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In case you missed it, one of Australia’s premier music, food and art festivals, Spilt Milk has sold out for 2019, exhausting all ticket allocations across Canberra and their new home in Ballarat!

How bloody good is live music?! It’s epic, we all know that. We definitely wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t. I know it’s a tired statement, but live music, the regional live music scene, in particular, needs you in order to thrive. I recently went to a gig to see one of my favourite bands, and while I’m aware it was a Thursday night and ya’ll like to save yourself for the weekend, I was deeply saddened by the empty space within the venue. Thankfully the band ensured me they’d still return, but it made me realise that we (as a collective, myself included) need to lift our game and stop taking for granted the amazing talents that are coming to perform on our doorstep. Whether it’s a school night or a weekend, let’s show the live music scene the love it deserves… plus beer always tastes that little bit better when matched with a sexy guitar riff and some ultra-smooth vocals. Speaking of regional music, this issue we’ve got homegrown heroes Alice Ivy and Didirri gracing our cover in relation to the upcoming Loch Hart Music Festival, which will be returning once again from 15 – 17 November. Earning a reputation as the festival that makes you feel like you’re at your best mate’s house party, you’ll want to secure your tickets ASAP. Keep flicking, and you’ll find features with the enigmatic indie-folk five-piece Grand Pine, Sydney siblings Lime Cordiale, joyous warriors The Darkness, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, Melbourne four-piece City Calm Down, and we take a look at the newest eatery on Pako and a major exhibition celebrating the Geelong Football Club. We’ve also put together a couple of pages touching on ‘Look good, feel good’, highlight a few local businesses who are all about, well, looking good and/or feeling good. Keep it regional fam.

Lucky for those who missed out, we’ve teamed up with the legends at Spilt Milk to give one reader the chance to win a double pass (GA) to attend the debut Ballarat instalment on Saturday November 30, as well as accommodation in the form of a pre-pitched tent right next door to the festival site. Treating regional festival-goers to a superb music line-up, including Khalid, CHVRCHES, Illy, Middle Kids, G Flip, Kota Banks, Ocean Alley and many more, you’d be bloody mad to miss it.

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SMASH SPLASH Melbourne’s first ‘Splash Room’ and ‘Smash Room’ have just hit the scene and they are the perfect way to let off some steam after a long week’s work. Create some careless art by launching paint at the walls, or take it a step further and swing a sledgehammer at a TV, all while blaring your favourite tunes. If you ever get the urge to just break something, without the consequences that go with it, this is the place for you. Offering both solo sessions and group sessions –up to three people at a timeit’s an experience not to be passed up. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday and located on 37 Edward St, Oakleigh, you’ve got to give it a go.

Darebin Music Feast has just dropped a whopper of a festival program for its 23rd year! Spanning a huge eight days (October 20-27), this year’s festival has a strong focus on the cultural and musical diversity that’s thriving throughout the city with 85 events across 20 different venues. The festival kicks off with a free, all day outdoor opening party, complete with three stages full of live music. All up, 15 acts will be making an appearance, including Alice Skye, Huntly, Jess Ribeiro, The Goon Sax, Culte, Cool Sounds, and U-Bahn. One other event to get to will be Green Noise, an event inspired by sustainability in the music industry and the rise in environmental activism. This one goes down on the final day and leading the charge are Jade Imagine, Elizabeth, Empat Lima and The Vovos. UNIFY GATHERING HAVE UNLEASHED A MONSTER LINEUP FOR 2020

THE VIRTUAL REALITY CINEMA One of the newest crazes in the tech world, virtual reality, is now readily available for the public to indulge in. No longer is VR reserved for those willing to spend hundreds of dollars on their own headset, for the price of a regular cinema ticket the experience can be yours. The virtual reality cinema is a 40-minute experience, consisting of 4 short films from local filmmakers, with each person given their own headset and one of the 12 swivel chairs that make up the cinema space. Enjoy the newest film medium and lose yourself in a new reality, all while supporting local film producers. Jump on to the website www.virtualrealitycinema.com.au for more information on film times and tickets, or just head into Collingwood to check it out.

Better start limbering up to hit the mosh pit, because the lineup for the 2020 UNIFY Gathering is here and it’s a serious humdinger. Critically acclaimed and celebrated as one of the most influential acts in the world right now, Architects will visit regional Victoria off the back of their incredibly raw and inspired album, Holy Hell, while headliner The Ghost Inside make the journey down under for the first time since 2014, exclusively for UNIFY. They’ll be joined by Northlane, Polaris, Silverstein, Tonight Alive (plus friends), Dear Seattle, Knocked Loose, Between You and Me, Tired Lion, Make Them Suffer and The Beautiful Monument. Round these off with an impressive who’s who of extraordinary international acts, our best homegrown outfits PLUS more bands to be added on Thursday and Sunday, and you’ve got yourself one killer weekend. It all goes down January 9-12. Photo by Ed Mason

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A free festival celebrating Mexican culture and heritage will be taking place in Melbourne this October. Skulls and black and white face paint will be plentiful, with the main focus of the festival being ‘Day Of The Dead’ -a celebration of life-, while incorporating Mexican folklore, dance, music, and costumes, along with delicious authentic Mexican food. Tamales, burritos, fajitas and many other tasty treats will be available throughout the 25 vendors along with a margarita garden full of refreshments. The explosion of Mexican culture will be on display on the 26 and 27 of October, in the flagstaff gardens.

Once again, Melbourne will be treated to two weeks of delicious Asian street food with the annual night noodle market. An array of Asian cuisines across over 20 food stalls, including all your favourite dishes from Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and many more. There will be loads of entertainment to enjoy, while you stuff your face, as local live music and art sessions take place each night. Get in early because the crowds are expected to be huge once again and don’t forget that it is a cash-free event. Held at Birrarung Marr in the city, 7-24 November.

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A festival to celebrate Melbourne’s worldrenowned music scene is happening this November and will put on display the depth of the local creative industry. The festival spans nine days from the 14-23 of November and will make the most of the various venues around the city, ranging from small intimate shows to headline acts at some of the most iconic venues in Melbourne. Kicking things off with the huge opening night party at the ACMI building –the festival hub- and including rare experiences like synth-heavy sets in complete darkness and super intimate shows aboard the cabins of The Star Observation Wheel. Tickets are available now online mmw.melbourne.vic.gov.au, along with set times and ticket sales.

