It’s been 5 years since Andrew McMahon toured Australia. In February 2023 he will return for a solo tour playing songs from his career including favourites from Jacks Mannequin and Something Corporate. We caught up with Andrew ahead of the tour as he shares his excitement to return to the land down under. SCENEzine How’s […]
After a three-year COVID-imposed break that delivered a devastating blow to the band, The Stranglers are heading back to Australia for a five-date tour in April. SCENEzine’s Mel Taylor got to sit down with their legendary bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel (JJ) to talk about the tour, the new line-up, the band’s latest chart-smashing album Dark Matters, […]
Lately when it comes to emerging pop punk all eyes seem to be on Australia. With the likes of Yours Truly, Stand Atlantic, Between you & me all gaining attention worldwide. One of the next Aussie bands we recommend looking out for is Paperweight. The band have just released their new single “lemon spiders” and […]
American pop punkers State Champs have a lot to celebrate recently. They’ve released a highly impressive new album, played Sad Summer festival, and in September they’ll be headed back down under for an Australian tour. We caught up with the bands guitarist Tyler & drummer Evan ahead of their Aussie tour. SCENEzine: Firstly, huge congrats […]
Swedish punk rockers Millencolin are currently celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band. What better way to celebrate than a huge amount of European tour dates then ending the year playing Good Things Festival in Australia. We were lucky enough to catch up with Millencolin guitarist Erik Ohlsson ahead of their return to the land […]
Aussie punk rock legends Bodyjar are about to hit the road in celebration of their latest album New Rituals. We were lucky enough to catch up with Bodyjar vocalist Cam Baines ahead of the tour as he chats about the new album and shares some ballsy stories. SCENEzine Firstly congrats on your album New Rituals […]
After many delayed starts, the Under The Southern Stars concert series is about to commence the first national live festival tour since the pandemic started in 2020. The SCENEzine team was invited to a press conference featuring all the bands and caught up with Gavin Rossdale, frontman of Bush. SCENEzine: Firstly, welcome back to Australia. […]
After many delayed starts, the Under The Southern Stars concert series is about to commence the first national live festival tour since the pandemic started in 2020. The SCENEzine team was invited to a press conference featuring all the bands and caught up with Robin Zander, frontman of Cheap Trick. SCENEzine Welcome back to Australia; […]
After many delayed starts, the Under The Southern Stars concert series will commence the first live festival tour featuring international bands since the pandemic started in early 2020. The SCENEzine team was invited to a press conference featuring all the bands and caught up with Dean Deleo, guitarist from Stone Temple Pilots SCENEzine Welcome back […]
Back in 1991 Aussie rockers, The Screaming Jets released their debut album All For One. The album catapulted them to the top of the charts with singles including “Shine On” and their signature anthem “Better”. Now fast forward to 2021 the band are celebrating the 30th anniversary of All For One by re-recording the album […]