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For years now, there has been a stack of great live bands touring around the regional circuit. While this year has seen some dark days, we need to ensure its health into the future for generations to come. Leading the charge to make sure that happens is Music Victoria, the not-forprofit contemporary peak body that confers between the music industry and the State Government, and I’d like to take a moment to do a quick shout out to the legends there.

They’ve achieved big things with the likes ‘Cultivate’ – the first women-only leadership program for music industry leaders, and the Live Music Professionals program, which offers free professional and business development program for independent promoters, venue owners, venue managers and band bookers. MV don’t focus their support on one genre, age group, gender, or demographic; they are for the entire music community so make sure you keep up to date and in the know at www.musicvictoria.com.au.

This issue we are stoked to have Australia’s extreme metal titans Thy Art Is Murder gracing our cover for the first time since 2016, where they took out the front page ahead of their Australian Coffin Dragger tour. Fast forward three years, the guys are now releasing their earth-scorching fifth record, Human Target, and guitarist Andy Marsh sat down with us to share the ins and out of their most brutal release to date.

Further in, feast your eyes on some juicy features with Brisbane post-hardcore band Awaken I Am, New Yorkers Charly Bliss, LA’s finest blues star Dennis Jones, Geelong’s Joshua Maxwell de Hoog from Analogue Studio, Torquay-bred, Melbourne-based muso Tess Guthrie, and we take a look at some of the best glamping winter getaways in Victoria AND we’re found some alcoholic delivery services to make winter better... plus heaps more!

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AN EVENING WITH BENITA COLLINGS DATE: THURSDAY 11 JULY 2019 TIME: 6PM – 9PM

Get ready to be tucked in for a night at the Museum! Benita will revisit your childhood memories of Play School – serving up anecdotes and stories from the popular ABC children’s program and her life on screen, whilst you indulge in wintry cocktails from The 18th Amendment Bar. Retro sweets inspired by the Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Cake Book will complete your trip down memory lane.

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MY DAD WROTE A PORNO ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

COME FROM AWAY LANDS IN AUSTRALIA

The hit comedy podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno is returning to Australia in January 2020 to kick off its international tour. Since launching in 2015, the podcast – which follows Jamie Morton as he reads his father’s self-published erotic novel to his mates, BBC Radio 1 presenter Alice Levine and James Cooper – has racked up almost 200 million downloads and legions of fans. The trio were last in Australian in 2017, selling out venues across the country.

Tickets go on sale Thursday 18 July for shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane via mydadwroteaporno.com

Award-winning American musical Come From Away is opening its first shows in Melbourne this month. Based on the true story of passengers who were stranded after their flight was forced to land in a small Canadian town in the aftermath of 9/11, the production boasts plenty of local talent, including Nicholas Brown, Nathan Carter (Neighbours), Zoe Gertz and Simon Maiden (The Dressmaker). Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he was “thrilled” that the show was opening in Melbourne and described the city as the country’s “theatrical capital”. Come From Away opens on Saturday 20 July at the Comedy Theatre.

MELBOURNE BARISTAS CREATE THE ‘CAULIFLOWER LATTE’

BEYONCE AND ELTON JOHN TO FEATURE ON LION KING SOUNDTRACK

Melbourne is famous for its coffee culture, but the latest caffeinated creation has raised eyebrows. At a recent agricultural conference in Melbourne, baristas served the “cauliflower latte”, a beverage which is made using roughly seven grams of cauliflower powder. Described as “creamier” than the average espresso, the brew is the nutritional equivalent of a daily serve of vegetables. This follows a bunch of other crazy additives we’ve seen mixed into coffee over the years, including turmeric, beetroot and even broccoli. Cauliflower though? They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn’t stop to think if they should…

Ahead of the live-action reboot of The Lion King, the official soundtrack has been revealed.

Some of the big names credited are Beyoncé, Elton John, Hans Zimmer and Childish Gambino. The soundtrack includes Beyoncé and Childish Gambino’s duet, ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight’, and a brand-new song from superstar Elton John and Oscar and GRAMMYwinning lyricist Tim Rice, ‘Never Too Late’. The Lion King soundtrack is out digitally 11 July and physically 19 July while the film hits cinemas 17 July. It stars Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner and John Oliver.

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TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB ANNOUNCE HUGE 2019 AUSTRALIAN TOUR

After confirming an impressive line-up for its annual free, all ages, One Night Stand festival that includes Hilltop Hoods, Ocean Alley, Meg Mac and G Flip, triple j has announced the event’s location: the small South Australian town of Lucindale. With a population of about 500, the town is 340km south-east of Adelaide and marks the first time since 2011 that a South Australian town has been tapped to host the festival. For those who can’t make it to Lucindale on Saturday September 14, triple j will broadcast the festival live.

Indie sensation turned stadium-slaying juggernaut, Irish heroes Two Door Cinema Club are celebrating the fevered reception to their just-dropped fourth record False Alarm with a string of unmissable appointments across Australia in November. Described by Clash as “a game-changing record for the future of indie-rock”, False Alarm was released on June 21 and signals another chapter in the impressive re-birth of a band adored for their kinetic post-punk energy, world-weary lyricisms and recent forays into Kraftwerk-esque stylized synth-pop. Kicking off in Melbourne on Thursday November 21, the tour will see the indie-rock powerhouse group play theatres all over Australia.

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White Night, Melbourne’s after-dark arts festival, is making some major changes ahead of its August event. Moving from summer to winter, the event will run over three nights instead of one, from 22 – 24 August. Unlike previous years, there will also be a midnight curfew. It’s hoped holding the event in winter when it gets dark earlier will allow the light displays to be seen for longer. Treasury Gardens will transform into the “Sensory Realm”, Birrarung Marr the “Physical Realm”, and Carlton Gardens the “Spiritual Realm”, complete with puppets and illuminations depicting Indigenous mythology.

Winter is officially here in Melbourne. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, 23 June was Melbourne’s coldest day since 1983, and the coldest overall in two years. Fortunately, Riverland in Federation Square have just the thing: a hot milo infused with Havana Club rum, maple syrup and topped with whipped cream, marshmallows and a sprinkling of chocolate.

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WRITTEN BY ANNA ROSE EACH THY ART IS MURDER SHOW ON THEIR himself thinking about back in November, and those Giving up your life to raising your child, I think that’s UPCOMING LIFE IN THE CROSSHAIRS TOUR momentary ideas are what the songs became about. super important, but also trying to be an inspiration for SHOULD COME WITH A DISCLAIMER, ONE “‘Are you having a good month? Are you having a shit your child at the same time is very important as well.”

THAT ADVISES THAT PEOPLE ATTENDING month? Are you thinking heaps about this or that?’ It It’s important to note, too, that as soon as the SHOULD BRING THEIR OWN NECK BRACES; just comes through accidentally in the album.” discussion turned to his daughter, Marsh became very THEY’LL NEED IT FOR THE SELF-INDUCED It’s not that Thy Art Is Murder are complacent, but animated. It’s funny how our focuses shift when our WHIPLASH THEY’LL INCUR FROM ROCKING they seem comfortable, particularly as Marsh isn’t children come into the world. Agreeing, Marsh says, OUT TO THE BRAND NEW SOUND THE DEATH giving in this conversation as much as what people will “You can just be in a particular frame of mind and certain METAL OUTFIT ARE BRINGING ON THE ROAD. get when they hear the album. Dragging his response, things dominate where you’re at and that’s how the Chuckling, guitarist Andy Marsh says, “I mean, he says, “Yeah, I don’t know… there’s chaos inside of record gets stamped on. maybe?” He knows what he did. New album Human everybody and we prefer to let that manifest in the “You might be away from your child for a certain Target will be Thy Art Is Murder’s most brutal release records rather than have our lives fall to pieces and amount of time and that anxiety gets stamped onto to date, far out-stripping the angst-ridden lyrics and stress out all the time.” the record. When I’m at home with her, generally I cataclysmic melodies of its predecessor, 2017’s Dear Comfortable on all sides of life, chaos isn’t a welcome don’t feel anxious and probably the music wouldn’t Desolation. “I claim absolutely no responsibility for companion to Marsh, particularly where his family are be as good!” what people do to themselves,” Marsh says, enjoying concerned. Father to little Arrow, almost four years With political grievances at its core, family was the joke. old, family, it transpires, help shift the band’s sense certainly stamped onto Human Target when Marsh Thing is though, there’s not much Marsh can of importance. “CJ just had a baby, my little girl has a considered as he was writing, the world his daughter report on from the last two years that can be called birthday this September, family life is super important will grow up in. “’Row is a constant source of inspiration a contribution to this release. Things for Thy Art Is to me – Kevin will never have a kid. Sean, probably and dread, really. I was against having children for a Murder have been pretty cruisey. “We started writing the same thing – but for CJ and I, we’re on a similar very long time – I’m a secular atheist and believe that the album last November and didn’t feel very pressured wavelength. in a lot of parts of the world they’re reproducing at at all – not that we did with the last one – just more “We are very lucky to be able to do what we love for a rate that isn’t sustainable and creating values that comfortable. a career – that’s not to say we haven’t worked super aren’t constructive for the future – then I had my kid.

“I don’t know if there were any external factors hard to earn it but there is a lot of luck – and so, we’re “I was like, ‘Well, you are the shining light of the [contributing] aside from being a little further into the kind of parents where we wouldn’t want to give up future!’ That sense of worry about what she’ll have our careers and feeling less like an idiot!” chasing our dreams. It sets a bad precedent. when she’s older, and her kids if she has any, what will And yet Human Target has an oddly specific theme “I want my little girl to not think that anything’s be the set-up? of political angst coursing through it, though Marsh impossible and not let anything hold her back. It’s a “Not to say I’m constantly thinking about her whilst reiterates that’s merely a time stamp of what he found balancing act, but we have a lot of quality time together. writing the songs, but it adds a level of complexity to 10

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“Whilst I’m still quite happy to get burnt into oblivion I’d much rather that didn’t happen to my very pretty little girl – I don’t know, I don’t overthink the cognitive process in my mind that might subconsciously lead me to those points of inspiration.”

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A NIGHT OF THIRD EYE IS COMING

VERA BLUE IS HEADING TO GEELONG

Tool fans are still coming down from the news that the band will release a new album in 2019, so the time is perfect for another night of Third Eye. Playing their first show in twelve months (which is nothing compared to Tool’s album gap), the ultimate Tool experience act will hit up The Karova, Ballarat on July 20 and The Barwon Club, Geelong on August 3 with their threehour show, Tired of Waiting. Hits and fan favourites will be performed. At least the wait is almost over.

As she continues making her mark on the live stage, Vera Blue today has delighted fans with the announcement of a 13-date tour, returning the artist to some of her favourite places in Australia as well as taking her to new regions never visited before... including a return to good old Geelong!

Vera Blue will be performing new music as well as songs from her #6 charting ARIA Album Perennial and breakthrough debut EP Fingertips.

Joining the tour will be special guest Alex The Astronaut. She will hit up Costa Hall at Deakin University in Geelong on Saturday 21 September.

ON THE WING The community festival On the Wing delivers the goods to Eaglehawk’s Canterbury Park on October 19. Jon Stevens and Killing Heidi will be joined by Fountaineer, Taylor Sheridan, Dez, Toli Wanefale and more. There is also going to be a good selection of food trucks, so you pretty much have everything you need for a good day out. OTW Buses ($5) will run from various collection points between Bendigo and the festival site.

HOLY HOLY ANNOUNCE NATIONAL HEADLINE TOUR

PARTY ON THE BLUES TRAIN For more than 25 years now, The Blues Train has been providing a unique way to enjoy live music on the Bellarine. Combining four carefully selected Australian Blues acts, a Bellarine Railway heritage train, dinner and drinks for 200 patrons running Saturday nights 10 months of the year, The Blues Train is an experience like none other. It’s a beauty, to say the least. Forte readers can join in on these celebrations with a special 10% discount when you use the promo code FORTE as you book your sessions for August and September via www.thebluestrain.com.au.

HEADING DOWNTOWN The fourth instalment of Downtown hits Geelong Hotel this Saturday, July 6. Yeah, but what is Downtown? It’s a festival-like experience that supports some of the best Aussie and local DJs. Okay, so who is going to be at this Downtown thing?

Harvey Sutherland is going to be there, as will Northeast Party House (DJ), Silversix and local talent. Nice, so when is it again? It is this Saturday, July 6, at the Geelong Hotel.

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Ahead of the release of their third studio album, My Own Pool of Light (now available Friday 2 August via Wonderlick Recordings), HOLY HOLY are heading on a 16-date national headline tour. Renowned for their extraordinary live performances, this September, October and November will see HOLY HOLY playing some of their biggest venues to date, visiting both capital cities and regional centres. Torquay Hotel, Torquay – November 1.

Looks like Justin Townes Earle has missed Australian shores, with the songman lining up a tour in support of The Saint of Lost Causes. Justin: “Australia is one of my favourite countries to tour, and my fans there have always come out and supported my shows and my new music. I’m really looking forward to coming back for what will be my biggest Australian tour to date.” Aw, shucks man. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – August 31.

MONTAIGNE GETS READY It may seem so far away, but you know how time has its way. Montaigne has announced a new album and tour, with shows locked in for Tap House, Bendigo on November 21 and Torquay’s Torquay Hotel on November 22. ‘Ready’ is the singer-songwriter’s new single, lifted from her second album Complex, which is due to drop in August. $1 from each ticket sale will be donated to biodiversity non-profit Bush Heritage Australia.

AN EVENING WITH BENITA COLLINGS Encouraging guests to embrace their inner child, on Thursday evening of July 11, Benita Collings (aka the Queen of TV), will revisit your childhood memories of Playschool – serving up anecdotes and stories from the popular ABC children’s program and her life on screen, while you indulge in retro cakes and wintery cocktails from Geelong’s renowned cocktail bar, The 18th Amendment. This coincides with the arrival of the Happy Birthday Play School: Celebrating 50 Years exhibition at the National Wool Museum.

ELTON JOHN ROCKS GEELONG Elton John, sorry, Sir Elton John, returns to Geelong in December as part of his last hurrah. He played Mt Duneed Estate back in 2015, and legend has it some people are still there waiting for an encore.

The Geelong jam will be part of a run of A Day on the Green shows, and a look through his recent setlists suggests everyone will leave very, very pleased. Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong – December 7.

SURF COAST SONG CONTEST Surf Coast-based Art of the Minds aims to activate, educate and engage the community to creatively manage health and wellbeing. The team is running a song contest under the theme ‘Songs of Hope and Wellbeing’, where the top ten selected songs will be performed at Torquay’s Bar 61 on October 26. The winner will perform at a 2020 festival. All songs must be submitted by September 20. Details are available through artoftheminds.org.au.

A DATE WITH HETTY KATE England- and Australian-raised and now Paris-based jazz vocalist Hetty Kate has performed at the New York Jazz Festival, Japan’s Sapporo International Jazz Festival and Switzerland’s Ascona Jazz Festival.

She’s also starred in the role of Ava Gardner in Eric McCusker’s original musical Ava at the End of the World.

She is, “like Peggy Lee on a Vespa”.

