After their recent sell-out show in September, VICTOR STRANGES & THE FUTURISTS will yet again bring ELVIS COSTELLO's hits and obscurities in a matinee performance at one of Melbourne's most iconic venues, Wesley Anne on Sunday 19th February, 2023.

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SATURDAY’S CHILD is Australian musician, producer-songwriters Victor Stranges and Frank Apicella.

Stranges and Apicella became acquainted when they separately attended a recording session run by legendary Australian record producer Mark Opitz AM at Thirty Mill Studios Melbourne Australia in…

After a successful launch of the Elvis Costello Songbook show a couple of years ago at The Spotted Mallard, Victor Stranges has put together a group called The Futurists to perform Costello's catalogue as a band. "It's a real indulgence…

Well it was a hoot. Walter Musolino from Melbourne group, Man City Sirens, summed up the evening on a Facebook post: "The nite was hotter than Casablanca, crammed with passionate humanity... colours, smiles, handshakes. Of all the gin joints…

A new line up of Victor Stranges & The Methinks has been announced for a show on 3rd November at The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. Ron E. Smith (bass/vocal), Mike Dupp (piano/keyboards/vocal) and Chris Quinlan (drums) will join…

It was a pleasure to perform for the first time with wonderful Melbourne pianist Mike Dupp at the Elvis Costello Songbook evening at The Drunken Poet last night. Melbourne has a lot of Costello fans and we had a few…

January 26th was the launch at the Spotted Mallard of Everyday I Write The Hook - Victor Stranges Plays The Elvis Costello Songbook. The show was well attended as Victor single-handedly presented over one and a half hours of pure…

Victor Stranges Plays The Elvis Costello Songbook

His admiration for Elvis Costello started when he played drums in his first serious band in the 1980s. It was a punk band playing a three chord country rendition of Oliver's…

I had taken a break from performing and recording for a while. The years tick away raising a family and keeping up with the day job. I've recently taken a break from work and I now have a renewed vigour…

Last year I was asked to play some shows at Mission To Seafarers in Melbourne. My agent, Nancy, said can I get someone to sing some backing vocals with me. I immediately thought of my son, Samuel. The poor boy…

Victor Stranges and DC Cardwell playing at the historic Mission To Seafarers in Melbourne

I am performing a one off show with Northern Ireland award winning songwriter and musical partner, DC Cardwell (now…

The last few months...

I recently signed an agreement with a company in the U.S. to provide instrumental versions of my songs from Hello Me To You for potential placement in TV shows. I am now about three quarters of…

We have had an interesting year so far. The European Debt Crisis, a potential new carbon tax (in Oz), the U.S. debt ceiling that could be raised (will they raise it? ...of course they will borrow some more, whether you…

Hello Me To You (the single) was released on 6th July to 2,300 radio stations worldwide including
      - FM (All Major Markets)
      - Europe FM (Italy, France, Germany, London, and Spain)
      - College Radio
      - On Demand 
      - Sirius Satellite…

Victor's album, Hello Me To You, was named on Pop Underground as one of the best in 2009. As a result, Bruce Brodeen (CEO of Not Lame Recordings in the U.S.A.) and Victor were in contact recently to set up…

Hello Me To You" was named as one of the Best Albums of 2009 by Pop Underground***. The album ranked 114 out of a possible 200. Pop Underground is a community of writers, musicians, industry observers and fans united…

Dear friends, it is with much sadness that I announce that the man of many talents, Matt Swanton, is leaving The Methinks at the end of the year. Matt was pivotal in the latest incarnation of The Methinks in recent…