Chrissy Costanza

Fishbone brought four decades of genre-defying energy to Melbourne, with Angelo Moore leading a 22-song set that moved from ska and funk to punk and thrash metal.

Rare Records will celebrate 35 years in Melbourne with Mammal, Sydonia, .hinge, Bushido and Tyson & Forbes at 170 Russell on October 31.

London-born, Toronto-raised artist Rochelle Jordan will bring her Through The Wall Tour to Australia this May, with shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane following the release of her acclaimed album Through The Wall.

A sweaty crowd suitably warmed up by our local Gravemind and Brisbane’s legendary death metal stalwarts Disentomb packed into 170 Russell when right on cue, the band everyone was here to see - New Jersey’s Lorna Shore - hit the stage. They launched into ‘Oblivion’ from their two-month old album ‘I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me’ and it was on.

World-renowned street performer and loop artist Dub FX, teamed up with the glitch-beat genius Opiuo, for a banging sell-out at Melbourne’s 170 Russell.

Melbourne’s Billboard The Venue has a new name. After being known as Billboard for about 40 years the venue has been renamed 170 Russell (after its address).