Piano Bar, Geelong – July 9 & The Lost Ones, Ballarat – July 25.

FLOYD THURSBY’S ETERNAL FLAME Paul Gillett is the son of award-winning poet Ross Gillett and author Melanie Guile. He is also the man behind Floyd Thursby, a singer-songwriter who released his debut EP in 2005. He has taken in just about every festival under the Australian sun, while international touring duties have taken him to the US, UK and China. Be sure to keep an eye out for his new album, To Those in Flames. The Lost Ones, Ballarat – July 10.

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It would seem ‘middle of the night’ is a familiar line in music. Billy Joel went walking in his sleep.

Soul Asylum called you up. Alice Cooper strolled across the killing fields. What business is Porpoise Spit conducting, in their new single ‘Middle of the Night’? Well, you can discover just that should you check out the song. You’ll be thankful for it. The Eastern, Ballarat – July 11 & Major Tom’s, Kyneton – July 13.

SHANNON PIZZA HAVE A NEW, MOUTHWATERING MONTHLY CREATION Looking to feast on some comfort food during this blustery winter? Odds are you are reaching for a slice of pizza. If we’re being honest, we love to indulge in a little bit of teriyaki chicken every now and then, and a Teriyaki Chicken Pizza is a great way to change up weekly pizza night. Luckily, Shannon Pizza on Shannon Avenue have you covered with their monthly special. Complete with tomato sauce, cheese, mushroom, onion, chicken, garlic, and dried chives, it’s the teriyaki sauce that’s the star of this dish. If you’re a fan of the authentic Japanese dish but love your pizza too, then this is one for you!

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Remember when Ben Folds rocked the suburbs, just like Michael Jackson, Quiet Riot and Jon Bon Jovi did? Well, all those names ain’t got nothing on The Bennies and their Punk Rockin’ the Suburbs tour. Mow your lawns, clean up your white sneakers and wash your hands before dinner. The band is coming for you. Workers Club, Geelong – July 12 & Karova Lounge, Ballarat – July 13.

I N D U S T R Y U P D AT E S F R O M M U S I C V I C T O R I A Hello Forte readers, Ash here, Music Victoria’s newest recruit – I’m writing in with an update on our work in the green space. We’ve recently been in talks with Green Music Australia to discuss better ways to manage festival waste. Just last week we participated in a roundtable which discussed the fraught relationship between festivals and sustainability, and united the dialogue between industry figures on how this should and could change for the future of festivals.

SARAH MCLEOD IS THE BOSS Oh, Sarah McLeod can rock. She can rock like nobody’s business.

She has rocked with ARIA-winning band The Superjesus. She has rocked as a solo artist. She has rocked with Drought Breakers, a collaborative affair with Scott Darlow, Adam Brand, Jack Jones and Todd Hunter. And she has rocked as the coach of the Rockdogs for the Reclink Community Cup. Major Tom’s, Kyneton – July 20.

Green Music Australia shared their comprehensive research findings on festival littering, behavioural trends and the psychology behind unsustainable decision making of festival goers.

Considering the main drivers behind festival littering, the group (comprised of several festivals and industry reps) weighed up the impact of each of these and brainstormed possible interventions to redirect behaviour and reframe consumer beliefs at festival time.

There were unified decisions for festivals to use their influence to intervene on festivals creating sustainability issues, along with empowered suggestions that were realistic and attainable.

The future of sustainable festivals in Australia looks bright with Green Music and this steering committee!

KERRY O’KEEFFE TAKES YOU FOR A SPIN Kerry O’Keeffe made his Test debut against England in the 197071 Ashes series. He would play 24 Tests for Australia. It is in the commentary box, however, where he is a highlight. There are his stories, of which are many and colourful.

And there is his laugh, which is as recognisable as they come. Kerry is heading to Geelong’s Barwon Club on August 18 for his This Is It tour.

Your MC is Billy Brownless.

In other news – please update your address book – Music Victoria is moving office next week to the CUB Building at 77 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank.

Regards, the Music Victoria team

Member Moment City of Greater Geelong City of Greater Geelong certainly do their part in supporting the regional music community, and we’re looking forward to delivering some exciting music initiatives in partnership with them in late 2019.

Are you a musician, music industry professional, or venue owner/booker in the Geelong region? You can expect a Geelong Venues Day where you can hear from your local council, state peak body, and industry about key industry news, opportunities for live music venues and topics open for discussion and feedback.

YOU CAN KEEP AN EYE ON EVENT UPDATES VIA WWW.GEELONGAUSTRALIA.COM.AU AND WWW.MUSICVICTORIA.COM.AU Gig of the month Echuca-Moama Winter Blues Festival, Thursday 25 July – Sunday 28 July Now in its 20th year, the Echuca-Moama Winter Blues Festival hosts a variety of quality blues acts from across the country. The festival calls home to over a dozen venues within the region, all of which are within walking distance of each other, allowing you to enjoy it all at your own leisure.

Featuring over 50 different acts with plenty of great food and wine options to enjoy, you’ll be spoilt for choice! This is a free event, so be sure to attend and make the most of this unique music experience.

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With each round of coffees, a milk cap was tossed but that’s all about to change at some of our favourite hot spots around Geelong. The EMC Group Geelong have decided to start donating their milk caps to the Envision Hands Initiative – an organisation that works on supplying exciting and engaging work experiences for disadvantaged job seekers. Now partnering with Rotary, Envision are turning these coloured bottle caps into prosthetic limbs for those in need. Caps will be collected from The Pier, Wah Wah Gee, Wah Bah, Edge, Dennys Kitchen and Lambys, with an expectation of over 25,440 caps to be saved from landfill every year. The prosthetic limbs are produced though a 3D printing process, which requires a minimum of 400 caps to create one prosthetic hand. Keeping this in mind, the EMC Group Geelong are aiming to produce 65 in the next 12 months. Envision are leading the way to a more sustainable future, so far with 350,000 bottle tops being collected from schools and organisations across Australia. The goal is to reach the first target of 1,000,000 bottle tops. This goes together with the EMC groups ‘no straw’ initiative (which has saved 100,000 straws from landfill), they are stepping in the right direction to a sustainable future for the current and future generations. For more information about the Envision Hands initiative head to their website or check out the Helping Hands Facebook Page to start collecting today!

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HUGE RACE GETS BUSY Songman, producer, composer and author Hugo Race has been in the game for four decades. In 2019 you are spoilt for choice with new music from his instrumental electronic collaboration Gemini 4 and a new album with the Fatalists, Taken by the Dream. The Palais, Hepburn Springs – July 27; The Lost Ones, Ballarat – August 8; The Bridge, Castlemaine – August 9; and Major Tom’s, Kyneton – August 10.

DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME The Audreys – The Bridge, Castlemaine on July 5; Horace Bones – The Eastern, Ballarat on July 7; Paper Jane – Entrée Music Bar, Bendigo on July 11; These Things/ The Molting Vultures – The Eastern, Ballarat on July 12; The Angels – Gateway Hotel, Corio on July 12; and Erica Hawkey – Entrée Music Bar, Bendigo on July 18. Note that early bird tickets are currently available for Newstead Live in 2020.

Swansong: Intense Brilliance on Stage at The Potato Shed Swansong, the award winning mono-drama written by acclaimed writer/director Conor McDermottroe, will debut at the Potato Shed 8pm Friday 26 July.

Meet Austin (Occi) Byrne, the illegitimate child of a single mother in the Catholic west of Ireland.

BALLARAT RECORD FAIR Rock, pop, metal, soul, funk, reggae and blues – if you’re looking for it, there is a pretty good chance that the Ballarat Record Fair is going to have it. Do they have any baby thrash reggae? I don’t know, maybe. How about chunky grass pop? There is always a chance. Tell me they have boogie woogie plank rock?

If they don’t, they should.

It’s a candy store for music lovers, with plenty of rarities and collectibles to boot.

Housey Housey – July 7.

Shunned by church, state and family, Occi must fight his way into adulthood in a dog eat dog world.

When he was young, Austin (Occi) Byrne was tormented by the recurring rhyming taunts of the local bullies who were relentlessly cruel in the fact that Occi had no father.

As he grows older, within the closed ecclesiastical communities of 1970’s, those taunts escalate in his delicate mind into a chorus.

Occi’s quest to find his father becomes core to his identity; but his mother – all but shunned by her parents and the local community, keeps this secret.

Narrated through Occi’s wayward world view, his story unfolds as a series of chaotic encounters, tempered by moments of tenderness and longing.

Swansong speaks to anyone who has ever been denied a voice.

Critically acclaimed by actors, directors and performers, “Swansong is a mighty tour de force monodrama faultlessly executed, a Masterclass in acting” Directed by Greg Carroll (MTC, STC, Theatreworks, Red Stitch, La Mama), Green Room Award winning actor Andre DeVanny brings a haunting tenderness to a soul that is lost, in a role that is fraught with violence and tragedy.

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THE PERSUASIVE MERAKI MINDS

JON STEVENS GETS CRACKING

Youthful and talented Ballarat-bred indie-pop outfit Meraki Minds released the EP Persuade Me earlier in the year. While the majority of the EP was recorded in a living room, it was polished off in Ballarat High’s recording studio during their final year. Yes, they are that youthful. And they have that youthful glow. For dreamy melodies and introspective vocals behind a solid groove, mosey on down to The Palais, Hepburn Springs on July 12.

Songman Jon Stevens has announced an extensive tour to celebrate the songs of Noiseworks and INXS, and it all kicks off at Gateway Hotel, Corio on August 3. Jon became the lead singer of Noiseworks in 1986, a band that would enjoy four Top 10 albums and three Top 10 singles with ‘Take Me Back’, ‘Touch’ and ‘Hot Chilli Woman’. Later, he would front INXS and release the song ‘I Get Up’.

THE LOOK OF FAMOUS WILL

PHIL WIGGINS & DOM TURNER

In support of their self-titled debut, Famous Will heads to Geelong’s Workers Club on July 19. At its heart you will find Will Gardiner, a man whose simple dream of living a musical life led him to quit his job and sell his belongings. Supports with Thirsty Merc, Phil Jamieson, Glenn Shorrock, Wendy Matthews and Ross Wilson would follow, which shows that good things can happen when you quit your job and sell your belongings.

Phil Wiggins and Dom Turner is a partnership built in blues heaven. You have Wiggins, who toured more than three decades as one-half of the duo Cephas & Wiggins and is widely considered America’s foremost harmonica virtuoso. And you have Turner, who has his own three-decade stint with the Backsliders and is considered one of Australia’s finest bluesman. New album Wolf Tickets is out in September. Pistol Pete’s, Geelong – September 14.

KICKING UP DUST WITH LYDIA LUNCH

BB&RMF FUNDRAISER

ECHUCA-MOAMA WINTER BLUES

YOU CAN’T TRUST GET DEAD

Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch) is an American singer, poet, writer and actress, a self-empowered singer whose career was produced by the ‘no wave’ scene.

Following a 2018 tour with her band Retrovirus, Lydia returns to Australia for two shows with her spoken word feast Dust & Shadows. The multi-media showcase features video images of French visual artist Elise Passavant. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – July 5.

Another Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival Fundraiser hits Hotel Shamrock this Sunday, July 7.

Kicking off at 11:30am and running through until 8pm, the event welcomes Honk Tank, Electric Blues Collective, Nardia, 40 Thieves, Orange Whip, Slap Back Jack and the Magic 8 Balls, Daniel Aaron, Jarrod Shaw, Sarah Wilkinson, Spiritus, Rhyley McGrath, Jade Byrd, Funk Junkies and Andy Garlick.

The 20th Echuca-Moama Winter Blues festival warms up your winter later this month, July 25-28. The lineup is a doozy. You have Matt Katsis, Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie, Chubby Rae & the Elevators, Cass Eager & the Velvet Rope, Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine, Jules Boult & the Redeemers, 8 Ball Aitken, 19-Twenty, Bill Barber Duo, The Mojo Corner and Broderick Smith. There is a whole lot more through winterblues.com.au.

Californian punk rock will shine down upon Bendigo’s Entrée Music Bar on October 13. The band came together in 2007 after their respective bands fell by the wayside. While doing their thing they caught the attention of NOFX’s Fat Mike, who decided it was in everyone’s best interest to produce the band’s albums.

Honesty Lives Elsewhere is their latest. They will be joined by Melbourne’s Wolfpack and local act Dero.

THE SEEDS OF SEEKER LOVER KEEPER

FRANKSFEST

EDDIE NUARDO LIKES HIS WHISKEY

LASH78 PLAYS GUESS WHO

Four bands for only $5, you say? Surely this is the work of a crazy person. No, it’s not. It is Franksfest, a place where dreams can and do come true. Like Field of Dreams. Smoke Rings, The Palpatines and Elliot Weston will be joined by a reunion of Gold Coast outfit Govern the Sky at The Bridge, Castlemaine on July 6. Govern the Sky recently released the three-track album, A Seminar Held by an Army of Sharks.

While it may be a gamble to offer Eddie Nuardo a drink, his shows are never a gamble. Eddie released his debut album The Good Whiskey Never Lasts last year, an album featuring performances from Pete Fidler (Bluestone Junction), John Bedggood (The Wilson Pickers) and Luke Richardson (The Stetson Family, Raised by Eagles). The Taproom, Castlemaine – July 7.

He will be accompanied by Fidler.

Go back a touch, and Lauren and Sheridan Harvey were just starting to get a feel of the entertainment industry.

Lauren joined the cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, while Sheridan was invited by Stephen K Amos to perform as part of his MICF duties. As can happen, this led to that and now as Lash78 they have released their debut EP, Who. The release picked up a sweet five-star review from the Forte team. Amped, Geelong – July 28.

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NICK NUISANCE & THE DELINQUENTS Do you want some tunes but don’t wish to dedicate your time to self-indulgent songs that seem to go on and on and on? Do you prefer it when bands just get on with things? Nick Nuisance & the Delinquents have their new EP Dumb Fuzz, and with the longest song of the five-track release clocking in at 2:50 minutes, it’s perfect for when you want a punk pickme-up before getting on with your day. The Eastern, Ballarat – July 19.

THAT’S HEAVY, MAN Some like a good quality puffer jacket; others prefer getting their winter warmth by being balls deep in the pit thrashing out to the heaviest bands in the 3350 area. They’re not my words, but I am going with them because, well, it’s catchy. A heavy-hitting night takes place at The Karova, Ballarat on July 26, featuring Requiem (And the Earth Grew Dark), Anticline and Good Time Aussie Bogalars. Entry is but a fiver.

GOOCH PALMS, EPISODE III Buckle up, Ballarat, because Newcastle’s Gooch Palms are heading to The Eastern on August 3 in support of their new album, III. From the Goochmasters: “Saying we’re excited is an understatement. We can’t wait to tour this new album and for all you guys to hear the new songs live … We will be stacking the setlist with everyone’s favourite Gooch Palm hits from years past plus all the fresh bangers off the new album.”

