I’m excited to announce the launch of my new website, SongVolt.com—a dedicated space for music stories, album reviews, and deep dives into the artists who shaped the soundtrack of our lives.

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L-R: Victor Stranges, Frank Scalzo, Mike Dupp, Dave Leslie

Finally great to have the band together again. Victor Stranges & The Futurists welcome to the fold our rock 'n' roll compadre, Dave Leslie on bass for our upcoming Songs Of…

L-R: Donna Cameron, Anthea Palmer, Victor Stranges

What a great evening celebrating the launch of my good friend Anthea Palmer's inaugural quarterly publication Jimmy Hornet Magazine. Lotsa friends food and beverages at Jimmy's HQ in Richmond (Melbourne, Australia). In good…

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…

It was only 2 weeks ago I had decided to make the leap and dedicate music as a full time pursuit. It's been an interesting journey thus far and people have been saying to me..."you should've done this years ago!"…

June 2018 - Me on the left with the Kennedy-Leever Blues Project (middle: Trent Kennedy, right: John Leever)

I recently played a show with a really good friend of mine, John Leever. I've known John ever since he was my…