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One of Australia’s largest international arts festivals will be taking place throughout various locations across the city this October. The festival will support international artists, while displaying the great artistic culture that Melbourne has to offer. The various art forms will be represented from some of the world’s best including theatre, visual arts, dance, music, and multimedia, with a focus of connection between the arts. The large range of art forms means there is something for everyone to enjoy. The festival will run over 17 days from the 2 – 20 October, for more information on venues and specific exhibitions, visit the website www.festival.melbourne/2019/

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LOCH HART MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS OUT THE BEST OF THE VICTORIAN SURFCOAST LAZY DAYS AND HAPPY NIGHTS. A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE SUN DIP INTO THE SEA WHILE MUSIC FILLS YOUR EARS. WHERE THE SEA SPRAY WILL COOL YOU DOWN AND THE SUNSET WILL SOOTHE THE SOUL… SOUNDS LIKE A CASTLE IN THE SKY RIGHT? Well, it’s not… it’s Loch Hart Music Festival, the regional festival returning to the small scenic town of Princetown this Summer for its second edition, where the vibe will be chill, the music will be infectious and the scenery will inspire. Created as an opportunity to showcase local up-andcoming Australian talent and the very aesthetically pleasing Great Ocean Road (and all its treasures), this year the festival will see local legend Didirri take to the stage. Born and bred just a stone’s throw from the festival site in nearby Warrnambool, Didirri is ready to captivate punters with his voice, musicianship, and storytelling as the sun sets over the ocean on the iconic Shipwreck Coast. Releasing his debut EP “Measurements” just last year, Didirri has had a massive 12 months. From a collective 30 million streams on the EP, to playing Splendour In The Grass, to having 4x singles added to triple j rotation, to packing his bag and touring the US and UK twice in under six months. Didirri’s presence through the combination of voice and lyrics is enough to alter an entire festival’s perspective on what it means to experience live music, making you feel like he was a seasoned performer with decades of knowledge and experience, so you’re in for a treat. Alongside ‘must-see’ act Didirri, music lovers will also be treated to artist-producer Alice Ivy – another of the Victorian Surf Coast’s most celebrated musical exports. With a reputation as one most exciting, rising musical talents in the country, and having performed more than 50 shows worldwide including Australian national tours with Flight Facilities, Vera Blue & The Jungle Giants, SXSW 2018, Falls Festival & Splendour In The Grass, Ivy’s eclectic signature sound spans sample-influenced soul, hip-hop and electronic pop that she brings to life live as a multi-instrumentalist. With a trio of past singles on high rotation at triple j and a reputation for explosive live performances, Alice Ivy is fast becoming recognised as one of Australia’s most versatile and exhilarating artists, and one that is going to captivate punters this November. We sat down with these two homegrown music legends for a quick chat ahead of the three-day festival. 12

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Whereabouts did you grow up? Warrnambool right by the coast in a little house near Thunder Point. What was the best part about growing up there? I love the bushland around there. Some of the bike trails are just incredible, and it’s an amazing place to go and listen to music up around the cliffs there. Where did you go to watch gigs? I didn’t really go to gigs as a teenager but I definitely went to the Port Fairy Folk Festival many many times. I remember sitting in the audience and thinking that I would love to do that with my life one day. What local musicians or bands inspired you as a youngster? It was always people like Jordie Lane, Shane Howard, Archie Roach or Liz Stringer. Proper storytellers and real community gatherers. Where do you call home now? I live in Melbourne, but I mostly live in a suitcase. It’s been such a joy to travel the world doing this. What do you look forward to most about coming back to the coast? I love that coastal chill. There’s nothing quite like smelling that air and that bitey cold nose that you get from the beach in the southwest. Are there any secret spots we should know about? Café’s, bars, surf-breaks? Merrivale beach is a particularly fantastic one What are your plans for the rest of the year? I’ll definitely have new music out. I can’t say much more but I’m excited by what I’m making at the moment, which is a fantastic feeling to have. I’m also playing a bunch of festivals and some supports too, all around Australia. Who are you most excited to see play at Loch Hart Music Festival 2019? Forever Son! I have been such a huge fan of their work for a very long time, and the Senegambian Jazz band always put on a great show.

Whereabouts did you grow up? I grew up in Geelong. What was the best part about growing up there? Geelong is super close to water, so after school and during the holidays we would always go to the beach. These days I live in Melbourne, and the Brunswick baths just don’t feel the same. Where did you go to watch gigs? The Nash OF COURSE. RIP. I miss it so much and I haven’t found anything that comes close to how good that pub was. What local musicians or bands inspired you as a youngster? I used to sneak into very early King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard shows. They were pretty wild, I remember Stu used to climb the roof of the bandroom at the Nash, there were always like 20 people on a tiny stage. They’d have heaps of fun making music and that’s what I wanted to do. Where do you call home now? I live in Melbourne. What do you look forward to most about coming back to the coast? Getting out of the city! I moved to Melbourne as soon as I finished high school. I spent so much time down the coast growing up in Geelong so I’m just super keen to get out of the city and get a breath of fresh air! Are there any secret spots we should know about? Café’s, bars, surf-breaks? I’m no surfer, and I’m not gonna lie I’m pretty out of touch with the bar scene in Geelong these days. But my favourite place to go camping down that way is Cumberland River. I guess that’s not such a big secret these days though. What are your plans for the rest of the year? Working on new music, playing a few festivals and I’m probably going to adopt a dog! Who are you most excited to see play at Loch Hart Music Festival 2019? Alpine! I’m a massive Alpine fan ever since their first album, so I’m super excited to see a live show, it’s been a few years!

