Live Reviews in Melbourne

Regurgitator are one of those bands that even if you don’t think you know them all that well you do. I forgot just how many of their songs I actually knew and loved until I saw the guys pl... [more]
Tecoma was Miss Kate Miller-Heidke’s support act for the night. And from a room filled with only about 20 or so people I concluded that not any people had heard of her before, unl... [more]
When my editor said to me “you’ll be in the company of Tim Rogers,” I knew it wasn’t a passing comment. As anyone who’s witnessed Mr Rogers live, whether solo or with You Am I, would know, you’... [more]
1990s frontman Jackie McKeown once asserted that music is ‘just a bit of fun’, and at their first ever show in Melbourne to launch debut album Cookies, their short, sharp and swee... [more]
Having spoken to some musicians on the subject, they have all concluded the same: Melbournians are ungrateful tossers. Well, not in so many words, but the kicking music scene is so alive and bu... [more]
This should not have been a free gig. Memo to the Esplanade: you could've raked it in with this lineup! Not only the golden boys of Dukes of Windsor,but the support of three br... [more]
I can distinctly remember the first time I saw British India. It was a few years ago and a buzz accompanied the band and their first nationally recognised single, 'Outside 109&apo... [more]
Lets face facts. Since the non-smoking rule rolled in on the back of an artic winter, attendances have been low at hotels like the Nash (Taswegians think a grotty Republic, Sydney folk think a... [more]
A couple of words that can be used to sum up Maximo Park are energetic, intriguing, raw and cultured setting them above their peers, wowing audiences around the world and becoming incr... [more]
Diamond David Lee Roth is back in Van Halen, you say? They are back on tour with the sexy one, you say? Well I say he never left! For those who are in the know, we have our own awesome... [more]