The Forum

The Australian three-piece indie rock outfit DMA’S (Tommy O’Dell, Matt Mason, Johnny Took) are headed to the Forum in Melbourne on September 28 to tour their hotly anticipated album How Many Dreams?  Frontier Touring, Secret Sounds and FRNDS MGMT will present the return of the nine-time ARIA nominees and critically-acclaimed band, who will be playing their biggest Australian venues to date. DMA’S formed in 2012 in Sydney, where the three friends came together to make nostalgic garage pop in a bedroom in Newtown. After releasing their debut single ‘Delete’, the band exploded onto the music scene with the single picked up by Triple J. They have since released three smash-hit albums: Hills End (2016), For Now (2018) and The Glow (2020).  Inspired by the Mancunian music scene of the early '90s, DMA’S sound parallels Oasis, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream in their fusion of wistful melodies and raspy vocals with a Britpop undertone. Concertgoers can expect to hear hits such as ‘Silver’, ‘Delete’, ‘Everybody’s Saying Thursday’s the Weekend’ and ‘Tape Deck Slick.’ DMA’S album How Many Dreams? will be released on March 31, and tickets to see them at the Forum will be released on March 16 via the Frontier Touring website. Love a concert? Check out Melbourne's best upcoming gigs with tickets on sale now.

Whether you like red, white, or rosé, everyone in Melbourne is welcome to come along and see none other than Schitt’s Creek’s own Patrick Brewer (or Noah Reid, as he’s known to the Canadian government / his mother) perform at the Forum on Monday, October 2. The beloved Schitt's Creek star will be touring Australia for his Everything is Fine tour, bringing his trademark soulful vocals to stages across the country. Reid emerged into collective social consciousness as ‘Patrick’ in the multi-Emmy winning series, with his moving rendition of Tina Turner’s ‘The Best’ a moment considered by many to be a veritable stamp in TV history – as well as the best moment of the entire show.  Reid will perform tracks from all three of his much lauded records, emphasising his latest record, Adjustments. Aussie fans will get the chance to hear the acclaimed singer-songwriter croon in his signature ‘70s, rusty tones in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane from September 29 to October 3.  Tickets are on sale now, and you can snag one up by clicking right here. Time will only tell, but we reckon Reid’s Aussie shows will be simply the best.  Love music? Here are the best gigs happening in Melbourne this month.  

Lo-fi indie rockers will rejoice over the news that Alex G has announced he will perform a cluster of dates Down Under – and that he will appear at Meredith Music Festival before heading to New Zealand.  Alex Giannascoli – known professionally as Alex G – is quite possibly one of the most influential singer-songwriters of his generation, producing indie music with clear cues to the likes of Pavement and Elliott Smith. Touring to support his album God Save the Animals (2022), where he was lauded for his “sharp lyrical simplicity”, Alex G will perform at the Forum on Thursday, December 7.  The multi-instrumentalist first broke onto the scene after self-releasing various albums, EPs and singles on Bandcamp. After being discovered as “the internet’s best secret songwriter”, he was signed and has since released the albums Trick (2012), DSU (2014), Beach Music (2015), House of Sugar (2019) and God Save the Animals (2022). If you haven’t already listened to the chord progressions, multi-layered melodies, and ragged riffs in Alex G hits like ‘Sarah’, ‘Runner’, ‘Treehouse’, ‘Advice’, this is your encouragement to do so – and stat. Alex G performs at the Forum Theatre on Thursday, December 7 and at the Meredith Music Festival. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, August 30 at 10am local time, and you can get them via the Frontier Touring website here.  RECOMMENDED: A humble bakehouse in regional Victoria has been crowned home to Australia's best vanilla slice Always Live 2023 line-up:

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ve heard – maybe even done a TikTok to – Caroline Polachek’s anthemic ‘So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings,’ Now, you can hear it live along with hits like ‘Bunny is a Rider’ and ‘Sunset’ as the indie-pop artist has announced a slate of headline shows in Australia as part of The Spiraling Tour.   The American singer, songwriter and producer will perform three shows in Sydney and Brisbane, and two in Melbourne (co-presented by Always Live) on December 10 and 11 at the Forum. She's also one of the headlining acts at the Meredith Music Festival.  Now one of music’s inventive pop auteurs, Polachek’s first foray into the world of music was in Chairlift, an indie pop band that produced the nostalgic hit ‘Bruises’. After Chairlift, Polachek released her avant-pop debut studio album, Pang (2019), which included the catchy hit ‘So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings.’  She was later announced as one of the opening acts on Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia tour before releasing the studio album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You to widespread critical acclaim. Dubbed by i-D as “one of the greatest musicians of our time”, Polachek’s 2023 album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is now one of the best-reviewed albums of all time on Metacritic, garnering over 175 million streams.  Presented by Always Live, Caroline Polachek is performing two shows at the Forum on Sunday, December 10 and Monday, December 11. General tickets are released on Thursday, Aug