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This issue we are turning down the heaters, swapping hot chicken soup for fresh Salmon buddha bowls, and having a few less Netflix binge sessions on the couch (that’s a total lie, we’ll still be doing that) as we say a big, old adios to the brutal Winter we’ve just endured.
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And with Spring here, it means we’re just that little bit closer to the yearly summer solstice that so many of us look forward to every year and the onslaught of summer festivals, outdoor gigs and acoustic solos that come along with it.
Amazing Grace is the never-before-seen music documentary capturing Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, as she records the most successful gospel album of all time, Amazing Grace with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir in January 1972. Amazing Grace is in cinemas as of today (August 29) and we’ve got some double passes up for grabs.
One we’re pretty bloody stoked about seeing return is Good Things Festival. Last year was a defining moment when Good Things Festival debuted in Australia, and signaled a rock festival return- a comment echoed by Dexter of The Offspring, Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low and Bert McCracken of The Used during each of their mammoth sets in 2018. Good thing Good Things Festival came to the rescue delivering a stellar line-up, and now after a hugely successful first year, Good Things Festival will return to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in December – with a promise of being the best one yet. We chat to co-headliners A Day To Remember ahead of the festival.
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THE DARKNESS ARE TOURING NEXT YEAR
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Mark your diaries, The Darkness are spreading their light next year, bringing their flamboyant and unforgettable live show, embracing the epic heights of 70’s rock and roll and the extravagant excess of the 80’s, to stages across the country. The band will be bringing songs from their back catalogue, including hits like ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’, ‘Get Your Hands Off My Woman’ and ‘Love Is Only A Feeling’ as well as cuts from their forthcoming sixth studio album Easter Is Cancelled, which is set for release in October and sees the four maestros embark upon their most ambitious quest to date, which has something for Darkness fans of all vintages. This will be the first time The Darkness have been on our shores since 2017, when they were here as part of Groovin The Moo festival and a string of accompanying sideshows. They’ll hit up Forum, Melbourne on Saturday March 14.
Melbourne Fringe Festival is a leader in developing, championing and celebrating the independent arts, and has finally unveiled its 2019 program. Packing 455 events into 140 venues across town, the festival is looking like quite the treat if you’re looking for a fairly unconventional show experience. Highlights include burlesque cabaret singer Moira Finucane, beloved Irish comedian Jimeoin, circus performances by Society, and the arrival of In Search of the Truth, an inflatable speech bubble that invites punters to respond to the prompt: “The truth is…”. There will also be drag shows, parties, and the nude acrobatics. To top it all off, many of this year’s events offer Auslan interpretation, audio description and tactile tour services to keep the festival as accessible as possible. Melbourne Fringe is running between Thursday September 12 and Sunday September 29.
ROBERT HENKE’S LUMIERE RETURNS TO MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK
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After his sell-out show at MMW ‘15, German electronic trailblazer Robert Henke (Monolake/ Ableton Live) returns to Melbourne Recital Centre for a special Melbourne Music Week 10 Year Anniversary show with an exclusive extended version of his acclaimed audio-visual show, Lumière IIIx. In his stunning Lumière project, powerful lasers draw rapid successions of morphing shapes and connected points in space, precisely synched with carefully crafted sonic events to create a situation of total audiovisual synaesthesia - it’s an audiovisual maelstrom! This is the first announcement to be made regarding MMW’s 2019 program, which will be launched in full on September 25. Lumière IIIx lands at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall on Monday 18 November.
This one’s for all you dedicated fans who have devoted themselves to the 73 episodes of Game of Thrones over the past few years. Following sold out, critically acclaimed performances across North America and Europe, the Game Of Thrones Live Concert Experience will come to Australia this Summer, bringing the music of Emmy® Award-winning Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi to life. While we’ve said goodbye to one of the biggest shows and scores in television history, we can now relive the greatest musical pieces and footage from all eight seasons in an immersive concert experience, brought to life by an international cast of soloists, orchestra and choir, live on stage, and accompanied by the equally dramatic footage. Get ready Australia, winter is coming back. Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne – Wednesday February 12.
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While it seems like only yesterday that Jack Johnson and the like took to the stage at this year’s Bluesfest, now comes the first lineup announcement for 2020′s instalment. Leading the massive celebrations next year, they’ve got industry powerhouse Dave Matthews Band, New Zealand rock legends Crowded House, and punk queen Patti Smith and her Band, all making their way to Bluesfest. Alongside these legends, the lineup boasts a slew of some of the most significant names in music, including 10-time Grammy Award-winning guitarist George Benson, three-time Grammy Awardwinning songwriter Brandi Carlile, hometown heroes John Butler and Xavier Rudd and the reigning queen of 2000s indie Jenny Lewis. Bluesfest will be going down between Thursday April 9 and Monday April 13, 2020 in Byron Bay.
Ohh boy, Oyster Frenzy is back. Landing at Albert Park’s Bleakhouse Hotel, this all-youcan-eat oyster extravaganza will feature oysters sourced from New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania. Along with the delicious unlimited artisan oysters, your inclusive ticket will also land you an unlimited selection of premium wines and craft beer, and unlimited shellfish BBQ grill with mussels and crab if oysters aren’t enough to fill you up. There will even be cocktails at happy hour prices to top it all off! Seems like a dream right? On the tunes will be DJ Harry H who will keep everyone up and about until the last oyster is polished off. It all goes down on Thursday September 12 from 6:30pm. Get your tickets asap, it’s going to be shucking awesome.
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WIN FREE STUDIO TIME Imagine recording your next single, EP or album on the SSL desk that musical legends Nick Cave and The Badseeds, INXS, Kiss, Lady Gaga, Elvis Costello, and Mark Ronson have all recorded on…. Well, Box Hill Institute and Sing Sing East are giving local artists, musicians and bands of all genres the opportunity to do that. In partnership with Sing Sing studios, Box Hill Institute are offering two talented recipients the opportunity to win a 2 day recording package in the studio with an engineer, valued at $2,400. There are two categories for the competition this year, with one being ‘The People’s Vote’ based on the highest number of views on the YouTube clip, and the second being ‘The Judges’ Award’, which will be selected by a panel put together by Box Hill Institute’s music team. Head over to the Box Hill Institute’s website or Facebook page to register, and then start recording and uploading your original music! Competition closes Thursday, September 19.
Disney has revealed it will launch its anticipated streaming service down under on November 19, making Australia among the first five markets for the service alongside the US, Canada, Netherlands and New Zealand. Named Disney+, it will cost a mere $8.99 a month and will be available across most major streaming devices, including Apple phones, iPads and Apple TV, Google devices such as Android phones, Chromecast and Android phones, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. With Disney merging with competitor Fox, Disney+’s range is hefty, spanning Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar and National Geographic. During its first year of operation, it’s due to release more than 25 original series and ten original films, documentaries and specials — including five Marvel series, two Star Wars shows, two new Toy Story projects, as well as science series The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Sign. Us. Up. ASAP.
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Good Things Festival Will Be A Day To Remember WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHEN GOOD brothers, to the zorb balls destroying the Soundwave THINGS START TO TAKE FORM. THE SUN STARTS crowd in 2014, they never cease to excite. TO RE-EMERGE FROM ITS WINTER SLUMBER, FLOWERS START TO BLOSSOM, CHRISTMAS “The ball thing, that was crazy! Every time someone APPEARS ON THE HOLIDAY RADAR AND THE brings that up to Jeremy [McKinnon] I’m like, ‘I almost FLOOD GATES OPEN ON MUSIC FESTIVAL died at the ball bit’ so I don’t know we’ll be doing that ANNOUNCEMENTS. THAT INCLUDES THE again,” he laughs. “We’re always trying to do something RETURN OF THE 2018 NEWBIE THAT KNOCKED that people leave the show feeling like, ‘wow, that band OUR SOCKS OFF, GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL. is bringing it every night’.”
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“The response and the reaction from people; we’re To get you hyped for their new boundary-pushing really proud of it! I feel like releasing ‘Degenerates’ was material you can also listen to their recent unexpected the tip of the iceberg. There’s more music coming and I collaboration with anonymous producer, Marshmello just feel like this whole next cycle is going to be bigger for ‘Rescue Me’. than we’ve ever done it. It’s a dream for us too because we don’t know how kids are going to respond but we “I feel like A Day To Remember is a bit left of field. You just keep going and going. We’re just on the ride too!” can expect those maybe anthemic songs or whatever but we’ve got acoustic songs, we’ve got brutal heavy While ‘Degenerates’ takes on the pop-punk elements hardcore songs, so it kind of hasn’t ever made sense and of A Day To Remember with its belting choruses and we’ve kind of always just done what we wanted. When driving guitars, ‘You’re Welcome’ promises to be the that opportunity came up it was just a no-brainer,” perfect mix of the extremes the band is known for. Woodard laughs. “It’s just really about pushing the envelope and ultimately just doing whatever the fuck “We just tried to pull all of the different elements that we want to do. That’s all we’re going to do.” A Day To Remember already has been bringing and just taking everything one notch higher, you know, one CATCH THEIR HEADLINE SET AT GOOD THINGS level higher than anything we’ve ever done. The catchy FESTIVAL AT FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE ON is still catchy, the heavy is still heavy, it’s just amped FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2019. up. It’s one level above what I feel we’ve ever done,” GENERAL PUBLIC TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY 5TH Woodard explains. OF SEPTEMBER AT 10AM VIA OZTIX.
In its inaugural year, Good Things set the benchmark, If their recent weekend appearance at Reading and packing a punch with a gigantic headlining set from Leeds, along with the shows on the Degenerates Tour, The Offspring playing ‘Smash’ in full. This year the is anything to go off of, we’re in for a ride. Australian festival has taken it up a notch with a double headline audiences will, however, be delighted by some additions arrangement which sees Aussie festival favourites, A Day to their set. To Remember, return down under to be reunited with their ‘brother band’ and co-headliners, Parkway Drive. “We’re having a new record come out at the end of this year! It’s going to be called You’re Welcome,” Woodard “There’s a handful of bands that go back in time with confirms. “The record I would like to think will be out us that we’re kind of like ‘those are our boys’ and before [Good Things] so there is a good chance that Parkway Drive 100 percent falls into that category,” we will be playing a handful of new songs for sure!” bassist Joshua Woodard says. “I love Australia, we love Australia, we love Australian shows so it is always a ‘You’re Welcome’ follows on from their 2016 release, priority to us that when we go there it’s a big deal and ‘Bad Vibrations’, which reached #1 in Australia, but we bring it!” does not mirror the making of the album. Singer “It’s a record that’s really all over the place. Truthfully, Jeremy McKinnon experienced serious writer’s block we were just going through and listening to a few songs Australian crowds have experienced their fair share and the album process almost broke the band. This two or three days ago and it was like ‘show me the two of A Day To Remember live antics. From their intense time around the band took their time and the payoff is extremes’ and we did, and the A Day To Remember Australian debut at Sweatfest alongside their Australian already showing. The album includes the anthemic new extremes are still on this record. If you’re a fan of A Day 12
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Alex Lahey is taking The Best Of Luck Club on the road in October with the announce of her The Best Of Luck Club Happy Hour Regional Tour. Alex released her second album, The Best Of Luck Club, in May this in what was a worthy follow up to 2015’s ARIA awardnominated debut album ‘I Love You Like A Brother’. After a sell out Australian capital city tour, a UK & Europe run, and 25-date tour of the US, Lahey has returned home to visit some of her most loved regional centres. Tap House, Bendigo – October 24.
With a guitar strap on his shoulder, Paul Dempsey will be heading to the Torquay Hotel later this year for an acoustic, early-evening solo performance, drawing on his extensive back catalogue, including songs from his breakthrough solo album, Everything is True – which turned 10 years old this month! By the time Dempsey takes the stage for this show, he will have just finished recording a new highly anticipated album with his band Something For Kate, and it’s looking likely he will be giving fans a sneak peek at the forthcoming tracks.
BASEMENT SESSIONS @ LOST ONES The Basement Sessions at Ballarat’s The Lost Ones is a pretty perfect way to enjoy a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon. This Saturday, August 31, features songman and storyteller Tristen Bird, who completes an extensive tour at the venue. On September 7, husband and wife duo and genreblenders Victoriana Gaye Philipp and Jeff Raglus will perform. Basement Sessions take place from 3-5pm.
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PRESS CLUB NEEDS A PICK-ME-UP Currently touring the UK and Europe, a run that will keep them busy until the second half of September, Press Club will briefly rest before resuming touring duties. And it all has to do with new album, Wasted Energy. Guitarist Greg Rietwyk: “It was 100% integral to the songs that we cut Natalie’s vocals live. There was just no way to elicit the same emotional response she has with the lyrics by overdubbing.” Torquay Hotel, Torquay – November 15.
After officially lifting the lid on their latest earworm, ‘Creature Of Habit Pt. 2’, Slowly Slowly’s reign continues as one of the most intriguing and endearing punk rock acts in the country. The reveal of new music comes alongside the announcement of regional spring tour slated for October/November. Shortly after their appearance at Snow Tunes, the four-piece will hit regional spots on the east coast, as well as stopping by Land Of Plenty. Torquay Hotel, Torquay – November 8. Photo by Pat O’Hara. A
JEFF MARTIN VISITS OLD GROUND “I’m disappointed to hear that Karova Lounge in Ballarat is closing down after 15 years. I’ve always enjoyed playing there over the years so I will be playing one final show on Thursday 5 September.” It’s safe to say Jeff is not alone in his disappointment, but at least we get another show out of him, right? A favourite of Australia, the singer-songwriter will perform a mixture of old gems and new songs, including ‘Black River’.
AMAZING GRACE BBRMF FUNDRAISER During a two-day shoot at the New Temple Baptist Mission church in Los Angeles during January of 1972, Aretha Franklin recorded the Grammy awardwinning album Amazing Grace. The concert film of the same name captures this magical music moment. The Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival has organised a screening as a fundraiser for their November outing. Star Cinema will host the event on September 19.
DR. COLOSSUS TALK NUMBERS If you purchase a ticket to catch the Simpsons-themed doom sounds of Dr. Colossus, it doesn’t just give you a seat, it also gives you the right, no, the duty, to make a complete arse of yourself. Actually, we’re too responsible to encourage that, but the band has dropped ‘SixtySix & Six’, their first new music in two years. It tells the tale of Rod and Todd’s rebellious ways and distaste for vegetables. Barwon Club, Geelong – September 6.
SKEPTICAMP 2019 Founded by Reed Esau in 2007, SkeptiCamp is an open community-organised conference where anyone can be a presenter, provided the presentation has to do with science and/or scepticism. The first SkeptiCamp landed in Australia in 2011. Celebrating its seventh year in 2019, Surf Coast Summer/Spring SkeptiCamp (SCSSC) holds the title of being Australia’s longestrunning. Aireys Inlet Community Hall – September 14.
VERTICOLI & FRIENDS When Tasmania’s Verticoli moved to Victoria this year, we gladly embraced them. It was too hard to say no to the likeable three-piece, a trio with a passion for heaviness and harmony who have supported the likes of Cog, Kingswood, DZ Deathrays and The Delta Riggs. The band takes new single ‘So Far’ to The Vine in Bendigo on September 7, where they will be joined by Lazy Sidekick and Trevor Petrie.
RIVER ROCKS SELLS OUT IN RECORD TIME The greatest event to grace Geelong’s rock scene is back for its 12th year. That’s right you little rockers, we’re talking about River Rocks – the self-funded festival that’s featured some dream bands over the years, initially born out of the lack of bands bypassing Geelong and how the local music scene had seemingly dropped away. Headed by Aussie legends the Cosmic Psychos, The Meanies, Hard Ons, Rocket Science, Los Chicos, Cable Ties, Pinch Points, Dr Colossus, Dicklord and so much more, this one sold out the day tickets were released. Keep your eyes peeled for deets on River Rocks Rehab, a second day introduced in order to keep the peace on the streets. Save that date for November 10.
AMY SHARK PAYS IT BACK Amy Shark isn’t the kind of musician to forget about those who helped her out in the early years. She acknowledges that regional Australia played a big part of her story since the release of Night Thinker, and has decided the right thing to do is say a little thank you by way of a regional tour. With that it is probably a good time to listen to her 2018 debut, Love Monster. Costa Hall, Geelong – November 2.
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MIFF SHOWCASE The hard work has been done for you, with the Melbourne International Film Festival selecting some of the best bits and placing it all in their travelling showcase. Star Cinema, Bendigo – August 30 & 31; Pivotonian Cinema, Geelong – August 30 through September 1; Regent Cinema, Ballarat – September 6-8; and Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – September 20-22. More can be found through miff.com.au.
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SMOKE STACK RHINO FACE REALITY Smoke Stack Rhino put their heavy blues/grunge to good use with their environmentally friendly new track, ‘Doom Boogie’. Ash King: “Doom Boogie is a reflection of our inability to move forward to a sustainable future, but we’ve put the theme against a boogie rhythm so you can dance absurdly to celebrate our own imminent destruction.” The Vine, Bendigo – September 14 (with AstroFuzz) & Pistol Pete’s, Geelong – September 20.
IN TOUCH WITH BROADS Following the release of a few singles, the new album from Broads, the musical partnership of Kelly Day and Jane Hendry, is out now. Its title, Stay Connected, is one that is sure to resonate. Kelly: “We experience so much of the world through globalised platforms that it seemed fitting to give the album a title which could be the slogan of a media platform or utility.” Castlemaine – September 14 & Major Tom’s, Kyneton – September 21.