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That’s not all the regional goodness you’ll find at Loch Hart though. Joining Ivy and Didirri, the lineup also boasts the likes of Baked Beans (Ocean Grove), Forever Son (Anglesea), Zuma (Geelong), Chook & Moluck (Geelong), Leslie D. King (Timboon) and Hold // Fire (Birregurra), highlighting the festival’s strong focus on fostering up-and-coming regional artists who are distinctive, exciting and above all, supremely talented. Maybe it’s something about that fresh air that fuels creative masterminds, but we can’t complain. Beyond the region, the festival will also feature a diverse crop of Australian artists, including bona fide indie-pop darlings Alpine, hip-hop impresario Genesis Owusu, the best and brightest of Melbourne’s worldclass indie scene Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird and Moaning Lisa, and seasoned festival favourites The Senegambian Jazz Band – just to single out a few! As a showcase of the best new bands making music all over the country, locally-sourced craft beers and culinary delights, comedy, glamping, yoga, arts and crafts, and more in the laid back surrounds, Loch Hart Music Festival really is a festival that was created in search of that moment… That moment when you’re listening to some killer tunes, surrounded by your closest friends, the sun is beaming down on your face, you’ve just eaten a glorious meal and you stop and take it all in. That moment when you look around and go “this is the life”. We love those moments, and this festival promises to provide millions of moments. LOCH HART MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL RETURN FROM 15 – 17 NOVEMBER 2019! TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW VIA WWW.LOCHHART.COM COVER & STORY PHOTOS - DOMINIK SCHMARSEL GIVEAWAY TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF THE BOUTIQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD, WE’VE GOT A FESTIVAL DOUBLE PASS TO GIVEAWAY TO ONE LUCKY READER/ MUSIC LOVER. TO ENTER, EMAIL YOUR NAME, NUMBER, AND CODEWORD ‘LOCH HART’ TO TALIA@FORTEMAG.COM.AU

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What is your favourite ‘Bromance’ film? Is it Lethal Weapon? Perhaps you lean towards I Love You, Man? Are you thinking LOTR, maybe Shaun of the Dead? It’s Rocky III, isn’t it? Inspired by men, bromances and brothers, ‘All Ya Gotta Do is Call’ is the new track from singer-songwriter Benny Walker. The Bridge, Castlemaine – September 27 (+ Maya Rose) & Moama Bowling Club – October 6 (+ Alana Wilkinson).

The son of award-winning poet Ross Gillett and successful author Melanie Guile, Floyd Thursby is the alter-ego of Australian-based film composer, singer and guitarist (and lawyer turned musician) Paul Gillett. Locally he has ticked off a long list of festivals, while internationally he has toured the US, UK, Europe and China. His new album is To Those in Flames. Blue Bean Love, Hepburn Springs – October 5.

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DAMI IM OPENS UP Three years on from her last single ‘Fighting for Love’, Dami Im returns with ‘Crying Underwater’. Dami: “Mike [Michael Tan, co-writer] and I were reflecting about how hard it is for so many people to actually open up about their mental struggles and how easy it is to assume someone is okay when they’re not.” WCPA – September 28; Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool – October 4; and The Capital, Bendigo – October 6.

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Who better to headline the revved-up 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, and leave the ear plugs at home.

We’ve read and heard all kinds of terms to describe music, but there is a nice ring to oceanic blues. Karen Lee Andrews’ website describes her sound as possessing “gritty guitar, glowing valves, lush tremolo and deep reverb in a distinctively fluid Oceanic expression”. Knowing what it is about is one thing, hearing it is another, so have a listen to EP Far from Paradise. The Lost Ones, Ballarat – October 16. Karen will also make an appearance at the QMF.

OCTOLBO 2019 Colbinabbin is a small town in central Victoria, a trip you can make in around an hour from Bendigo. It also happens to host OcTolbo, a music day-nighter at the Colbinabbin Country Hotel that was such a success last year that it returns again. Milkwood, Alexander Biggs and Clinkerfield hit up the venue for an allages show on Saturday, October 19. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Kids under 15 are free.

SARA STORER DOES A DANCE As someone who grew up on a wheat farm in Victoria, multiple Golden Guitar winner Sara Storer (that is selling her short – she has won more than twenty) loves the rain. “Of course I love to sing about the rain because it draws so much emotion out of me,” she writes on her website. Raindance is her latest album. The Palais, Hepburn Springs – October 5. For the one-off intimate performance, Sara will be joined by Greg Storer.

RYAN DOWNEY IS ON THE MOVE Ryan Downey grew up in Echuca, but like many wishing to make the most of music he left for Melbourne as a fresh-faced eighteen-year-old. These days it is not uncommon for the songman to be compared to Leonard Cohen. Following the release of his debut album Running last year, Ryan has been busy crafting new tunes he is itching to share. The Bridge, Castlemaine – October 20. He will also play the Kyneton Music Festival.

ARE YOU GOING THIS WAY NORTH There are some local dates to attend to for This Way North before they head to the Folk Alliance International Conference early 2020. As you may or otherwise should know, This Way North is the two-piece comprised of Leisha Jungalwalla and Cat Leahy. You can check out a video of their touring life through their Facebook page. The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo – October 11 & Birregurra Public Hall – October 26. Photo by Kate Atkinson.

MISSY RAINES TRIO HEAD TO PATCHEWOLLOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL Once heralded by Neil Murray as “my kind of gig”, Patchewollock Music Festival serves as a place for great music, entertainment and feeling part of the community, with a unique focus on the cultural exchange between visitors, locals and performers as they experience the key elements of life on the edge of vast Mallee national parks in North West Victoria. From the humblest beginnings seven years ago, where in a local bar, one bloke said to another “we need some live entertainment in this part of the world”, the festival now sees up to 50 performances from Australia and overseas making their way to the small town of Patchewollock. This year will see performances all the way from the USA with Missy Raines Trio. Based out of Nashville, Missy Raines is considered to be one of the most respected, popular, and trailblazing figures in bluegrass today. A seven-time winner of the IBMA Bass player of the year award, and a member of Allison Krauss’ first all-female bluegrass band, she has backed greats such as Claire Lynch, Mac Weisman, Kenny Baker, and Peter Rowan. Raines now leads her own innovative and genre-bending trio which is a rich, jazz-tinged combination of her bluegrass roots and thick Americana, alongside George Jackson on fiddle and banjo, and Ben Garnett on acoustic guitar. With a smoky and seductive alto, the territory this trio covers is broad and the compass is set by Raines, planted right in the center of the stage directing with her bass every bit as much as she’s playing it. Expect groovy tunes and a whole lot of dancing. Alongside the music, audiences can expect a fun-filled program of dance, comedy, yarn spinning, bush tucker and, just to be different, sheep racing… and best of all, it’s completely free! It all goes down in Patchewollock from October 18-20. Visit www.patchewollockmusicfestival.com.au/

