Relaxing yet funky spots in Melbourne’s CBD for live music and a drink with friends are far and few between. However, for the last 11 years a little shipping container on a parking lot just off Little Bourke Street has…
Gaytimes is toted as the festival of your big gay dreams — a utopia of queer people dancing to music on top of a mountain, next to a giant inflatable rainbow. Gaytimes aimed to be a beautiful community minded space,…
In the stunning setting of St Kilda’s White House, home of Dumbo Feather magazine, a group of passionate folks gathered for a live interview with Australian music icon Missy Higgins. Her first song, ‘All for Believing’, was released over 16…
Subversive art is a fearful thing, not often attempted and almost never achieved, although every so often it takes to the stage, usually at the Malthouse Theatre. Declan Greene’s The Homosexuals or Faggots manages to weave the audience along a…
I adore the Melbourne Zoo, and I adore live music. Mixing the two together is possibly the best idea anyone’s ever had – add in fundraising to help adorable bandicoots make more bandicoots and you have perfection. I was lucky…
As November draws to a close, we look over the month of crazy-awesome events and sign in bliss. We’ve done it all this time, from attending the opening of a new store on Smith Street, to checking out international fashion-as-art,…
Melbourne is the #1 place to be in Australia if you’re keen on the live music scene, whether that’s as a punter or a performer or even a publicist (alliteration fuels creative industries). There’s one place for all these folks…
If you know me at all, you know I really like coffee, and that sleep is for the weak. Sometimes I like to very thoroughly put that quote to the test, and openly embrace my true love: espresso martinis –…
I am very, very passionate about representation of women in music, and Melbourne Music Week have clearly put a lot of effort into diversifying their lineups for this year’s festival. The opening night show, Her Sound, Her Story, was a…
I’ve just had one of the best weekends of my life. Never did I think that a festival would exist where I felt completely comfortable that also had amazing music straight out of my favourite playlists. The Lost Lands Festival was…