BENDIGO AU GO GO W R I T T E N B Y LY N E T T E WA L K E R

There’s no better way to ward off the wintry chill than at the Blues and Roots Winter Showcase/Fundraiser, which will be held across three stages at The Hotel Shamrock on Sunday, July 7. This year’s event features some of Bendigo’s best, along with some fresh faces from the larger blues, soul, jazz, folk, and original music circuits.

The full line-up comprises Chicago blues proponents Electric Blues Collective; blues-jazzsoul chanteuse Nardia and her band; swamp/blues four-piece 40 Thieves; rockabilly trio Slap Back Jack and The Magic 8 Balls; funk-soul-blues groovers Funk Junkies; blues rocker Rhyley McGrath; singer-songwriters Daniel Aaron, Jarrod Shaw, Sarah Wilkinson, Andy Garlick, and Jade Byrd; funloving pub rockers The Flannos; neo-soul roots trio Spiritus; sax-guitar duo Deus Sax; blues-rock-soul collective Orange Whip; and the Bendigo South East College Band. Local funk duo Honk Tonk will host a busking/street-jamming stage outside the foyer entrance in Williamson St. “There are acts to suit most anyone’s tastes on this line-up,” says Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival director Colin Thompson. “The program is packed with talent from start to finish, on both stages, but the styles are varied, just like at our festival each November. From gentle performances from singer/songwriters, to crazy antics from bands like the Electric Blues Collective, and dynamic in between.”

Thompson singled out the BSEC Band for special praise. “These kids are incredible musicians already, so it’s inspiring to see them play and imagine what

they might be achieving in a few short years,” he says. “We’ve seen a lot of young Bendigo musicians come through BB&RMF over the nine years we’ve been doing this, and it fills us with pride to support them any way we can while we watch them kick on to bigger and better things.”

From 11.30am-8pm. Tickets available at the door; $20 (adults), $5 (under-18s), free (under-12s).

Also happening around town this fortnight: Local singer-songwriters Dan Duggan and Flora will grace the stage at Entree Music Bar on Thursday, July 4. From 7.30pm; free entry.

Nardia and her band will showcase their melting pot of blues, jazz and soul at Entree Music Bar on Saturday, July 6. From 8pm; free entry.

Melbourne-based bluesman Richie Langford is bringing his foot-stomping roots to Handle Bar on Saturday, July 6. From 9pm; free entry.

Volunteer Eco Students Abroad (VESA) is staging a fundraiser on Sunday, July 7, featuring The Trophy Wives, Sherri Parry, Mia Mazzarella, Lucy Perry, Caitlyn Steer and more. From 1-5pm; entry $10 at the door.

Paper Jane’s Buck Edwards and Rhyley McGrath bring their country-blues fusion to Entree Music Bar on Thursday, July 11. From 7pm; free entry.

Jump on board the monthly Blues Tram, featuring roots-blues combo T.K. Reeve Duo (with Nathan Power on drums) and folk-country-pop singersongwriter Sarah Wilkinson. Saturday, July 13, from 2pm; tickets $39, available from www. bendigotourism.com CONTACT: NETTEE136@GMAIL.COM

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AN EVENING UNDER THE MILKWAY WITH

STEVE KILBEY WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS

WHILE AUSTRALIAN VETERANS, THE CHURCH, 2014, APRA reported that Kilbey had 750 original songs minutes. Recording them takes a lot longer but writing “I have to keep going. I can’t stop. I just have an appetite RECENTLY CANCELLED THEIR EUROPEAN TOUR registered under his name, with that figure looking in them is quick and easy for me. I just tune into the place for creation. Well, there was no alternative- what be an DUE TO A TUMBLE THAT LEFT DRUMMER, the thousands now. and the place – I was reading a quote by Richard Wagner, electrician or something? I can’t do anything else. I’m TIM POWLES, WITH A FRACTURED FOOT the German composer and he said something I can no good at anything else so I just keep on keeping on AND BLOOD CLOT IN HIS LEG, FRONTMAN “That’s the tip of the iceberg. There are all these songs totally agree with. He said ‘there’s a place I can tap into with music,” Kilbey says.

STEVE KILBEY DIDN’T LET THAT STOP HIM that nobody has ever heard from before The Church. and when I get into it, it’s only limited by my capacity to draw the stuff out’ and I feel like that too. I feel I With his flair and passion, we truly hope the 64-yearSERENADING UK AUDIENCES WITH A STRING There are probably 1000 songs that people haven’t old never stops. Don’t miss your chance to get up close OF SOLO SHOWS. FRESH OFF THE PLANE AND heard and probably never will hear,” Kilbey says. “To put get into a place and it all just comes to me. I had to struggle, it hasn’t always been like that. When I was and personal with Steve Kilbey at Montara Wines on TERRIBLY JETLAGGED FROM SCREAMING that into perspective, I believe Nick Cave and Paul Kelly Friday, August 2.

CHILDREN, TURBULENCE AND A VALIUM- have about 300 published songs. Not that I’m saying 16 I wasn’t like that.”

TRIGGERED DREAM OF THE SAME NATURE, quantity is over quality of course, I’m just saying I’ve ENGLISH-AUSTRALIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER probably written more published songs than anybody Though it doesn’t seem it with his accolades and TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AND status, the frontman has faced a number of struggles AVAILABLE VIA EVENTBRITE. RETURNS HOME TO CONTINUE CHURNING OUT in the world.” in his music career with The Church. Being dropped by SONGS AND PLAYING SOLO SHOWS WHILE THE labels numerous times, having their sound questioned BAND TAKES A TWELVE-MONTH RECOVERY The ARIA Hall of Famer definitely has a flair for with a desire for them to sound more like Little River BREAK. FIRST STOP, THE TOFF IN TOWN ON standout songwriting and has no intention of shutting SATURDAY 27 JULY AND THEN ONTO MONTARA up shop any time soon. He recently collaborated with Band, struggling to break into the European market (where they now have a cult following) and also being WINES IN ARARAT FOR AN INTIMATE EVENING Gareth Koch and has an album ready for release with considered too old for the music business, Kilbey says UNDER THE MILKY WAY ON FRIDAY 2 AUGUST. fellow Hall of Famer, Kate Ceberano, along with a number of other projects in the works. persistence was key to their 40 year career which will be celebrated next year.

“When we do these shows there’s a lot of interaction happening. A lot of talking, a lot of joking around, a “Unfortunately it’s weird. You can only make two albums lot of stories, a lot of anecdotes,” Kilbey says. “It will a year. I’d like to make 20 a year. You can overkill it and “A funny thing happened though in the 90’s it was a hard be intimate, the real sense of the word.” release too much stuff. I write so much but I have to slog for us. We were seen as an old band. You know if you have a car that’s 20 years old, it’s just seen as an pace myself, I can’t just flood the market.” old car but if you hang onto that car for forty years it Kilbey will be presenting songs from his massive catalogue including solo works, collaborative pieces, He continues, “But that’s what I am, I’m a songwriter. becomes a vintage car and then you’re talking a whole new territory, but we prevailed and we overcame being The Church greats and some covers alongside Chilean That’s my vocation, it always has been ever since I was a old and turned into veterans and that’s the reward if musician Rodrigo Bustos. However, that selection kid I wanted to write songs and I don’t spend very long you keep going long enough,” laughs Kilbey. doesn’t come easy with a discography of his size. In on writing the songs. I knock out songs in about 5 or 10 18

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EOI OPEN FOR CHYA performance DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Courthouse Youth Arts are excited to announce a new artistic program for emerging performance makers who are seeking a supported opportunity to create new work We are interested in working with theatre makers, visual artists, musicians or composers, dancers or choreographers, filmmakers, writers, publishers, producers, curators, poets or animators – tell us who you are and why you’re interested in creating live performance.

Courthouse will provide $500 seed funding and up to $5,000 in-kind support for emerging artists to develop their own performance projects during August – November 2019.

Applications close 5pm, Monday 22 July 2019.

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THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FOR 2019 LIVE MUSIC PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM HAVE BEEN REVEALED Last week saw the announcement from Music Victoria of the successful applicants for the 2019 Live Music Professionals program.

The professional business development program, open to venue owners and managers, band bookers and independent promoters will see participants matched with some of Victoria’s most skilled and experienced music industry professionals and treated to one-on-one coaching sessions, as well as specialised workshops, masterclasses, conferences and networking opportunities.

The 2019 program kicks off on July 2nd with a full-day, closed-door live music conference with guest speakers Brian Taranto (Love Police), Justin Rudge (Public Bookings), Simon Daly (Falls Festival) and speakers from Green Music Australia, the Australian Venues Association and Australian Festivals Association. As well as, Chris McDonnell from Eventbrite to present The Eventbrite 2019 Australian Music Fans Report. Liz Wright and Katherine Marshall, from Bandmates Victoria, will

provide industry development training around inclusion, disability and the diversity of audiences, and Karen Ingram, from Access All Areas, will provide training in bystander approach to the music business, looking at gender equity, diversity and safety in the music industry.

SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANTS TO THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM IN THE VENUES STREAM INCLUDE: Caitlin Reilly – The Yarra, Abbotsford Cherie Warwick – Commercial Hotel, Yarraville Fiona Macrae – Compass Pizza, Brunswick East Juliette Lalli – The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick Luke Hindson – Torquay Hotel, Torquay Mary Sitarenos – Bar Oussou, Brunswick Saba Alma – Afro Hub, Carlton North Si Jay Gould – Geddes Lane Ballroom, Melbourne Stefanie Mott – Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon Timothy Andrew Heuchan – The Wandiligong Hotel, Wandiligong SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANTS IN THE INDEPENDENT PROMOTER STREAM INCLUDE: Amy Laidlaw – I Hear Django, Woodford David Corbet – The Sound Doctor Presents, Aireys Inlet Ike Anyiam – Iamike Entertainment, Cairnlea Jayden Bath – Loch Hart Music Festival, Kangaroobie Campground Karima Madut – Sycamore Entertainment, North Melbourne Lester Goold – Inwards Goods, Carlton Lorena Miguelez – Leicashow Presents/Flying Saucer Club, St Kilda Reggie Geldenhuys – Tovch, Lalor Richard Cahill – Weird Place, Thornbury Troy Benjamin – Deadly Events, Brunswick East FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE HEAD TO MUSIC VICTORIA. LIVE MUSIC PROFESSIONALS IS A VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE AS PART OF MUSIC UNDER WINGS, DELIVERED BY THE PUSH INC. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSIC VICTORIA

and try to think about what story surrounds the hook lyrics that came up. That’s how WUTO came about anyway. Sometimes I have a stronger idea of a concept that I want to go with or a story I want to tell and try to build hooks around that but that’s a bit rarer for me. Typically it’s feeling -- > hook ---> story.

You’re known on the local touring circuit, performing many local gigs. What do you enjoy about performing locally (or just in general really)?

Oh man, that’s nice of you. I love playing in the places I grew up because of my emotional connection to the spaces I think. And also I just have this sense of pride about the calibre of music initiatives coming out of the Surf Coast and love being a part of that. It’s also great to run into the people I went to school with around Geelong and Hi Tess! You released your debut single the other awesome people in that area (although ‘WUTO’ a little while back! Congrats! How’s someone from my primary school came to the show it been since the release? dfhfhhfhfhf in Brisbane which was extremely unexpected and Gahhh thank you so much! It’s been fairly hectic lovely so you never know when those legends are in a delightful way. I was stoked with the reception going to pop up). when it came out (Forte were an amazing support Where do you see your musical passion heading? through the whole process) and sharing it on tour up I’m really keen to develop the live set with the band the east coast with a whole stack of lovely people I and explore more of the musical palette in that wouldn’t have otherwise met was extremely special. sense. Writing for a band tends to change the way I Particularly the pelicans in Byron Bay and the 150 make songs and I”m extremely excited to be working beautifully silent and engaged legends at Sofar with Ollie, Jake and Libby who are all extremely Sounds in the Gold Coast. Still not sure if it was an talented musicians in their own right. I’m also elaborate dream sequence or my actual life but I’m pumped to be planning for the release of a couple just going with it. more songs, one of which is called Fairy Lights and Talk us through your creative process of your takes a bit of a deeper dive, commenting on rape music. culture and internalised victim blaming which are Hmmm it usually starts with a strong feeling of also topics which matter a lot to me. The song also some kind. When I’m feeling lots of feels I tend to represents a bit of a shift towards a heavier sound find myself reaching for a guitar fairly instinctively. which I’m excited about.

When there are no guitars around the voice memos Thanks for chatting! Where can we find your can get a bit out of hand. I typically find myself music or see you next? messing around with different chord shapes or @tessguthriemusic on Insta and Facebook would patterns and mumbling what seems to be alien be fun – come stay in touch if you’d like and I can gibberish over the top. Until quite by accident some tell you about new releases and shows down on the sort of word or phrase comes out. Most of the hooks coast and Geelong – but for now I’d love to see you for songs I’ve written pop up that way, then I try and at the Gaso on the 18th of July in Melbourne if you’d structure the rest of the song around that and get like to come say hello. a bit more deliberate with the words (and migrate towards English rather than random mumbles)

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GARDEN QUARTET Celebrating a fusion of contemporary Persian music with Western motifs, Melbourne based Garden Quartet is launching their debut album this month, celebrating with a stop in Ballarat.

We chat to Iranian-born frontwoman Gelareh Pour ahead of the show.

You’re launching self-titled debut album Garden Quartet, which we understand draws on your experiences and stories about living and creating music in two very different cultures, together with your bandmates’ differing cultural backgrounds and the stories you’ve carried along in personal journeys. Tell us about the process of conceptualising this in an album?

Garden Quartet, as the name suggests, is a place of growth. We’ve created a very deliberate space where we can share stories with each other and work together to express those stories musically.

It’s actually always been quite easy for us to put our sounds together, there really is only one rule, be yourself. Everyone in the band brings their own way of doing things, and we’re all really supportive of what each other brings. It’s really very natural and organic. Because we’ve taken this approach from the start we’ve been able to develop our own sound, that whilst influenced by a variety of different styles and genres, doesn’t really fall into any one category.

You’re celebrating the album with a national tour beginning in July! What are you looking

forward to most about the tour?

We’ve been really lucky with the venues that are supporting us, looking at the places we’re playing is kind of a dream list of venues for me. Performing in six different cities in Australia, I’m really excited to be playing in new places and meeting new people, but also I’m looking forward to celebrating this release with old friends. In venues like The mechanics institute in Ballarat which have been supporting my music for years, so I’m super excited to be able to have a Ballarat launch.

What do you enjoy about taking your music on a live touring circuit? Do you prefer to be up on stage, or are you more at home working on your craft away from the spotlight?

They’re very different beasts, the studio is where the seed is planted and the seedling nurtured, the stage is where we get to eat the fruit! In terms of Garden Quartet, we spend a lot more time in the studio than we do on the stage, so we all really look forward to performing live.

Can you describe your live show in just a few words?

Intimate. Emotional. Giving. We’ve put a lot of ourselves into this music and we share that live.

Can you tell us a bit about your experience as a female singer in Iran. How did you navigate only being able to perform covertly in underground venues (as women are forbidden to sing solo in public under Islamic law). Did this only fuel your passion for wanting to become an artist?

I think if you’re born an artist then you are one.