VIBES & VINO Heathcote’s finest wineries and breweries come together for November’s Vibes & Vino festival. The big day is Saturday, November 2 and features tunes from Dyson Stringer Cloher, Josh Cashman, Neighbourhood Youth, Jess Parker & the Troubled Waters and Four Lions. You also get a second day on November 3. Punters can grab a ticket for $47 including a take home glass and enjoy the day sipping award- winning local wines, perusing a variety of craft and market stalls or chowing down on some tasty food truck meals. A bus service will run from Bendigo, with a pick-up in Axedale. Tickets from Heathcote.org

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

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Hello Forte readers, Last week, Music Victoria was proud to announce the second instalment of the women’s leadership program, Cultivate for 2020. Supported by the Victorian Government, ‘Cultivate’ is a professional development program that aims to foster leadership and management skills for established women in Victoria’s music industry. It follows on from its success in 2019 which saw Participants Dallas Frasca (A Hitch To The Sticks Festival), Kate Duncan (The Push), Coco Eke (Bad Apples), Katie Besgrove (Look Out Kid) and Sally Mather (The Corner Group) develop their leadership skills through one-on-one professionalised training sessions with CEOs and experienced mentors. Applications for Cultivate 2020 are now open! If you identify as a woman and are in or on your path to leadership and decision-making roles within the Victorian contemporary music sector, you can apply to be a participant in the program at musicvictoria. com.au/cultivate. Another major announcement we have to make is the introduction of our new chair of the Board of Directors; Sally Howland! Ms Howland also works as an advisor to APRA AMCOS and has authored research projects into Indigenous Music projects for the Australia Council and the NSW government. She is also a Non-Executive Director of the Archie Roach Foundation and Support Act Ltd (SAL), having been appointed Chair of the SAL Board in 2013. We are all very excited to begin working together with Sally! In regional news – we are co-presenting two This Must Be the Place workshops with The Push soon. The first will take place at Leongatha Memorial Hall, Leongatha, Friday 18 October while the second will be at Kyneton Music Festival – Kyneton, Saturday 26 October. Speakers are still yet to be confirmed so keep an eye out on both the Music Victoria website and socials for updates. Finally, there has also been an update to Geelong

ALONG THE AVENUE WITH CARUS THOMPSON Carus Thompson has been in the music game since the mid-’90s and a solo musician since 2008. A couple of years on from his last album Island, the singer-songwriter will release Shakespeare Avenue early next month. Single ‘Avondale Heights to Sunshine’ is out now, a song that tells the “gritty story of a suburban Dad trying to escape the trappings of the suburb he was born into”. Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove – November 16.

CATE LE BON GIVES A HIGH FIVE A festival appearance is often a good time for artists to play a few addition dates, and that is happy news for fans that prefer a more intimate experience with their favourite artist. Welsh musician and producer Cate Le Bon has a date with Meredith Music Festival, but the sun will also shine on Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal on December 13. Her latest album (and fifth) is Reward, written while living a solitary life in the mountainside of the Lake District.

Venues day. The date for this event has been moved to Thursday 17 October but is still slated to take place at The Wool Museum, Geelong. ‘til next time! The MV Team Regional Member Moment – Moon Mother Productions Jenny Moon, head of Moon Mother Productions, has just been deservedly nominated as a finalist in the Live Production award category at the Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA). Jenny’s hard work, experience and expertise has seen her build Moon Mother into a highly successful music business. You can hear from Jenny herself speak at the Geelong Venues Day that Music Victoria are running with City of Greater Geelong on Thursday 17 October. Details can be found at musicvictoria. com.au/events. Regional Gig of the month – Busby Marou: The Great Divide Tour The Palais, Hepburn Springs – Friday 8 November Blues & Roots act Busby Marou will be touring Australia in October and November in support of their upcoming fourth studio album ‘The Great Divide’, due out on the 27th of September. This tour is the culmination of a massive year of gigs for the duo coming off massive summer performances, including playing in front of 3,000 people at their own One Hot Night festival in their hometown of Rockhampton, QLD. Busby Marou’s national tour will see them play Hepburn Spring’s the Palais in a show that’s not to be missed. Tickets available at oztix.com.au.

soundscapes distinguish her as the epitome of an unbridled introvert. Queenscliff Music Festival will be supporting ‘Humans Weep’, an audiovisual project with a music video, live video, and photography to capture Momoko’s raw aesthetic command.

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THE QMF EMERGING ARTIST GRANT Queenscliff Music Festival has announced the recipients of the 2019 Emerging Artist Grant (EAG) and the Alison McKenzie Mentor Program.

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Fostering forerunners in the Bellarine music scene, the EAG initiative assists in the development and completion of projects by local musicians for up to $10,000 per year, with approximately $4,000 stemming from the contributions of Friends of the Festival. The Emerging Artist Grant and Alison McKenzie Mentor Program ensure musicians have the support necessary to follow through with their ambitions, an imperative of the Queenscliff Music Festival. Big congratulations to local artists Momoko Rose and Nathan Seeckts, who thanks to QMF, have been awarded $5,000 each to assist with their forthcoming recording, live show and video projects this year alongside a live slot on this year’s stages. Momoko Rose’s music illustrates a profound sensitivity to the natural world and our emotional connection with it as people, a quality she manifests in her own music. Her songs are riddled with dissonance, jazz harmony and unorthodox time signatures. Momoko’s mellifluous and otherworldly

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Nathan Seeckts release ‘Sirens’ addresses domestic violence within Australian homes, with all proceeds from the sale being donated to a local not-for-profit Australian children’s charity. The EAG will support Nathan in creating a music video to accompany ‘Sirens’. The video draws influence from Felicity Urquhart, who during an interview with Nathan on ABC’s Saturday Night Country reflected “You asked whether you were the right voice for this. I think having any of us talk about this subject is the right voice.” That’s not all though. In memory of valued QMF board member Alison, the Alison McKenzie Mentor Program recipient for 2019 is Cooper Lower, a local guitarist and singer/songwriter from Victoria’s South West Coast. Cooper’s musical intuitions have carried him to audiences at the Melbourne International Guitar Night, Fretmonkey Guitarist Showcase (USA) and Tollwood Sommerfest (Germany), and his 2018 EP Mysteries of Midnight was loved by our team here at Forte. Cooper Lower will be mentored by Ash Grunwald. Queenscliff is rocketing towards an early sell-out with over 95% of tickets sold. Acts such as multiaward winning singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, Tim Finn, and British percussive guitar master Newton Faulkner are all a part of the stellar selection of musical acts performing at this year’s festival. Best of all children aged 13 and under get in for free! Bring friends, family, and join in the groove. THE 23RD QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL RUN FROM 22ND – 24TH NOVEMBER 2019.

