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Category: Live Music Reviews

Did they live up to the hype? Our Live Music Reviews offer an honest, first-hand look at recent performances. We break down the setlists, the stage presence, and the atmosphere of the night. Whether it was a stadium spectacle or a hidden gem in a basement venue, read our concert reviews to see how the music translated from the record to the room.

Lucky performing at Fitzroy's The Old Bar
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Review: Lucky – The Old Bar, Fitzroy

by suziescribblesNovember 23, 2025December 27, 2025
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The Pixies playing at Melbourne's Festival Hall
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Review: The Pixies – Festival Hall, West Melbourne

by suziescribblesNovember 21, 2025December 27, 2025
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The Veils Finn Andrews playing piano at Northcote Social Club
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Review: The Veils – Northcote Social Club

by suziescribblesNovember 6, 2025December 27, 2025
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Musician Kat Greta playing the drums against a red background as a part of her Rhythm and Reverie tour
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Review: Kat Greta – Memo Music Hall, St. Kilda

by suziescribblesOctober 19, 2025December 27, 2025
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Merpire performing at Howler Brunswick
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Review: Merpire – Howler, Brunswick

by suziescribblesOctober 11, 2025December 27, 2025
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Matthew Murphy of the Wombats with his arms above his head at their gig at Festival Hall Melbourne September 2025
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Review: The Wombats – Festival Hall, Melbourne

by suziescribblesSeptember 25, 2025December 27, 2025
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Image of Wunderhorse stage at Forum Melbourne
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Review: Wunderhorse – Forum, Melbourne

by suziescribblesSeptember 24, 2025December 27, 2025
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person with Oasis blue bucket hat on lay on the ground at Oasis concert
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Review: Oasis – Heaton Park, Manchester

by suziescribblesJuly 19, 2025December 27, 2025
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Beth Gibbons performing at Hamer Hall
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Review: Beth Gibbons – Hamer Hall, Melbourne

by suziescribblesJune 2, 2025December 27, 2025
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Black and white image of the band Sigur Ros
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Review: Sigur Ros – Hamer Hall, Melbourne

by suziescribblesMay 22, 2025December 27, 2025
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Mia Wray playing guitar and backlit by red light at the corner hotel melbourne
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Review: Mia Wray – Corner Hotel, Melbourne

by suziescribblesApril 25, 2025December 27, 2025
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Reverend and The Makers - The Curtin Melbourne - Suzie Scribbles
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Review: Reverend and The Makers – Curtin Hotel, Melbourne

by suziescribblesApril 17, 2025December 27, 2025
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Peter Doherty and Carl Barat sharing the microphone at Forum Melbourne
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Review: The Libertines – Forum, Melbourne

by suziescribblesApril 16, 2025December 27, 2025
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Cigarettes after sex written in white on grey smokey background
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Review: Cigarettes After Sex – Rod Laver Arena

by suziescribblesMarch 13, 2025December 27, 2025
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PJ Harvey bathed in spotlight with fans in the foreground at Plenary MCEC Melbounre
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Review: PJ Harvey – Plenary Theatre, MCEC

by suziescribblesMarch 12, 2025December 27, 2025
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Guitarist - Courteeners - Forum Melbourne
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Review: Courteeners – Forum, Melbourne

by suziescribblesMarch 7, 2025December 27, 2025
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This week’s new music recommendations! Songs To This week’s new music recommendations! 

Songs To Brush Your Teeth To is our new music playlist. We recommend five new songs each week, mainly by Aussie artists and these get added to the rotating playlist, along with tracks from previous weeks. 

You can find the playlist on Tidal, Spotify and now You Tube and we recommend listening to one new track each day, like when you’re brushing your teeth 😬
Everything Everything returned to Melbourne’s Foru Everything Everything returned to Melbourne’s Forum last week for their sensational Get To Heaven tour. 

Swipe to see more pics and some snippets from the review.
Incredible night seeing @e_e_ performing Get To He Incredible night seeing @e_e_ performing Get To Heaven in full! 

Distant Past was obvious a crowd favourite but honestly the whole night was spectacular. Full review on our website.
Another week, another Melbourne gig guide. And thi Another week, another Melbourne gig guide. And this is a huge week - I could barely fit them all in!! 

