 December 2015
Road warrior Ash Grunwald recently wrapped up a massive 28-date tour, but it looks as though 2016 is shaping up in much the same fashion with a show locked in at Lorne Hotel on January 24.
10 December 2015
Eternal Return is the new album from songbird Sarah Blasko. And you know what the means? It is touring time. Eternal Return is Blasko’s fifth album, but first full-length release to be recorded in Australia. Her only other Australian-recorded release was her 2002 debut EP, Prelusive.
9 December 2015
You know how it’s really awkward catching a train home from Melbourne late at night? The last train at midnight isn’t ever late enough, leaving you in an awkward situation where you’re always leaving early from parties in order to get home to Geelong.
9 December 2015
Tkay has quickly become a massive deal in the Aussie hip hop scene. ‘Ghost’ is her newest addition to the scene, and co-written with George Maple in New York makes it pretty special indeed.
9 December 2015
Tilde New Music Festival have announced the lineup for their third incarnation. The festival is dedicated to the presentation and promotion of rarely-heard contemporary Australasian art music.
9 December 2015
Tickets for 2016’s Rainbow Serpent Festival are selling like hotcakes, so I suggest you stop reading now and book yours before continuing.
9 December 2015
Whoretopsy have a name only a mother could love – a cool as hell metal-lovin’ mother. Some call them sick and brutal; others call them disgusting and hilarious. We reckon they’re a little of all those things.
9 December 2015
Summer has arrived and that is as good a reason as any to grab a ticket for an experience on The Blues Train. And boy is the experience a beauty. You have four different themed carriages with different seating configurations.
8 December 2015
Do you call yourself a Big Bang Theory fan? Like a real, living and breathing fan who can’t be beat on anything BBT related? If you’ve answered yes to both questions, your time has come for the ultimate in BBT challenges: the rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock tournament.
8 December 2015
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival will turn 30 next year, and today the first acts have been announced.
8 December 2015
From Studio Ghibli creations to the likes of Dragon Ball Z, Japanese animation is coming to the forefront at ACMI next month.