RAINBOW SERPENT FESTIVAL We’re just giving you a friendly reminder that tickets for 2020’s Rainbow Serpent Festival are on sale. The line-up so far includes atish, Be Svendsen, Benny Page, Bullhorn, Cello Joe, Christian Smith & John Selway, Danito & Athina, Deekline, DEKEL, Ed Solo, Edoardo Marvaso, Emok, Grouch in Dub Band and Tara Brooks. All ticket options and full lineup information is available through rainbowserpent.net.

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JOHN BUTLER PERFORMS SOLO Tickets are hot property for John Butler’s solo show at Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre on November 8, a touch more than twenty years since the release of the beloved Fremantlebred band’s debut. Their most recent, Home, dropped last year. John: “This album is my most personal work yet and it feels like taking it on the road to connect with fans directly is the final act of delivering this body of work.”

Next month, immerse yourself in Angela’s world as she turns a negative into a positive in My Brilliant Divorce at The Potato Shed. Written by Geraldine Aron, My Brilliant Divorce is the radiantly witty and warm personal account of Angela, dumped by her husband for a younger model. Follow Angela’s journey as she fumbles through the dating scene, rediscovers herself and all the while hoping to find the love of her life. A smash-hit for Dawn French in the West End, Mandi Lodge (Shirley Valentine; Patsy Cline) takes on the role of Angela in HiT’s 2019 Australian production

DAN PARSONS IS AN EARLY RISER Dan Parsons is a Brisbane-raised, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter with an LA country-inspired sound. Last year he released Sunday Morning Cinema, which appeared on the lists of Top 10 Australian Albums of the Year Rhythms Readers’ Poll and Basement Discs Best Australian Albums of 2018. Back from a threemonth stint touring Canada, Dan has a date with Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel on November 3.

THE VILLAGE CONTINUUM There is a strong chance our lovely readers would have come across an article about the need to reconnect in recent times. Reconnecting with who we are, reconnecting with others, reconnecting with nature. At The Village Continuum, a Summer Solstice Gathering, you are presented with Australia’s premier weekend of traditional crafts, nature skills and tools for well-being. Your experience includes connecting and surrounding yourself with inspired people from all walks of life, expanding your heart, mind and soul with a range of workshops, and making a fresh start with practical life-changing classes. Your ticket price also includes nine organic meals. Hepburn Shire will host the event from December 2023. Further information is available through villagecontinuum.com.au.

Dramatic Dancing sums up Natya Bollywood Dance Company, and that’s exactly what you can expect at the Palais-Hepburn for their Bollywood Dance Party. With tunes from Dj Krazy J from Soundmaster, you’re invited to come dress up, dance and have a Bolly good time! Dance lessons will be available throughout the night. Friday, October 4, from 7:30pm. Tix via palais-hepburn.com

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It’s a solid weekend of tunes at Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre in November, as The Waifs take to the stage on November 9. We’ll take you back a couple of years to 2017 when the band celebrated their 25th anniversary with the album Ironbark and a #1 spot on the ARIA Charts. Even after a quarter of a century, there are no signs of slowing down. The band is also on the line-up for the Queenscliff Music Festival.

If a new album from Something for Kate is good news, then a solo Paul Dempsey performance is surely the cherry on top. Ten years ago the songman released his debut solo album Everything is True, an album on which he played every instrument. As for the SfK album, recording will be completed by the time the show rolls around so you just know you are going to get some new stuff. Torquay Hotel, Torquay – November 16.

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Say you’re not done following River Rocks. Say you missed out on River Rocks but want to enjoy some of the action. River Rocks Rehab returns, with Geelong’s Barwon Club hosting the event on November 10. Guests include Kid Congo & the Near Death Experience, Cosmic Psychos, The Meanies, Los Chicos, SixFtHick, Intoxica, Hobo Magic, The Tremors and more. There is just so much to go around.

Grammy award-winning songman Leo Sayer is heading to Australia to celebrate reaching the tender age of 70. While his song list is exhaustive, he is fondly known for his hits ‘When I Need You’ and ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’. He has also written songs for Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner and Dolly Parton among others. His Just a Boy at 70 tour hits Costa Hall, Geelong on November 30 and Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool on December 1.

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As the name suggests, Dyson Stringer Cloher is the combination of Mia Dyson, Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher. They first decided to do something in 2013 and released a three-track EP and performed more than 40 shows around the country. While the three-track release was well received, it just wasn’t long enough for fans so Dyson Stringer Cloher will release their debut album in October. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – November 15.

Where does the time go? Queensland stoner rock heavyweights Rollerball have been out of action for a decade, but because their debut Lost in Space is getting a deluxe vinyl release in celebration of turning 20, the band has announced a run of shows. The original featured six tracks, plus two hidden additions. The reissue now boasts 11 songs. Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool – October 26. Specials guests TBA.

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Drapht has no time for the summertime blues. With co- With roots in Ocean Grove, Melbourne-based indie production by Hamely and support from Indoor Fins folk outfit Grand Pine have released their new single, and Morgan Bain, the hip hop royalty is back with new ‘Heart’. It is the band’s fourth single, inspired by the single ‘Summer They Say’. Drapht: “It feels great to be likes of Fleet Foxes and Bon Inver. Singer-songwriter back with new material that I’m really excited about, a Guy Perkins: “Heart was written about the fragility of new home for my music and a bunch of parties around relationships based on mutual emotional dependence the country scheduled in to celebrate.” Barwon Club, and the need for emotion and physical comfort even at Geelong – November 15. the detriment of your own long-term psyche.”