Some people may express that in their cooking, or in the way they dress, or speak, I was just lucky enough to have a family that supported my passion for music and stood by my decision to pursue it. It is difficult to be a female musician in Iran, but it never stopped me from being me.

WHEN & WHERE: BALLAARAT MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE, BALLARAT – JULY 13.

BIN: ALBUM INCOMING… WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN

On Saturday I went out to Wallington to catch up with Bin while they were recording some new material. Having followed them pretty closely the last year or so, I was pretty chuffed to find out that they were finally recording more songs.

When I got there and asked if the songs being recorded are for an upcoming album I wasn’t answered by a ‘yes.’ Instead, I received the first five lines of the ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Theme Song.

“If all goes to plan we are hoping to do an album and so far all has been going to plan,” laughs Lys. The recording process being somewhat spontaneous was also the case for the album’s producer Jasper Jolley (Bones and Jones), who learned days before that he would also performing bass on the album.

“We had Will on bass and he went to South America for a year so we replaced him with Mick who went to Europe...” states Tim Fluker before the group’s other guitarist Cal Shortal chimes in, “They all keep pissing off, lucky we have Jassy. He’s pressing some buttons and laying down phat bass lines, he’s got it all.”

“He’s the most talented person in the band,”laughs Lys. Recording over the course of two days, Bin has

WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN If you read my pieces on a consistent basis, you will know the genuine love and excitement I hold for our local Geelong music scene. We are in the incredible situation where the accessibility to great local acts and $10 shows seems endless, but yet the harsh truth is that usually these acts performing to an elite standard are still unsigned.

But they won’t be for long considering there is a new locally-based record label on the rise.

Bonsai Records is the brainchild of Ella Jeffries and is the newest label to reel in the freshest crop of local talent. And she’s not wasting any time, with Bonsai having already signed Pollyman and Bones and Jones upon its inception. But how did the idea of starting a label actually come to fruition? We caught up with Ella to find out more.

“Well, I’ve always lived with musicians and have always been into the gig scene, and I found myself thinking that I was sick of being a bystander and that I wanted to get involved in any way I could,” she explains. “I started researching everything and emailing all the independent labels that I look up to and just got stuck into it!”

been tracking songs written and performed over the last year. “It’s kind of like a diary from last year,” remarks the group’s vocalist Lachie Baulch. “It’s just songs we have been playing for a while so before we started making new songs we thought we should record them and put them out properly before we move onto the next phase of Bin.” When questioned if two days was a standard recording time Cal remarked, “From past experience, it is usually a three-day process and that’s like 15 songs. If you think about Eddy Current, they recorded their first album in eight hours and it was mixed and mastered the next day.

“It’s just a completely different ball game to playing a gig,” continues Cal. “We had a gig last night and played all the same songs and it was fine but as soon as that red recording button goes on everyone just freaks out, but, it’s still been coming along nicely.”

Having a home studio has also enhanced their recording process with the homily environment allowing the band the option to don shithouse footy-team dressing gowns and two-piece velour tracksuits while jamming in the cool room. As mentioned in previous articles, ‘the cool room’ is a cheeky jam-space/recording studio on a farm in Wallington, the same house that majority of the band lives at. Originally a huge walk-in freezer, the room provides incredible acoustics and as a result, hosts many other incredible bands from around the region.

Recording there is not as often as it may sound, especially considering the one jam space finds itself hosting the likes of Bin, Baked Beans, Orb and Bones and Jones. “Last time it was recorded at mine and Baulch’s place, and here is a far better set-up to record in,” recalls Fluker. “For us, it’s really good because it’s literally an old fridge so it’s completely soundproof so we can use it whenever it’s not being used by any of the other bands that live in this house.”

It’ll be closer to the end of the year by the time Bin’s album comes out, so if you can’t wait and want to hear some of the newer material make sure you get down to one of their shows soon!

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Interestingly enough, Bonsai’s first signing Pollyman was actually an influence on Ella’s interest in music expanding, after she encountered him at one of her first ever gigs. “He absolutely blew my mind,” she recalls, “I remember standing there and thinking ‘more people have to hear this.

“I guess I was really drawn to his songwriting.

There was such a focus on straight up songwriting and that really resonated with me. His lyrics just move the entire audience and that is something I haven’t seen in a long time.”

Speaking of the hardships of starting up a business, Ella elaborates on how important it is to back yourself and why you should never be afraid to ask for help. “When I was starting my research I was so overwhelmed with everything and Billy from Anti-Fade was so helpful with giving me a bit more confidence and pointing me in the right direction.

“Milk! Records is another label which I think is fantastic, Flightless obviously, just everyone really!

I think it’s so good what these labels are doing. The music scene is thriving at the moment and I feel they are such a big part of that. I emailed Milk at one point and they told me to just do it and see how it goes and I feel that approach is spot on.”

“At the start though, it was pretty daunting,” she continues. “I had a bit of money saved up and I didn’t really know what to do with it. I started going to Uni and was so out of touch with that and as soon as I started looking into this and realised that’s what I wanted to do that was how I knew I wanted to spend it. But to me, being a young person who is sacrificing that initial money to start at a loss is so worth it; just to get the bands out there is enough for me.”

If you’d like to show Ella and Bonsai Records the same support she has shown local musicians, get down to their launch show in August.

“We have a Bonsai Records launch show coming up at the Gaso Upstairs on August 2 and we will have some merch on sale there as well. I think it will be a really fun night. We will have both Bones and Jones and Pollyman performing that night, as well as a bunch of people spinning vinyl in between.

I’m really, really excited to get it all up and running and hope to catch you there!”

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HILLTOP HOODS WRITTEN BY BELLA DALRYMPLE After a quick sell out, legendary band Hilltop Hoods have thankfully added an extra show to the Melbourne leg of ‘The Great Expanse’ world tour on August 9th. We sat down with Daniel Smith (aka Pressure) to soak up the vibe of the new album, understand what to expect from the tour and learn their strategy to electric live performances. Read on to dig into the minds of one of Australia’s most loved musical icons!

Dan, we are so excited to have you feature in this issue of Forté Magazine! After conquering the stages of Groovin The Moo and supporting the one and only Eminem live, What is the vibe in the band right now? I don’t doubt that life is super hectic for you three?

Yeah it’s hectic! But the energy is just the best vibe ever man. We’re on a bit of a career high at the moment, to be honest, announcing our biggest world tour ever and playing some of the best venues. We are having a bit of downtime at the moment, recovering from Groovin the Moo but we couldn’t be happier!

We can’t wait to get back out there and share the music with our supporters.

You are about to embark on a world tour of your latest record ‘The Great Expanse’. For those who don’t know, what story does the album tell?

What is it’s vibe? and what differentiates it from what you’ve done in the past?

DENNIS JONES Drawing thousands of guitar lovers and enthusiasts Caulfield Racecourse for its fifth consecutive year, Melbourne Guitar Show 2019 is gearing up for the biggest event yet featuring a huge lineup of local and international acts, as well as a huge gear expo that will feature a gigantic variety of electric and acoustic guitars, effects pedals, amps and more state-of-the-art guitar technology. We caught up with American blues shredder Dennis Jones who will feature at the show.

Thanks for chatting Dennis! What have you been up to, are you working on anything new?

As we speak I’m writing stuff for my new album next year. I’ve been looking to collaborate with my new bass player [Cornelius Mims] who is also a really great songwriter; I haven’t collaborated with anyone in many, many years. When I was in another band, I had a writing partner but I’ve been doing it all myself and I just want to expand a little bit now.

I’ll still be doing the majority of the writing but I’m definitely digging into that again, getting inspired.

There are nuances in your music pulled from other genres, are you expanding into any new territories with this new release?

I’m thinking it’s probably going to be more groove oriented. There are certain things I write on bass guitar anyway that have a certain groove to it and they lock in with the drums really well and I

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Well its a bit of a collective journey in the styles of songs, they are kinda different from start to finish. I think its a more modern take on ourselves without losing who we are and our sound, we definitely wanted to push this album into the future instead of repeating the past. We are still evolving as artists and just enjoying the ride of creating new music.

It is incredibly rare for an urban hip-hop group like Hilltop Hoods to stay active and relevant in the music scene for so long, and yet you guys have done it in a way that is very inspiring. What is your trick to persevering through this fastmoving and often unforgiving industry?

I think it’s all about how much you enjoy it, we still really love it and like each other haha! We spend so much time together as a band creating and sharing the music so I think its really damn important that you like and respect the people you are around.

There is no doubt in the minds of those who have seen you perform that Hilltop Hoods shows are NOT to be missed if you love a dance and a good time. What can we expect from ‘The Great Expanse’ tour? I’m guessing we won’t be able to stay still!

No, we really don’t do a slow kind of show! There is going to be a lot of energy, its a lot longer set than we’ve ever done previously. We are actually still putting the show together and discussing it because we have really only ever done an hour twenty shows or whatever, so we going to push ourselves by extending that. There will be quite a few hits from the old Hilltop Hoods music catalogue, and some obscure old stuff as well for some of our older supporters. It’s going to be a bit of old, a bit of new and everything in between.

Your music is embedded into our national consciousness and culture, in many ways you have formed the hip-hop genre here in Australia.

What are your thoughts on taking the tour overseas and performing around the world? How have you found the experience in the past and what are your hopes for ‘The Great Expanse”?

Well, we’ve been touring overseas for a good decade now and we’ve finally built up the shows to do as well overseas as they do back home so we are just really excited to bring new music overseas, as we haven’t

shown them any of our latest work. We get a lot of love overseas and it’s just so much fun for the band!

Originally you were stopped in Melbourne, Australia, for only one night, yet after a fast selling-out, there has been another show at Rod Laver Arena added to the agenda on August 9th.

You’ve famously said in the past that the albums create themselves, but what about the shows, is there a strategy you apply to performing live?

I guess there is, when you create a new album you have to figure out how to perform those songs live.

You can’t really just get up on stage and expect the music to sound the same as it does in the studio, and work energetically with the crowd. We have to really test out what songs to well live, what connects and engages the crowd most, as well as figure out how to make the songs that don’t so well work better.

Lastly, we would LOVE to know your top songs from ‘The Great Expanse’ and what you are most excited about for the upcoming tour!

Oooh that’s a hard one! Well, I’d like to clarify that I don’t listen to my own music by myself haha, that would be a form of torture! However for performing live, I love ‘Leave Me Lonely’ out of the new ones, it’s just got the best energy and an undeniable groove to it. I really love ‘Fire & Grace’, its a beautiful song about mental health and having had a lot of experience with that through the people closest to me, its very special to me. Also, I love ‘Into the Abyss’, its really different and cool. For the tour, I’m just really excited to share with our supporters the new album and have fun with them all around the world.

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think since he’s such a great all-around player, but especially a funk player, it’s probably going to be a little more groove or in the sense of groove-rock and blues. I have no idea where it’s going to lead, I hope it’s something fresh and good, but I’m just really open right now. I don’t have any preconceived ideas, I just want to write some really good songs and blues is always the thread for everything I write anyway so it’s going to come out that vibe and just feel. I’m not really worried, I just want to have some fun with it.

You’re going to be here in Australian in a couple of months for the Melbourne Guitar Show which is causing quite a stir. What are you looking forward to most?

I visited Australia maybe 20 years ago, and I was just blown away by how deep roots music, rockabilly and blues, and just Americana is and how well the Australian musicians that play it. They really study the music and that’s 20 years ago, so I’m sure I’m going to be met with a new generation that’s doing it and some of the people that were doing it before, I’m just really excited to be coming over.

You’ve been involved in music for so long; how do you maintain the drive to keep going with it?

It’s my first love. I’ve done the day job, and also toured and played in three bands at the same time, I’ve done all that. To me, it’s my religion; it’s my church when I’m on stage. I’ll just go up there and mix it up if I need too. The guys in my band know when I want to do something different, if I want to take a solo longer or if I’m not feeling good that night and I want to do just half of it, we have a beautiful connection with it. Some of these songs I’ve been playing for so long, I just find a way to keep it fresh. People know when you’re bored and you want to go home, and I’ve never felt that way. I just love it so much and I want to be there and I want to make sure that whether it’s 12 people or 1200 people, I want to give them the same standard of show, I’m not going to just call it in because I’m not feeling well; I’ve always wanted to give 110 percent when I’m up there.

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BLISS AND SPLENDOUR WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS PHOTO BY EBRU YILDIZ New Yorkers, Charly Bliss, will be ticking off their number one item on their bucket list this July – visit Australia! Yes, the power pop foursome will fulfil a lifelong dream as they make their debut down under as part of the Splendour In The Grass 2019 family, playing sideshows in both Sydney and Melbourne.

“We’ve wanted to come to Australia for years and year. Growing up, Sam [Hendricks] and my aunt and uncle own a bagel store in North Carolina and so many of the people who worked for them were from Australia. Everyone we would meet from Australia was so wonderful and kind and warm-hearted and hilarious, and just because of that I’ve always thought of it as this mystical place where everyone is awesome,” reminisces vocalist, Eva Hendricks.

The appearance comes only months after the release of their second album, ‘Young Enough’, a confetti-driven celebration of sound with a dark underlying context that draws inspiration from two of 2017’s most gut-wrenching albums, ‘Rainbow’ by Kesha, and Lorde’s ‘Melodrama’. “[Melodrama] broke my heart and it kills me to listen to that record because it’s so good and she just so perfectly articulates some many experiences of not only having your heart broken seriously for

the first time, but I also think of a very feminine experience of love and of experiencing massive emotion which I think is something I really relate to and something I wanted to translate into our own album,” Hendricks says.

The emotional arc in ‘Young Enough’, however, derives from traumatic personal events that Hendricks experienced of sexual assault and abuse from a previous partner, something she has been very candid about not only lyrically, which is especially evident on track, ‘Hurt Me’, but also in interviews and with fans.

“I think what was so bizarre about that entire experience for me is that usually, it’s very easy for me to talk to people about stuff that I’m going through. If I’m struggling with something it’s very easy for me to seek help and I have a really strong support system… For whatever reason this experience that I had which I understand to be very common, I just totally buried it and I didn’t want to talk to anyone about it. I didn’t even want to admit to myself that it happened,” admits Hendricks.

“So much of making this record was about eliminating that element of shame that I felt and taking control of the narrative and just saying that this thing that happened to me is not my fault that it happened. I kind of needed to create my own celebration and not just an album that was really sad.

I didn’t necessarily feel sad. I feel like writing about this made me feel strong and I kind of needed to write songs that reflected that and there is no better music than going fucking nuts to some all-out pop.

I feel so relieved and so happy and a tremendous amount of gratitude and really empowered by what this album has brought about for us. It’s created a conversation in my life in so many different ways that I don’t think would have come about otherwise.”

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try to find a way to come to terms with the grief the best they could through music, it wasn’t a decision that came easily for the grief-stricken band, who were initially scheduled to head back out on the road less than two weeks after the tragedy had happened.

