Mei Lai Swan –‘Wedding Day’ Single Launch
With tales spun between two homes in the desert and the city, Mei Lai Swan is taking her place amongst the nation’s chanteuses for her finely crafted avant-indie-pop, built on cello, loops,...
View ArticleNext Wave Festival
Next Wave Festival Various locations around the Melbourne CBD May 13th – May 30th Melbourne has copped some flak recently as the things it cherishes most have slipped out of reach with the closure of...
View ArticleVisual Arts: West Space Review
What do Keanu Reeves, car transistor radios and a chair covered in bottle caps have in common? Seemingly nothing. Yet, somehow artists Oscar Ferreiro, Adam Cruickshank and Tim Hillier have managed to...
View ArticleThe National @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne 09/01/2011
With their fifth album High Violet featuring high on many end of year best-of lists, The National’s Australian New Years tour carried huge expectations and excitement. Following two sold out nights in...
View ArticleKanye Rants At Big Day Out Melbourne
Kanye West left some punters (especially the Soundgarden fans) wondering if he really justified his position as headliner after a somewhat self-indulgent performance at yesterday’s Melbourne Big Day...
View ArticleSoundwave Melbourne: The 5 Most Ferocious Mosh Pits
Yesterday I attended my third Soundwave Festival in four years – and it was without doubt the best one yet. AJ Maddah’s all-killer, no-filler line-up proved to be heaven for heavy music fans – and it’s...
View ArticleMelbourne Is Getting Two New Live Music Venues
Melbourne, as usual, is bucking current trends by bolstering its arts scene with two new live music venues. The Melbourne Pavilion in Kensington is set to undergo a refit which will enable it to host...
View ArticleMelbourne Music Bank Will Help Budding Musos Kickstart Their Career
Bank Of Melbourne have announced that the Melbourne Music Bank song competition is returning for the second time, giving budding local artists a chance to kickstart their music careers. So here’s the...
View ArticleDo Council-Run Music Festivals Exploit Musicians?
Nate Nott, co-owner of Melbourne music store Polyester Records, has penned an open letter challenging the relevance and equity of Melbourne’s council-funded music festivals, such as Yarra’s Leaps &...
View ArticleYarra Council Considers New Year’s Eve Public Drinking Ban
This week will see Victoria’s Yarra Council consider a $250,000 effort to ban public drinking in Yarra parks during New Year’s Eve. The motion comes as part of a bid to stop another year of parties at...
View ArticleVictorian Labor Pledge Up To $13.4M To Save The Palais Theatre
The Victorian Labor Party have announced a plan to help save Melbourne’s Palais Theatre from decay, with an investment of up to $13.4 million. Labor Party leader Daniel Andrews has today announced that...
View ArticleMelbourne Remembers Divinyls Singer With Amphlett Lane
Melbourne has immortalised the late Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett by naming a CBD laneway after her. Today unveiled as Amphlett Lane, the laneway was formerly known as the...
View ArticleMelbourne’s Small Music Venues Won’t Face Liquor Licence Ban
In a win for Melbourne’s small live music venues, the city’s seven-year late night liquor ban has been relaxed, allowing alcohol to be served past 1am in new establishments which meet capacity...
View ArticleMelbourne Named One Of The World’s Leading Music Cities
Just in case it wasn’t official before, it is now. Melbourne has just been recognised in the same breath as London, Montreal, New York, Berlin and Austin as one of the leading music cities in the...
View ArticleA Local Council Is Trying To Make “Music Festival Fatigue” A Thing
Australian music festivals are no stranger to complaints about noise and behaviour, but Melbourne’s Moonee Valley Council has coined the very anti-fun term “music festival fatigue”, which it believes...
View ArticleVictorians Want Their State’s Live Music Credentials Recognised In Number...
Melbourne has long been celebrated as Australia’s live music capital, and now proud Victorians want to make it number-plate-official. Two of the city’s most passionate live music advocates have...
View ArticleAn Eagles Of Death Metal-Themed Charity Show For The Paris Attack Victims Is...
The Melbourne rock scene is banding together to raise money for the Eagles Of Death Metal fans who lost their lives in the deadly terror attacks on Paris’s Bataclan theatre. The city’s rock n’ roll...
View Article“Bad Batch” Of MDMA Leads To 20 Overdoses At Melbourne Clubs
UPDATE 08/02/17: A leaked police memo has revealed the “cocktail” of substances that were in Melbourne’s “bad batch” of MDMA. UPDATE: A court has heard that three people have died as a result of drug...
View ArticleCouncil To Vote On Potential Pill Testing Trial At Music Events In...
UPDATE 02/02/17: Port Phillip Council has voted in favour of a pill testing trial at events in its local area. Details here. ORIGINAL STORY: There are renewed calls to trial pill testing at Australian...
View ArticleThe Council Behind St Kilda Festival Has Voted In Favour Of Pill Testing
The local council which produces Melbourne’s free St Kilda Festival has voted in favour of pill testing, and is calling on the Victorian Government to help it hold pill testing trials at its local...
View Article