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the best band of them all? Throughout October, Sundays at The Eastern in Ballarat are reserved for a Battle of the Bands. Prizes include recording time with Heart of the Rat, live recording sessions at The Eastern and mentoring sessions with Josephine Freya Hollick. You never know who may be the next big thing in Aussie music, so show your support and keep your Sundays in October free.

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Bendigo stalwarts Midweek Blues have spent a busy winter in the studio – and they are preparing to unleash the results in the coming months. The quintet – who describe themselves as “five guys who jam on a Wednesday night to overcome the midweek blues” - laid down two new tracks at the local Ladd Studios. Local singer-songwriter Sherri Parry, who is also in the midst of recording new material, joined regular vocalist Mick Sheahan on the track Blue Eyes. It will be released as a single prior to this year’s Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival. “It’s a song about the impression we leave behind when we leave this world,” says guitarist Paul Robins. The second single The Night will be released in early 2020, accompanied by the band’s first music video. And there are plans beyond that to put out a second album, the long-awaited follow-up to their 2017 debut The Last Days Of May. To coincide with their new material, Midweek Blues will be hitting local stages, starting at the Golden Vine on Saturday, September 28, where they will be supporting Canberra’s indie blues rockers Muddy Wolfe. Punters can also see the band live at the Bendigo Blues Club’s monthly jam at Allies Hotel on Sunday, October 13; at the Rifle Brigade Hotel on Friday, November 8, as part of the Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival; and the annual Tyson’s Reef Hotel Fiesta on Sunday, November 10 (along with West Australian guitar slinger Matty T. Wall). Catch Midweek Blues, along with Muddy Wolfe, at the Golden Vine on Saturday, September 28. From 8pm; entry $5.

BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE 8S So, just what’s in store if you crank up the new Planet of the 8s album Tourist Season to unruly levels? Seven tracks of desert stoner rock goodness featuring appearances by Bob Balch (Fu Manchu), James Coelli (Sheriff, A Gazillion Angry Mexicans) and Ben Smith (A Gazillion Angry Mexicans). You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. Then you will play it again. The Eastern, Ballarat – October 19. With support from Kitchen Witch and Monsters of the Dirty South.

THE RETURN OF HUNTING GROUNDS Everyone is coming out to play in the final days of Ballarat’s Karova Lounge, including Hunting Grounds, who will work their magic at the venue on October 5. The local-bred band first came to attention when they won triple j Unearthed High as Howl. Two EPs and an album later the band decided to part ways. They have one more show in them, plus the big added bonus of a new EP, In Another Life.

Also appearing at local venues in the next fortnight: Geelong’s blues patriarch Wayne Jury will be entertaining the Friday night crowd at Rocks Underground (Rocks On Rosalind) on September 27. From 7pm; free entry; dining packages available at www.opentable.com.au Melbourne-based stoner rockers Planet Of The 8s will be playing material from their second album Tourist Season at the Golden Vine on Saturday, October 5. Support from local space-doom proponents Jack Harlon and the Dead Crows, and stoner rock trio Sleeping Giant. From 8pm; entry $5. MudTrain are hitting the highway from Melbourne to bring their blues/rock/soul cocktail to the Gold Dust Lounge on Saturday, September 28. From 9.30pm; free entry. Settle in for a Sunday afternoon session with singer-guitarist Boh Dower, who will be performing solo acoustic covers at the Axedale Tavern on September 29. From 1pm; free entry. Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Lucie Thorne is launching her new album Kitty & Frank at The Old Church On The Hill on Saturday, October 5. From 7pm; tickets $20 from www.trybooking.com Pop songstress Dani Im is bringing her Dreamer tour to The Capital on Sunday, October 6, performing new material alongside hits from throughout her career. From 3pm; tickets available from www. bendigoregion.com.au CONTACT: NETTEE136@GMAIL.COM

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In typical GABF style, there are also a few obscure flourishes alongside all the craft beer enthusiasts. You can expect to find wandering cabaret acts, a piano bar with comedy, a wacky dance-off; even find yourself judging the best beard competition.

“It’s no longer just a back-yard BBQ brew with The Great Australian Beer Festival (GABF) brewers keen to create new and inventive flavours,” and beer lover’s paradise returns in says festival director Michael Ward. “GABF to me, is January with a new home in Geelong’s all about exploring and discovering good beer and iconic Johnstone Park for the first time. there will be 40 interactive themed bars providing over 200 beers and ciders to taste on the day.” Now entering its eighth year in Geelong, the Great Australian Beer Festival (previously held out at the GABF overflows with fun, from the moment you Geelong Racecourse) attracts a crowd of around set hands on your tasting glass, ‘til the time you’re 5000 for an afternoon of craft beer tasting and tipping back your last beer of the day, and this new, education, brewing demos, top local food and live central location – just a short walk from Geelong music, with breweries attending from around the station – will offer easier access for visitors and has country, including 13 from the Geelong region alone! plenty of accommodation and nightlife options for those kicking on afterward. How good’s that? While beer lovers are in for a treat, so are the music lovers! Headlining is Sneaky Sound System, IT ALL GOES DOWN AT JOHNSTONE PARK, a household name in Australia since the mid- GEELONG CBD – JANUARY 18, FROM 1PM2000s, with massive hits UFO, Pictures and I Love 8PM. LIMITED FIRST RELEASE TICKETS ARE It spearheading their 3x platinum self-titled album. ON SALE NOW VIA WWW.GABF.COM.AU. Kim Churchill and local bands The Kite Machine and The Run will also be performing on the day. There’s just something about a cold beer and a live band… we can’t wait.