AWAKEN I AM When tragedy strikes, musicians can often take one of two roads; they can suffocate themselves with self-pity, alcohol, and drugs, or they see the heartbreak and tragedy as a very potent source of inspiration and use music to help understand, express and cope with their emotions. Brisbane’s Awaken I Am have led with the latter for their latest EP, The Beauty in Tragedy – a soulcrushing, emotional yet beautiful tribute to their late brother and guitarist Connor VernerOakley, whose life was cut short by the hands of an intentional reckless driver last year.

“It was something that we decided to do, realistically, just for us,” explains guitarist, long-time friend (and previous fill-in for the band) Jay Sibthorpe, who stepped in for the band to record the new tracks. “We went into this whole project of recording to put out how everything went down, but also for us personally.

We have spent a long time touring and playing music, we only really know that, so this is our way to heal.”

While recording the EP was a chance for the remaining members to be sad, angry, confused and

itself as a cathartic collection of tracks that have resonated with friends, family and fans near and far. Apart from two songs written before his passing, the other three tracks serve as a tribute to Connor, including a revenge track (‘Kin’) fuelled by angry and bitter lyrics, dedicated to the person responsible for taking Connor’s life, and a heartbreaking anthem (‘The Stages of Grief’) which sees the band try to come to terms with their grief in a series of tearjerking lyrics.

“We went and spoke to Connor’s family about everything and just said, ‘We understand this is a hard time, but we just want to get your advice on what to do?’ Obviously, there’s not really a manual to what you do in these circumstances,” Jay explains.

“We talked about the fact that obviously Connor “We didn’t go into this hoping for this release to be would want us to do these things, and want us to successful and for people to like it; it was more just keep touring and keep pushing on, but we were something we had to do for us and we had to do it questioning what the realistic thing to do is in this for Connor,” Jay says in response to the amount of situation? We were thinking, ‘do we actually keep support the EP has received by people affected by it. touring and keep writing, or do we need to pull away “For people to be enjoying it and connecting with it as for a bit and deal with things?’. well, it’s a bonus. It has really blown us away with the way that people are connecting with it and enjoying “As a team, we just decided that we needed to do these it as much as we enjoyed making it.” things, not only for Connor, but for us personally,” he continues, “because as you would know, when With The Beauty In Tragedy giving Awaken I Am the things go down in your life, it’s a lot better to be closure they need to move on to a new chapter, the around friends and family and this was kind of our band have since transitioned into a four-piece, taken way to make sure, especially as a band, we were the EP across the US with San Diego post-hardcore around each other.” rockets Secrets, signed to Scarim Management team in America, and have planned to tour Aussie shores With the blessing from his family, the band decided again before the year is out. to honour Connor and his love for music, bringing Jay permanently into the band to begin the writing “At this point in time in the band’s career, we’re and recording process with revered producer Taylor probably the most focused and driven we have ever Larson (The Word Alive, Asking Alexandria). “I only been,” Jay shares. “We’re constantly working behind went into it just thinking I was going to fill for the the scenes and writing, but our focus is really just to guys while they sorted it out, but then I just didn’t think and create a plan about what’s going to come; want to leave,” he smiles. we’re just making sure we’re doing everything right behind the scenes to make sure next years touring Following the release of their full-length sophomore is even bigger.” effort, Blind Love, which soared with professionalism and technical prowess back in 2017, The Beauty RELEASE: THE BEAUTY IN TRAGEDY EP In Tragedy (released earlier this year on Oakley’s IS OUT NOW ON VICTORY RECORDS. birthday April 26) sees Awaken I Am take their whole sound into tender, anthemic, and brave new territories.

FENN WILSON RELEASES FIRST SINGLE OFF DEBUT ALBUM ‘EYE ON YOU’ WRITTEN BY LIAM MCNALLY Local fella Fenn Wilson’s just put out a new single, ‘Eye On You’. Over a subtle bluesy riff he has a rad voice which comes in deep and sweet as he waxes poetic on the sadness that comes along with falling for someone at the wrong time.

Lines like ‘nothin brings the rain, like fake smiles… hands run like rivers babe, down you for miles’ show of his ability to convert compassionate observations into hauntingly beautiful lyrics and sounds.

“Eye On You addresses how terrible timing can be when falling for someone and how unavoidable someone is once they’ve caught your eye,” Fenn explains. Inevitably the feelings are far too strong and as you fall for them deeper, those things that made the timing so difficult end up being alleviated by your passions for one another.”

The tracks the first glimpse into Wilson’s upcoming album ‘Ghost Heroin’, and if it’s anything to go by, we’re in for a real treat. After hearing ‘Eye On You’, you’ll definitely have your eye on him, or ear on him, or something… sorry that was really cheesy, but the song is really good so you should check it out!

An unquestionably rich conceptualisation of what beauty can come from tragedy, the EP establishes

LOVE FAME TRAGEDY WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS

It’s a scary thing for fans of a band when their lead vocalist goes solo. What does it mean for the band? Are they swaying away from their signature sound? Will it suck? These are all questions that fans of The Wombats don’t need to worry about as front man Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy unleashes his solo project Love Fame Tragedy on the world, confirming it won’t strike tragedy for beloved UK outfit.

“We’ve already got a few songs for album five… I guess everyone has these egoic ideations of going solo or doing something like that but for me it was almost like business as usual. It was like where is the next great song coming from and where do I find it which is what I would have been doing anyway,” explains Murph. “I guess selfishly I wanted to make an album where I can pretty much do whatever I want and there’s no politics and I don’t have to push anything through. It doesn’t have to be overly political – not that The Wombats is overly political – but things definitely happen when you’re in a band with the same people for 16 years so I just wanted to have a crack at something new.”

With uber pop single, ‘My Cheating Heart’ making waves already, the distinctive vocals of Murph shines through. But the Liverpool-born lead has no conscious desire to differentiate Love Fame Tragedy from The Wombats.

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“It’s weird because you know the record label and my manager – they’re always talking about differentiating from The Wombats but I can’t think like that. I write songs for The Wombats and my lyrics are my lyrics and my voice is my voice so some of these songs probably are going to sound like The Wombats songs. I hope that some of them don’t,” laughs Murph. “There’s a couple of songs on there that are just mega dance-y and poppy and I probably wouldn’t be getting away with those with The Wombats so there’s just less strings attached.”

‘My Cheating Heart’ will appear on the debut EP, ‘I Don’t Want To Play The Victim, But I’m Really Good At It’, inspired by the title of a Picasso exhibition at The Tate, London. It explores perception verse reality in the entertainment business and was written during Murph’s transition period of moving to LA and getting married. For the most part, however, the EP is a classic breakup album and not at all a reflection of his personal life.

“It’s weird, isn’t it? It’s something deep within,” he laughs. “The lyrics are the lyrics that I’ve probably been barking up the same tree for a long time and I don’t think that’s ever going to change. So yeah, there’s a lot of break up-y / angst-y vibes in the EP and pretty much everything I do.”

While Love Fame Tragedy is a solo project, Murph has pulled in some talented friends as contributors.

On the first four track EP, Murph has called upon Joey Santiago of The Pixies, Gus Unger-Hamilton of Alt-J, former Soundgarden and Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain and model / singer Maddy Jean Waterhouse. An additional 29 songs will be released in EP’s and albums over the coming months and include even more star-studded musicians.

“I’m just literally roping in as many people as I can. Mark [Stoermer] from The Killers plays on a song in the next EP and I’ve written a song with Dan [Smith] from Bastille…but the band itself is not going to be a super group.”

Live Murph will be pulling in friends to form his band in each city, which will include some exciting guests during his return down under (again – seriously time for a dual citizenship!) in October for Yours and Owls Festival and the Love Fame Tragedy national tour in Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane.

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and paninis and everybody’s favourite, Melbourne based Ace Cookies.

THE SPACE What more could you want, than a simple modern, minimalistic contemporary café space? Complete with splashes of greenery and art displays done by a few local artists and photographers, such as Cameron Rosin, Johnte Lange, and Tal Lemmens, just to name a few. There is also a stylish magazine wall, with some good books and great magazines *cough cough forte*, so if your idea of a perfect day is drinking coffee and reading your favourite local mag, then head on down to Parade.

THE LOCATION Regardless of if it’s a nice sunny, or rainy day, any day is a perfect time to take a day trip down to the coastal town of Ocean Grove, where you can visit the Ocean Plaza – home to Parade Espresso Bar, and pop in for a coffee, a sweet and even a chat to Eugenio.

You can also browse through a range of other shops and cafes, and pick yourself up Geelong’s favourite, a Rolling Pin pie and head down to Bookgrove and #treatyoself

SWEET LIKE CHOCOLATE WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO

If you worship the holy god that is chocolate then I’m going to assume you already know that this Sunday is WORLD CHOCOLATE DAY. Therefore, it would be a crime to not celebrate, so we have narrowed down some of the best places to get your chocolate fix, whatever that may be.

PANACHE Panache has your back with the trusty Death

By Chocolate crepe – need I say more? This baby is sure to put you in a chocolate coma, and just in time for the working week. And with eight locations around Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula, there’s bound to be one near you.

GREAT OCEAN ROAD CHOCOLATERIE Surprise surprise, who would have thought that a chocolaterie would make the list, and one of the best things about it is that you get a free spoonful of chocolate upon entry, but if you’re super greedy like me, you go back for second and third spoons AND they have over 250 different types of chocolates for you to purchase.

Where: 1200 Great Ocean Road, Bellbrae MOORABOOL VALLEY CHOCOLATE Yes, it’s another chocolaterie, but who said that’s a bad thing? The team at Moorabool Valley hand make their chocolate, and you can watch while they do it. They also have a range of hot chocolates to further warm your belly.

Where: 320 Ballarat Road, Batesford THE PICKERS UNION

PARADE ESPRESSO BAR WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO

If you haven’t been down to Ocean Grove’s Parade Espresso Bar, then there is definitely something wrong with you… Just kidding, but you need to get your shit together and go ASAP, you won’t regret it.

Here are the top five reasons you should visit Parade Espresso Bar. THE COFFEE Winner of the 2018 Golden Plate award for best coffee (as well as taking out the 2018 Golden Plate best-unlicensed cafe) in Geelong has got to mean something right? That’s because legendary Melbourne-raised barista Eugenio uses the Campos Coffee range, and with loads of experience behind

him, he sure knows how to make a mean coffee. If coffee isn’t your thing (weirdos) you can also try the range of Larson and Thompson teas and a selection of Kombucha and Juices.

THE STAFF They (not sure who) say that the staff makes a business, and the staff at Parade live up to that expectation. Owner Eugenio is one of the most warming, bubbly and eclectic people you will ever meet, and he ensures that all his staff has the same attitude. I can guarantee you will leave with a giant smile on your face and stitches from laughing so much.

If you’re lucky, you might catch a glimpse of Eugenio’s two-year-old son Knox slinging toothy smiles to all the coffee addicts from behind the counter.

THE FOOD Parade use a range of local suppliers for their sweets, such as donuts from Gluten Free by Isaac, Ket Baker Pastries, cupcakes by Rainbow Cakes Geelong, The Naked Baker, they also offer Robertas Deli toasties

If you’re looking for a little something extra, Pickers Union do boozy hot chocolates for the lovers of both alcohol and chocolate. These involve Kahlua and Baileys mixed with hot chocolate mix, and the glass is then dipped into a shortbread and Nutella rim, and finished with a Tim Tam straw – I need this now…

Where: 3 Mackay Street, North Geelong EDGE Who doesn’t like their chocolate with a dash* of alcohol? The crew at Edge have come up with a Cookies N Cream cocktail, featuring Butterscotch Schnapps, Vodka, Chocolate cookie syrup and cream – this will definitely hit the spot *Might be more than a dash.

Where: 6-8 Eastern Beach Road, Geelong 18TH AMENDMENT The legends at 18th Amendment have invented a Salted Caramel Tequila, Old Fashioned. This is complete with Tequila, Salted Caramel and Chocolate Bitters – Now this is what I’m talking about, I know where I’ll be spending my Sunday.

Where: 82a Little Malop Street, Geelong WE HAVE ALSO ADDED A LITTLE QUIZ FROM THE MASTERS OF BUZZFEED, TO HELP YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF A CHOCOHOLIC YOU ARE… BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHY NOT? CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.BUZZFEED.COM/HANIFAHRAHMAN/ CHOCAHOLIC-CHECKLIST

MAKE WINTER BETTER WITH THESE ALCOHOLIC DELIVERY SERVICES WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO Winter is definitely on its way, and nothing quite warms my black soul like a couple of bottles, I mean glasses, of wine! Now, how does that get any better you say? Well, I’ll tell you how. Thanks to modern technology, there is no need to dress like you’re going to the snow for a quick trip to your local Bottle-O. Did you know you can now get your beverages of choice delivered straight to your door?

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your dressing gown and fluffy bed socks to see some sexy sexy bottles of wine waiting for you. I mean come on, YES. PLEASE. Now, to save you the trouble, I have narrowed down the list of places around Gtown that provide this magical service.

BOTTLES AND BARRELS One of our favourites, Bottle & Barrels, has teamed up with Deliveroo to step up the game in alcoholic convenience. You can now officially order your beer, cider and wine from your phone and have it show up on your doorstep… welcome to the 21st century.

Choose from a Furphy six pack, Blackman’s lager, the delicious Pirate Life IPA or you can get your hand on the Lick Pier Ginger Beer four pack. You can also indulge in their Craft Beer Mixed Six Packs – all you need to do is choose the type of beer (sours, sessions, pale) and the team will provide a mix of their best for you to try at home. As for the wines, you can get some Whistler White Blend from the Barossa or some

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NARDI’S CELLARBRATIONS Also found on Deliveroo, Highton’s favourite bottle-o have you covered for all your alcoholic needs on demand! They offer everything from beers and ciders, to white wine, sparkling wine, rose and even a great selection of fine reds. The time has come where you can have your steak cooking with its matching bottle of red on the way, how good is that?? If you are lucky enough to be in the delivery range, then make sure you hit them up.

DAN MURPHY’S Your local Dan’s now offers an ‘On Demand’ service for their entire range, letting you choose what you want, and when you want it delivered – in store hours of course. Whether that be ASAP or in a couple of days, it’s completely up to you. There’s even an offer to get unlimited delivery from $50 a year…

BWS ON DEMAND BWS also offers an ‘On Demand’, you can get it scheduled up to 7 days before you’ll be needing. All you need to do is set your store and find your favourite products, checkout and tell them where and when you need your drinks (and if you want them chilled) and then wait! You can also track them with a live driver tracker, so you can see how soon you’ll be able to hold your new baby.

NAKED WINES Now, let’s get Naked. Just kidding. Naked Wines are an online wine store, and although they aren’t located in Geelong, they’re still good in helping you kickstart your winter wine stash! You can’t tell me you’ve never gotten a $100 off voucher from them in the mail at one stage of your life. They have a HUGE range to choose from, and with a minimum of six bottles per order, you’ll be set for the night, or the week… whatever you decide. Oh, and while the program works off a subscription basis, go and order your first box, and cancel later if you struggle with commitment. You’re welcome.

And just like that, we have enough alcohol to get us through the winter. Does anyone want to come over?