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Hello Forte readers, Last week Music Victoria launched the free business coaching program, Live Music Professionals (delivered on behalf of Creative Victoria), hosting its annual regional conference in Rye. The event brought together the 20 successful program participants with ten highly talented music industry coaches and workshop hosts. Local participants included Luke Hindson (Entertainment Manager/ Venue Booker – Barwon Heads Hotel & Torquay Hotel) and David Corbet (Promoter, The Sound Doctor Presents Inc from Anglesea) along with 18 others from across the state of Victoria. Participants were engaged in one-on-one coaching sessions with coaches including the likes of Tom Supple (Senior Curator of Dark Mofo); Renee Hermsen (Promoter Live Nation and co-booker of Festival X), Shaun Adams (Venue Programmer, Hotel Esplanade) and Amanda Vitartas (Venue Booker, The Grace Darling / Director, Future Popes). While in Rye, Music Victoria met with members of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council and the Mornington Peninsula Music Network to discuss support for the local industry. 15 representatives from the local industry joined us at the Rye Hotel for a local music showcase and networking opportunities, followed by a tour of the Peninsula Hot Springs venue. On the other side of the Bay, Music Victoria’s partnership with City of Greater Geelong will see us delivering some exciting events over the next few months! We are programming and delivering Geelong Venues Day 2019 on Wednesday 18 September at The Wool Museum, Geelong. This event is a great opportunity to hear from your local council, peak body and industry about key industry news, including regulatory reform and funding
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The fabulous annual Caba’risque Festival has arrived at the PalaisHepburn with an incredible lineup and they’re celebrating with an official launch party this weekend with special guest performances by some of their favoured acts, for free. You’ll see Dyed Blondie, Leather Lungs, Osolome opera, Caligraphy Circus and the amazing DJ’s Sweat Dreams & the Daylesford Tarot Readers!!
Regional Member Moment The Barwon Club Hotel One of Geelong’s treasured live music venues, The Barwon Club, has announced their third rendition of River Rocks, which sold out in just a few hours! The November 2019 festival has revered rockers The Cosmic Psychos headlining the bill plus The Meanies, Hard-Ons, Los Chicos, Cable Ties and many more. If you missed out on a ticket, luckily the BC has a jam-packed gig guide every week with a variety of artists for any mood, with a roster of savvy pub grub deals. You can find everything you need to know here: https://www.facebook.com/barwonclub Gig of the month Amy Shark Regional Tour, Costa Hall, Geelong – Saturday 2 November National chart-topper Amy Shark turns her attention to regional Australia later this year with 2 separate Victorian dates. The Brisbane-born sensation will be performing tracks from both her beloved breakthrough EP ‘Night Thinker’ and her debut album ‘Love Monster’ at Geelong’s Costa Hall. In tow will be Perth indie rockers Sly Withers and Sydney’s Elanor Jacks, who will be bringing her soulful take on traditional pop music to country Victoria. Tickets are available here: https://bit.ly/2Msswec
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Ridiculous, Live Ice Carving Display, Workshops, Art & Craft Activities, Face Painting and MORE at the festival! Time to round up the kiddies! This year, PBS Soul Time presenter Vince Peach is also bringing groovy tunes and good times while Yoga Loves Music blend music and movement with all levels yoga practise Saturday and Sunday mornings at QMF. Perfect if you need to just chill out. Best of all, children aged 13 and under get in for free! Bring friends, family, and frolic in the festivities.
What a time to be alive. Aunty Meredith has delivered another surprise gift to the masses, this time, it comes in the form of UK rocker Liam Gallagher and Welsh producer Cate Le Bon. The Oasis co-frontman was already making his way to Aussie shores for Sydney’s Fairgrounds Festival, and news that Gallagher will be playing at the Sup’ on Friday night is just what we needed to see out the week. Alongside Gallagher, Cate Le Bon’s trip Down Under follows the release of her fifth album, Reward.
The magical four-day festival returns for another year and scheduled to make an appearance are Americana outfit Blind Boys of Alabama, homegrown blues icon C.W. Stoneking, Melbourne folk duo The Maes, UK saxophonist YolanDa Brown and more. Of course, this is just a select number of acts locked in for the festival, with plenty more yet to be unveiled.
opportunities for your venue, as well as live music topics for discussion to get your feedback. There will also be a workshop for musicians to look forward to later in the year, geared to supporting the needs of both emerging and mid-career musicians from the region.
Queenscliff Music Festival 2019 is back guns blazing with more news for the upcoming summer a trifecta of local legends, yoga, and kindie-indie showcases. Leading the music this time round, pop punk poet and smiling assassin Alana Wilkinson spearheads a stunner lineup of fabulous women taking the stage, alongside fun, fast and full of funk the Sweethearts, the captivating and sweet sounding Isabella Khalife, and an exciting newcomer to the burgeoning Geelong scene, Momoko Rose. Some of the local area’s greatest are back and Bellarine bound as well, with the likes of QMF’s 2018 Emerging Artist Grant recipient Fenn Wilson, Torquay based Immy Owusu and his unique brand of Afro-Rock Fusion, and up and coming pop-rock group The Ethan Farmer Band set to take the QMF stage. In exciting news, this year’s lineup is the kid friendliest in the festival’s history with free carnival rides, free entry for kids 13 years and under, and a stellar selection of musical acts such as PlaySchool darling Justine Clarke, What’s On 4 Kids award winners The Mik Maks, food revolutionaries The Vegetable Plot, and Tiptoe Giants. There will also be roving performers, Bebop Circus with Nicholas
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CHOPPED Who better to headline the revvedup Chopped than the 5.6.7.8’s and The Chats? But wait, you also have Abjects, Los Tones, Black Aces, Tsugnarly and more. Chopped is a throwback to a 1950s/60s HopUp Carnival. There will be dirt drags with Pre ’65 style hot rods, customs, bobbers and choppers as far as the eye can see. Carisbrook – October 4, 5 & 6. Get more through chopped. com.au. Leave the ear plugs at home. Photo by Luke Henery
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Whatever it is that is prompting so many artists to announce regional tours, may it long continue. Another ripper has been announced, with Permanent Hermit’s Ruby Fields and National Indigenous Music Awards ‘Artist of the Year’ Baker Boy joining superpowers for a regional run. An all-ages regional run! The Palais, Hepburn Springs – October 12 & Geelong West Town Hall – October 13.
Grab your girlfriends, and head to the Potato Shed on Saturday 7 September and join the cast of WaistWatchers The Musical! as it tours Australia for the first time. Just like Menopause – the Musical!, this hilarious and inspirational musical comedy will leave you laughing so hard, you’ll burn more calories than you have all week! Come and dance in your seat or jump right in, either one will work. Waist Watchers The Musical! is fast-paced, with lots of energy and a ton of heart. It pokes fun at a number of familiar obsessions, all the while being uplifting and empowering.
MICK LINDSAY ORDERS A ROUND Having performed in Australia, Asia, Europe, The Middle East and America, independent singer-songwriter Mick Lindsay seems happy enough to perform anywhere. He is pretty much always on the go, and this year has performed at Magic Millions, Rockin’ Rocky and the Tamworth Country Music Festival. He also released the punch-drunk love song, ‘Drink About You’. The George Hotel, Ballarat – September 20 & Piano Bar, Geelong – September 25.
THE BEASTS, HOLD THE BOURBON Music is a curious beast. Following a final performance of Beasts of Bourbon, Tex Perkins thought collecting the band’s past and present members and hitting the studio would be good for the soul. Sadly, Brian Hopper and Spencer P. Jones both died last year. The idea still went ahead, however, but the band shortened their name to The Beasts. Barwon Club, Geelong – November 28. They will be joined by Adalita.
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Formed in 1978 and releasing their debut album Days of Innocence in 1981, Moving Pictures are arguably best known for their #1 hit ‘What About Me’, later covered by Shannon Noll. Because rock and roll never dies, frontman Alex Smith has kept busy, releasing The Thread, the first album in a trilogy of releases. The album features a collection of songs and artists that helped shape his youth. Workers Club, Geelong – October 18.
If you haven’t yet heard the word about Supermild Weekender, here it is. Curated by the team behind Pitch Music & Arts, the Nagambie-based festival boasts a weekend of soundtrack, sustenance and stimulation. No more than 2500 tickets are up for grabs for the boutique festival of electronic music, food and art, which is a pretty tidy number. Supermild takes place November 8-10, with full information available through supermild.com.au.
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WE ARE BUSBY MAROU Despite what their forthcoming new album The Great Divide (September 27) may suggest, Busby Marou is anything but divisive: “It’s about recognising that we all have a different account of events in our own lives and celebrating how those differences combine to create a unique and colourful story. Without our great divide, there is no Busby Marou story.” The Palais, Hepburn Springs – November 8.
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HEAVEN’S GREATEST HITS Inspired by his Top 10 album Vale, Jason Singh (Taxiride) will be joined by Shannon Noll, Andrew De Silva and Tim Watson for an evening that pays tribute to fallen greats. The songbook will be opened to music by Prince, John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Tom Petty, Bon Scott, Marvin Gaye, Joe Cocker, Elvis, David Bowie and Michael Hutchence among others. The Wool Exchange Entertainment Complex, Geelong – November 16.
It would be remiss not to mention the Warumpi Band The Maldon Folk Festival turns 46 this year, but they when discussing the career of Neil Murray, given the don’t look a day over 40. Taking place from November band’s importance. However, the well-travelled song- 1-4, international performers include The Sweet Sorrows, man’s solo career is up to an impressive nine albums Scott Cook and the She’ll Be Rights, Joe Quinn, Skinner with Blood and Longing. He has also released a number & T’witch and South Carolina Broadcasters, while local of books and short stories and wrote a play titled King performers include Gina Jeffreys, Rod McCormack, Fred for This Place. The Bridge, Castlemaine – September Smith, Marcia Howard and Neil Murray. Take a look at 20. Note he is also on the line-up for the Maldon Folk who else is in store through maldonfolkfestival.com. Festival.
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Watching a partner battle addiction has been put to song by Tori Forsyth in new single ‘Be Here’. The new track comes with a shift in sound, with the singer-songwriter confessing she had Audioslave’s 2002 selftitled album on loop while on tour last year. Tori: “Recording this song was one of the smoothest recording sessions I’ve ever done. I’ve never been so inspired coming away from the studio.” Workers Club, Geelong – November 1.
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Although they have never been a band you could accuse of being slackers, the last couple of years in the life of folk-punk outfit The Go Set have been quite busy. Along with local shows, the band has enjoyed a European tour and five tours of the US. There was also the vinyl release of their One Fine Day album. On top of that, they have been working on some new tunes, which they will show off at Geelong’s Workers Club on October 26.
Singer-songwriter Lucie Thorne will hit the road next month to shine the light on her new album, the art/pop concept Kitty & Frank. What you should know: “Kitty & Frank traces the wild true stories of young frontier woman Kitty Walsh and her lover, the charismatic bandit and bushranger Frank Gardiner. In the 1860s, Gold Fever came to Wheogo NSW and, like Deadwood, it didn’t end well.” The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo – October 5.
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As we watch the ladies share their lives with us, they blossom into stronger women who take ownership of their eating, their bodies, their relationships, and their self-esteem. Set in Cook’s Women’s Gym, WaistWatchers The Musical! takes a hilarious and light-hearted look at four women dishing on food, diets, exercise, friendship, love, and sex. Created by Alan Jacobson (book and lyrics) with Vince Di Mura (music) and originally directed by US director Matt Silva (Old Jews Telling Jokes, Becoming Dr Ruth, Crimes of the Heart and Joseph & The Technicolour Dreamcoat), WaistWatchers The Musical! will include a talented cast of triple threat Australian performers.
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YEEVS OFFER A TASTE Blue Mountains via Sydney lo fi punk/ new-wave/power pop outfit Yeevs have been pushing themselves hard musically. When challenged by producer Dan Holdsworth, the band rose to the occasion with new single ‘Moving Magnets’. The newie is described as a “skewed take on personal perspectives” and is the first listen from the band’s forthcoming debut album. The Eastern, Ballarat – September 28.
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A return to Castlemaine’s The Taproom next week marks another milestone in a hectic year for Bendigo blues stalwarts Sons Of The Blues. The duo, comprising Patrick Byrne (lead vocals, guitar, stompbox) and John Phillips (lead guitar), are thrilled to again strut their stuff at one of their favourite venues. “We absolutely love playing at The Taproom,” says Byrne. “The patrons are always fantastic. It offers some of the best live music around, and has earned a great reputation as a venue of high and consistent quality.” The duo are inspired by blues legends such as Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, and modern-day guitar maestro Jimi Hendrix, but say they are always seeking out new ways of exploring the traditionsteeped genre. Byrne says punters can expect a high-energy show full of “bluesy sincerity and self - deprecating japes in equal measures”. It has been an eventful year for the long-time veterans of the Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival, who have just been accepted into their eighth consecutive edition of the much-anticipated November fixture on the city’s calendar. This year also marked Sons Of The Blues’ successful debut at Melbourne’s blues-loving CBD venue Beneath Driver Lane, and a performance at the inaugural Castlemaine Blues Club – along with Mandy Connell and Skyscraper Stan. They will also partner with drummer Jerry Speiser (Men At Work) for double-header shows with Ben J. Carter, and Jess Parker and The Troubled Waters, later in the year. Sons Of The Blues will round out a busy 2019 with a performance at the annual Strawberry Fields
IN THE PLAYGROUND OF LAURA IMBRUGLIA Laura Imbruglia was last at The Eastern in Ballarat when showcasing her album Scared of You. A good time was had by all, and those who missed out were full of regret. But the good news is that she, along with her band the Bin Chickens, is making a return to the venue on September 14 in support of new single ‘Give Boys Pink Toys’. Laura will be joined by Smallgoods, who ended a sevenyear hiatus earlier in the year. Photo by Rex Kane-Hart.
HANGING ON Y STREET You may not think that fur coats, owls and VB longnecks have much in common, but they do. For some, they do. Say hello to Y Street, a little band who use these most wonderful of influences to drive their music. With a sound ranging from surf rock to post-punk, this Melbourne five-piece will launch their debut EP Get Lost at Ballarat’s Karova Lounge tomorrow, August 30. They will be joined by Leftfield Luxury and Quentiam.