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TWENTY YEARS ON, BIRREGURRA FESTIVAL AND ART SHOW CONTINUES TO PLACE COMMUNITY LIFE AT THE HEART

SET IN THE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC TOWN AT THE In what’s set to be a music-lovers treat, the festival will Fiona continues. “We’re also very proud to have gender FOOTHILLS OF THE OTWAYS, THE BIRREGURRA see more than 20 great live music acts across three stages equality billing this year which is something I am FESTIVAL AND ART SHOW – NOW ENTERING including the likes of space-pop up-and-comers Zoe personally very committed to. Even though the festival ADULTHOOD AND CELEBRATING THE BIG TWO- Fox and the Rocket Clocks, country-folk artists Cookie has grown over the years, it is a community festival ZERO – CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, Baker and Kerryn Fields, Splendour in the Grass alumni and it’s always very important for the community to WITH ALL MONEY RAISED GOING STRAIGHT BACK Ben Whiting, and Geelong’s own funk rockers The Run. be involved.” INTO IT AND BECOMING ONE OF THE STATE’S That’s barely scraping the surface of the musical With community participation central to the festival, ‘MUST-VISITS’ WITH FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE talent to grace the stages this year. Making the most you’ll also catch a 150+ strong OMM Choir, alongside EXPECTED TO ATTEND THIS YEAR, BRINGING A of all the hidden musical gems the region has to offer, local music groups and choirs including Running with $1.8M ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGION. the Festival Music Booker Fiona Brandscheid has put Zithers, Birregurra Celtic Group, Deans Marsh Singers With high-quality musicians from the area and further together a diverse live music line-up that rivals many and Apollo Bay Community Choir, as well as Festival afield, delectable food and wine from the Otways of its regional and even some of its metropolitan favourites the Mik Maks who have been wowing their region and a smorgasbord market of arts, crafts, and counterparts. young audiences all over the country with their catchy local products over the weekend, this festival has “This is my first year booking the festival, taking the country-rock tunes. celebrating community life at the heart of it – and with helm from Andy Forssman who has done a superb job Taking on community feedback year after year has the celebration of two decades, the team have truly for so many years so it’s big shoes to fill,” Fiona reveals. been critical to Birregurra Festival’s growth, and with upped the ante with 2019 looking to be the best one yet. “Off the back of participating in Music Victoria’s Live a recent call for more youth activities, the festival have “Birrefest celebrating its 20th anniversary as an Music Professionals program with a swag of other great now introduced a youth quarter in The Yards next to important milestone for the community,” says Festival independent promoters and venue operators, it’s been Birregurra Hall in partnership with FreeZA. Coordinator Vicki Jeffrey. “From very humble beginnings fun to come to the task with a very fresh set of eyes. “Last year, with the availability of ‘The Yards’, a new as a fundraiser for the primary school, the Festival now “The festival isn’t a dedicated ‘music festival’ as landscaped area with a stage next to Birregurra Hall, boasts over 12,000 people over two days enjoying three such. It’s much broader than that and has lots of great we activated the space as a buskers stage and invited stages with a wide variety of genres, over 100 market and activities and reasons for visiting, so there has to be FreeZA to come along,” explains Fiona. “This year, food stalls, an excellent food and wine area showcasing a balance of interesting and high quality music that we’re expanding this idea and dedicating the space the regions produce and a variety of children’s doesn’t blow the heads off stallholders and visitors on Saturday to a Youth Chill Out Zone where older activities from the animal nursery, dog jumping, who are there for other reasons, as well as balancing kids and teens can come along and hang out together, laser tag, reptile encounters, woodchop and more. opportunities for upcoming local artists such as The charge their phone at the recharge station, enjoy some “It showcases the community and everything we Attics while including well established artists from fantastic young musicians and watch street artist have to offer in the region,” Vicki continues. “With a Melbourne and other parts of the country including Damian Arena paint a mural which will stay in the long and varied range of events throughout a yearly Cookie Baker, Kerryn Fields and Ben Whiting. community. calendar, there is no other event in the region that “This year I’ve chosen to make Saturday more “As well as FreeZA musicians, they can also enjoy hip reaches so many people and provide such a vast array contemporary and pop focused with Momoko Rose, hop artist Nomad, super talented multi-instrumentalist of entertainment and activities.” Zoe Fox & the Rocket Clocks and Geelong’s The Run Daniel Aaron playing loops on guitar and didgeridoo, The standout quality this year, however, is again the who are super energetic and fun, and Sunday, which and folk-funk experimentalist Torii,” Fiona continues. diverse bunch of talented performers who will entertain has more young families visiting, more chilled and “And then on Sunday, the stage reverts to a busking stage the crowds throughout the weekend – and we’re not culturally diverse with the fabulous and colourful with a range of local acts. 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opportunity for young adults and local musicians to get involved, have a voice and keep the festival alive into the future.” While there’s no doubt that the music is absolutely top-notch, it’s not the only thing drawing the crowds. Each year, the main street transforms into a vibrant market place selling all sorts of goodies from handcrafts to organic produce and loads of garden plants and displays. You’ll find everything from temporary tattoos, juggling equipment, books, beads, and chains, to jewellery, candles, doggie treats, leather goods, and everything in between. There’s also plenty for the kids to do this year with a kids circus show and the aforementioned laser tag and reptile encounters, as well annual Festival favourites such as rock’n’roll dancers, vintage cars, dog jump, animal nursery, kids games fair, cow pat lotto and the woodchop. It’s the Birregurra Art Show however which will mark the official start of the festival with a gala event held on Friday 11 October. The art show is one of the most prestigious in the country regionally, regularly attracting over 250 high-quality artworks from around the country which will be on display in the Birregurra Hall and provides visitors the perfect opportunity to start or add to their own original art collection. They say a gold coin doesn’t get you all that much in life anymore, but in the Birregurra Festival and Art Show world it gains you access to the whole weekend of entertainment.

