Category Archives: Melbourne

SoCo Carnivale Fancy Dress Party with The Polyphonic Spree – February 2010

Southern Comfort presents The Polyphonic Spree: SoCo Carnivale
Supported by the New Orleans Bingo! Show.

Confetti drenched; swaying in a French pirate jazz parade of white magic and Voodoo masquerade. Welcome to SoCo Carnivale: a non-stop celebration of all life has to offer. SoCo Carnivalefeatures the outrageous self-described ‘choral symphonic rock’ collective The Polyphonic Spree, who are set to sprinkle a little colour, hope and happiness on this year’s Carnivale season. Also joining the parade is the genre defying outfit The New Orleans Bingo! Show direct from New Orleans Mardi Gras. Southern Comfort presents this unique homage to its origin, New Orleans – a fancy dress party inspired by the spirit of New Orleans Carnivale.
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Photo Gallery: Florence and the Machine @ Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 3rd February 2010

Photographer: Naomi Rahim – Design & Photography

Photographer: Naomi Rahim – Design & Photography
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JOHN MAYER Touring Australia & New Zealand – April/May 2010

Chugg Entertainment confirmed John Mayer’s seven-date tour of New Zealand and Australia this April and May, including concerts in Newcastle and Wollongong.

Bringing, in song, his latest on love, heartbreak and life lessons, it’s a wiser, more enlightened Mayer who, with the 70’s and 80’s California rock/pop sound of his new album, Battle Studies, heads to the Antipodes for a tour of the same name.
John Mayer – John Mayer available at iTunes

The tour plays New Zealand first kicking off at Wellington’s TSB Bank Arena on Tuesday April 27 and Auckland’s Vector Arena on Wednesday April 28.

In Australia the tour starts at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on April 30, then Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on May 3.
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Photo Gallery: Hockey @ The Hi-Fi, Melbourne 3rd February 2010

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[Photo: Carbie Warbie] 		  Photographer: Carbie Warbie

Hockey @ The Hi-Fi, Melbourne 3rd February 2010

Hockey – Hockey available at iTunes

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Photo Gallery: Groove Armada @ The Palace, Melbourne 27 January 2010

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Groove Armada @ The Palace, Melbourne 27 January 2010

Groove Armada – Groove Armada available at iTunes

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Midnight Juggernauts to replace Echo & The Bunnymen at Melbourne Laneway

The Laneway Festival regrets that Echo & the Bunnymen are no longer to play the Melbourne Laneway Festival tomorrow. Lead singer Ian McCulloch, who was due to arrive in Melbourne tonight, has missed his flight from London and won’t make it to Australia in time for the scheduled performance. At this stage, all other Echo & the Bunnymen performances are due to go ahead as planned.

Laneway Festival announced that Melbourne party knights MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS will be performing in their slot.

The Laneway Festival apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Contact info@lanewayfestival.com.au for further enquiries.

Melbourne, Music, Quick Bits

4 MINUTE WARNING

St Kilda Laughs Festival present 4 MINUTE WARNING

It is 1966. England is a derelict wasteland. The BBC’s Emergency Broadcast System is our only hope. Let’s see who’s on line 1.

Four Minute Warning takes a look at history and gets it wrong. Germany won WWII with nuclear weapons. England’s survivors are living in bunkers. Albert is defiant. Ted is bored. What happens when the stiff upper lip starts to quiver? The mindset is outdated. The situation is dire. Four Minute Warning is hilarious.

Written by and starring Neil Sinclair (Raw Comedy winner 2008, Comedy Zone at MICF2009) and Doug Pickering (McPony, Sainsburize Me!), Four Minute Warning has been performed monthly at The Butterfly Club, with sell out shows, and is developing a cult status.

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Alexisonfire Soundwave sideshows with Comback Kid and Anti-Flag – Sydney and Melbourne : February 2010

Alexisonfire   Why don’t we let the squires at Metal Hammer begin our introduction to the brutality that is Alexisonfire and their brand new album ‘Old Crows Young Cardinals’; “A dense and beautiful heavy rock album with as many hardcore influences as progressive ones: rewarding and utterly gripping.”

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Tour: Hockey headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne 2010

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Dance punk/indie rockers Hockey, hailing from Portland, Oregon will make their way to Australia for the first time to perform at the Laneway Festivals and headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Hockey comprises singer Benjamin Grubin, guitarist Brian White, bassist Jeremy Reynolds, drummer Anthony Stassi and touring keyboardist Ryan Dolliver, and have been compared in their sound to bands such as The Strokes and LCD Soundsystem.
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Tour: Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele – January 2010

Dent May   Dent May was discovered last year by Animal Collective when they were recording Merriweather Post Pavilion in nearby Oxford. Dent’s ebullient debut, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele – released on Animal Collective’s label Paw Tracks and locally through Mistletone – was one of the most feel-good indie-pop delights of 2009.

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