Melbourne Revellers Weekly Top 10 17/06/18

Gin, strippers, nine hour techno trances...

Bolt (on) via Boult (Sir)

And the rich get richer. We're referring to sound, of course. Michael Bolton's coming back with a comeback. And this time he has a full orchestra behind - or more accurately in many cases in front - of him. This is a night of stringed extravagance guaranteed to...

Melbourne Cultural Weekly Top 10 10/06/18

Truffles, onstage butchery, bottomless Pimms. You may need to spend the eve of the Queen's birthday in a confessional.   10) Starman 14th June Dry your tears. Bowie's gone. But cult-cabaret star Sven Ratzke is here with rave reviews and a performance to distract you briefly from your un-ending...

Melbourne Revellers Weekly Top 10 10/06/18

Singing idol; singing, idle. Oncomau is here once again with a week to heat you up, calm you down and birth you sideways.   10) Tubular Bells for Two 15th June Virgin unleashed. Live. One Album. Two Men. Too Many Instruments. This'll be a date that'll ring throughout the...

Sydney Revellers Weekly Top 10 10/06/18

Welcome, revellers, to the launch of the beginning of the end feat. the beginning.   10) Happy Mag Issue 8 Launch 16th June Bid farewell to Sydney Vivid, it's time for these birds to shine. Happy Mag's celebrating the launch of their inaugural photo issue between the legs of The...

So…Solange.

She's been compared to Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson, Kraftwerk and The Cure before her. Purely for administrative purposes. Solange is coming to the Sydney Opera House and, like those to whom she has been compared (as above) upon her inception or, perhaps, relative conception, she has...

Sydney Cultural Top 10 Weekly 27/05/18

Sequins, salons, sickening hangovers. Oncomau presents the cream of the Sydney cultural crop this week.   10) A-Pho-Retivo at The Dolphin 27th May Never has excessive pretence been so affordable. On the 27th of May, teeter unconfusingly on the edge of Autumn and Winter, in a Maritime-themed restaurant with...

Sydney Revellers Top 10 Weekly 27/05/18

Drink, dance, don't stop at third base. Oncomau presents this week's vividly hot dates. Coach'll be waving you in, slugger.   10) Black by Fireball Whiskey From 17th May Expand your repertoire and get drunk with the new kid in the old block for a marginally less expensive amount to...

One of Several Directions: Niall Horan on Tour

They grow up so fast. And yet, it's not so fast that he's lost the use of his voice box. That's right, kids! One of the most rabidly beloved members of One Direction is coming to Melbourne and he's as vulnerable and amenable to those quasi-legal fantasies...

Imagine Dragons.

Because those reptilian relics are far more interesting than what you're about to hear. Nevada-based band Imagine Dragons is hitting Australia with their 'Evolve' tour this May. The band and the beast do have a commonality in that they both have been claimed by all manner of...