festival, held on the banks of the Murray River at Tocumwal, NSW, in late November. See Sons Of The Blues at The Taproom on Friday, September 6. From 8pm; free entry. In other events around town during the next fortnight: Self-described “ragtime blueshounds” Alawishus Jones and The Outright Lies will raise the roof at Rocks Underground (Rocks On Rosalind) on Friday, August 30. From 7pm; free entry; dining packages available from opentable.com.au Singer-songwriter Jim Martens brings his Melodius Acoustica tour to the Golden Vine on Friday, August 30. Support from Old World Sparrow and Steph Bitter. From 9pm; $5 entry. Local vocalist-guitarist Rhyley McGrath will sing the blues at the Axedale Tavern on Sunday, September 1. From 1pm; free entry. English pop purveyors Herman’s Hermits have been plying their trade on these shores since 1966. Catch their Six O’Clock Hop tour at The Capital on Wednesday, September 4. From 6pm; tickets from bendigoregion.com.au Castlemaine indie rock/alt-country trio Blue Lucas make their Bendigo debut at Handle Bar on Saturday, September 7. Support from Harry Andrew. From 8pm; free entry. Melbourne-based Tasmanian expats and selfdescribed “raucous” alt-rockers Verticoli bring their big riffs to the Golden Vine on Saturday, September 7. Support from indie punk rockers Lazy Sidekick and Bendigo’s own Trevor Petrie. From 9pm; $5 entry. CONTACT: NETTEE136@GMAIL.COM
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KateBRINGSMiller Heidke ZERO GRAVITY HOME ALT-POP GODDESS KATE MILLER-HEIDKE HAS A VOICE THAT IS INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE; WHETHER IT’S WHILE SINGING THE FABULOUSLY QUIRKY AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING POP SONG ‘CAUGHT IN THE CROWD’, TO THE GLORIOUS BALLAD ‘THE LAST DAY ON EARTH’ TO ANGSTRIDDEN LOVE SONGS WITH TITLES LIKE ‘LOSE MY SHIT’. SUSTAINING A LONG TERM CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, KATE HAS A DIVERSE REPERTOIRE AND THE ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY TRANSITION FROM ONE GENRE TO THE NEXT. Capturing the attention of millions around the world for her heartfelt performance and the out-of-this-world staging of her song ‘Zero Gravity’, which won her first place in her semi-final and a top ten placing at the Eurovision Grand Final in May this year, Kate will be tugging at heartstrings this September as she takes her incredible talents across the country once again. We spoke early last year when you were on the road with an incredible set of brand new arrangements and backed by The String Quartet; how have you been the past 18 months – besides incredibly busy! It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride – lots of interesting collaborations, Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, writing music for a play and of course the intense experience of Eurovision. I’m back home writing new songs at the moment and it’s been a beautiful time to re-centre myself creatively. This seems to be the key to sustaining a long term career in the music industry, but also you have a diverse repertoire and the ability to seamlessly transition from one genre to the next. Do you 20
endeavour to go out of your way often to learn process like when you’re re-imagining songs that new things within music and your own abilities? Or are so well-loved? is it something that happens organically for you? It’s really shaped by the musicians in the line-up. I’ve been extremely lucky to have opportunities to Isaac is a pianist/cellist who has one foot firmly planted work in different genres - and each time I have taken in the classical tradition as well as being conversant in on a project outside of my singer-songwriter stuff, it rock/pop and musical theatre - he did the arrangements feeds back into the songwriting and performances quite for Keir and my music on Muriel’s Wedding the Musical naturally. The last thing I did was Eurovision, but before and he is working on Broadway as we speak. Isaac brings that, it was setting Shakespeare’s lyrics to music for a whole raft of stylistic possibilities to the songs. Jess Melbourne Theatre Company – and both of those were has such a beautiful voice, and I have the luxury of big learning experiences which of course can’t help but singing with someone who blends with my verse shift your musical compass. wonderfully, so we’ve really been exploring that. And You’re also about to embark on a series of Keir has a kind of musically short attention span - he high profile concert dates this September and loves playing guitar of all styles, but is grounded in October, as well as two intimate warm-up shows rock and even metal so it adds a rhythmic backbone at the Theatre Royal, Castlemaine and The Memo, to the whole thing. Healesville. Why have you decided to include We absolutely loved your heartfelt performance these two regional venues in your tour? Is there and the out-of-this-world staging of ‘Zero Gravity’ something you particularly enjoy about these more at Eurovision earlier this year. What was your intimate shows? favourite part of that whole experience? I love playing intimate shows because of the Thank you. Certainly creating the song was really immediacy of connection with the audience. You fun, having a brief like writing for Eurovision gave us can feel the music bouncing off the walls, and the all sorts of fun stuff to play with, from bombastic vocal physical proximity of everyone in a smaller space has lines to dancey Eurobeat sounds. a communal feel. These shows are a chance for me to But the best bit was getting to work with Strange Fruit, hone the setlist and try out some new stuff for the first who are just incredible artists, and have them teach time, in a slightly lower-pressure environment than the me a little of what they do on those bendy poles. I’m big room at the opera house! hoping we’ll get to collaborate on a full show together Within this tour, you will be joined on stage at some point. by vocalist Jess Hitchcock, cellist/pianist Isaac You’re renowned for your incredible live shows Hayward and long-time collaborator/guitarist – how do you prepare for a show? Keir Nuttall, for a set that encompasses brand new Lots of vocal warm-ups, lots of hydration and really versions of your most beloved material. What’s the just trying to keep my own personal energy contained FORTÉ 722
for the whole time you’re not on stage. The goal is to be utterly present for that hour and a half every day and put as much life force into it as you can. I am eternally grateful that people to spend an evening of their life to come to a show, and as a performer you only get one shot at each gig, so you want to make it count. We believe you’re currently working on your fifth studio album, can you give us a little hint as to what’s to come? Yes, we are in that wonderful season of writing and arranging songs for the next record - eating, breathing and sleeping it (or not sleeping, but lying awake in bed with songs thrumming incessantly through my head). I’m hoping this album will capture some of the spontaneity and looseness that we have in the live show, while still being a bright and shiny thing. There are a few new things for me as far as themes and lyrics - I feel like I’m on the right track if I manage to surprise myself. LET KATE’S MASTERFUL SONGWRITING AND ETHEREAL VOICE TAKE YOU WHERE THERE’S ZERO GRAVITY. SEE HER AT THEATRE ROYAL, CASTLEMAINE – SEPTEMBER 18, THE MEMO, HEALESVILLE – SEPTEMBER 19, AND ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE – SEPTEMBER 24. STORY PHOTO BY JO DUCK COVER PHOTO BY DOMINIC LORRIMER, SMH
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The countdown is on for the festival that sees the humble town of Bendigo embrace upwards of 20,000 music lovers, with the ninth annual Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival this November 7 – 10. Proudly supported by Visit Victoria and City of Greater Bendigo, the annual festival is a predominantly free, grass-roots, community event that gives music fans and community members the opportunity to enjoy world-class music, with a focus on local and independent talent from the blues and roots genres. Now in its ninth year the festival has become synonymous with creating a warm, friendly and artistic vibe amongst patrons, strolling along the street from venue to venue, hearing music from all directions and having so many options, and such amazing talent. This sense of ‘community’ has also evolved between musicians, some of which have played almost every year and others that may have never been to Bendigo before. This is what makes this festival so great, really... it’s a Bendigo thing. GETTING THERE If you are travelling by car, Bendigo is a comfortable two and a half hours north of Geelong, just around two hours north-west if you’re coming from Melbourne, and an easy 90 minutes if you’re coming from Ballarat. With an easy drive down the highway, Bendigo is perfect for rounding up the crew and making it a roadtrip. Just remember to prepare the pump-up playlist before you go. It’s also pretty easy to catch the train to Bendigo – the V/Line express service is just over 90 minutes from Melbourne Southern Cross Station, and the Bendigo Railway Station is just a few minutes walk into the city centre. Just hit up the V/Line website find out information on departure times. If you’re travelling from out of state, direct flights to Bendigo are available from Sydney via Qantas. For all your accommodation requirements check out the “Where to Stay” page at www.bendigobluesandroots.com.au WHO’S PLAYING The four-day event will again be filled with performances and workshops – by more than 130 artists from all over Australia (as well as some internationals) – conducted in over 40 venues throughout Bendigo and some surrounding areas. With a treasure trove of discovery, some worthy mentions include 18 year old blues artist Charlie Bedford, The Rosie Burgess Trio, funky blues man Buddy Knox and his Blues Band, Melbourne soul, funk, and blues band Rambal (formerly known as Justin Yap Band), Melbourne Blues institution Blues Roulette, soulful blues duo The McNaMarr Project, Rushworth troubadour Grim Fawkner, the two man blues roots juggernaut from New Zealand Swamp Thing, and Tennyson King, a Chinese Canadian international touring musician that plays alternative folk rock music. Regardless of your musical persuasions, the line-up clearly spans a number of genres including everything from blues, jazz, funk, folk, to indie, with some artists performing the festival before, and others making their Bendigo debut.
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A highlight will, of course, be at the magnificent Ulumbarra Theatre on Saturday night featuring WA stalwarts, The Waifs, while Friday night will come alive with Australia’s own John Butler. Tickets for these headline shows are available now at www.gotix.com.au. The team are still in the process of delivering a complete stellar line-up, so for updates head to the website! A SATURDAY HIGHLIGHT A highlight of the festival is Saturday’s all-day, family-friendly concert in Rosalind Park in the heart of Bendigo’s CBD. Here, sixteen acts will grace two stages from late morning, and punters are encouraged to bring along a picnic rug and chairs and enjoy a day lazing in the sun under the leafy 120 year old trees while discovering your new favourite artist. Great food, local wine, beer and cider are all available to purchase on site too so once you have your spot of the grass, you’ll be set for the rest of the day. TAKE A RIDE WITH BLUES There’s a unique way to enjoy live music again this year as part of the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival and that is aboard The Blues Tram. Combining two of Bendigo’s best attractions – its historic trams and sublime musical talent – this is the perfect way to mix up the weekend activities. Kicking off at the Central Deborah Goldmine, the tram takes its audience through the heart of Bendigo, featuring up close and personal performances from an array of performers across the weekend. After taking a pit stop at the Joss House, the tram then turns back towards the mine. Tickets are available from the Bendigo Visitor Centre or online at www. bendigotourism.com/bendigo-blues-tram. for just $39. LEAVE YOUR WADS OF CASH AT HOME The best part about this festival is that it’s not going to cost you an arm and a leg to indulge in all the musical delights! While there are a select few ticketed events, most venues across the weekend are free including the aforementioned all day family friendly non-stop concert in Rosalind Park. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON THE LATEST MUSIC GIGS LEADING UP TO AND ACROSS THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND, JUMP ONTO THE WEBSITE AT WWW.BENDIGOBLUESANDROOTS. COM.AU.
ROSIE BURGESS TRIO Sometimes it’s hard to fit people into boxes, and The Rosie Burgess Trio (Rosie Burgess, Sam Lohs and Tim Bennett) are no exception. Hailing from Carnegie in Victoria, the trio slides from folk to blues to gypsy-roots and back, they cross more genres than state borders, giving off “more energy than an illegally sparked firecracker” whilst still maintaining their unmistakable flavour. We chat to Rosie ahead of their Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival appearance. Congrats on landing a slot. Have you played the festival before? Yeah, we played a couple of years ago! There’s so many different things to go and see, and you can see music in all different places. One of the gigs that we did was at the end of an alley way, which was super fun. It was a nice, intimate feeling because everyone kind of crowded into the alley way. We did an acoustic number as well, so we stood in amongst the crowd and it was really fun. Did you stay for the whole weekend? Yeah, we did. They put us up in the caravan park with all of the other artists on the block, so it was a lot of fun. A bunch of friends were also playing, so we got to see their gigs, and we did our gigs, and it was wall-to-wall music for the whole three days that we were there. It was totally pumping. Do you get to gig much during the year together, or do you save it for these special times? We were playing full-time together up until a couple of years ago, and then I’ve taken a bit of a
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break from that project. So we’ve just been doing more intermittent festivals here and there, which has been really special. We’ve been pursuing a few other projects at the moment, so it’s really awesome to get back together and have a go. We’ve just started a new band the Tuck Shop Ladies, which is me and Sam on ukuleles, and it’s kind of like a comedy band. That’s taking up quite a lot of our time at the moment which is super fun. For us, music is life and life is music, and all of it intertwines into one bit conglomerate of awesomeness. Is there anything you’re looking forward to on returning to Bendigo? I think the community is so great. When people come out, they’re really coming out to have a good time, and we like to share that; what works for us works for you, what works for you works for us. It becomes a bit of a symbiotic thing. Also, there’s a really nice guitar shop that I’m looking forward to going back to. We like to get around and I remember there’s a big lake in the town that we took a nice walk around and had a bit of a snooze under a tree. There’s a whole bunch of great pubs and lot of good... Oh, we had awesome Vietnamese food when we were in Bendigo last time. Have you decided what your set is going to look like this year? No, not yet. It’ll be my trio, me, Sam and Tim, and we do fly by the seat of our pants a bit. We’ll just see how we feel in the half an hour before we play each set to decide what we’re actually going to play. We’ve been playing together for almost 10 years, so we can lock in pretty easily and we’ve got a big catalog of songs to draw from. Our main shtick is to get out there and have a lot of fun. We also might cameo a little Tuck Shop Ladies song here or there. Are you going to go down for the whole time? Yeah. I think we’ll be there from Friday to Sunday. There’s always lots of our mates playing because it’s such a big festival, and there’s so many different bands playing, that it’s a really good chance for us to see our friends play. CHECK THEM OUT IN BENDIGO THIS NOVEMBER.
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Are you going to be pulling songs from your three albums, or have you got some new things planned? Yep, we’ve got a whole bunch of new songs planned. I’m constantly writing and jamming. It’s always really good to be able to do a bit of jamming. I just try to have fun; I usually find that’s the best way to go when we’re playing live. That’s usually the times that you look back on and you go, “Yeah, I really liked that because I had fun.” Tell us a bit about your genre, Swamp pop.
SWAMP THING Hailing from New Zealand, Swamp Thing’s energetic live performances are re-known for inspiring concert goers to dance and have fun while showcasing a wealth of musical experience and engaging their audience at all times. Playing every show like it is their last, Swamp Thing makes a sound that reaches far back into the musical DNA of roots music, and it’s a sound they’ll be bringing to the Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival this November. We chat to one half of the duo, Michael Barker, ahead of his visit to Bendigo. Congrats on your upcoming slot at Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival! Are you looking forward to anything in particular? Well, we’re just looking forward to playing and seeing some bands, and exploring Bendigo. I think we’re doing maybe, two, maybe even three, shows there. So, we’ll be able to change it up a bit. I play drums and sing and then, there’s a guy called, Brett Adams, who plays guitar and sings, and we really like jamming with people, so we’ll, hopefully we might meet some new friends. I like to invite people up to jam. It’s one of the fun things about festivals – there’s lots of musos to get a round in.
Well, you know, if you think of like White Stripes and The Black Keys, they’re the two most popular Swamp pop bands. So, it’s loose, roots music, but in a more danceable, poppy way. It’s kind of a bit more energetic, bit bluesy and it’s quite wide. If you say you’re a Blues band, then people, kind of, sometimes, they probably get the wrong impression. When you come to Australia, are you going to be staying for a while on either side of the festival? Yeah, I’m going to stay for a while. My wife is studying art at RMIT in Melbourne, her home town, and my second home town. She’s having her second life as an artist and I’ve got a son in Melbourne as well, he’s a Tennis coach. So I’m looking forward to having some family time! What can people expect from your upcoming performances? They can expect to dance – so bring some well worn in shoes or get their calluses on your feet! I always feel like I’ve done a good job when people dance. I don’t know what it is, I feel happy when I’m playing my drums and people are dancing. I just go, ‘Yep, this is a happy place’. That’s what I consider a good day at work. It’s a good energy. A lot of energy, boogies, grooving, people dancing and having fun.
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SPIDERBAIT SPIDERBAIT WRITTEN BY CHRIS MICHAELS PHOTO BY IAN LAIDLAW Aussie legends Spiderbait have been a strong force in the local music industry for over 25 years and have garnered a strong following, countless awards, and albums that continue to do well. After some significant breaks over the last decade or so the band are performing a one-off show at the Forum in Melbourne and releasing a special vinyl box set of their singles from the last quarter of a century. This will be followed by some coast gigs towards Christmas, including a stop by Torquay at the end of December. I caught up with drummer Kram recently and he talked with affection about his return to Melbourne (he now lives in Byron Bay) and the changes he’s seen not just to the city but the music scene too. “I’m enjoying the cold weather really. I still really love it. I’ve definitely noticed a big difference. The city is so big now. There’s lots of energy,” he explains. “I lived in Carlton for years and the Northside of Melbourne has so much happening. It was a cool place to live, whereas St Kilda seems to have a lot of venues closing and seems a lot quieter than it was.”
Growing up as a band in the Melbourne scene had a profound effect on Kram and he, along with the band, always felt a comradeship with others making music in the garden state. “You always felt like a part of a prosperous music scene.” The band will release a special box set of singles at the Forum gig on vinyl, a format that has reinvigorated the music listening experience as people shy away from digital listening to a more traditional listening experience. “I have many records and in lots of ways, it’s taking you back to how music should be listed to. I like it when you can hold a song as a tangible object. It’s nice to hold an album.” The box set will feature all Spiderbait singles in chronological order and listening back to those early tracks is a nice reminder for Kram of the writing and recording process in those early days. “A lot of those songs are very Melbourneorientated. It brings back memories of where they were recorded and where the songs were written. A lot of images keep coming back.” After the Forum gig wraps the band will gear up for a run of shows along the surf coast, something the band can’t wait to get the teeth into. “They’ll be a run of coast shows. We haven’t been down that way for a while so around Christmas time it will be a fun little trip” While the Forum gig sold out within days, there are still tickets remaining for some of their gigs so buy now or regret forever. YOU CAN TRY AND NAB A TICKET TO THEIR SOLD-OUT SHOW IN TORQUAY, DECEMBER 28 VIA TIXEL.COM
but more so about how my brain doesn’t exactly match up with my body. “I’ve always wanted to be tall and slim and dark like Nick Cave, and mysterious and big-lipped,” she continues. “Like having always wanted to be that, but knowing that I’m not, that’s very much where that song comes from. It is about weighing those things up and finding it interesting that I do feel that way, not that it’s scary or upsetting, but interesting…” Finding common ground over our desires of wanting to be Nick Cave, Montaigne expanded, “The guy is like a mystery, he has this mythic quality to him and I’ve always wanted to have that, but I’ve realised I’m the opposite of mythical. I’m loud, I tell everyone everything about me, I’m just not that and I’ve come to terms with that now – and I’m happy with that. “For me, I just realised I’m not unavailable. I am an WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN available human being and I think that’s a good thing.” And to be honest, she’s not wrong. “I don’t think it’s [success] changed the way With Montaigne’s lyrics delving deep into the I’ve approached songwriting. I did feel very self- intricacies of her life and love, it’s hard not to view conscious about it for a year or so. I felt like I her like an open book. Especially considering her had to live up to something and to be my heroes biggest song (to date) ‘Because I Love You’ tackles but that was kind of a personal pressure that I the theme of quite an emotionally brutal breakup. put on myself.” “I don’t have ten albums out just yet, so I don’t For Montaigne, the last few years have been huge. feel like I have enough miles behind to forget about Winning the 2016 ARIA Award for being the best any of my songs backstories just yet,” she laughs. breakthrough artist, collaborations with Hilltop “Especially ‘Because I Love You’. It was my most Hoods and Urthboy and on top of that, her single popular song that year and is about a person and a ‘Because I Love You’ recently went Gold three years relationship that still rears its head to this day, so after its release. that particular song is hard to skip for me. For Jess Cerro, the 24-year-old from Sydney “I haven’t seen that person since the song came behind Montaigne, it’s been slightly different. out,” she reveals. “They are a very elusive character “I’ve grown up with the feeling that I’ve needed but I’ve had emails from them, not necessarily to be very, very successful and I’ve got over that; as because I wanted too but I have heard from them. long as I’m surviving I’m happy,” she says. They aren’t really into contemporary music and I Touching on her personal criticisms, Jess penned don’t think they quite understand the level in which ‘Is This All I’m Good For?’ - an enigmatic and I am operating my musical career in, and they never thought-provoking track found on her upcoming really did.” album, Complex. “That was definitely for myself,” she reflects, WHEN & WHERE: “When I write music I don’t write it to push an TAP HOUSE, BENDIGO – NOVEMBER 21 ideology; it’s very much like therapy for me. “That song is very much about my body issues; not TORQUAY HOTEL, TORQUAY – NOVEMBER 22. even in terms of weight and those kinds of things,
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Here at Forte, we’re big fans of the musical greats, so we were thrilled to learn about the Wool Exchange’s epic tribute show, “Heaven’s Greatest Hits”. For one night only, Jason Singh will be joined by Shannon Noll, Andrew de Silva and Tim Watson to perform a variety of songs from famous artists who’ve gone to that great stage in the sky, including George Michael, John Lennon and David Bowie. #RIP
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FLIPPING CRAZY G Flip On Her Ride To Success WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS It’s been a crazy 18 months for Melbourne’s Georgia Flipo, aka G Flip. She has taken over Triple J with her relatable and highly infectious singles, killed her sets at South by South West, Groovin the Moo and most recently Lollapolloza along with her guest appearance drumming for The Rubens at Splendour In The Grass, and her first tour won over hearts around the nation. “There’s a lot of moment of – I call them what the fuck moments, where I’m just like, ‘What the fuck is going on? How is this real life right now?’. There’s a lot of that – a lot of me in my own head being freaked out by how crazy my life has become all of a sudden,” laughs G Flip. But the craziness was written in the stars for G Flip. Her idolised high school drum teacher, Jenny Rose Morrish, who sadly passed away in 2015, knew
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After such success in its first year, Victoria’s newest heavy and alternative music festival, Melted Festival, will return to the Barwon Club Hotel this year and once again melt the faces of fans with explosive heavy metal riffs, pumping prog-rock vamping and the promise of ‘crazy surprises’. November last year saw Melted Festival welcomed to Geelong for the first time, thanks to a combination of the blood, sweat, and tears from Geelong’s very own Toxicon. Keeping with their promise of adding another annual event to the calendar, the local self-described ‘Progressive Vegetarian Loungecore’ rockers are bringing it back, and will once again feature on the Melted bill.
