Melbourne Archives - Page 8 of 12

Jack White, with all his might and an all-girl band and a deep catalogue, can’t beat the gulag atmosphere of Festival Hall.

Melbourne indie kids Oh Mercy get a little more rhythmic on their new single ‘Drums’ from their forthcoming album.

Melissa Etheridge’s live show this week in Melbourne was exceptionally good.

UK stars Snow Patrol will do acoustic shows in Melbourne and Sydney this September and October.

Lady Gaga has touched down in Melbourne has part of her Born This Way world tour but for all the hype only dozens of fans came out to greet her.

Melbourne buzzguy Chet Faker has remixed and transformed The Temper Trap’s ‘Trembling Hands’.

US swing big band sensation Cherry Poppin’ Daddies book Melbourne and Sydney shows for November.

Gotye will play his first major tour of Australia in December.

Wu-Tang breakout star Ghostface Killah, super-hero-producer DOOM, and savage tongue Chino XL deliver true hip-hop to the troops.

Mark Kozelek presents an evening of gentle memories and broken embraces.

The Ding Dong Lounge has been renovated and will relaunch with exclusive Mark Lanegan and Stonefield shows.

Janie Hendrix, the sister of Jimi Hendrix and President and CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC, will visit Melbourne to introduce the Jimi Hendrix Tribute Fundraiser for the Official Hendrix Park in Seattle.

Melbourne folkies Georgia Fair launch a video for new single ‘Blind’ and will complement it with a couple of shows.

The Cat Stevens musical ‘Moonshadow’ had its world premiere in Melbourne last night with Yusuf in attendance for the opening night and after-party.

‘Moonshadow’, the first ever musical by Yusuf (aka Cat Stevens), premiered world wide in Melbourne this week and Yusuf took us on a tour of the new show.

The world premiere of the new Yusuf musical ‘Moonshadow’ featuring the music of Cat Stevens will take place in Melbourne tomorrow (May 31, 2012).

Melbourne rock upstarts Kingswood, Money For Rope and Damn Terran team up This Epic Tour.

Notorious psych act The Brian Jonestown Massacre scramble brains with the Raveonettes at the Forum Theatre.

A new panel discussion about music activism, and a screening of the Tote documentary, hits the Toff In Town next Monday.

Sleaze metal jokers Steel Panther sell out Australian shows quick and are forced to upgrade to a bigger venue.

Fire-haired Florence Welch and her machine deliver an excitable 90 minutes of anthemic power pop.

Rollicking outlaw country act The Toot Toot Toots deliver an ultra-camp video for ‘Gomorrah Fields’.

British experimental electronic outfit Mount Kimbie played to a sold-out crowd at Melbourne’s Hi Fi last Thursday.

Melbourne indie-rockers The Vasco Era farewell frontman Sid O’Neil with a Corner Hotel show.

Smashing Pumpkins announce some big sideshows from Splendour In The Grass.

Missy Higgins sells out Melbourne and Sydney shows for her first Australian tour in five years, and adds more.

In Australia for Splendour In The Grass, broody sensation Lana Del Rey books a couple of theatre shows.

They keep coming – now Canadian indie rockers Metric have announced Splendour sideshows in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.

British alt-rockers Band Of Skulls will play in Melbourne and Sydney while they’re in the country for Splendour.

As the 5.6.7.8’s took their places on the infamous stage of Melbourne’s iconic Tote Band Room, the sold out audience was rife for the distinct brand of powderpuff rockabilly the Japanese rockers are known for.