THE PALAIS-HEPBURN ARE HOSTING A GATSBY PARTY

LITTLE CREATURES WINTER WONDERLAND Whilst many folk don’t dare brave the cold at this time of year; Little Creatures is giving everyone no reason to stay home with their Winter Wonderland fest! Doing what they do best down at the brewery, the Creatures crew is turning their humble home of booze into a white wonderland that will knock your snow-covered socks off for two days this July.

Transforming their familiar-known village into a wondrous, white snowy festival of fun, the brewery village will come to life with loads of entertainment, flurries of snow, winter warming treats, and limited release beers.

A ballerina in a bubble, snowflake skater, and interactive art works will all make the winter weather more bearable, while things will warm up later in

the evening with fire performers and DJ Scotty Snow pumping out the beats.

The incredibly talented guys from Down Under Ice Designs will also be back in the canteen each afternoon transforming blocks of ice into amazing works of art.

Little Creatures will be showcasing their specialty beers with a hazelnut brown ale brewed specifically for the event, and their Winter Seasonal Stout also available. For those that need to warm up, there will be mulled cider and mulled wine available, as well as winter warming treats from the kitchen.

The live entertainment and wintery treats will be flowing from midday each day, and continuing well into the evening, so come pull out your winter woolies and enjoy the perfect reason to get out and about in the chilly winter and enjoy a few beers.

THE LITTLE CREATURES WINTER WONDERLAND IS SET TO TAKE PLACE SATURDAY 20TH AND SUNDAY 21ST OF JULY AT AT LITTLE CREATURES VILLAGE (221 SWANSTON STREET, GEELONG).

Winter proves to often be a hard season to party in. Freezing nights, rain that ruins the hair you spent an hour straightening and a log fire that crackles “please don’t leave me”, but thanks to Palais-Hepburn’s upcoming Gatsby Party, you’ll be counting down the days.

A night of 1920s escapism, The Gatsby Party is bringing the best of 1920s entertainment to The Palais where guests will be treated to an array of acts that will make sure everyone leaves hollering for more, along with plenty of opportunities to enjoy the fabulous cocktails, sit back and take in the entertainment and, of course, have a shimmy on the dance floor too.

“The Gatsby Party is exactly what it says on the tin...a party!” explains Brooks and Baker co-founder and creative director Jenny. “It’s not a seated affair as such, although you will be able to make the most of the gorgeous seating in the Palais when our acts are in full swing.

“It is more cabaret style...but we take it a step further,” she continues. “We want everyone to be able to feel like they have stepped back in time, to the glitz and glam of the roaring twenties. A time where partying was a necessary ‘outlet’ to escape

from the reality of the prohibition period and the great depression. In the twenties, they knew how to party, because they needed to. It helped keep everyone going through dark times.”

Throughout the night, guests will enjoy dancing from The Gatsby Girls and music from The Wild Tonics, who we hear are ‘big, sexy and unpredictable’ as they perform a fusion of current tunes with a 1920s twist.

There will also be acrobats from Calligraphy Circus who will display an incredible amount of strength and skill, alongside one of the top jazz bands in Australia, The Shuffle Club. An insanely talented makeup of musicians, The Shuffle Club are not to be missed and will have the whole venue dancing to their toe-tapping’ tunes from the band.

If you’re competitive in nature or just want to freshen up your dancing skills, there will even be workshops during the day prior to the event that will teach you authentic 1920s moves in preparation for the night!

The best part about the whole event is, of course, the 1920’s dress code, giving guests the chance to indulge their inner Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby.

“The wonderful thing about the 1920s is that it doesn’t have to feel like fancy dress...it feels like dressing up for a glamorous night out,” Jenny explains. “Women can feel fabulous, yet comfortable with the style of dress that was worn in the 1920s and the men can dress as dapper as they desire!

“Outfits typically include a fringe dress with some feathers and pearls, and a suit for the men. Braces, bow tie, whatever they fancy! We have seen so much more over the years and love when people think outside the box too. From top hat and tails, to swimsuits and 1920s golf attire, we’ve seen it all!”

There will even be a prize for best dressed so we recommend that you have some fun with it.

Whether you like being a fly on the wall or you prefer to jump in and immerse yourself in the fun completely, this event is the perfect excuse to step away from reality for a few hours and just get your Gatsby on.

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6 UNIQUE GLAMPING HOLIDAYS YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS WINTER SEASON WRITTEN BY LAURA GRANT Glamping is one of the hottest new trends this winter season. From a luxury safari tent to a quaint treehouse or a spacious barn rental, there is a getaway for everyone.

Many think that glamping, or “glamourous camping”, is only for the warmer months of the year.

However, this unique form of accommodation can be enjoyed all year long! Many property owners will install wood burning stoves, supply cozy blankets or add an indulgent outdoor tub or jacuzzi to keep their guests comfy during the chillier months.

Of course, there is something special about adventuring all day and returning home to a snug abode. What makes this stay extra extravagant is having a warm beverage in hand while curled next

to a roaring fire or having a quick soak.

One of the most precious parts of glamping is the immersion into nature. Those willing to glamp get to connect with nature and perhaps disconnect if only for a night. Luckily, winter landscapes are also some of the most breathtaking scenes in the great outdoors. The world becomes tranquil and peaceful which is perfect for a weekend escape.

Take a look below for some of the best glamping winter getaways in Victoria available on Glamping Hub. LUXURIOUS TREEHOUSES Starting at $465 and located in Olinda, these adorable treehouses are perfect for a winter escape.

Each spot can accommodate two guests which is perfect for a romantic getaway. The accommodations come equipped with a hot tub and each private treehouse is surrounded by forest flora.

ECO-FRIENDLY GLAMPING TENT Starting at $394 and located in Ventnor, this cozy safari tent is such a wonderful cold weather holiday spot. The outdoor, beautiful hot tub is the perfect place to start or end any day. Up to four guests can enjoy every luxury of this holiday rental while also

resting easy at its eco-friendly amenities.

GORGEOUS RENOVATED BARN Starting at $225 and located in Heathcote, this spacious, breathtaking barn rental is ideal for an ultimate winter holiday. Up to four guests can enjoy the tranquility of the surrounding pasture and sleep perfectly with luxury sheets or relax next to the fire pit outside.

IDYLLIC REMODELED STEAM TRAIN Starting at $225 and located in Forrest, not much can top unique getaways like staying in a refurbished caboose! Six guests can fit in this glamping spot and enjoy a once in a lifetime lodging experience. The train is ideal for a winter stay while it has a fireplace as well as heating throughout the space.

UNIQUE AND MODERN CAVE RENTAL Starting at $280 and located in Crossover, this cave rental is truly like no other. Guests are quite literally immersing themselves in nature without sacrificing any luxury amenity. For those colder months, the cave comes with a wood burning stove as well as gas heating to keep all four guests comfy.

ECO FRIENDLY TINY HOUSE Starting at $208 and located in Castlemaine, what better way to stay cozy this winter season than in a tiny home?! This beautiful spot has a woodburning stove as well as a Japanese style bathtub to keep guests nice and toasty. Three guests can enjoy their eco-friendly stay here.

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR FURTHER GREAT GLAMPING SPOTS AROUND VICTORIA, CHECK OUT GLAMPINGHUB.COM.

“After doing my research at other universities, I absolutely would say to go to Deakin. It’s the best option for photography. I was talking to someone recently and the uni they went to for photography didn’t have the dark-room practices. It was mainly focused on marketing photography. So it was great hearing that Deakin offers a bigger variety of subjects for photography. It’s not just your usual modern photography.”

That’s what makes Deakin stand out for Emmet.

A broader range of units means a broader range of opportunities after graduation. Emmet also loves the fact that there is room to explore other units.

He’s been trying out creative writing units and other passions of his, which gives him the freedom to not only develop as a professional photographer, but as a person, along with ultimately boosting his career Are you addicted to documenting your life on options for when he graduates.

Instagram stories? Do you spend hours editing So, what’s it like being a photography student at a pic until its Insta-worthy? Do you have a Deakin? We asked Emmet. “I’d say it’s a 50/50 split professional camera and enjoy snapshotting the between hands-on and theory. Next semester I’m perfect moment? Whatever form your passion on campus two days a week, but sometimes it can for photography may take, why not take things be three or four. It just depends on the unit and one step further by studying a Bachelor of Arts your timetable. But usually you’ll have a lecture (Photography) at Deakin Uni! We spoke with where you learn theory, and then you’ll go off and Emmet, who’s in his second year of photography have a seminar. The seminars are hands-on. They’ll at Deakin, to check out his insights on the bring equipment in that we can try out and learn course. Emmet got into photography after how to use. In one of my seminars, they brought in attending an airshow when he was younger. different gels that go over the camera lens to get “That was the start of it for me,” Emmet explains, different filter effects.” “doing aviation photography. Then it just stuck Emmet has one more year to go at Deakin, and with me and I saved up enough to buy my through his degree, a world of career opportunities own camera. And from then on, I just loved have opened up. The two major pathways photographing things.” are “working for a photography company or After trying a bachelor of Industrial Design at starting your own business,” explains Emmet. another university, Emmet decided to ‘chase his The Deakin staff also help tremendously with passion’ instead. Deakin has helped Emmet reach career opportunities, which is another reason his full potential by providing him with practical why Emmet says Deakin’s course stands out. learning opportunities like internships, study If you’re thinking of turning your love of tours and access to industry-standard equipment. photography into a flourishing career, Emmet has “There’s so much more in it that I didn’t even think some advice for you: “Definitely go to Deakin. I 100 about. We even cover dark-room practices, which is percent recommend Deakin and nowhere else.” using analogue equipment.”

Emmet wouldn’t recommend anywhere else: he’s TO FIND OUT MORE, ATTEND ONE OF done the research, and decided to make the move to THEIR OPEN DAYS. VISIT DEAKIN.EDU. Geelong where he’d be given the best opportunity. AU/OPENDAY FOR MORE INFO.

WERRIBEE ZOO’S WILD NIGHTS RETURNS For eight nights only, visit Werribee Open Range Zoo as it lights up with all the action of Wild Nights – all in the name of wildlife conservation.

Explore the African Trail by torchlight and see if you can spot animals along the way, listen out for calls of the night and watch as wild nocturnal critters wake and get ready to start their day, then head into the Bandicoot Hideout to introduce yourself to the critically-endangered Easter-Barred Bandicoot.

After you’ve seen what the animals get up to at night, turn your attention to toasting marshmallows by the campfire, playing in the Glow Zone, watching dazzling fire performers, and refueling with hot chocolate, mulled wine and delicious food.

Plus this year, for the first time, see the amazing life-size dinosaurs at Zoorassic: Dinos After Dark, with dazzling lights, animatronics and an extraordinary soundscape.

Wild Nights is the last chance for visitors to see Werribee Open Range Zoo’s Dinosaurs, which are part of the current Zoorassic experience on now.

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THIS HOT MESS Does size really matter?

It’s the age-old debate, does size REALLY matter?

They say it’s all about how you use it, but I want to disagree… no one wants it small. Being small doesn’t have the same “impact” that being big does.

The outcomes just aren’t the same. And sure, maybe being small doesn’t bother YOU so you think being small doesn’t matter. But let me tell you, being small definitely impacts negatively on the people you are in contact with. So I would say that yes, size does bloody matter!

I’m talking about the size of your dreams, of course ;) When you think small, you limit the universe’s ability to work through you and you squash your own creativity. Thinking small puts a cap on how many people you can make a positive difference to via what it is you have to offer. Basically, small thinking keeps you from your destiny and from being the person the world desperately needs you to be.

People think small for a variety of reasons… it might be due to a lack of confidence in skills and abilities, or perhaps self-doubt that is deeply embedded due to not growing up in a supportive environment.

Maybe it’s due to limiting beliefs about money and so they’re operating with a scarcity mindset…

Whatever it is that’s keeping your thinking small, let me promise you one thing… in this case, size definitely DOES matter. The people you’re in contact with do care, and you deserve bigger and better.

So, I want you to humour me for a few moments. I want you to listen to that little voice inside that’s highlighting right now to you where you’re living in fear that’s causing you to think small, and I want you to tell it to “fuck off”. It’s time to upgrade to that big thinking energy! You deserve it and the world deserves it from you. Go get em’, tiger.

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KEEP GEELONG WEIRD

one by a person as young as seven. To my right on a stage there is a bar with a liquor cabinet and a coffee machine, below which sits two big treasure chests filled to the brim with film canisters. To my left, between two green plants you can see the grey cold of the winters day in central Geelong.

Joshua Maxwell de Hoog is a local multi-platform artist, with pursuits in all manner of visual art, writing and poetry, and music. The twenty-five-yearold has been living in Geelong for ten years and been An interview with Joshua Maxwell operating as an artist for six. He opened Analogue Academy with friends James Cox and Daniel Horvat de Hoog about Analogue Academy. originally as a place to process their own film, but the place has grown into Geelong’s hub for off-kilter WRITTEN BY LIAM MCNALLY forms of self-expression, built around the ethos to “I was spending too much money elsewhere and ‘Keep Geelong Weird’. wanted to process [film] for free. So we bought a lab.”

“We decided to open that service [film processing] That’s how Analogue Academy first came about in up to our friends and we’ve just sort of been 2013, Joshua de Hoog tells me with a half-smile. It continuing to grow it slowly. It is a project of love, was a modest aim, considering what the space has so it’s very much been a slow burn over the last five become. As I speak to Josh now we’re sitting at a years, but, we’re really happy to still be here.” long table, hot coffees between us. Behind him the Though their flame may have been growing slowly, wall beholds a myriad of works from local artists, Analogue has evolved from a processing lab into a some meticulously detailed, some bright and playful, café, bar, exhibition space, and performance space

for all manner of artistic pursuits that may have otherwise struggled to find a platform in Gee-town.

“When we first started analogue, there wasn’t really many places to exhibit or host events that weren’t aligned to a pre-existent idea of what art and music should be. There wasn’t a jazz scene, there wasn’t really a spoken word scene, there was just that psychrock stuff that’d been in Geelong for a really long time.

We wanted to be at home for something different.”

Recurring events like Jazz In A Hat and Lowercase Poetry have been a big influence in Geelong lately, sparking a curiosity for artistic niches that don’t always have a huge following among young people in regional towns. “There’s lots of events that started here and have since grown out of the space. I think that’s a good representation that there is a demand for different forms of creativity within Geelong.”

The slogan ‘Keep Geelong Weird’ is indicative of why Analogue has been so dedicated to cultivating arts culture in Geelong.

“I think the main reason that we wanted to be really passionate about it being Geelong focused, as opposed to wider Victorian focus, was the fact that all, or most, creative young people, as soon as they were graduating from school in Geelong were going to Melbourne. We had lots of talent within Geelong, but it was never getting shown around the Geelong region. And to me, that was really sad that we couldn’t have this local community of artists. We were all just trying to make it in the city, when we had lots of great resource within Geelong.

“If you’re a young Geelong creative, I think you should be really proud of the city that you’re in, and to keep your work within Geelong you’re doing a really great thing for the uprising of arts and culture within Geelong. And, if you know of other creative people in Geelong, get around them, let’s support local and help lots of people create art in this city.”