this crazy live drum!” The craziness just keeps coming though. Now the multi-instrumentalist will join the Spilt Milk line-up and has sold out her Australian tour in November for her debut album release, ‘About Us’, which details her, at times, turbulent relationship, and is hitting us hard in the feels tomorrow! “The whole album is about this on and off relationship that I’ve been in for four years now. When it came to putting all of the songs in order, I actually put them in order of how our story kind of happened,” she explains. “So for me ‘Lover’, the opening track is kind of like an exposition of a Shakespeare play – it kind of lays out what is going to happen in the whole storyline of the album. ‘I’m Not Afraid’ which is the upside of when you’ve been dumped and you’re so resilient… and then the next track ‘Drink Too Much’ is like the flipside of that when you’re like drinking your sorrows and going out and partying… I just put the tracks in order of how our relationship panned out and by the end you can see if we got back together or not through our ups and downs.” While it seems both G Flips’ relationship and career Georgia was destined for a wild life. have been a wild ride to date, one thing is for certain “She was my biggest idol ever and everything she – this talented musician is in for even more crazy wanted to do, and everything she did, I wanted to do. experiences in the near future! So I bought the same drum kit as her, I bought the RELEASE: ABOUT US DROPS TOMORROW same drum sticks as her. She was like – you know when there’s someone that you look up to when you’re like (FRIDAY 30 AUGUST) VIA FUTURE CLASSIC. a young teenager and you think they’re the coolest thing ever? I just thought she was the coolest person ever and I wanted to be just like her. And she played in a band and her band was on Triple J Unearthed and I used to go listen to their songs on Triple J Unearthed, and she went and did a bachelor of music after high school so I did the same,” G Flip explains. “As a kid, I would always be like ‘Jenny, what I am going to be when I’m older?’, and she would always be like, ‘I don’t know Flip but it’s going to be something really crazy’ and now I think about my life and it’s definitely like she said – really crazy! She’s watching me from above and I actually built this LED drum which I play with every show and it’s like my drum is alive. My front skin has an emoji face on it that moves to the emotions of each song and I named that drum Jeromo after Jenny. Her spirit lives within
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(alongside these talented artists) is the inclusion of The Big Lost Band, a special large-scale event for the young, the old and everyone in between. Here, the festival invites punters to come, armed with instruments, as the front lawn of Werribee Mansion is transformed into a field of rock dreams. We’re talking 20 drum kits, 20 basses, 60 guitars, 10 keyboards and a swarm of singers on mics, taking on Paul Kelly & Kev Carmody’s folk classic ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’, Spiderbait’s infectious ‘Calypso’ and rock anthem ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/ DC. This is a chance for festival attendees to fully immerse themselves into the experience, and play in the biggest band you’ve ever seen in what will be a heroic medley on Sunday Nov 3 at 3pm. The crew have even convinced a handful of music legends from the main stage line-up to join the band on the day. If this sounds like something you’d be keen on trying, you can register for The Big Lost Band rehearsals in Melbourne and Geelong via Oztix. Everyone is welcomed, and if you’re under 16, The Lost Lands has a pretty simple but you’ll even score a two-day festival pass (incl. Sat important remit: to be a truly family-friendly camping) after attending a pre-rehearsal and the camping event that focuses on getting the young final rehearsal. If you’re a muso, it’s not a bad reward people in our lives to engage positively with for doing something you love, right? the best in music and art. That’s reason enough Festival families will be mentored at The Lost to go for us… but if you need a little more Lands in massive rolling workshops before the big convincing, their most recent announcement band performance on festival weekend, and on top might get you over the line. of all this, budding songwriters can bring their own With a lineup that already boasts the likes of original songs to workshop at the Found Lands stage hip hop star Baker Boy, English indie rock legends on festival weekend which will see the best song Gomez, soul sisters Vika & Linda Bull, electro-rock added to the big band medley performance. Go on, icons Regurgitator, songwriter and poet Sampa what are you waiting for?! The Great, indie rock band Holy Holy, and Japan’s With a lineup jam-packed with music, circus, pop-punk outfit Shonen Knife, The Lost Lands theatre, comedy, installations and creative have added five brilliant new music acts to its workshops, the three-day event is the ultimate impressively packed weekend of family fun, frolic festival for big and little folk to escape the ordinary and art at Werribee Park on 1-3 November. and discover a wondrous world amongst the Joining the party this time around is singer- magnificent parklands at Werribee Mansion. songwriter treasures Dyson Stringer Cloher, sublime troubadour William Crighton, award-winning TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH WWW. indigenous folk artist Alice Skye, funky indie THELOSTLANDS.COM.AU collective Approachable Members Of Your Local Community and electro tribal pop duo The Merindas. One addition that’s captured our attention
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to co-headline the festival with Toxicon between Melbourne and Sydney appearances. Known for their soaring lead vocals and dual lead screaming guitars, the band has been a part of the Melbourne metal scene since 2001. Alongside these two powerhouse bands, the day will also see the likes of Torquay alternative experimental rock three-piece FORMILES, and local melodic and post-hardcore group Detach Me. Fans of grunge will also be pleased by the inclusion of Geelong band 74kings. Melbourne hard rockers Fictitious Me will bring high tempos and lyrics of the evils of man to the bill, while alt-rock quintet Colour & Shade and prog-rock metal newcomers M0DAL1TY have also been announced to appear. The 18+ afternoon and night also promises food and drink specials, with doors opening at 4:30. WHEN & WHERE: THE BARWON CLUB, GEELONG – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2. TICKETS VIA OZTIX.COM.AU OR DIRECT FROM THE BC BAR.
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THE BEST FESTIVALS FOR NYE, ACCORDING TO US We’re officially four months away from the new year and it’s about time we started thinking about our New Year’s Eve plans. From that fancy nightclub club, to that party your friend of a friend of a friend is throwing, to those dreaded family get-togethers, we know you’re slammed with a ton of tempting options. Let’s be real though, the real way to spend NYE (in our humble opinion) is surrounded by friends and listening to some of the very best local, national and international artists. Deciding where to do that, though, is always a tricky decision, and it didn’t get much easier this year. There are so many incredible New Year’s Eve festivals that picking just one can seem impossible (which is why we’ve seriously considered doing two, hmm). If you’re feeling a little dazed and confused, overwhelmed, or your mates just won’t make a damn decision, we’ve got you covered with a few of the best - tried and tested - New Year’s festivals. Beyond the Valley – December 28 – January 1, Lardner Park BTV started in 2014 as a boutique music festival, but it’s approaching its sixth anniversary as a heavyweight in the NYE camping festival scene.
Leading the charge this year is one of the world’s preeminent live electronic acts, RÜFÜS DU SOL, who will be bringing their latest album Solace to BTV, alongside acclaimed producer, rapper and singer Tyler, The Creator, Claptone, Hayden James, The Veronicas, Matt Corby, Meg Mac, Skepta, as well as Methyl Ethyl, Cub Sport, Lastlings, Bag Raiders, Mallrat, I Know Leopard, Motez, Dena Amy and Made In Paris. It’s sure going to be a party with this lot. With super deluxe camping options, world-class amenities, premiere sound technology and an evolving dedication to delivering the perfect festival experience, Beyond The Valley is the informed choice for New Year celebrations, every year. PS. BTV sold out on the day of release, but you find resale tix via tixel.com/au/beyond-the-valley-tickets. Just steer clear of sites like Viagogo, you will most likely get ripped off and possibly not even get into the event. Falls Festival – December 28 – December 31, Lorne Falls Festival is one of Australia’s longest-running music festivals (now in its 27th year), and each edition they seem to manage to top the previous years. The festival always provides incredible line-ups, massive stage productions, and a solid festival atmosphere so you can trust you’ll be in good hands! Arguably the biggest Australian NYE festival, they usually get some of the biggest acts, with 2019’s line-up looking absolutely stacked with artists like Halsey, Disclosure, Vampire Weekend, Peking Duk, Of Monsters And Men, Pnau, Lewis Capaldi, Milky Chance and so many more. Oh, and John bloody Farnham is going to be there! If Lorne is a little too close to home, you can even run off to Byron or Marion Bay for the week, and if you don’t have all of your cheddar ready to snap up a ticket, for the very first time Falls is introducing payment plans that will allow patrons to pay off their ticket in lovely digestible instalments! Happy new year indeed. NYE on the Hill – December 30 – January 1, Hills of South Gippsland near Loch Village In its seventh year now, this boutique festival is a more homely alternative to BTV and Falls, with a strict capacity of only 3,000 and a totally unique vibe. Returning to those postcard-worthy hills of The Farm in South Gippsland, NYE on the Hill will be ringing in 2020 for three days and two nights of ridiculously good times with Aussie punk rock royalty, The Living
End, alongside Trophy Eyes, Odette, Gretta Ray, Eves Karydas, E^ST, Slowly Slowly and way more. That’s not all though. The beauty of this particular festival is that they have unrestricted BYO alcohol. Forget stashing vodka in old shampoo containers, NYE on the Hill promotes having a fun (and safe) experience. Yew! Start packing in the tinnies. At NYE on the Hill, the only new year’s resolution diet you’ll be sticking to is one of bands, beers, sunsets and absolutely unforgettable times with all your mates. Lost Paradise – December 28 – January 1, Glenworth Valley If you’re looking to get out of the state for the holiday period, Lost Paradise will be the one to get to. The mind-blowing New Year’s festival experience, held just an hour’s drive from Sydney, is back for its sixth year and has cemented itself as a world-class cultural event, bringing together some of the world’s hottest acts, emerging musical talent, yoga teachers and practitioners to feed the soul through revelry, connection and discovery. This year will see headline sets from the likes of Rüfüs Du Sol and Hilltop Hoods, alongside appearances from Golden Features, Matt Corby and The Veronicas join dance heavyweights Green Velvet, Dom Dolla, Denis Sulta and Honey Dijon. The cool thing about Lost Paradise is that it’s a camping-only festival, respectfully set on ancient land known to local Indigenous elders as ‘Paradise Lost’. It offers a completely immersive escape from city life. The guiding vision is to provide a creative, inspiring and respectful environment of extraordinary experiences and encourage people to forge deeper connections with nature, others and themselves. Go on, get lost. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WORK IN THE RETAIL OR HOSPO SECTORS (WE’VE BEEN THERE!), KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR SINGLE-DAY TICKETS AND NEW YEAR’S DAY FESTIVALS SO YOU CAN REST EASY KNOWING EVEN IF YOUR NYE SUCKS, AT LEAST YOUR NYD WON’T. IF ALL ELSE FAILS, WE HEAR GLENN WILL BE LIGHTING THE BBQ. BYO BEER AND DECK CHAIR.
chance to showcase their full works, the first festival of its kind took place in 2013, winning critical praise from around the world and delivering festival and broadcast audiences a visceral experience. It has now gone on to grow significantly in scale every year since… so much so that BIFEM was recently awarded the Art Music Award for Excellence in Experimental Music after presenting an extraordinary 389 works over seven annual weekend editions, including a staggering 91 world premieres, and 216 Australian premieres. This year highlights include Ann Rosén and StenOlof Hellström from Sweden, a fiercely interesting composer duo who both actively perform with and in each other’s works: working with knitted knee cuffs, graphite drawings, candles, and electronics – it’s wildly visceral work too! We would also recommend that you check out the recitals from French cellist Severine Ballon and New Zealand Hurd gurdy performer Kerian Varaine (both of whom are the composers for their programmes), along with Sydney’s The Music Box Project, and the ever-present always exciting Argonaut String Quartet. We’ve arrived at that time of year when That’s barely scraping the surface though. There’s Bendigo embraces Australia’s most dynamic so much more on offer at BIFEM and we couldn’t music festival, the annual Bendigo International possibly fit it all on this page. You can even buy single Festival of Exploratory Music (BIFEM), which tickets where you can pick and choose all of you returns for its seventh year. your favourite performances. But be careful, limited A champion of innovation and progressive places are available for some sessions, so get in quick. musical thinking, this year’s programme is proving The best part is that BIFEM is for anyone with open to be one of the most industrious line-ups for the ears and a curious temperament – which is basically festival, bringing the most innovative and virtuosic anyone! It’s a festival that doesn’t tell you how to concert music from all around the world direct to listen, but is rather asking, how do you listen? A Bendigo’s View Street Cultural precinct with more lot of the first half of the 20th century was spent than 120 local, national and international musicians. positioning newly composed music into settings For those unfamiliar (it’s okay, we’ve got you), that generally people felt you need to be an expert the festival has an emphasis on premiere or rarely- to understand. BIFEM resets this by getting out of performed long-form works, and has won critical the way of the performer and the audience. praise from around the world because of this. With Oh, and it’s mostly free, due to been built on a priority the experience of the artists AND the virtuosity and innovation, and its principles of audience, BIFEM gets rid of the barriers, allowing diversity and social access. the audience to completely engage – creating an experience like no other. HEAVEN’S GREATEST HITS WILL TAKE PLACE Founded by artistic director (award-winning AT THE WOOL EXCHANGE ON SATURDAY, composer) David Chisholm, who felt he needed a NOVEMBER 16. FIND OUT MORE AND BUY TIX platform for composers and musicians to get the VIA WWW.THEWOOLEXCHANGE.COM.AU
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WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEKEND AT WINTERWILD Far from your average festival, WinterWild is the festival embracing winter head-on. With one weekend already done and dusted, the last weekend of the festival takes place across this weekend, August 30 – September 1. Embracing themes of ‘visions and ecstasies’, WinterWild is igniting Apollo Bay with flames, music, and dance for audiences in search of adventure and unforgettable experiences. Here’s a gig-guide of the eclectic music you’ll find this weekend. BREATHE Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church – 30 August, 8pm MANTRA Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club – 30 August, 8:30pm RAMDADDY Apollo Bay Hotel – 30 August, 9pm THE REFUGE Great Ocean Road Brewhouse – 30 August, 9pm WIDTH OF A CIRCLE: THE SONGS OF DAVID BOWIE Great Ocean Road Brewhouse – 31 August, 3pm LITTLE LAKE PRESENTS: SEAGULL, YFFER AND LUCY ROLEFF Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club – 31 August, 8pm ESTELLE SCHIRCORE Private Home (TBC) - 31 August, 8pm LOS BORRACHOS Apollo Bay Hotel – 31 August, 9pm
the Nashville-style brainchild of award-winning chef Aaron Turner. Little Creatures Brewing Hospitality Operations Manager Scott Campbell, said the B.I.G Festival was all about giving back and saying thanks to Geelong.
LITTLE CREATURES BREWERY ARE HOSTING A FESTIVAL FEAT. BALL PARK MUSIC, ALLDAY, ALEX LAHEY, BRITISH INDIA AND ALICE IVY BIG NEWS GEELONG. Geelong’s most iconic venue Little Creatures Brewery has announced its next big thing, today launching its inaugural Born In Geelong Festival set for October 26. A celebration of the region – the birthplace of its popular Furphy ale – Little Creatures will transform its extensive site into a premium music venue with two stages, hosting a mix of local and national talent including headliners Ball Park Music, Allday, Alex Lahey, British India, and Alice Ivy, with more artists to be announced shortly. How bloody good is that?!
“We want to pay tribute to the Furphy brand, which was born in Geelong, while jointly celebrating the best of our local community and culture. Geelong has really embraced both the brewery and the Furphy brand wholeheartedly, this is our chance to thank the region. “We are thrilled to have many local businesses involved in the festival, from The Hot Chicken Project to The Resident Barber who will be serving up some fresh cuts. We want to showcase Geelong as a burgeoning food, lifestyle and entertainment destination, and we’re excited about putting the spotlight firmly on Geelong for this great event.
