Rolling Stone Live Lodge: A.B. Original
Never did I expect to see a day where Rolf Harris would be played to a sold out audience at a rap concert – but it happened. ‘Tie me kangaroo down’ played and 200 people stopped dancing and started booing…
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Best of October 2016: what you need to do to have the best month
Dayum, Melbourne! October is so chock-a-block with great events that it’s all we could do to narrow it down to 10. And then we had to throw in a couple of extra must-dos. If you don’t have the best month…
The Lost Lands: The Plus Ones’ Guide
I’m not sure this festival could be more perfect – some suspicious person has gone into my playlists and plucked out every Australian act I’ve been listening to and put them on a poster in front of me. Here are…
Trap Lord A$AP Ferg lights up 170 Russell
If your hands are in the air and you’re jumping to grimy, brash lyrics spat over head-clattering hip hop bass beats and hypnotic, straining keys, you’re probably bouncing off me and a full crowd in the mosh at A$AP Ferg’s…
‘We Will Rock You’ rock musical comes to Melbourne
Returning to Melbourne 13 years after its original tour wowed Australian audiences, Ben Elton’s revamped ‘We Will Rock You‘ production is loud, witty, and pretty saucy. This is a rock musical after all. ‘We Will Rock You’ does not set…
90’s Mania
Are you a 90’s child? I am. So Fresh: Hits of the Summer were a staple of my childhood, and after finding out that some of the most iconic 90’s bands were coming to Melbourne for 90’s Mania I knew…
Seen & Heard at The Butterfly Club
In their own words, strippers speak, carnies chat, and dancers dare to share. The group show Seen & Heard aims to share intimate stories from performers who have spent their careers entertaining under the cover of their on stage persona. Playing…
Rolling Stone Live Lodge Preview
Rolling Stone are bringing their Live Lodge back to Melbourne once more, with three weeks of musical joy at the Workers Club in Fitzroy, kicking off at the end of September. Here are our top picks of their epic live shows…
The Punch Brothers at Melbourne Recital Centre
The Punch Brothers are beautiful bluegrass gods who we are not worthy of, yet for some reason they came to our beautiful Melbourne last week and filled the lovely Melbourne Recital Centre (and our hearts) with their own special brand…
Getting low to the jazz-funk hip hop of The Internet at 170 Russell
Hip hop and jazz-funk fusion has been around since the ‘90s, with pioneering artists like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Guru of Gang Starr creating a fresh new sound that has stood the test of time and…