If you want to see what’s happening soon at Analogue, drop in and get a coffee or suss out their Facebook page. Josh also has heaps of cool art you can find out more about at www.joshuamaxwelldehoog.com/ ANALOGUE ACADEMY IS LOCATED AT CUZENS PLACE, GEELONG.

a life without problems, there’s no such thing. Hope for a life full of good problems”.

Self-help isn’t a self handout, and Manson makes no secret about the fact that all lifestyles come with “a sh*t sandwich”. What matters is that we identify the flavour of sh*t we can accept, and eventually love.

He’s right! Everything sucks sometimes. Even rockstardom involves tasks that aren’t everyone’s pint of whiskey. Guitarist, Jim Martin, quit Faith No More at the height of their success to farm pumpkins. Clearly he identified that his sh*t sandwich preference was organic fertiliser, and not paparazzi photosnaps and... indoor sunglasses.

Mark Manson’s work has clear nods to intellectual giants like Immanuel Kant, Plato, and even Mark Twain, but the historic concepts of an older world have been reworked into a message more apt for modern society. A society that favours the F word, over the N word (sorry Mr Twain).

With a website that boasts two million readers WRITTEN BY CRAIG FRIDEY per month, he’s clearly onto a winning formula, combining harsh truths, and introspection with There’s an old adage which states ‘The pen is bouts of hilarity. Although there are many concepts mightier than the sword’, but I don’t know if the that hit home, The Disappointment Panda is my Roman Empire would have conquered Europe personal favourite. if they focussed on drafting letters asking for it.

It’s the idea of a fictional Panda who will tell you Mail-box drops rarely generate enough goodwill the truth, and although, it’ll hurt a little first it will to prevent noise complaints during a party. make your life better.

What I can confirm is that the pen is mightier than When I consider that Panda, it tells me that in the hand. If you’ve ever read something so profound my mid-30’s, I enjoy pizza too much to achieve the it influences the direction of your life, you’ll know goal of having abs. To be happy I should refocus my exactly what that means. Words can hit like a slap energy from worrying about non-relevant goals to in the face. In that respect, Mark Manson’s work is my life. That I should accept abs aren’t my priority much like losing a boxing match. because I traded a gym physique for adventures, The author of New York Times bestseller, ‘The insights and a more holistic personality.

Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck’, isn’t interested If you’ve worked on your gym body and found in filling you with false hopes. He doesn’t claim to that offensive, you’ve missed the crux of Manson’s peddle a magic pill that erodes all of your problems, message. Stop giving a f*ck about my thoughts on Marks unique brand of life advice, or as he puts it your priorities. “personal development that doesn’t suck” is all about accepting that we need problems.

MARK MANSON VISITS AUSTRALIA ON At first glance, it could seem like a form of HIS ‘EVERYTHING IS F*CKED’ TOUR IN JULY, masochism. To consider problems as the building SHARING INSIGHTS FROM HIS LATEST BOOK block of happiness is far from conventional. But in EVERYTHING IS F*CKED: A BOOK ABOUT reality, solving problems is essentially how we give HOPE. TICKETS VIA LIVENATION.COM.AU. our lives meaning. So, as Mark says, “Don’t hope for

FESTIVAL TRANSFORMS THE CIT Y INTO A MAGICAL WINTER WONDERL AND There’s something a bit magical about this historic regional town in the dark, cold months, and this is exactly what the Ballarat Winter Festival seeks to capture. Running until July 21, Ballarat will once again be transformed into a magical winter wonderland, with a unique array of events and activities to beat the winter blues, warm the soul and satisfy the belly.

Highlights of the festival include the Winter Wonderlights: Christmas in July event at Sovereign Hill (with faux snowfalls, Christmas carols, grandscale light projections and Christmas trees lining the street), a pop-up ice skating rink, the Design Exchange, the Becoming Modern: Australian Women Artists 1920 – 1950 exhibition and the Knights of Fire at Kryal Castle.

Along with these wintery favourites, this year the regional event is tapping into the world of emerging technologies, and giving visitors a new reason to check out the festival and explore the city as a living canvas with two new technologybased experiences: the Activated ArtWalk (which uses augmented reality to add moving images, text and sound to six hidden artworks around the city’s laneways and streets) and the new Winteractive Arcade in the Ballarat Mining Exchange (with Drone Legion, a multiplayer game of Snake, and an augmented reality exhibition).

Between the cascading snowflakes, soulwarming red wine, and hearty fare, whimsical winter adventures await at this year’s Ballarat Winter Festival. So, grab your coats, gloves, scarves and beanies and join in the winter fun, whether that be school holiday fun or a romantic rendezvous that you’re seeking, there’s a day out to enthral every visitor.

The Ballarat Winter Festival runs until July 21. Visit ballaratwinterfestival.com.au for more information. Some experiences may require bookings.

Showcasing around 50 venues, with 10 new venues joining favourites from previous years, this year’s trail is open on the Saturday and Sunday from 10am-4pm, which means it’s a perfect day out for all the family.

The Surf Coast Shire is also thrilled to announce the launch of their interactive digital map (in addition to their print one) which will make planning your day of art a whole lot easier. Since there are over 50 venues scattered around, the digital maps show you a virtual view of the trail, and you can plan your own route in advance. This way, on the day, your only focus is to enjoy and appreciate all the creative talent around the Surf Coast. Because the map will be available after the event, it means our local artists can promote their work even after the event too. How’s that for community-focused?!

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SURF COAST ARTS TRAIL WRITTEN BY NASEEM RADMEHR Winter’s not all about the freezing cold – it also marks the countdown for the Surf Coast Arts Trail.

Mark the date in your calendar. It’s a not-to-miss year for the Surf Coast Arts Trail! Rug up, get outside and enjoy the beautiful hinterland along the coast.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE ARTISTS FEATURED IN THIS YEAR’S EVENT, VISIT WWW. SURFCOAST.VIC.GOV.AU/ARTSTRAIL. VIEW THE INTERACTIVE MAP VIA MADE.WITHALPACA.COM/LOCALE/ SURF-COAST-ARTS-TRAIL IMAGE: SURGE BY ROWENA MARTINICH

Held on the weekend of August 10 and 11, this year’s annual Surf Coast Arts Trail is loaded with every form of art you can think of.

Artists, studios, and galleries have been busy preparing their artwork and art spaces for the annual event where they will open their doors and invite you to explore pottery, jewelry-making, blacksmithing, painting, woodwork and so much more. Not only will you visit an artist in their creative space, and speak personally with them about what drives their work, but you’ll also gain inspiration and insight into particular artworks by physically seeing the artist in their studio.

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Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is fresh out of prison and raring to get back to her dream of being a country singing legend. The obstacles in her way are formidable, to say the least; she’s a single mother with two kids, she’s living in Scotland, and her blunt, impulsive nature means she’s often her own worst enemy. But she’s got a hell of a voice, and she knows the pain that drives the best country songs; if she can just make it to Nashville she’ll be a star. A plot that doesn’t sugar-coat the effort required to make it in any creative profession gives this an edge that rings true, but it’s the astonishing performance from Buckley that makes this really memorable. Her singing voice is first-rate, and her performance as a woman who flicks from vulnerable to bitter in a heartbeat is noteperfect; this should make her a star.

Annabelle the evil doll has been safely locked in a glass case in the Warren family basement ever since the first Conjuring movie (her previous solo outings have both been prequels).

So how does she “come home”? She doesn’t, but don’t worry – there’s plenty of evil hijinx going on here.

When the adult Warrens (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson) leave town, their somewhat psychic daughter Judy (Mckenna Grace) gets to hang out with her babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iceman). Tagging along is Mary’s bestie Daniela (Katie Sarife), who knows the Warren’s rep as ghost hunters and has a deep interest in the supernatural thanks to a recent family tragedy. Guess who goes into the basement and touches everything?

And then opens Annabelle’s glass case? What follows is a supernatural smorgasbord as Annabelle unleashes a wide range of one-note jump scares and creepy figures to terrorise the (likable) trio with competent but not really memorable scary sequences.

There’s not much of a sense of what the demonic forces actually want, which tends to defuse the (generally wellhandled) scares a little – with not a whole lot at stake, this too often feels like a way to introduce a bunch more creepy items that’ll be getting their own spin-offs in years to come.

Struggling singer-songwriter Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) has finally figured out he has exactly one fan – school teacher and part-time manager, Ellie (Lily James), who is so clearly pining for him that it seems reasonable to suspect he has brain damage even before he gets hit by a bus during a mysterious world-wide blackout. He wakes up minus his two front teeth, life goes on, and only gradually does he realise that now nobody else seems to know who or what “The Beatles” are. The argument that The Beatles had a bunch of songs that tugged at the heart-strings and the world needs those songs (but not Maxwell’s Silver Hammer or Helter Skelter) doesn’t exactly require a lot of effort to make convincing, leaving scriptwriter Richard Curtis and director Danny Boyle plenty of time to focus on Elle realising that Jack’s new fame is leaving her behind and Jack realising that he doesn’t want to leave her behind and that only requires another ten minutes of screen time so we get the extremely likable Patel playing a lot of Beatles tunes. Yes, this pleasantly undemanding film is basically a jukebox musical, and a perfectly decent one at that; it makes some old standards feel fresh, and that’s an achievement in itself.

Toy Story 3 did a decent job of providing a finale to the tale of Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of Pixar’s living toys; the big relief with Toy Story 4 is that it finds a natural reason for the story to go on. After a flashback that explains where Bo Peep (Annie Potts) vanished two movies ago, we jump to today, where Woody is struggling with the fact that new owner Bonnie just isn’t that into him. Then again, she is really, really into the toy she made herself, Forky (Tony Hale). Forky is a spork with a pipe-cleaner wrapped around him; having come from trash, all he wants to do is go back to the trash, which becomes a real problem when the family goes on a road trip and Forky jumps out the campervan window; Woody follows and everyone ends up in a small town dominated by a carnival and an antique store, which turn out to be prime activity centres for different kinds of toys. The jokes are funny and there’s plenty of them, the action is thrilling and inventive, and while there’s flaws (the original supporting cast barely get a look-in) the whole thing is plenty of fun; this series is four for four.

SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME The only real problem with Tom Holland’s first solo film as Spider-Man was that there wasn’t enough of him hanging out with his classmates being a regular teen. So what does SpiderMan: Far From Home do? Cut back on it even further – though for a while there it doesn’t look like it, as Holland’s Peter Parker and his classmates first deal with the Thanos-caused five years of being dead (which everyone is calling “The Blip”), then head off to Europe for a class trip. Obviously all of Parker’s close buddies were also dusted so they can remain ageappropriate, so will Parker finally make it work with MJ (Zendaya)? Maybe not, as their first stop (Venice) is promptly attacked by a giant elemental being that only a mysterious as-yet unnamed superhero (Jake Gyllenhaal) can battle now that the world has no Avengers handy. Maybe Parker shouldn’t have been ducking Nick Fury’s phone calls all this time… Holland is a perfect Parker, though his school stuff works so well that everything else feels a little forced (also, the fight scenes are merely good, not great). Spider-Man is probably the most straightforward and pure superhero character in the MCU; this is a lot of fun, but he’d work twice as well with half the baggage they’re laying on him.

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Olivia Bartley, aka Olympia, and Burke Reid simply sink into each other like feet in wet sand on Flamingo, the follow-up album from 2016 debut Self Talk for the Melbourne pop-rock goddess.

No fluff and no masks, Bartley emotionally surrenders to Flamingo with unfiltered songwriting centred around the overwhelming responsibilities and expectations attached to love. She delivers this through her layers of milky, sultry vocal lines, aching pounds of drums and bass heartbeats on the stripped back pieces, ‘First You Leave’, ‘Nervous Riders’ and title track ‘Flamingo’.

Her signature driving guitar – parallel to the early 2000’s New York rock stylings of Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’s, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and French Kicks – is not absent though and is particularly notable on opener, ‘Star City’, ‘Come Back’ and ‘Two Hands’.

‘Hounds’ is a standout piece on the album, encompassing the colour and vibrancy of the album title with its continual build of energy to the blissful bridge of haunting falsetto and drop a powerhouse finish.

Olympia weaves in and out of lively explosions of sound and naked showcases of vocals on Flamingo, making it an attractively captivating album from start to finish.

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On their own, death and black metal are formidable in their own rights. I’ve always been of the opinion that you simply cannot beat it when the two genres are combined, and a taste of thrash is thrown in for good measure and extra speed. Diabolic Rites have nailed the balance with their debut full length which features ten tracks of unrelenting blackened thrash with a tasty dose of death metal influence.

I’m hearing some influence from renowned bands like Mayhem, early Immortal, early era Dissection and Dark Throne which comes as no surprise. But I am more so hearing influence from more of the underground bands from decades past, such as Blasphemy, Antichrist and Australia’s Bestial Warlust with a healthy injection of extra speed. In the modern age of audio production, even this style of unrelenting delivery can sound incredibly polished and audible, and Litanies of the Lecherous is no exception. The production on the recording is crystal clear in all its chaos, which allows it to deliver the listener the crushing experience they surely intended on.

If you like a solid blend of big riffs and razor speed guitar, pure unrelenting chaos drumming (courtesy of Matt ‘Skitz’ Sanders), and the calls of the darker depths... this is your album. With the rise of Australian underground black and death metal really gaining momentum again after a hiatus firmly etched in the underground, I would be expecting to see a lot more of Diabolic Rites over the coming year.

Smooth – absolutely. Big – definitely. Cat – well it Marking their third LP fronted by Marcus Bridges’, Sending a big, warm welcome to Dan Vogl, who definitely has slinky feline qualities.

Alien highlights further developments on Northlane’s has certainly arrived in the Australian music scene.

