THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE This month marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most intriguing and intense records ever produced. The s...

ACHTUNG, BABY! The build up for the release of Futurology began almost a year ago in the wake of the Manics 11th album, Rewind The Fil...

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN   At 27, Melbourne comedian Thomas Jaspers realises many of his interests are not typical of a guy his age. A self-d...

HAUS MUSIC Robert Smith, Nick Cave, Trent Reznor, even David Bowie all owe a debt to Peter Murphy and his haunted outpourings as leader ...

'1977' - DON'T LOOK BACK You couldn't, quite frankly, invent a band like Ash. This group of teenage Star Wars -obsessed ...

Venue: Festival Hall Date: 28/06   The Manic Street Preachers have evolved beautifully over the years into a band comfortable with what t...

Venue: Festival Hall Date: 07/03/2013 For their sideshow in the 'Manchester of Australia' – as Mani once lovingly dubbed Melbour...

Venue: The Palace Date: 19/02/2013 The excitement of what to expect from one of the world’s most unusual and  notoriously ‘challenging’ b...

RESTLESS SPIRITS While somewhat distracted by the possibility of having to evacuate, Lisa Gerrard from her home in Gippsland, is watching...

STOR IES FROM THE SEA Mike Scott is so much the archetypal quirky, poetry-obsessed troubadour, it's as though he was written into ...

ENGEL OF CONSTRUCTION Ear, nose and throat specialists everywhere would probably cut off a limb for the chance to examine Blixa Bargeld....