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“As part of the festival, we’ll be partnering with Krock to present the Krock B.I.G Sessions Stage we are running a promotion on air where we are on the hunt for the next best band to take on Geelong. The winning act will perform on the Krock B.I.G Sessions stage alongside some of Geelong’s best live acts.”
If you follow Make Them Suffer, you may have come across their newest single ‘Hollowed Heart’, the groups most confrontational piece of music yet. “The song was inspired by a horrible story that I heard from a close friend of mine. I saw a particular situation that she went through and is still going through,” reflects Sean Harmanis, the groups lead vocalist. “I have been asked not to delve too deep into it in interviews, so I’ve kept all my statements very succinct because I do want to respect the privacy of my friend but a long story short; it was a horrible and scaring experience for her that was within the realm of sexual assault. “The song is more so about how she’s coped with it and how she’s doing so well and then also to whoever did that action; fuck you.” Being the groups newest single, Make Them Suffer have actually already finished up their newest album and are just waiting on the masters back and surprisingly, ‘Hollowed Heart’ may not actually make it onto the album. “We are definitely taking our time with it. We aren’t
The B.I.G Festival will also be cashless event committed to reducing waste and will partner with Bettercup, a reusable cup company that specifically aims to combat single-use waste from events and venues. THE B.I.G FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 26 FROM 12PM – 10PM. TICKETS AND LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE VIA WWW.BIGFESTIVAL.COM.AU
The massive 10-hour program is set to attract over 4,000 people with an alt-pop vibe and will utilise all areas and laneways of the brewery. The festival will also showcase some of Geelong’s best food, drink, lifestyle and other entertainment, including a pop-up by the popular The Hot Chicken Project,
MORE THAN A MEME Bag Raiders Looking Forward Beyond The Horizon WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS Bag Raiders shot to sky-high fame in 2017 after their 10-year-old hit ‘Shooting Stars’ remerged to become the soundtrack to a viral meme, but the Sydney duo, consisting of Jack Glass and Chris Stracey, are much more than an internet trend. Their decade long career, sell-out world tours and support slots for iconic acts, Duran Duran and Chic, are just the tip of the iceberg in an already legendary career, with the meme only a mere icicle dangling from the top. “It just seems like it was this weird/cool/out of our control thing that happened and that has now finished and we’re kind of back into being a normal band again,” says Jack Glass. “If you can’t control it then you just have to let it go, you know. The internet is a weird and wacky place you just have to let it run
its course [laughs].” Now the producers are setting their eyes on the, metaphorical and literal, horizon. Having just wrapped up their national headline tour last weekend for their sophomore album, ‘Horizons’, the boys teased new material which they are keen to drop to eager fans on Friday 6 September 2019. Two years in the making, the follow on to their self-titled debut consists of some capsule tracks that they have been sitting on for five years as well as fresh and more mature songs birthed only months ago. “We are much more mature as people, I hope, so I guess that comes through in the music. It’s a lot more introspective and maybe a little less club-focused and a little more something you can listen to in the lounge room or in the car. I guess we are different and the musical landscape is different and what influences us is different so it just kind of comes out that way.” Glass continues, “When we first started thinking about the record we were in LA and there was the whole EDM thing going on and there’s the kind of in-your-face, trashy loud music getting pumped on the radio in clubs and we wanted to make an album
that was a bit more restrained and a bit more low key. Restraint bangers, that’s what we were going for. More simple and more really good songwriting is the goal just to have a dope song without all of those sirens and EDM bells and whistles.” Horizons, derived from a track of the same name that didn’t make the album cut, not only features fresh sounds from the boys, it also features fresh talent from an all homegrown line-up of collaborators including The Kite String Tangle, Panama, Mickey Kojack and Tora. “It’s all by Australian artists and all people that are doing cool stuff and we really like so that feels good that it’s all a home-grown vibe,” Glass says. “It feels kind of representative of what’s going on in Australia at the minute which is cool.” Bag Raiders are definitely adding to what is happening in the Australian music scene with their album and tour but they will also be joining our festival scene this New Year as part of the Beyond The Valley 2019 family bringing with them their touring live set but on steroids. “We’re doing a bunch of festivals over New Year and I’m really excited for it to be able to take it to the next level and just sort of amplify everything. The new visual we got done for the live show have been amazing in the venues we’ve been doing but I’m just imagining them massive at a festival and it’s going to be great. It’s going to be very, very full-on.” You don’t want to miss it! GET ALONG TO BEYOND THE VALLEY AND BE SURE TO PRE-ORDER ‘HORIZONS’ BEFORE IT DROPS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 VIA ISLAND RECORDS AUSTRALIA. BTV IS NOW SOLD OUT, BUT YOU CAN FIND TICKETS VIA THE OFFICIAL RESALE FACILITY TIXEL.COM
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even sure if ‘Hollowed Heart’ will be on it because we have so many good songs that have been recorded but haven’t been released. We just don’t want to rush anything with this one so it’s looking at being released early to mid next year. “I think with this album we are just trying to bring ideas and genres to the table that we haven’t done before,” Sean continues. “It’s hard to articulate because all of the songs on the record really have their own personalities and styles to them. “We have been drawing influences from bands like 30 Seconds To Mars, and then there are other songs which draw influence from bands like Meshuggah. It’s pretty varied. “We experimented with using Booka’s voice as a sample, so recording her and turning her voice into a synthesizer in a sense. There are a few fun things we’ve done on this record; most of the experimentation has come from a production standpoint.” With the album being a fair while off its release, Make Them Suffer will be filling in the meantime with a regional run. “We are super excited man. From memory, the last regional tour we did was in 2016 with Parkway Drive so it’s been a few years for us. But this will actually be our first-ever headliner regional tour so we are very excited about that prospect. “Some of these towns we haven’t played for years and it is definitely something I feel I’ve missed out on a bit. When we first started touring Australia, the routing that the booking agents would send you on was a lot of regional and rural communities and tours would go for 2-3 weeks but now it seems like when we get booked it’s all the major cities and it’s done in five days. “It’ll be a nice change for us and I’m super excited to be doing this tour. I feel there is an energy you get from those intimate shows in smaller communities that you don’t get from capital city shows so I’m excited.” WHEN & WHERE: KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT – SEPTEMBER 4 BARWON CLUB, GEELONG – SEPTEMBER 5
PIVOT LIVE – WEBINAR MASTERCL ASS WITH BRIAN SOLIS Are you struggling with focus, procrastination, anxiety, self-esteem, forgetfulness, or creativity? Somewhere along the way, we have become distracted. Maybe we don’t realise the extent to which our everyday rituals, favourite devices and apps, or where we focus our attention is affecting us. Get practical tips, tricks and insights directly from Brian Solis on how to be more efficient and productive in our technology driven world. From simple first steps to reclaiming your attention, to becoming more satisfied, inspired, and creative; this masterclass based on Brian’s book, “Lifescale” will lead you through your own journey of lifescaling: redefining success on your own terms. Who’s in charge of your destiny? Is it you? If you find yourself unable to go longer than a few minutes without checking your phone, or falling victim to some other digital distraction, you aren’t alone. The one hour webinar masterclass with Q&A runs on Thursday, September 5th from 9am. Book your ticket via tickets.pivotlive.com.au/events/ pivot-live-DIF-2019 THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY MONTY HAMILTON, PARTNER FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, PWC AUSTRALIA PART OF THE 2019 DIGITAL INNOVATION FESTIVAL.
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The band has released a number of EP’s and a fullyfledged album, and their music is often compared to The Rolling Stones, The Faces, The Doors, and David Bowie, who Leith describes as a “style icon”. But it is their live shows, which combine punk rock and glam stylings with a visual element and fashion sense that the band has made all of their own. And they just love to wow audiences across the globe with the unpredictability on stage as much as anything.
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The band, hailing from Ireland came to the attention of the wider music-buying public in 2009 with the release of ‘Tourist History’. Since then the band has built a solid and passionate following across the US and in particular Europe with their wildly inventive and scorching live sets that need to be seen to be believed. Their albums continue to chart with ARIA chart success in Australia early on meaning the band was quick to become a festival favourite. Little will change that come November when the band hit the Forum in Melbourne.
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“We’re doing the shows in Australia then heading to Europe in the summer next year as well as the US again.” It seems like the band will be following the sun over the next 12 months which is good news for Aussie fans. There isn’t much better in life than kicking back watching great music in the sunshine on a warm summer’s night. We can’t wait!
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With the release of their fourth album ‘False Alarm’ Two Door Cinema Club are heading back to Australia for what will no doubt be a series of gigs that live up the Irish lad’s reputation as live music gurus. I spoke to Sam Halliday recently on many things including the reception the album has been getting since its release in late June.
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If you’re not too familiar with Palaye Royale “We do some crazy fucking rock shows. There are then think Bowie, Jagger, and My Chemical some crazy antics and the visual aspect creates little Romance and you’ll be on the right track. stories around the music.” The trio are heading back to Australia for an East Coast set of gigs in September and THE BAND HIT THE CORNER HOTEL IN if their first trip down under is anything MELBOURNE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH IN WHAT to go by it should be a hell of a tour. WILL LIKELY GO DOWN AS A HISTORICAL EVENT. BE SURE TO GRAB YOUR TICKETS AS A Palaye Royale is a glam-rock threesome hailing MATTER OF PRIORITY. IT’S A SHOW NOT TO BE from Canada who now calls Las Vegas home. MISSED. They’ve been together since 2008 and have built a solid, passionate following with their arty rock and dynamic shows where anything can happen and usually does. The band sees the visual elements of performance as critical, and as crucial as the musical
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“The reception has been good. It seems the longer we do this the less fear we seem to have. We’ve tried not to stick to any one genre. We had the luxury of more time which helps. There was a concerted effort to experiment. And it’s the first album we didn’t really work on on the road.”
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WRITTEN BY JESS SERCOMBE Sick of a take-away diet that consists of the old rotation between maccas, kebabs, KFC and dominoes? Wanna eat cheap without sacrificing your tastebuds? It’s hard being a foodie on a budget, but Forte’s got you covered with a little list of eateries that liven up your food-life without eating away at your wallet. BAY CITY NOODLE & CAFE Delicious Vietnamese food without the price tag, pop in for a big hot bowl of Pho or yummy vermicelli salad for just $12 (although the one with pork and spring rolls for the extra dollar is totally worth it, yum). Top it off with a Vietnamese coffee, hot or iced, for $3.5 and you’ll never feel more full in your life. SPORTING GLOBE Everyone loves some cheap pub grub and I’m an absolute sucker for a good parma (people who say parmi can get lost). So if you’re on the hunt for some delicious dead bird atop a pile of chips, Sports Globe is the way to go with $15 parma and chips all day every Wednesday. BOSS BURGER Whether you’re a fan of all things Americana or your just sick of maccas, Boss Burger’s got your back. Starting at $9.50 for the classic burger up to the most expensive burgers for just $13.50, there’s plenty to love without breaking the bank. SEVEN ORIGINS For a swanky looking café, Seven Origins are quite reasonable with their prices. For the all the 20-somethings out there who weep when they hand over their credit card for a $20-something smashed avo, weep no more. Seven Origins quite possibly has the cheapest avo smash in town at just $13.50 without stinting out on all the goods. Enjoy kiddos. TOMODACHI – IZAKAYA & BAR
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With the fandom of free donuts, specialty stores and the innate ability to revert everyone to their six-year-old self when the treats are in presence, you could say there’s something special about the hole-y dessert. If you need to satisfy your donut cravings, or if you’re in need for some gourmet donuts for an event, I’ve saved you the trouble and have sourced out THE BEST donut-ters in Geelong, supplying donuts for every occasion… even if that’s just sitting on the couch. Enjoy! SAINT DOUGH CO Geelong’s very own sourdough doughnuts, made entirely by hand!! So far, the stockists are only Warralily Cockatoo, and Ocean Grind in Torquay, BUT SDC can be ordered online, AND they have been doing doughnut deliveries around selected areas Insta via @saintdoughco
GLUTEN FREE BY ISAAC Local 11-year-old legend Isaac, creates quality and affordable gluten-free donuts so people who are gluten intolerant don’t have to miss out on one of the baking world’s best creations! These donuts can be made to order in plain cinnamon, jam filled, Nutella filled or custard filled, among others. There’s a few local businesses who stock these babies so check it out. Insta via @glutenfreebyisaac UNCLE DONUT As you’ve most likely come to know, Uncle Donut is arguably the home for donuts in Geelong, and part of the excitement around the venue is with the change of flavours each month… and they are all amazing! They’ve done everything from tiramisu, Crème Brûlée, and peppermint crisp, to Jaffa, sticky date, and passionfruit pavlova. Plus, they do dessert boxes, need I say more? Insta via @uncle.donut DANIEL’S DONUTS A one-stop shop for doughy treats with familiar combinations and surprising twists, this is one of the main reasons to go down to Portarlington! With over 50 specialty donut flavours, it is definitely worth
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Always putting on awesome lunch specials, one of the latest from this snug Japanese joint is the karaage curry don for $11. If you love a solid Japanese curry as much as I do, this one is a must.
GEELONG VAPE CO AND THE EXCHANGE BRING YOU AN EXCLUSIVE BOURBON AND VAPE EVENING It’s tough to argue, Bourbon is the finest whiskey there is, or as people like to call it, sweet liquid gold. Team that liquid gold with Vape juice and e-liquids that taste like cherry, bubblegum, cola, banana ice cream or even caramel vanilla tobacco, and you’ve got a pretty enticing and palatable evening ahead. Sounds like something you’d like to indulge in? Well, Geelong Vape Co have partnered with the Exchange for the first ever Bourbon and Vape event. Here, guests can expect a night of tasting some of Kentucky’s premium and rare bourbon, such as Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, Bookers and Bakers Bourbon (honestly, liquid gold!), while Whisky Expert, Jimmy Javni, will also give you a glimpse of Makers Private Selection - a selection that is not available elsewhere due to being such a limited and exclusive edition of Bourbons. The evening will be a journey of Bourbon history, flavour and tastes, coupled with a vape event where by you will be able to sample some of the latest and greatest Vape juice on the market. Oh, and of course mouthwatering canopies will be served across the evening. Each guest will leave with a full size bottle of bourbon, a vape device and premium juice, so if you’re feeling a little stuck for a father’s day present, this is the perfect gift for the vaping father where he can indulge during the event – and after!
TWISTED DESSERT BAR If you’re looking to finish off that cute dinner out or you’re looking for a sinful late-snack, look no further than this little dessert bar tucked in the corner of Moorabool and Little Malop. Grab their iconic pavlova sandwich for $15 with looks that are deadly enough to send you into a sugar coma or maybe something cheaper like their popular chocolate brownies or mars bar cups for $8. That’s date-night sorted!
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events/gallery space for workshops and classes, and a co-working space. The idea is that creatives and freelancers can come and work here whenever they need, and also meet like-minded people. We also run a whole series of events and classes. A day in the life of the space might be that we have a photoshoot happening in the studio, people working or meeting in the co-working space and then an event happening after work. How can people go about coming here? We’re open weekdays during business hours – you can book a trial day of co-working via our website, or email us to arrange a time for a tour. Why did you girls decide to start this up? We were both looking for a new challenge – opening a space like this was a dream for both of us, so we decided to take the leap and make it a reality. We also thought there was a real need for a space like ours in Geelong, there are so many creatives – designers, photographers, small business owners WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO and other people – who commute up to Melbourne to use a studio or for meetings, we decided to create PHOTOS BY ARMELLE HABIB a space where people could bring their clients to Did you know that Geelong has a new multi- Geelong, or use our studio or co-working space. We purpose workspace, and it goes by the name of hope people come here to get inspired, learn new The KO Creative Studio?! Located in Newtown, things, meet new people, and also make great work! this brand new space has an aim to provide an In what ways do you plan to foster environment for creatives and small businesses collaborations among local businesses? to work, connect and be inspired. I sat down We hope to foster collaboration among local with founder’s Olivia and Karina about their business by providing a space for people to meet new business venture. and work in a beautiful and inspiring environment. Hello Olivia and Karina! Can you tell What kind of events will be hosted here? our readers a little bit about yourselves? All the events are based around the pillars of food Karina and I initially met through our partners, and wine, art, design and creative business and ideas who both grew up in Geelong. Karina and I both grew – we put on events that we ourselves would love to go up in the country, she is from Ballarat and I grew to. We have a couple of things coming up like book up on a sheep farm near Hamilton. Karina is a food club, pasta classes, wine tastings, bread making and stylist and I was working as marketing manager for more. We also host Side Project Sessions monthly, a book publishing company, Hardie Grant, we both a space where people can come and work on any love food and wine and our mutual love of cookbooks projects they want to progress but might have been meant that we hit it off straight away. We’d talked putting off. The space is also available to hire out about the idea for THE KO for ages before finally for private events. deciding to give it a go about 18 months ago. What exactly is The KO Creative Studio? THE KO CREATIVE STUDIO IS LOCATED AT 1/14 We like to think of THE KO as a very multipurpose LAMBERT AVENUE, NEWTOWN. VISIT THEKO. workspace, we have a photography studio, and COM.AU
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SPAN SUICIDE AWARENESS WALK SPAN (Suicide Prevention Awareness Network) was started after a spate of horrific suicides in Geelong and affected family members, concerned community members and health professionals decided to work together to reduce the number of lives lost to suicide. Their aim is to see a continual reduction in the number of suicide deaths in Australia by challenging the silence, the fear and the myths around suicide with the availability of evidence based and reliable information and access to support for people at risk. It became the ideal avenue for Lisa Castle – who lost her 17 year old son Shaun to suicide in January 2009 – to fulfil her vow that his death would not be in vain. Lisa’s plans for a community walk in honour of her son was able to come to fruition and is now held each Australia Day to signify the fact that it is a national problem. It has evolved into a suicide awareness walk where family, friends and the community can walk together and show their support as well as increase suicide awareness. SPAN has been holding its Suicide Awareness
Walk annually since 2010, and this year will be its 10th anniversary Walk, a dream of its founding members. The walk is a positive, active community event where people can come together and pay tribute to lost loved ones, offer support to those hurting and ultimately embrace the gift of life. The annual Walk aims to create suicide awareness. This years Walk will be returning to the Rotunda at Johnstone Park in Geelong on Sunday, September 8, starting with Registration at 8.30am to 9.30am followed by a short Memorial Service. The Walk then begins at 10.15am and will be followed by music and a free barbecue with refreshments. SPAN merchandise can be purchased on the day. To register for the Suicide Awareness Walk, please head to www.spangeelong.com. A $10 registration fee is required, all children under 15 are free. PLEASE CALL SUPPORT AFTER SUICIDE SERVICE 03 4215 3358 OR SUICIDE LINE 1300 651 251 IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT.