The follow up to Dope Lemons 2016 ‘Honey Bones’ ‘Periphery’-esque prog metal approach; one that has ‘Gifted In Gold’ is a fitting name for the debut EP from is an album of consistency, subtlety, and cathartic been carefully refined over the last two albums to the Melbourne indie-pop songwriter, as he delivers energies. Easing in with the repetitive single, ‘Hey You’, now embrace a much more industrial and electronic speckles of gold in a tightly packaged four-track Dope Lemon fuse Siberian grooves with Angus Stones atmosphere. collection. soft-spoken vocals to create a therapeutic atmosphere Whilst I’ve found ‘Mesmer’ and ‘Node’ to bear too Opening track, ‘Carousel’, says it well; “they’ll that remains throughout the album’s entirety. ‘Salt and many similarities to one another in their overall sound, play your song on the radio”. This track is certain to Pepper’ seasons the album with some tantalising riffs Alien offers a fresh twist whilst still highlighting the hit airwaves soon with its feel-good energy perfectly while ‘Hey Little Baby’ is as smooth as a lullaby. ‘Lonely true intricacies that make Northlane unique. suited to a montage of a couple living their best Boy Paradise’ offers a break from the snowy blanket of For starters, Nic Pettersen’s drumming which I have life in a teen rom-com. Vogl’s Shawn Mendes style opening tracks. It adopts a beach tone with calming always seen as unparalleled and enigmatic is still well vocals simmer over a simplistic 4/4 beat and laid back waves of guitar and stealth charm. and truly on display and showcased especially in songs airy riff which could be likened to the ‘Jessie’s Girl’ The title track is like a refreshing dip into a such as ‘Rift’ and the sonically huge opener ‘Details introduction, echoing each line. He moves into the waterfall with its singing strings, tropical beats and Matter.’ title track seamlessly, carrying the same energy of shakers, and Stone’s silky vocals echoing through. The ‘Talking Heads’ and ‘Jinn’ uphold the heavy quota simple, purposeful verses with big choruses sonically. closing track, ‘Hey Man Don’t Look At Me Like That’ of the album whilst introducing a weird and creative ‘I Feel It All’ and ‘Poppy’ follow the same is not so much a song as it is five minutes of messing approach that helps to really differentiate Alien from progression and structure but Vogl makes it work around in the studio. all previous Northlane material. This is especially on adding catchy lyrics and sing-along moments. ‘I Feel Smooth Big Cat while consistent and in character display in ‘4D’ which has one of the most interesting It All’ takes a more country approach, moulding a for Dope Lemon, is at times quite boring due to the breakdowns I have heard in a while. palm muted rhythm with nasal vocal ringing, while repetitive nature of tracks, sounds, layering and ‘Eclipse’ and ‘Jinn’ proved the highlights on the ‘Poppy’ delves into the pop zone with its angelic monotone vocals in across every track, particularly for album due to their avante-garde contrast of genres, harmonies and synthetic beats. those that are five minutes in length. Overall though, with both songs marking interesting parallels to ‘Gifted In Gold’ gives Dan Vogl an identity in the Smooth Big Cat embodies the title in its sleepy, delicate electronic dance music. Although this isn’t the newest music world; one that I hope to see more of. and therapeutic sound and delivery. concept, I found these tracks to be interesting due to the sound Northlane created via their instruments and not through adopting synths and samples like many of their contemporaries.

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Under the Silver Lake, writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s follow-up to It Follows, has left a lot of people unimpressed. Which, as is often the case, is a sign that a film is worth checking out.

Between “good” and “bad” at the cinema there’s a whole lot of bland, and anything that gets people worked up isn’t always a bad thing when so many films are working hard to do anything but. That said, the reaction to its initial screening at Cannes was charitably described as “divisive”, and it was a bumpy road from there.

My favourite fun fact is that when I’ve asked anyone who’s seen it about the run time they always say it’s close to three hours and feels longer. They’re half right: it’s 2 hours 19 minutes, but it’s hard not to feel every minute of it. This isn’t automatically a bad thing, especially if you’re trying to do what Under the Silver Lake is going after.

These kind of movies – and by “these kind”, I mean the kind of rambling exploration of a mystery in sunny LA, about which more in a moment – always take their time and wander around a lot, and that’s part of their charm. Not that this film is trying all that hard to be charming. Usually the hero is likable in one direction or another, even when he’s slacking off; here Andrew Garfield’s Sam is a few days off homelessness and seemingly not all that concerned about it – or much or anything else but his car and solving the mystery of where his cute neighbour (who he almost got to sleep with) went. His defining personal characteristics are that he likes the ladies (presented here as almost interchangeable) and that when it comes to violence he’ll take it up to 11. That’s nothing new for a noir hero – in fact, it makes him more realistic than most.

What seems to have pissed at least some viewers off about this film is also the thing that made it (for me) interesting to watch: Sam might be a more realistic version of what these heroes would actually be like, but the film itself isn’t really trying to depict the real world. Plenty of weird stuff happens that is in no way explained; people drift in and out of the story without bothering to develop into actual characters.

It’s much more interested in establishing a feeling of living in a certain place and time than it is explaining any kind of mystery that can be solved. There are answers here, but not to the questions that are being asked. And a lot of people find this kind of thing frustrating. Just ask any David Lynch fan; there’s a large segment of humanity that feels that if you set up a mystery you’re required to solve that mystery, usually in a way that explains everything down to the last detail.

I got a lot out of it, but there’s no getting around the fact that this is a film that resists audiences as much as it embraces them, built around a mystery designed to frustrate more than entice.

Hey gang! It wouldn’t be an edition of Forte without me emerging from seclusion to scribble down my thoughts about my comic of the week. This time around, I’ve returned to the world of Marvel Comics, and picked up a book featuring a hero that is undoubtedly the meanest and greenest Avenger – that’s right, we’re talking about Immortal Hulk volume one, Or Is He Both?, written by Al Ewing (Zombo, Loki: Agent of Asgard) and drawn by Joe Bennett (52, Amazing Spider-Man). Immortal Hulk is a much darker take on the rage-fuelled misadventures of the green goliath, and is an unnerving tale centred around Bruce Banner’s relationship with his gamma-powered alter ego.

During the events of Civil War II, Bruce Banner died. Shot in the head and heart by gamma-irradiated arrows by the hero Hawkeye, the Marvel universe was rocked by the death of a founding Avenger. Bruce Banner was dead for the better part of two years – but now, the Hulk is back. Drifting from town to town, trying to stay under the radar, Bruce has discovered a horrifying truth – he might be mortal, but the Hulk is not. If Banner dies, the Hulk will rise and wreak his revenge on whoever has damaged his host. The relationship between Banner and Hulk – tenuous at best, antagonistic at worst – is completely changed. The Hulk drives Banner to find wrongdoers, following clues like a detective until he closes on his prey and the Hulk emerges to dole out his own savage version of justice. Bruce is reminded of his early days – frightened of sundown, and dreading the arrival of his own Mr Hyde. Sooner or later, the world is going to realise that the Hulk has returned, but there’s no way they’re going to be able to contain him.

Immortal Hulk is probably closer to a horror story than a superhero book, and I absolutely love it. Ewing treats Banner’s situation as more of a classic Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde nightmare, with a hefty dose of inspiration from classic werewolf tales thrown in for good measure. Banner stresses that when the sun goes down, the Hulk is in control, and a gamma-powered monster that emerges in the dark to strike down criminals sounds more like Spawn than a traditional Hulk story. Ewing has steered Hulk away from his modern incarnation (i.e. emerging when Banner is angry) and back to some of his earliest characteristics, but with a malevolent twist that makes you question whether this version of Hulk can even be considered an antihero. To be honest, if it weren’t for the references to Banner’s death in Civil War II and the appearance of the hero Sasquatch (member of the lesser-known team Alpha Flight), it would be easy to forget that Immortal Hulk was even presented as a superhero story; it reminds me more of the kind of thing that you would’ve seen in a Vertigo book back in the day (RIP, you magnificent imprint).

If it wasn’t already obvious, Immortal Hulk is not your typical Marvel book. If you’re looking for some light-hearted superheroic antics, this is not for you. If you’re looking for a surprisingly dark exploration of the (incredibly uneven) relationship between a man and his alterego from the company that brought you Howard the Duck, then Immortal Hulk will be up your alley. Give it a crack, and enjoy one of the most psychological stories to come out of Marvel in a while.

This July, the 19th in fact, saw the birth of Sleepy Hollow Blues Club in 1994, 25 years ago! The club kicked off with sets from Muddy Puddles and Tin Pan Alley.

I was formed by a dedicated group of blues lovers whose main aim is to promote the blues in Geelong. SHBC is a non-profit organisation owned by its members and operated by a dedicated group of volunteers. Without members the club cannot exist. With members we can continue to provide top-quality live music to the Geelong Region and be an active member of the community at large.

The club meets every fourth Sunday for a top-class afternoon of blues jamming and a headliner band.

The name of our New Year’s Eve Bluestone Blues Festival came from the walls of the Inverleigh Hotel where our first Festival was held in 1996. Bluestone presents top blues music, in a fun atmosphere and brought good memories to the many thousands who have attended over the years.

SHBC is more than a monthly blues get together. We have run a “Blues for Blankets” event raising money to assist the homeless in our region, and our annual Vic Hunt Memorial Grant aims to assist local musicians. Come down one Sunday and check it out.

It’s getting towards the 14th of July – Bastille Day, a much better reason for celebrating a country rather than invading another country. I thought it would be an appropriate thing to do to run through a few French blues artists for your listening pleasure.

That was not as easy as it sounds, especially if you rule out the Cajun! Still some persevering research did uncover a few.

Mike Goudreau & the Boppin Blues Band have a very cool blues track “Last Call Blues” on YouTube, which comes from their album “Sweet Blues.” The band is Mike Goudreau (guitar), Norman Lachapelle (bass), Alain Bourgeois (drums), Dany Roy (tenor sax) and John Sadowy (piano). Pete, if you are reading this and these blokes call, grab them!

Theo Lawrence & The Hearts is a French rock band from Gentilly. The group is inspired by soul music, southern rock and blues. Current band members are Theo Lawrence (vocals / guitar), Thibault Ripault (guitar), Thibault Rooster (drums), Olivier Viscat (bass) and Nevil Bernard (keys).

They have a very produced and smooth sound.

Parking West is a five piece, a nice bit of tenor sax in with the usual guitar and drum combo. They sound good, but I have not been able to find much about them – just think for a minute what Google does with a name like that! There are some tracks from their album “Open Ticket for the Blues” on YouTube, but not much else.

Dona Boar is a blues/rock trio formed, as they say, for the pleasure of drinking, eating and playing music. You can find a video of their track “Si j’étais Dieu” (If I was God) on YouTube.

Closer to home there’s a Sydney band, Monsieur Camembert, who are my favourite. Check their Famous Blue Cheese CD that features Leonard Cohen material.

Welcome to THTH, Forte’s premier source of all things heavy, hard, fast and metal.

If you’ve ever wondered what we’re listening to here at THTH then you need not wonder anymore because you can now listen to the official THTH Spotify playlist!

Holy shit, right?! Each fortnight we’ll pop up a new playlist for your listening pleasure! But be warned, there’s going to be all sorts of weird shit in there and each playlist will conclude with two nonmetal tracks because, why the hell not. Just because we listen to metal doesn’t mean it’s all we listen to, and let’s be honest, some non-metal music is more metal than some of the weaker metals going around (not looking at you, Slipknot and Tool specifically. Wait, yes I am). Each playlist will feature some new stuff, some old stuff, some popular stuff and some obscure stuff, and of course some other stuff.

Check out the details below on how to listen to THTH playlists and make sure you queue them up for your Friday night drinks at home, for your weekend parties or anything coz as we all know, songs sound a lot better when you’re not expecting to hear them, like on the radio!

IT’S ALL IN THE NAME Surfing is a unique activity that attracts all sorts of people. Young, old, male, female, tall, short… basically anyone can surf as long as they have a passion for the ocean and love riding waves.waves.

Surfing is also unique in that surf culture is littered with a wide array of nicknames. If you can stand on a surfboard, there is a strong chance you will soon be given a nickname. It has been a part of surfing for over a century.

Here is Australia we have always given our top surfers nicknames. Bernard Farrelly was our first World Surfing Champion. He started surfing as a kid dragging a huge 12 foot wooden surfboard down to the beach to ride waves. Someone called him ‘Midget’ and it stuck. ‘Midget’ would go on to become one of our greatest surfers.

Around the same time, a daughter of a Hollywood script writer was starting to hang out at Malibu Beach over summer.

She would come home and tell her father about the cool surfers she had met at the beach with names like Moondoggy, Lover Boy and the Big Kahuna. The writer (Frederick Kohner) wrote a novel based on her daughters experiences and called it ‘Gidget: the little girl with the big ideas’.

Gidget was a huge hit as a book and film.

It became a nickname that popularised surfing in the sixties.

Back in Australia, Robert Young was carving up the surf along Sydney’s Northern Beaches. His aggressive surfing style earned him the nickname ‘The Animal’. For some reason he was also given the nickname ‘Nat’. Nat Young, The Animal… not many people receive two popular nicknames.

Fast forward to the seventies and it seemed like every surfer had a nickname.

Gold Coast surfer Michael Peterson won every contest he entered for a period. He was simply know as MP, a nickname that would gain worldwide appeal.

Mark Richards won a heap of contests in the seventies and would go on to win four World Titles. His name was shortened to MR but he also gained the nickname ‘The Wounded Seagull’ for his surfing style.

Peter Townend won the first World Surfing Title in 1976 and earned the nickname PT. Wayne Bartholomew had a name that was far too long for most surfers and ended up being called simply ‘Rabbit’. Then there was Terry ‘Sultan of Speed’ Fitzgerald, Ian ‘Kanga’ Cairns, Greg ‘Da Bull’ Noll and Montgomery ‘Buttons’ Kaluhiokalani.

My favourite nickname of all time is still ‘Kong’ the name bestowed on a young Gary Elkerton from Queensland who destroyed waves literally for two decades as a professional surfer. He tried to get rid of the ‘Kong’ tag in the nineties and insisted he be called Gary but no-one bothered.

Once a Kong always a Kong… nicknames (and their origins) are what makes surfing unique.

In other news ++ Damnations Day, Nemesium and Requiem will be at Geelong’s Workers Club on Friday July 5. ++ Disentomb will be at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club on Friday July 12. ++ Thy Art Is Murder will be at The Corner Hotel on Saturday July 13, the band will also release their new album Human Target on Friday July 26. ++ Tool cover band Third Eye will play Ballarat’s Karova Lounge on Saturday July 20. ++ Brewtality 2019 will be held across both Melbourne’s The Tote and the Bendigo Hotel on Saturday August 3 and will feature Psycroptic, High Tension, Lo! And many more. ++ Diabolic Rites will launch their new album at Ballarat’s Karova Lounge on Friday August 9 and with them will be Whoretopsy, Christ Dismembered plus more. Get on down and check out a show before it closes for good! ++ Slipknot will release their new album We Are Not Your Kind on Friday August 9. ++ DevilDriver and All That Remains will be at 170 Russell on Sunday August 25. ++ The currently untitled new Tool album will be released Friday August 30. ++ Opeth will release their new album In Cauda Venenum some time during our Autumn. This new album will be available in both English and Swedish versions. ++ Combichrist with special guests Darkcell will play the Corner Hotel on Friday October 4. ++ Metallica, with Slipknot as support, will be at Marvel Stadium on Tuesday October 22, which is now sold out. A second show has been announced for Thursday October 24. ++ Mayhem will release their new album on Friday October 25. ++ Opeth will play the Palais Theatre on Friday December 13. ++ Blacken Open Air festival will be held over Easter weekend, 2020. Easter Sunday will be April 12. Handy to know if you’re looking for cheap flights to NT well in advance. ++ Check out this edition’s of THTH’s Spotify playlist by searching for playlist: THTH718 or by searching spotify:user:TooHeavyToHug

If you have any news about local metal bands, shows or albums, let THTH know by emailing to tooheavytohug@ hotmail.com or get in touch via Twitter at @TooHeavyToHug

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EDGE GEELONG: LIVE MUSIC AND DJ

THE EASTERN: PORPOISE SPIT, EAGLEMONT ENTREE MUSIC BAR: PAPER JANE

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EASTERN: HORACE BONES

BEAVS BAR: DAVE ANDERSON

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THE BRIDGE: THE AUDREYS

COURTHOUSE YOUTH ARTS: DEEP DARK AMUSEMENT

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