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evan dando

  • phil van rooyen 2025

    In no particular order, here are my rock n roll highlights for 2025: 

    1. Barry Adamson/The Wreckery @ The Factory Theatre Marrickville, NSW
    I mainly went to see support act (The Wreckery) after enjoying the Fake Is Forever album of late 2024 but the whole evening including a cracker set by Barry Adamson was memorable  .The sound for the openers was not great but good songs always stand out and Hugo Race s voice is one of the best.

    2. The Stems / New Christs @ The Manning Bar, Sydney University
    No explanation required. Two major influential bands in my life right back to their early singles and EPs. Pre Fathers Day, my daughter even got me a new T-shirt with “Distemper “graphics for Dads’ Day.

  • thelemonheadsEvan is in the backseat of his Cadillac. 

    Beloved alt-rockers The Lemonheads are returning to Australia this December.

    Since they were formed by Evan Dando in Boston, Mass, in 1986, the family tree of The Lemonheads has many twisted tentacles and tangential branches, and a host of one-liners etched into its bark. Anyone could be a Lemonhead but for how long who knows? Leastways they’ll be shoulder-to-shoulder with Evan throwing discordant chords against alt-country-tinged melodies, playing that light and dark card. Through their ranks have passed Descendents, Blokes Babies, Dinosaur Jr - and even a member of Australia's The Eastern Dark.