ARJ BARKER Arj Barker is arguably Australia’s favourite American comedian. In recent years, he has spent more time in our country than his own and has come to understand our culture, perhaps better than we understand it ourselves. We chat to the comedian ahead of his upcoming regional show in beloved Castlemaine. The last time we spoke was back in 2017 ahead of your ‘Organic’ tour which you took regionally, and you’ve just recently toured our region again this August with your tour ‘We Need To Talk’. How do you find the regional audiences in comparison to the bigger shows and big-city audiences? I love performing in regional areas because
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Energy is contemporary, experimental and performance art from international artist Brett Ashby, where he takes his painting studio to the theatre. Four prominent Australians will be painted on canvas, whilst the artist rides a skateboard on ramps with a focus on the exchange of energy, art and power through physical whole body movement. The on-stage happenings and musical resonance will vibrate your skin, as Brett creates spontaneous energy representations, from spirit to form through the universe. We sit down with Brett ahead of the performance. Can you tell us a bit about how you came up with this concept? Did something in particular inspire or influence you? I first performed this style of public art skateboarding at the sculpture by the sea, Bondi NSW in 2013. Since then I’ve been very busy practising my art form representing energy within places and spaces. Many years ago I suggested I should do this in a theatre setting, things take time and that vision is now called Energy. You’ll be painting four subjects – Lisa Edwards, Cash Savage, Sarah McLeod and Mick Harvey. Why did you choose these particular people? I was in contact with many interesting and talented subjects. Some had things on or were abroad this September but the final line-up just aligned. I grew up skateboarding and playing drums
although city audiences are great, they sort of expect me to swing my tour by them. Regional audiences, on the other hand, seem extra excited that I’ve made the effort, and although it’s not too much extra trouble, I love the vibe! You’ve been in the comedy game for about two decades now – how do you keep coming up with fresh material that always seems to have us in stitches? Do you ever suffer lengthy creativity blocks? Closer to three decades actually! Coming up with new material just take effort, plain and simple. It ain’t easy, but after all these years, I’ve discovered no short cut. That’s why I like doing work-in-progress shows (AKA Keeper Or Crapper), as they give me the freedom (and create the necessity) to throw some new ideas out there! I certainly do struggle with slow periods
when trying to write new stuff, but the antidote is the same: Hard Work! And I can procrastinate with the best of them, trust me. In the technology-driven world we live in, a lot of comedians are reaching audiences via social media and YouTube. What’s your opinion on that? With the accelerated pace of the internet, do you see it as viable to longevity in the industry? It’s certainly opened up new avenues for people to get their stuff seen. I’m a little old school in my approach and tend to keep the focus on live shows and some TV, but I’d probably be more successful if I pushed the online angle harder. Having said that, I did launch a YouTube channel with Stephen Gates (from Tripod), but it’s sort of a hybrid of comedy and DIY. It’s called Do It Myself TV if anyone’s interested. We could really use some subscribers to be honest! You’ve visited Australia many times over the years – so much so you’re essentially an Aussie now – what keeps you coming back? Australia, by this point, is more than a second home for me. So, therefore many things keep me coming back – or keep me from leaving. But if you want the REAL reason I keep coming back? It’s the great audience members and especially the ones that read Forte that seem to be the best. They are intelligent, good-looking, and most importantly not easily manipulated by flattery. You’ve got an upcoming show in Castlemaine in October – Keeper or Crapper. Can you tell us a bit about this one? It will be a heap of all the new material I’m working on that moment. Some stuff is nearly ‘there’, and other bits are needing a lot of work. But that’s why they call it what they do! One thing I can promise is that there will be some good laughs to be had, either with me, or possibly at me. What’s next for you in 2019/20? If all goes according to plan, I’ll just be touring, playing music (for fun) or walking my dogs. CATCH ARJ AT THEATRE ROYAL CASTLEMAINE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4. TICKETS VIA THEATREROYALCASTLEMAINE.OZTIX.COM.AU
to tracks by Sarah, The Superjesus; I met Lisa when filming her in a music video production back in 2009, early in my career. Cash and Mick are so vibrant and one of a kind, I had many friends listening to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds when I studied music videos at University in London in 2006. I’m so fortunate to be working alongside such energies. Now we’re assuming you’ve got some skills on a skateboard! When did you first get into that, and how long have you been skateboarding for? I’m a board rider, I surf, skate and snow board its that feeling of freedom and defying gravity that excites me. I’ve been doing this since a very young age firstly in the ocean then on skate ramps. I think it was the fear factor and the speed, which sparked my interest as a young boy. I skated vert ramps a lot throughout high school but at the age of fourteen, I had a major accident, which made me stop skateboarding for over 12 years. Although I was drawn back to skateboarding, this time as a part of my art. Can you tell us a little bit about the soundscapes? What are these sounds inspired by? I have commissioned the sound musicians to accompany me on stage; I’m very much a sound person. I grew up playing drums and believe without sound there is no light. The soundscapes resonate the space and this becomes visible through the painting. I’m interested in cymatics, singing bowls, gongs and harmonic overtone vocals. I hope these elements immerse the audience and can be experienced by all. This will be a sonic and visual representation of the subjects’ consciousness. What was/is the most challenging part of this art performance? The challenge is the process- making it happen. The actual art on stage is completely live and is dependent on every element working in unison. With the right intention everything will just flow through us. What’s one thing you would say to people ahead of coming to see you at Melbourne Fringe? Be prepared, this is serious energy. Can’t wait. CATCH BRETT AT GASWORKS ART PARK, GASWORKS THEATRE SEPTEMBER 12-14. VISIT MELBOURNEFRINGE.COM.AU FOR TICKETS.
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KYNETON DAFFODIL & ARTS FESTIVAL Kyneton’ Daffodil & Arts Festival is back with Kyneton’s One Act Plays, floral displays, scarecrows, buskers, markets, music events, ferret racing, and the Kyneton Dog Dash 8! Get your groove on with the Big Band Spectacular featuring Two Big Bands playing swing, rock and Latin at the Town Hall and old time dancing at the Daffodil Gala Dance at St Mary’s Hall, explore art with the exhibitions throughout Kyneton, or indulge in the flowers themselves at the Open Gardens and the Spring Flower Show. The final day sees the Grand Parade with bands, dancers, floats, and classic and vintage vehicles followed on by a fair and performances in Kyneton’s main streets. If that is not enough, visit the After Party at Major Tom’s. The festival runs from September 5-15. For the full program visit www.kynetondaffodilarts.org.au
BENDI-CON 2019 Bendi-Con 2019 is regional Victoria’s premier pop culture event. This year will feature an epic Artists Alley with over 40 artists booked to date. The Cosplay Contest is always popular and colourful and is a fundraiser for Peter Mac. There will be panels onstage including a movie star panel (to be revealed soon!), a History of Comics panel, cosplay mini-panels and a world building comics panel. Workshops this year will be run by Chris Kennett, Cristain Roux and Ellen Naismith. Bookings are essential. Bendicon has a board gaming zone, and many fan groups from near and far. Find out more at the Bendigo Record Comic and Toy Fair Facebook page, updated daily. Sunday September 23, entry $10, kids undeer 12 free, Bendigo Expo Centre at the Bendigo Showgrounds 10 am to 4pm.
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We can all be a bit of a hot mess at times. “I’m by nature not very organised, tidy or good at ‘adulting’,” Kim explains. “That stuff takes major effort and strategy. And on top of that, I suffer from some hectic anxiety that often gets in the way of me living my best life.” That’s real, and that’s the foundation of This Hot Mess. Since November, Kim has been sharing pieces from her blog with our readers each fortnight; from tips on managing anxiety, increasing peace, and selfcare, navigating phone addiction and masterdating, to more serious matters like donating blood, as well as personal anecdotes about life alongside her goodhumored dad, for whom she cares for full-time, all with the purpose of keeping our minds sharp, and heart soft, as we all take on this hot mess of a life together! “To me, having a sharp mind means continuing to learn about topics we love or don’t know much about, and keeping up with what’s happening globally (more than simply with the Kardashians),” Kim explains. “And a soft heart? Well, it means that although we are all human (flawed and imperfect!), we are learning ways to choose kindness. To be more generous, patient If you’ve been flicking through our humble and gracious with others whilst doing our best to make magazine for a while now, you might have come a positive impact on our slice of the world. Throw in to recognise a recurring face in our pages… the some tips on managing anxiety and little quotes to strikingly beautiful, always fashionable, and lift up your day and you’ve got @thishotmessau!” extraordinarily talented Kim Cooper… AKA This Despite being active in our pages, This Hot Mess Hot Mess. has actually experienced some serious R&R for the Originally created by Kim back in 2017, This Hot past few months, so Kim could redefine, refocus and Mess is a blog about life, womanhood, mental health, refresh her blog, which now features a new website in empowerment and all the messy moments, that aims addition to an Instagram page. We loved it before, but to soften the heart and sharpen the mind of women we love it even more now. It’s a place that feels like a who might also consider themselves a hot mess like breath of invigorating fresh air as Kim shares inspiring, Kim; to help them understand that it is completely ok authentic and most importantly, relatable content. to not have everything figured out just yet. “It will be full of real talk, “me too” moments, life It’s brilliant, it’s virtuous, it’s uplifting, but most of hacks, book recommendations, conversations with all, it’s authentic and real. inspiring people and hopefully lots of moments where Life is a bit of a hot mess sometimes. Just when we I can remind people they’re not alone and despite think we’re getting it together something comes along their “hot mess” tendencies, everyone can still change and throws all of our beautifully placed ducks out of their slice of the world for the better,” Kim smiles. the row we’ve meticulously lined them in. You lose And what would an exciting relaunch be without a job, someone close to you gets sick, you crash your a party to give it the love and devotion it deserves? car… life just happens! And as much as we can try to Officially taking place on Murphys Rooftop on plan our lives, “life” is simply always going to do its Thursday, September 12, Kim will be celebrating her own thing. But it’s not just life that can be a hot mess. rejuvenated vision with a few of her closest friends,
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Geelong locals she admires, and a special few ticket winners attending (keep reading to find out more about this!). The launch will feature an exciting panel series with a range of empowering women who too also admit to being a hot mess. The panel is set to include Steph Sanzaro, a plant-based eating specialist and mental health advocate from Instagram blog ‘Plant Based Body’; Asti Maree, a sexual energy and female empowerment coach from podcast ‘Sex, Sass and Soul’; Caitlyn Menzel, owner of ‘Caitlyn Menzel Coaching’ and Huntress Hair/Hunter Barber; and Bec Dunifeield, owner of Zero Point Yoga and fully qualified psychotherapist. “I wanted to throw a launch party that not only reflected the values of the blog, which is why the event will double as a fundraiser for the Give Where You Live Foundation, but one that also leaves the women attending and tuning in online feeling inspired and connected through the atmosphere of authenticity created by our amazing guest panelists. “I am so glad I trusted my gut and took the time out to relaunch properly because it has ended up better than I could have imagined,” Kim continues. “I couldn’t have found four more perfect women to represent and celebrate this new chapter for This Hot Mess.” For those of you keen to suss out This Hot Mess, and sneak-a-peak at all the happening of the launch, but maybe would prefer to do it on the couch with a bottle of Dan’s finest vino, Kim’s thought of you too! All you have to do is follow @ThisHotMessau on Instagram, fill your glass, and tune in at 7:30pm on the night for a live stream of the panel. If your heart skipped a beat when we mentioned a ticket giveaway, keep your keen eyes on our Instagram page over the next week where all you will need to do is tag a bestie who is also a Hot Mess on the post, and share something you adore about them. How easy is that? And it’s a great way to share the love with your pals too. FOLLOW @THISHOTMESSAU ON INSTAGRAM OR VISIT WWW.THISHOTMESSAU.COM.AU TO JOIN THE JOURNEY WITH A BUNCH OF IMPERFECT PEOPLE, TRYING TO BE THEIR BEST.
GEELONG GETS LIT… Geelong is getting lit later this year, with a major public art piece set to take over Geelong Performing Arts Centre’s new Ryrie Street building. Internationally acclaimed Victorian artist, Daniel von Sturmer, has won the commission to create a landmark public art piece for the centre’s eastern façade, with a large-scale digital work, Painted Light. Spanning two thirds of the building’s CBD-facing exterior wall, Painted Light, will stretch from the base of the first floor to the crest of the rooftop. It’s set to be a stunning feature of the centre’s $38.5 million Ryrie Street Redevelopment. The dynamic work will use LED technology to replicate the dripping of paint against a flat black surface. Every 10 to 15 minutes, the wall will flood with a new sequence of colour, marking time passing and providing a spectacle for visitors and passers-by. The entire sequence is likely to be at least an hour before it repeats – which is an amazing addition to the Geelong city centre. Painted Light was selected following an open call for expressions of interest, which attracted 63 proposals from Australia and around the world – including Daniel von Sturmer, who represented Australia at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007 and has exhibited in leading galleries across Australia and around the world. This new project will be a key work in his recent series of light-based installations, expanding the potential for moving image and light within art. THE GEELONG PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE RYRIE STREET REDEVELOPMENT IS FUNDED BY THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT WITH SOME PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT GPAC.ORG.AU
the constraints of conservative, mainstream society in the swinging ‘60s. Set at the height of the Vietnam War and the counterculture movement, ‘Hair’ explores themes such as sexuality, racial justice, environmentalism, self-expression and pacificism that are still achingly relevant half a century later, complete with the nudity, drug use and profanity that made the show so controversial when it first opened in 1967. Specifically, ‘Hair’ follows a young man, Claude, who is pressured by his parents and society at large to abandon his bohemian lifestyle in New York City and enlist in the military despite his growing disillusionment with middle-class America. When ‘Hair’ first hit theatres in Australia in the winter of ‘69, some worried it would be banned. Instead, the show became a cult hit, shattering countless taboos and changing the face of musical theatre forever. With a Grammy-winning soundtrack packed with fist-pumping numbers, a story that continues to shock and delight audiences and plenty of frizzy hair and flower prints, the latest incarnation of ‘Hair’ is sure to ignite a new generation of devoted fans.