Let me know who you’re checking out in the comments! 🎸🎶
A great eclectic mix for this week’s Songs To Brus A great eclectic mix for this week’s Songs To Brush Your Teeth To. I’m always happy with the tracks i include but I’m extra happy with this week’s selection. 

Also, I’m starting to build the playlist on YouTube too so you can follow along there as well as on Tidal (and Spotify - I don’t use or pay for Spotify but I still update the playlist there each week).
“No extras, no bullshit.” 🎸 We sat down with Jonat “No extras, no bullshit.” 🎸 We sat down with Jonathan Higgs of Everything Everything to talk about the 10th anniversary of Get To Heaven and why playing this album coast-to-coast in Australia feels more “freeing” than any tour before it.
Incredible evening watching Biffy Clyro last week! Incredible evening watching Biffy Clyro last week! 
It’s been 8 years since they last visited Australia, and we were very glad to have them back on our shores. 

Swipe for more pics and thoughts on the show.
Videos are in our reels tab (or on TikTok) and full review is on the website.
I wasn’t going to post this because the quality is I wasn’t going to post this because the quality is terrible, but two months on @mothercain was still one of the best nights of my life. So I changed my mind 🤷🏼‍♀️

Ethel Cain, Palais Theatre - St. Kilda
Teenage Joans absolutely smashing it supporting Bi Teenage Joans absolutely smashing it supporting Biffy Clyro this week. 

I hope they’ve picked up a lot of new fans from this tour because they absolutely deserve it!
I’ve been seriously obsessed with Peach PRC’s debu I’ve been seriously obsessed with Peach PRC’s debut album Porcelain. 

Swipe to find out more!
Your latest Melbourne gig guide is here, with a co Your latest Melbourne gig guide is here, with a couple of new venues added. 

Remember if you’ve got a concert you’d like including you can head to the gig guide page on our website and click the link to add it.
Probably should caption this “I wish I were taller Probably should caption this “I wish I were taller” 😆

Biffy Clyro performing at Forum last night.
Can’t believe it’s been over a week since shooting Can’t believe it’s been over a week since shooting Dune Rats at the Corner Hotel. Definitely one of the most chaotic gigs we’ve been to recently! (I’m not sure if you’ve ever had a dodge a beach ball coming at your face while you’re taking photos but it definitely added a new element…) 

Photo credit: @leecrawford19 

Words by me.
Pulp covering ABBA’s ‘The Day Before You Came’ At Pulp covering ABBA’s ‘The Day Before You Came’ At Sidney Myer Music Bowl last month.
Your latest gig guide is here with all of the best Your latest gig guide is here with all of the best live music in Melbourne.

I often get asked how an event can get included on our gig guide. If you check out my highlights there’s a link or at the top of the gig guide on our website!
Some new and not so new music recommendations to c Some new and not so new music recommendations to check out this week, as I discovered my first artist from an Instagram reel and I revisited a track released last month. 

Find out more on our website. 

Songs To Brush Your Teeth to is our new music playlist. Each week we bring you five new tracks we thing you should check out. You can find the playlist on Tidal (and Spotify) with all this weeks songs and tracks from the past 9 weeks.
We loved @parissatosif deeply personal album I Hav We loved @parissatosif deeply personal album I Have This Memory of You. 

Straddling eastern and western sounds it combines pop influences with instruments and rhythms from Parissa’s Iranian culture to create an album that’s a unique window into her world. 

Telling the stories of displacement and longing for a home that’s no more, or one that never really was, it speaks to anyone who’s migrated or living across cultures. 

Swipe to read more and see the full piece on our website.
Rowdy times for @dunerats at The Corner Hotel last Rowdy times for @dunerats at The Corner Hotel last night. 

The band were keen to get back to their roots with this latest album are tour and they certainly did this with a carefree, chaotic night. 

More details on our website.
I’ve been eagerly awaiting RAYE’s sophomore album I’ve been eagerly awaiting RAYE’s sophomore album and I’m so glad This Music May Contain Hope turned out to be this good. 

The album is a journey, from darkness to light, across four seasons. It draws on wide influences including jazz, hip-hop and musical theatre and its such a wonderful, emotional and complex album. 

I’ll be amazed if this one isn’t on my short list for album of the year.
So I was so organised with the gig guide week. Ex So I was so organised with the gig guide week. 
Except for the part where I needed to post it 🙈

Anyway, only a couple of hours late, here’s next weeks Melbourne Gig guide.
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