Interviews/Reviews

The Butterfly Club   While the story behind the warren-like temple of kitsch that is The Butterfly Club would be a show in itself, a gl...

The Tuxedo Cat  Despite starting half an hour late, from the moment this chaotically hilarious show begins you know you’re in good hands. ...

Son of Loft, Lithuanian House Many comedians rejoice at the chance to use the stage as a psychiatrist's couch, but it takes a rare com...

The Warren, North Melbourne Town Hall  Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (where it was among the best reviewed of all productions) ...

The Gasometer Bleeding from a sound check into an experimental noise-fest, three-piece Exhaustion waste no time in confounding expecta...

The Toff in Town Dispelling Election Day blues within seconds of kicking off their set, Playwrite bounce their drama-laden brand of percu...

Northcote Social Club Indebted to 90s British bands in the most forgiveable way possible, Adelaide’s Alpha Beta Fox are a perfect choice as...

Northcote Social Club Selling out within weeks of going on sale, there must have been a tour manager keen to get some of the packed-out cl...

The Hi Fi Bar To an overwhelmingly oestrogenic crowd and a sold out, packed out room The Preatures blast through a tight set of polished...

Northcote Social Club   Those who don't care for musicianship or dancing in their live music stay away in droves from tonight’s singl...

Northcote Social Club   Tonight’s lineup could have gotten Arts Victoria funding for a ‘live exploration and reassessment of masculinity an...

John Curtain Hotel Always a hard room to fill, and with wildly variable acoustics, the John Curtain is tonight host to three of Melbourne’...

Corner Hotel A room-halving red curtain is the first thing that greets a punter curious for some hyped UK neo-psych rock at the Corner ton...

Northcote Social Club Proving not only that there are still plenty of good band names out there, but that there are still great supergroup...

Reinventing his songs with orchestras, working with Australian legends and the inevitable growing apart from Triple J,...

Northcote Social Club Cold temperatures aren't enough to keep lovers of sunshiney electro pop away from celebrating two of its finer p...

Northcote Social Club   'This is the last show of the tour,' says Gung Ho singer Michael McAlary to the eight of us in attendance ...

In which ANDY HAZEL looks for clues as Amy Franz and Hayley McKee aka Melbourne garage rock duo SUPER WILD HORSES talk the Melbourne S...

Northcote Social Club   Sydneysider Oscar Lush opens the evening with a small guitar, large beard, tight jeans and an expression th...