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Starring The Voice’s Prinnie Stevens, four-time Logie winner Hugh Sheridan and two-time ARIA winner Paulini, the rock musical follows a tribe of long-haired, barefooted hippies rebelling against
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IMMIGRATION MUSEUM EXPLORES
TATTOO AND IDENTITY What stories do our bodies tell? That is the question Immigration Museum asks visitors to explore at the Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Marks. The suite of exhibitions and experiences includes two photography exhibits that look at the intersection of ancient and modern tattoo practices and a series of contemporary installations curated by Stanislava Pinchuk (Miso). One of the exhibits is Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World, which explores the artistry and rich tradition of Japanese tattoos and their influence on modern tattoo culture in Japan. Facing negative stigma due to its association with the ‘yakuza’, the country’s notorious mafia, this exhibition investigates how tattoo practice has persevered and looks to share its artistry, symbolism and the skill of its practitioners with wider communities. We chat to Kip Fulbeck, the photographer, artist and designer of Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. Thanks for chatting with us, Kip. You’ve done a lot of things in life: film-making, performing,
OUR TOP PICKS FOR THE JOLT SONIC FESTIVAL Melbourne-based sonic pre-production house JOLT Arts has announced a new auditory festival, Copy That, Copy Cat – JOLT Sonic Festival 2019, set to land in Footscray this September. Curated by Strange James, The BOLT Ensemble and The Amplified Elephants, the three-day event features a diverse selection of inimitable performances, and we’ve narrowed down our mustsee performances. Alessio Dilettoso Alessio 18, will be performing an experimental noise piece using ‘AIRSTICKS’ on Saturday September 21. The Airsticks are a virtual drum kit and sound effect device, programmed to interact with the user. Alessio will also be accompanied by Alon Ilsar (the creator of the Airsticks). Over the last year Alessio has been part of a ‘Safe in Sound’ program that offers experimental music performances and training to persons with a disability, the family member and carers that wouldn’t normally have the opportunity experience this art form. Prepare yourself for a wild ride in electronic glitch. Cissi Tang Creating music from the organic, samarobryn (Cissi Tsang) creates a haunting experience from the
photography. Have you always been drawn to the artistic side of life? Yes, absolutely. As a child, my favourite thing to do was draw — I drew incessantly (and still do). By the time I was 9 or 10, I started putting firework shows together for our neighbourhood. I made my first short film at 12. Then music, writing, spoken word, etc. Some of these I’m better at than others, but I enjoy them all. What is significant about persevering in this tattoo culture? Taki (Takahiro Kitamura, my friend and curator of the show) came up with the title. Perseverance is the closest translation to the Japanese concept of gaman — a difficult concept to define... akin to concept of patiently enduring. We wanted to show how traditional Japanese tattooing survived and persevered despite ongoing attempts to quell it, as well as honour the work and struggles of both tattooers and clients to achieve their goals. What prompted your interest in the history of tattoo culture in Japan? I’ve studied tattooing as an art form for decades. Amazing tattoo practices exist across cultures and worldwide, but nothing reaches the level of traditional Japanese tattooing – it is the art form’s pinnacle. And it’s revered as an art form throughout the world... except in the country of its origin. That’s not only ironic, it’s actually quite amazing when you think about it. Faced with continued legal, cultural, and societal obstacles, Japanese tattooing has persevered and thrived, and this is a testament to the practitioners as well as the people who choose to undergo this journey. Tattooing changes your life here. I can’t join a health club in Japan because of my ink – they won’t let me in. I can’t go to a public swimming pool. I can’t go to an onsen. The mayor of Osaka even tried to ban city workers with tattoos. It’s a fascinating dichotomy. It’s also interesting how private the display of tattooing is in Japan. Westerners love to show their ink. Everywhere you go you see people’s tattoos. Yet in Japan, it’s kept very intimate. They’re not shown haphazardly. For example, when we travelled to Osaka to photograph Miyazo’s clients, Miyazo and his apprentice met us at the train station. It was mid-August, sweltering hot, and they both wore long
simplicities of nature. Using field recordings such as bird calls, wind sounds and insect chirps, samarobryn turns familiar sounds into powerful, psychedelic sound art. Heading to the festival, audiences will be sonically blessed through the hypnotic soundscapes of the outlandishly gifted Cissi Tsang. Super Luminum An improvised electric and bass guitar duo based in Melbourne, Super Luminum is Cat Hope (Decibel, Candied Limbs, HzHzHz) and Lisa MacKinney (Taipan Tiger Girls, Hospital Pass, Mystic Eyes). These two very different composers share a musical aesthetic characterised by an unhurried approach to the gradual unfolding of ideas and the constructive employment of stasis as a compositional philosophy. In Super Luminum, MacKinney and Hope apply this approach to improvisation, creating loud, euphoric, swirling textures that feature exploratory playing techniques and incorporate feedback, noise and experimental tonalities. Expect an immersive musical experience that is hypnotic and thrilling. Strange James Put on your jumpsuit and prepare yourself for the interstellar ride that is Strange James. With creativity that seems boundless, manifesting sound worlds from inventive machines, electronics, orchestral/rock instruments, found objects, voice, sonic ensembles and the uncanny mergings of these things, Strange will electrify you with his technicolour vocals and guitars. This ZiggyStardust-like sonic art persona is supported by leading percussionists Hamish Upton and Peter Neville, with Ryan Monro on bass and Craig Harnath on electronics. Where the universes of indie rock and art music collide. Let’s. Get. Strange. COPY THAT, COPY CAT – JOLT SONIC FESTIVAL 2019 IS HAPPENING AT FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE FROM FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20 UNTIL SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22. YOU CAN VIEW THE FULL PROGRAM AT WWW. JOLTARTS.ORG/19 – 22 SEPTEMBER AT THE MELBOURNE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
sleeves. I personally find this attitude refreshing. What is the most interesting thing you’ve learnt from photographing bodies tattooed with traditional Japanese symbolism? Most westerners with large body pieces (myself included), have some “work arounds” on their bodies. They started with something smaller, decided to add to it later, cover it up, etc., before moving onto the larger backpiece or bodysuit. In Japan, the larger pieces were uniformly finished and consistent artworks. This is because the decision to begin this journey in Japan is so much more significant. They go all in when they go. Do you have a favourite tattoo out of the ones captured for Perseverance? That’s a hard one... so many great artists. Plus, I see the work interpreted with how the clients sit in their bodies, how comfortable they are in their own skin. And then I’m influenced by how the actual shoot went, how I interacted with the subject, etc. I’d say some of the large square photographs are my overall favourite images though — Horitomo’s turtle backpiece, Stan Corona’s Phoenix, and of course the classic OG tattooed by Yebis. What makes this a not-to-miss exhibition? Simple. They’ll never see another one like it. This isn’t a “photography show”; it’s a complete artwork — an artwork that features photography, but also includes installation, sculpture, and spiritual commitment. It was made by an artist committed to the art form. It was curated by a tattooer committed to the art form. It features the work of tattooers who have dedicated their lives to the art form, and clients who have pushed through physical, financial, and social barriers to wear this living art form. My goal in designing the show was to utilise the entire gallery space with the same care and consideration that traditional Japanese tattooing artists utilise the whole body... to create an immersive experience for the viewer, one that not only pays homage to the amazing tattooing, but a show that itself sets a bar for what a museum can offer its audience. OUR BODIES, OUR VOICES, OUR MARKS RUNS UNTIL OCTOBER 6 AT THE IMMIGRATION MUSEUM.
VIDCON AUSTRALIA IS COMING… Held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre between 19 – 22 September, VidCon is the fan-first, must-attend event for online video creators and their starstruck community of fans. We sit down with Hank Green, the co-founder of VidCon, ahead of its Aussie arrival. Let’s start at the beginning, How did you get started on YouTube? what drew you to being part of the platform in the early days? There were already a lot of interesting and weird things happening in online video. Video was suddenly becoming a conversation instead of just a one-to-many expression, and the early manifestations of that seemed really cool to me. Also, they seemed cool to my older brother, and in typical younger brother fashion, I just believed him. What some may or may not know, is you’re actually the co-creator of VidCon, it’s partly your brainchild. Please, tell us a bit about its origins and what it has now become. I knew someone was going to make a conference for the online video community, and I was afraid that it was going to be done badly! I called a friend of mine who started a Harry Potter convention called LeakyCon and in just a few weeks, the first tickets were on sale! It’s always been our goal to reflect the state of online video, and as online video has grown and changed, so has VidCon. But ultimately
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the spirit is the same, we want to be a place where the people who love this stuff can get together and celebrate, learn, and connect. You’ve been responsible for some wildly interesting web projects including the brilliant charity initiative Project for Awesome, the highly educational Crash Course and SciShow (My personal favourite). What are some of your favourite creations you’ve had a hand in and why? My friend Bernie Su and I created an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice called “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” that won an Emmy and had (still has, really) a huge cult following. That’s a really special thing to have been a part of. Most recently, I started a channel called “Journey to the Microcosmos” that explores microscopic organisms, and it is REALLY FUN AND WEIRD. VidCon is fairly new to Australian audiences, I believe this will be the third event - what are your thoughts on the Australian leg of the event and how does it compare to the US edition? In the US, VidCon can sometimes be a bit overwhelming. There’s some cultural element to that, and also it’s just bigger. So it’s really nice to have an event where it feels like I can actually hang out for longer, have conversations, and relax a bit more. Aussie culture is a lot more chill while still being extremely capable and I love that. You’ve attended previous years events in Australia, what are some highlights for you regarding visiting Australia? I mean, this is cheesy, but the friends I’ve made. There are so many extremely talented creators doing really interesting, smart things. I met Georgia (of GeorgiaProductions) at the first VidCon Australia and (this will embarrass her probably) immediately after watching a few of her videos introduced myself to her mom because I knew her talent was going to be a big deal and that can actually be a really hard thing. Now I’m good friends with Georgia and her mom and I’ve loved watching her find success. VIDCON AUSTRALIA 2019 GOES DOWN FROM 19 – 22 SEPTEMBER AT THE MELBOURNE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
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REVIEWS BY ANTHONY MORRIS
THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM
THE NIGHTINGALE
When AFL player Adam Goodes responded to a racist taunt from a young girl during the inaugural Indigenous Round, he started a series of events that lead to him being named Australian of the Year in 2014 while suffering such an intense backlash from sporting crowds and commentators that he left the game in 2015. Directed by Daniel Gordon and narrated by Stan Grant, this looks behind the controversy, and often it’s not a pretty sight, with various commentators and AFL big names not coming off at all well (Eddie McGuire attempts to defends his actions, while Sam Newman is only seen in archival footage). Goodes’ side of his story is informative, at times heartbreaking, and a reminder that this country has a long way to go towards real reconciliation. It’s a powerful film, and one that deserves to be seen by all Australians.
The tone of convict movies can usually be guessed by their location; the further from Sydney you get, the grimmer they are, and by the time you hit Van Diemen’s Land you know you’re in serious trouble. And so it proves with The Nightingale, a bracing rape-revenge tale that’s often hard to take even for seasoned genre fans. The year is 1825, and former convict Clare (Aisling Franciosi) is being regularly raped by Lieutenant Hawkins (Sam Claflin), leader of the local military garrison in the southern wilds. When her husband Aidan (Michael Sheasby) finally speaks out, it’s bad news all around. Hawkins, his 2IC sergeant Ruse (Damon Herriman) and a small group of men head north through the wilderness; Clare enlists the help of tracker Billy (Baykali Ganambarr) to help her catch them. At first this film – the second from Jennifer Kent, writer-director of The Babadook – is both brutal and relatively straightforward; it’s not until the third act that things start to get complicated, which muddies the waters in ways that aren’t always to the film’s benefit. The brutality is in keeping with the film’s setting, and the characters are nuanced enough that this never feels purely exploitative; unfortunately, what exactly is being said here never comes clear either.
Private Function – St. Anger (Disdain Records)
ANGEL HAS FALLEN
DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE Henry Johns (Tory Kittles) is fresh out of prison and looking for a way to make a little money. Old friend Biscuit (Michael Jai White) just might have the job for him, but it doesn’t take long for the pair to realise they’re getting in over their head. Meanwhile, old-fashioned hard-nosed cops Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughn) have been caught on camera handing out some street justice and are facing suspension – something neither of them can afford. Writer-director S. Craig Zahler (Brawl in Cell Block 99) tells a sprawling (it’s over two and a half hours) crime saga where the sprawl is much of the point: just spending time with these dubious characters is much of the appeal of this film, though when the plot does kick in it kicks hard. Gibson and Vaughn are the acting powerhouses here, which skews the film a little; the story gives equal time to both sides but they’re the ones you’ll remember. They’re also unlikable in ways that are unfashionable today, and the film gives their racial grievances just enough grounding to make this occasionally uncomfortable. Which is probably the point, as this constantly strives for (and often reaches) the kind of real-world grit most crime films only gesture at.
Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) is up for promotion; he’s also dealing with headaches and stress from all the killings he’s been doing in the previous two Fallen movies. But being Banning, he refuses to take the easy way out, which means he’s still on the job when a drone attack on the President (Morgan Freeman) during a fishing trip kills 18 other agents and leaves the Prez in a coma. Obviously Banning’s been set up – but by whom? Banning is soon on the run and trying not to kill anyone until he can figure out who it is he has to kill (here’s a clue: his old army buddy is played by regular bad guy Danny Huston). At two hours this has a lot of time to fill and while Banning’s wife (Piper Perabo, replacing Radha Mitchell) and never before mentioned survivalist dad (Nick Nolte, doing his now-standard impression of a bear) get a bunch of screen time, they’re largely around to make it look like there’s more to the character of Banning than just a murder machine. There isn’t, but there are a lot of explosions and some decent gun battles to make up for it – and yes, Banning does yet again stab a bunch of bad guys too.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) is an actor who peaked when he wasn’t paying attention. Formerly the star of TV western Bounty Law, his movie career never quite took off. Now he’s making guest appearances as the bad guy in a string of network dramas – a career path that agent Marvin Schwarz (Al Pacino) tells him is training audiences to see him as a loser. His best friend, stunt double and personal driver Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) has no such worries, despite a career in even worse straits. He may not be going anywhere, but that’s because he’s happy right where he is - even when his driving around LA gradually draws him into the dark side of the city’s hippie culture in the form of the Manson Family, who have their own encounter to come with starlet Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie). This is a more obviously “mature” (read: less sweary and brutal) film than much of Quentin Tarantino’s output, often surprisingly funny in a playful way, revelling in the textures of its setting and as much about celebrating the simple pleasures of sturdily made entertainment as meditating on age and the passing of an era. It’s a fun trip under a dark cloud.
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other with ease for the entirety of the show. Backed by DJ Debris (Barry Francis), a live drummer and a three-person brass section, they made it look all so easy, turning their best tunes into stadium-filling singalongs. Safe to say, the crowd was putty in the palms of their hands. THE GUEST ARTISTS A highlight of a Hilltop Hoods show is that you always get more than what you expect, with their penchant for welcoming guest artists to share their stage. It’s a regular play from the guys, but it’s these shared moments that truly elate the crowd each and every time. This time around, Illy, Ecca Vandal, and Nyassa joined the Hoods on stage for ‘Exit Sign’ and ‘Be Yourself’, alongside the appearance of Adrian Eagle for ‘Clark Griswold’ and Briggs during the mammoth set-closer ‘Cosby Sweater’. THE DIVERSE CROWD With 25 years behind them, nine ARIAs, multiplatinum sales, countless tours, and festival appearances, half a billion global streams and songs cemented in Australia’s DNA, Hilltop Hoods was always going to attract a diverse audience. While you could argue that being a group which dates back nearly a quarter of a century to probably before you were born would reap quite a few fans over time, the diversity of fans could also be linked to when HH smashed into the mainstream with their third album (and break out record) The Calling in 2003, which turned the heads of rock fans, dance music devotees and everyone in between. And boy, did Melbourne’s gig prove that there are no bounds as Hilltop Hoods fans showed up in full force, with most aged somewhere between maybe 12 and 75. Legitimately. On the floor, younger fans crowded the front stage and engulfed the room with a vibe that paralleled an energizer bunny on steroids, while further back people your Dad’s age (and maybe even your grandpa) chilled with Jack Daniels tinnies and left just enough space around them to get a bit of a groove on. It between and up in the stands though was literally everyone else. Families. Couples. Friends. Age wasn’t a factor; the animated crowd were simply fans of classic hip-hop, brought together by the pull of the reigning royalty of a genre.
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There was no looking for the exit sign as Hilltop Hoods, Godfathers of Aussie hip hop, took on a sold-out Rod Laver Arena earlier this month. As pioneers of the genre, with a 25-year career that’s seen five #1 albums, nine ARIA Awards, countless sold-out shows, and 19 songs in the Hottest 100 (with the potential to overtake the record-holders), there was no holding back as they bought a bloody storm into Melbourne, celebrating their recent release The Great Expanse, which broke yet another milestone debuting #1 on the ARIA Album chart. Yep – that’s now six #1 albums, which is an ARIA record for the most
#1 albums by an Australian band. What can we say though? These guys know how to make quality music. With a glittering resume like that it only makes sense that they would put the same amount of energy and passion into their live show, especially when it happened to be the trio’s first national headline tour since 2016. Here are some of our absolute favourite moments. THE SETLIST FELT LIKE A GAME (a good game!) It’s no secret the Hoods have a highly energetic set, but in all their live shows, it’s as if each song they perform is bigger than the last, especially when it’s a setlist that takes the audience through a mammoth chunk of a career that’s more than two decades. It almost becomes a game with the punters around you – ‘which song could possibly be next, surely that was their biggest hit?’ It makes you realise how many hits they actually have… Seriously, check out their Spotify playlist and you’ll see what I mean. From opening tracks ‘The Great Expanse’, ‘Chase That Feeling’ and ‘Leave Me Lonely’, to ‘The Nosebleed Section’, ‘1955’, ‘I Love It’, ‘Clark Griswold’, ‘Exit Sign’ and ‘Won’t Let You Down’, the Hoods skilfully celebrated the release of their latest album, alongside a healthy dose of older tracks, in a highenergy performance which saw everyone singing the same song at the top of their lungs for the entire 90 minute set, right up until the massive closing number, and perhaps best cut of the night, ‘Cosby Sweater’. A STADIUM WORTHY PRODUCTION Having seen these guys on a few festival stages in the past, I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of the production value of the show; Rod Laver Arena requires an entirely different beast to the humble stage at Bendigo’s Groovin The Moo. Within five seconds of the trio taking the stage, any uncertainties were debauched with the onslaught of confetti, pyrotechnics, loads of special guests and a highenergy performance which gave the sold-out crowd everything they could want from an arena show. To be honest though, their music doesn’t desperately require the frills (while still appreciated), as their stage presence is enough to keep you visually entertained, with MC Suffa and MC Pressure, dressed in casual clothing, bolting up and down the stage as fast as they could belt out lyrics, bouncing off each
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Infest the Rats’ Nest Flightless and ATO Records Reviewed by Alex Callan
At this point, it seems as if King Gizz have a dartboard of genres they use to blindly decide what their next musical venture will be. Ushering on from similar stylings in their tenure such as ‘Nonagon Infinity’ and ‘The Great Chain of Being,’ ‘Infest the Rats Nest’ is their first album that is a mix between Speed and Doom Metal and it’s an absolutely doozy (just wait for the ARIA controversy). ‘Planet B’ kicks off with Motorhead-esque pounding double kicks and shredding 80’s metalinspired riffs. With Stu Mackenzie toying with his vocal ability to provide a much more intense growling pitch; it isn’t until the 2-minute mark that the uninitiated would even realise that the song is by Gizz. ‘Mars For The Rich’ has a truly enigmatic bassline that it feels impossible to not vibe with. ‘Superbug’ is the highlight for me with its slow ominous riff lending a nod to Sleep’s style of doom/sludge. Focusing on the ecological disparity of the world and leading into the tale of a group of banished Earthlings venturing to Venus for colonisation, ‘Infest the Rats Nest’ is one of Mackenzies most impressive lyrical experimentation yet. On top of just being a truly rad album and furthering expanding their spectrum of sounds, I think the most impressive aspect of Infest The Rats Nest is that it was recorded as a three-piece. Based on the overall finished product you would never have guessed it to be the case.
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ASH GRUNWALD
SLIPKNOT
WAAX
Snake
Mojo
We Are Not Your Kind
Big Grief
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Bloodlines
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Ash Grunwald’s first album in five years shows that he knows what it takes to create a rocking Chicago blues album. Mojo is a guitar filled record with an array of Australian and international guest musicians, through which Grunwald showcases a range of new and old songs built on a similar style. Opening track ‘Hammer’ eases into the album with some light guitar licks, before building slowly to the first of many heartfelt solos on this release. ‘Ain’t My Problem’ features Australia’s The Teskey Brothers and is a bouncier tune backed with a harmonica. The album’s lead single ‘Whispering Voice’, a rework of an old song Grunwald played on a steel lap guitar, borrows vocals from Country veteran Kasey Chambers and builds to a howling Hendrix-esque solo. A cover of Rag’n’Bone Man’s ‘Human’ is the bass highlight of the album, with fellow Australian musician Harry Angus James contributing a bright trumpet solo accompanied by a screaming guitar. ‘3AM’ opens with a husky, deep slide guitar, and is the Delta blues track of the album, with James again appearing on trumpet. This album is one I would recommend to those who are familiar with Chicago blues and are looking for an album filled with vibrant, clean guitar solos that scream for minutes, and grungy, deeply distorted rhythm guitars. This album’s guest appearances add something different to each track, without straying too far from this style of music.
Holy shit! Slipknot are back and for a bunch With all the hype around WAAX over the last few of blokes in their 40’s they are as tough as ever. As years, it’s hard to believe they’re only just coming someone who grew up as a ‘Maggot’ (a die-hard out with their first full-length record, Big Grief. The Slipknot fan), the groups last two albums were group have a hard rock sound that smoothly blends really enough to put me offside. Not that they were elements of surfy alt-rock and grungy and postnecessarily bad albums; a lot of fans seemed to adore punk, combined with production that stews it into them, but I felt as if they fell into the boat of only something heavy, yet palatable. trying to maintain their heaviness through the option The album kicks off with the title track ‘Big of making everything excessively fast and I thought it Grief’. It eases you into the album in terms of lacked the melody that Slipknot had always had. heaviness, and a super catchy chorus that almost ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ is not the same. sounds bright and jangly, juxtaposed against the Not only is it evident that the group is trying lyrics describing ‘big grief pouring out of me’. something genuinely different; a risk that they haven’t ‘No Apology’ showcases what I love about Marie necessarily taken since the group’s debut album; they ‘Maz’ DeVita’s singing, in the second half of the track have seemingly adopted the best of their sound and there’s this ‘home is heaven, home is hell’ refrain expanded on that. The percussion is impressive, the where she sounds tense and rough, and when she lets riffs are brutal and still suited for a huge stadium crowds lose her ability to mix that raspy yell and powerful and on top of all that the electronic samples compiled clearness in a single word is insane. The tense in this album not only give off a nostalgic nod to their sounding guitar that follows her voice along in this original Nü Metal, it’s also accommodating to what part of the song is super cool, too. electronic lovers are more into in 2019 with ambience ‘Little Things’ is one of my favourites. It has a and sinister undertones ruling it more than scratching. super catchy hook, and there are moments of raw ‘Unsainted’ is very deserving of being the groups lead wails, while the rest of the music quietens, to make single with the chorus being insanely catchy. ‘Nero them some of the most impactful on the album. Forte’ has the bouncy breakdown that wouldn’t be out WAAX have defined their sound against the rest of of place on ‘Spit It Out.’ But ‘Spiders’ and ‘Orphan’ are the scene through the bands excellent use of dynamic easily my two favourite songs from the albums due verses and massive hooks, combining heavy rock with to ‘Spiders’ sinister sweeping keys and the brutality raw emotion on their much anticipated first fullof ‘Orphan.’ Fuck, it’s good to have you back Slipknot. length album, Big Grief.
After 10 years lost in space, Rocket Science has finally landed with a hot new album for us earthdwellers to enjoy. Snake is a cosmic, post-punk, fever dream that ranges from the slinky, outer-space drifting of both Scorpio tracks, to mid-tempo saunters through vibrating pub corridors and psychedelic dens found in Dark Corridors and Snake, finally arriving at the heart of the chaos with dance-punk, pub brawl anthems like ‘I Hate Hate’. There’s many honourable mentions for this album. The first track ‘Chasing Rainbows’ starts off at a sexy saunter but very quickly speeds up and sucks us up into hyperspace with a blazing bassline and takes us on a twisty-turny journey into groovy organs and a psychedelic guitar solo worthy of any kaleidoscope space adventure. According to Roman Tucker (vocals, theremin, Keyboard) “Chasing Rainbows paints a dark and uncompromising picture of a dystopian world crafted from my experiences in a recovery ward.” Right on, Roman. ‘Cheers Pinger’ is super fun, kicking off with a monologue reminiscent of Flight of the Conchords that quickly blooms into a groovy atmosphere. Funky bass riffs and cosmic vortexes galore. My personal fave ‘Back for More’ is a punchy, psychedelic freak-out with edgy progressions, fuzzy guitars and frantic keys that also happens to neatly sum up the band’s return from the dead.
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Dragged Across Concrete is the best film Mel Gibson’s been in for years, and he gives his best performance for years in it. But is that enough? For many people the answer is always going to be no: he revealed himself to be an awful person even by Hollywood’s standards – and in the pre-#metoo era too – and they’re never going to want to see him appearing in anything ever again. The thing is, that isn’t new news: if a director casts Gibson in their film now, they know they’re going to drive away a certain number of viewers. Which makes the question now slightly more nuanced: if you cast Mel Gibson in your movie now, who exactly are you hoping to attract? The obvious answer is “fans of the old Mel”, which assumes that there’s a large group of people out there who simply want the old Mel back on their screens. That seems a little unlikely in 2019; he largely vanished between 2002 and 2010, and when he did try to make a mainstream comeback (with films like Edge of Darkness and The Beaver), it didn’t stick. Gibson was always an old-fashioned kind of action hero, a bastard with a heart of gold, and when it turned out that heart was a somewhat darker colour that was the end of that. A more plausible reason why Gibson was cast in Dragged Across Concrete, according to a number of online commentators, was to attract fans of his drunken racist outbursts, which seems equally unlikely; Gibson has worked hard for a long period of time to bury what he said, and even with his career a shadow of its former self he hasn’t exactly been running around signing up for roles as triumphant right-wing extremists. What he has been doing since 2012’s Get The Gringo, and what he continues to do with his most recent film, is sign up for roles that can be taken as parodies or versions of the “real” Mel Gibson, and then get the crap knocked out of him one way or another. It’s not any real spoiler to suggest that Gibson’s character doesn’t come out a triumphant winner in Dragged Across Concrete; in 2016’s Blood Father he took more than his fair share of knocks. In other recent films – Daddy’s Home 2; Machete Kills – he’s played a parody of himself to get laughs, and while that’s never going to be enough for those who don’t want him on the big screen, it does suggest he’s looking for a viable path back without trying to excuse his past behaviour (it’s not like Gibson is a stranger to the idea of redemption through suffering, as anyone who saw his film The Passion of the Christ knows all too well). And honestly, if his big return is confined to him playing scumbags we’re meant to dislike (that is to say, himself), we might as well enjoy the chance to see him get what he deserves in every movie he’s in. Dragged Across Concrete shows he’s still a good actor whatever his off-screen life; who better to suffer for the sins of old white guys than an actor who audiences will have no trouble coming to hate?
Hey gang! Hope you’re all rugged up in this wintery weather – the dash between my house and the train station are easily my least favourite part of my commute at the moment, given that I basically become an ice block for the duration. Thankfully, the majority of my downtime can be spent indoors reading more comics, so now you get to read my thoughts on this week’s multi-panelled marvel. It should be obvious to anyone who’s Pulp more than once that I’m a big fan of DC’s Young Animal imprint, especially considering I seem to be talking about their titles every few weeks. The good (or bad) news is that I’m fairly sure that this week’s title is the last I’ll be picking up for a while, considering I think I’ve read my way through 95% of the content they’ve put out. This week, I’ve picked up the continuation of Jody Houser’s (Faith) excellent Mother Panic series: Mother Panic: Gotham AD. After the mind-bending events of Milk Wars, Violet Page has crash-landed in a whole new reality. Dumped in a Gotham City 20 years in her future, nothing is the same. The once lawless urban sprawl has been co-opted by the Collective, a sinister cabal hiding behind a shining corporate front. The Batman has vanished, thought dead, and masked vigilantes are outlawed with the GCPD cracking down harshly on anyone who would break the status quo. With her sidekick Fennec Fox in tow, Violet is determined to rescue her captured mother and restore some semblance of normality to a city that has been warped beyond recognition. With Gotham AD, Houser did the best possible thing she could have done for Mother Panic: she removed Batman from the picture. While I really enjoyed the brief crossovers between the Bat-family and Mother Panic in previous stories, I felt like the connection to Batman made the story a bit too familiar; despite the vastly different storylines, Mother Panic still felt like another iteration of Batwoman. With the deliberate removal of Batman and the shift to a new reality, Mother Panic was able to stretch its legs a lot more – now, rather than being a Batwoman clone, it felt more like an Elseworlds story a la Batman Beyond or a multiverse title like SpiderGwen over at Marvel. While there are still distinct connections to the Batman mythos, there’s plenty of changes to established characters in line with the new reality – some that I liked, and others that raised my eyebrows. While I definitely miss Tommy Lee Edwards’ (Turf) art style, Ibrahim Moustafa (Doctor Fate) does a job of capturing the angular, heavily lined artwork that drew me to Mother Panic in the first place. I particularly enjoyed the redesigns of a number of characters to fit with the new reality – in particular, Selina Kyle’s protégé Holly (a.k.a Catgirl) got an urban jungle-style rework and it looks pretty darn cool. Overall, Gotham AD is a great sendoff for a character that really grabbed me. Of all the Young Animal titles, I think I enjoyed Mother Panic the most, and I really hope that the character pops up again in the future. It’s not an ideal jumping-on point for new readers, but fans of the character should love it.
This column, some blasphemous talk about the delights of the evil empire to our north, specifically Way Out West. They have their home at the Newport Bowls Club, just down from the Newport railway station. At one time it would have been simplicity itself to get there, but now it’s not so good. Instead of travelling direct, as it was in the olden days before our rail services were improved, you now have to get to Footscray, then change to the Werribee line, thus doubling the time taken to about 2 hours! Why am I spruiking a trip to Way Out West? Well, on Sunday the 15th of September, they are hosting Phil Wiggins and Dom Turner. Dom Turner we know well. He is best known as guitarist/ vocalist, founding member and key songwriter of the iconic Australian blues group, Backsliders and has toured the Australian festival circuit since the 1980s regularly appearing at most major blues related music festivals including Bluesfest, Woodford Folk Festival and Blues on Broadbeach to name but a few. In 2004 Dom was voted ‘Blues Songwriter of the Year’ at the Australian Blues Awards. Given it’s current topicality with a new season, it worth noting that his songs have featured on the ABC TV programme ‘Seachange’. Will they be on this season? One project Dom has had is working as a duo with overseas bluesmen and this time he’s touring with Phil Wiggins. Phil Wiggins is from Washington DC and is an impressive player. He’s from Takoma Park, Maryland, where he’s a resident, blues musician, teacher, and artistic director, a two-time winner of the prestigious WC Handy Blues Foundation awards, is only the third harmonica player to receive the lifetime honour of an NEA National Heritage Fellowship. Today he is the only living player of the instrument to hold the prestigious honour of being a “Master of Traditional Arts.” That’s a very impressive CV. Phil Wiggins is a versatile traditional harmonica player, continuing the Piedmont blues tradition, a gentle and melodic blues style of the mid-Atlantic region. He plays the diatonic ten-hole harmonica in the country blues style, cupping both hands around the instrument and playing acoustically. His sound is not shaped by the gear, the microphone or amplifier when performing on stage, instead by his complex syncopated patterns, breathcontrol and rhythm, stylistic virtuosity and fiery solo runs. Phil has performed with numerous musicians including Nat Reese, Corey Harris, Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons, Sherman Holmes, the Rev. John Wilkins, Jerron Paxton, and long-time friends Eleanor Ellis and Rick Franklin. He fronts the acoustic swing/roots/blues ensemble, the Chesapeake Sheiks, and is actively engaged in reuniting the Piedmont blues with its origins of African American buck and tap dancing. He’s appeared or provided music for a number of films – Matewan, Blues Houseparty, Portland Mojo: How Stumptown Got the Blues and Letters from Mound Bayou. It’s going to be a while before a musician of this calibre again graces our region. I don’t often tell people to get out of town, but this will be worth it. Way Out West, Sunday 15th September.
Welcome to THTH, Forte’s premier source of all things heavy, hard, fast and metal. In preparation for the new Tool album release I recently joined a Tool fan page on Facey and let me tell you, it’s the most insufferable thing ever. I swear it’s full of obsessed teenagers who post the most mundane posts like “list your favourite top 10 Tool songs” and “list your favourite drum parts in Tool songs” and once the album drops this page is going to explode with posts about how amazing the whole thing is, even if it the new album turns out to be a pile shit, because that’s how insufferable these fans are. After the new Tool song dropped a couple of people had the balls to say it wasn’t that great but the rabid Tool fan army wouldn’t hear of it and I’m pretty sure they tracked down the guy and killed him. The recent release of all Tool songs to streaming services has made the news coz the band have totally killed it on the streaming charts while Slipknot have hit number 1 around the world with their new album, so it’s definitely going to be an interesting time after the Tool album drops to see where it lands against the Slipknot album when it comes to total sales and streams around the world. Nevertheless, it doesn’t matter which band comes out on top, it’s still going to fun watching the arguments online about the new Tool album and watching the precious fans who have waited 13 years for it defend it to the death, no matter how good or bad it is, and I’m going to be getting so fat from eating so much popcorn while reading of the comments, it’s going to be great.
WAVE POOLS The surf has been up and down this Winter. Some great days mixed in with a few flat days, windy, on-shore and bloody cold! Such is the life of a surfer in Victoria. What to do on a cold, windy or flat day..? That could all be about to change if/ when Victoria’s first wave pool opens in Melbourne this year. Wave pools have been around for decades (centuries actually… in the 19th century Ludwig II of Bavaria electrified a lake to create waves). The first surfable wave pool was the ‘Surf-a-torium’ in Akiruno, Japan which created a gently rolling wave that required a longboard to ride. Since then there have been multiple attempts to create a decent artificial wave in a pool that can be ridden 24/7. The best examples can be found in the UK, Middle East, Japan and the USA where Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch at Lemoore in California has hosted WSL contests and set the benchmark for new artificial wave technologies with its super long barrels and ability to change the wave height, power and shape of the wave to suit everyone from professional surfers to beginners. Here is Australia there are currently a number of wave pools planned for Queensland and Western Australia but the one grabbing everyone’s attention on the Surf Coast is the URBNSURF pool being built in Melbourne. URBNSURF in Tullamarine (near the airport) will be Australia’s first urban surf park powered by the WaveGarden Cove technology which has had success in Europe. The wave pool is intended to deliver ‘authentic surfing waves’ during the day and at night due to advanced LED lagoon lighting. According to their website construction is well underway, the wave generator has been installed and the lagoon is almost ready to be filled (with the rain we have had lately it is probably full anyway). According to Facebook URBNSURF is expected to open in Spring 2019 (which is basically next week). So it is all happening and I’m sure Melbourne (and Surf Coast surfers) will be keeping a keen eye on developments in Tullamarine for the big day when URBANSURF opens. Warm water, cafes, night surfing, no sharks…. what’s not to like about a surf pool in Melbourne!
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In other news ++ Make Them Suffer will be at Ballarat’s Karova Lounge on Wednesday September 4 and Geelong’s Barwon Club on Thursday September 5. ++ Korn will release their new album The Nothing on Friday September 13. ++ Opeth will release their new album In Cauda Venenum in both English and Swedish versions on Friday September 27. ++ DragonForce will release their new album Extreme Power Metal on Friday September 27. ++ 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. ++ Alcest will release their new album Spiritual Instinct on Friday October 25. ++ Mayhem will release their new album Daemon on Friday October 25. ++ Bart Krysiuk’s Batushka will play the Croxton Bandroom on Saturday November 2. ++ 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.
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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Hitting the road with a series of weekend screenings across regional Victoria Star Cinema, Bendigo 30–31 Aug Pivotonian Cinema, Geelong 30 Aug–1 Sep Regent Cinemas, Ballarat 6–8 Sep Theatre Royal, Castlemaine 20–22 Sep
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