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soles of his feet. “I don’t know where I get this energy from but as soon as I get into touring the adrenaline kicks over and I’m all over the stage and still performing just the same as I used to, but that’s kind of crazy at this age but it’s keeping me young. It begets a good feeling!” Sayer won’t just be presenting ‘Just A Boy’ on the tour. It will be a celebration of his four-decade-long career from start to present, including his latest release, ‘Selfie’ which draws inspiration from his extensive catalogue adding modern undertones that don’t compromise on his signature sound. “You know ‘Selfie’ has to live with ‘Endless Flight’ and ‘Thunder in my Heart’ and ‘Just A Boy’ and ‘Silver Bird’ and ‘World Radio’ and ‘Here’ and all of those. It’s got to be in a way comparable so you will be a perfectionist because you don’t want to make a duff record. It does take time to make records, just in the way it would take time for Hemingway to WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS make a novel,” he says. When you think of a 71-year-old, you “It stands up pretty well alongside the other albums definitely don’t see them travelling the world and yet contemporises, in a nice way, the Leo Sayer rocking out on stage to adoring fans or self- sound…I think that potpourri of sounds is something producing a new album that blends the sound that is very contemporary in its way as well, which of yesteryear with the modern flavour from is where it’s at in songs like ‘Build You A Rainbow’ the radio. But that is exactly what Leo Sayer is and ‘Occupy’, there’s a lot of those quotations doing. Earlier this year Sayer toured Victoria of old sounds in something that is very new.” extensively as part of the celebration tour for While the ‘Just A Boy’ tour focuses in the sounds of his 1974 album ‘Just A Boy’ before covering the Sayers’s career, the veteran continues to delve into UK and Europe. Now he’s back down under to musical projects with no sign of retirement in the finish what he started. near future. As for what the future holds, the legend “It’s continuing the tour that I started earlier this says, “God knows! But I do feel energised. There’s year, but of course, when we did that and playing just too much to do. I’m a person who is living in the gigs in Victoria it was called ‘Just A Boy At 70’ so I now. I don’t live in the past and I never have done. I can’t do that any longer because I became 71 in May have this theory- concentrate on 20 minutes in the so now it’s just ‘Just A Boy 2019’,” Sayer laughs. “It past and 20 minutes to come and whatever is inside was a pretty quintessential album back in 1974 for of the sphere because you can’t do anything about me, pretty iconic. It really was the first album where the past and you can’t plan the future so let’s get I had worldwide success in 1974 so it’s looking back on with the present.” at that time in some ways but also celebrating that I’m still as energetic and young-feeling as ever so THE MUSIC VETERAN WILL BRING THE JUST that’s the idea behind it. I’m never going to grow A BOY 2019 TOUR TO GEELONG’S COSTA HALL SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER. TICKETS AT up [laughs]!” GEELONGARTCENTRE.ORG.AU Sayer carries the same energy from his 20’s with

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RIVER ROCKS REHAB WRITTEN BY THOM DEVEREUX

The music festival that revived Geelong’s music scene, River Rocks Festival, is returning to the Barwon Club for its twelfth year. The self-funded event was born from the minds of Jason Bee and Neale Cox in 2008, with the BC’s Al O’Neil joining in 2013. During a time when live rock music in Geelong was waning, River Rocks bought an all-day-and-night experience for rock lovers. The River Rocks 2019 sold-out line-up includes explosive headline acts such as Cosmic Psychos, The Meanies, Hard-Ons, Rocket Science, Cable Ties, and Spanish five-piece Los Chicos, along with an extensive list of supporting acts guaranteed to have the crowd raving. If you missed out on River Rocks tickets, the next-best-thing is happening only the day after. For the third consecutive year, River Rocks Rehab will run on the Sunday of the Festival. When River Rocks sold out in 2017, Rehab was the solution to demanding audiences: a second day, with more music. As well as headlining acts, the Sunday includes a BBQ for those suffering from the Saturday’s drinking or more alcohol for those continuing. Headlining River Rocks Rehab this year is

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American Kid Congo Powers, bringing his latest act Kid Congo and the Near Death Experience to Australia for the first time. Kid Congo has been rocking around the States since the 80s and has played with names like The Gun Club and Nick Cave, lately focusing on his band The Pink Monkey Birds. Kid Congo last brought his band to our shores in 2015 for the first time in 25 years, and again in 2018. Congo and the Near Death Experience appear for on two Australian dates this year, the RRR being their final show. Returning to also headline for a second day are acts Cosmic Psychos, The Meanies and Los Chicos. Cosmic Psychos have appeared at River Rocks for years, being one of the original bands to inspire the festival. The Meanies formed as a power-punk group in the late 80s and are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. Spanish band Los Chicos (which translates to ‘The Boys’) are self-described as a ‘country-punk-rock-soul-gospel machine’ visiting Australia to support veteran punk band Radio Birdman. Behind these headliners are an array of support acts that will ensure that River Rocks Rehab will be just as rampant as the day before. Brisbane swamp rock act SixFtHick will work the stage along with Intoxica, another 80s rock and roll band from Melbourne. Glitoris, the Canberra punk four-piece, will also return to Geelong for Rehab. Other support names include Hobo Magic, The Tremors, Dicklord, and Sacramento Sweaters. Between sets, and following the live music, DJs Rory Fang It! and James ‘The Hound Dog’ Taylor will take to the decks to make sure that there isn’t any silence during the festivities. Whether you’re continuing from the day before or looking to see a range of bands from across four decades, River Rocks Rehab promises to be an afternoon and evening of screaming, singing and wild dance moves. RIVER ROCKS REHAB KICKS OFF ON SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BC OR FROM OZTIX

GRAND PINE Starting out as a solo project for the group’s vocalist Guy Perkins, Grand Pine are earning a reputation as one of Australia’s most promising up and coming enigmatic indie-folk bands, and they’ve just released their fourth single, ‘Heart’ which has hauntingly beautiful vocals with ambient guitar swells and deeply echoing synth chords. We sit down with frontman Guy. Congrats on the release of your new single, ‘Heart’, What’s the writing process like? I do all the writing at the moment, but ‘Heart’ was actually written by the whole band. For this one, we basically wrote most of it in the studio as we were going. The band didn’t even know the song prior to us making it in the studio which was a bit of a weird process for us; it was more of an ‘All right, I’ve got a chorus, let’s build it’. That’s an interesting approach for sure! Would you do that process again moving forward? I think we probably will do that process again, just because it’s a bit more exciting, and it keeps it fresh for all of us. We’re not sick of the single yet, which can sometimes be the case when you’ve been playing it for months beforehand, and then you’re playing it for several months afterwards as well. I think it’s a good way to go about it, and it’s good to have everyone’s opinions and input. We believe ‘Heart’ was recorded and mixed by band member Connor Black-Harry (Greta Ray,

Nancie Schipper, Annelise Rose)? Yeah, Connor has a little studio! We’ve done our last three singles there which has been good; keeps it cost-effective for us, and it sounds good, so we’re going to be keeping with it. The whole album that’s coming out next year has been recorded at his house so keeps it all in one spot, and doesn’t sound like we’ve gone to different places, and recorded at different places. Hopefully, it’ll be done and ready to go very soon. Oh perfect, we can’t wait to hear the album! Will ‘Heart’ feature on the album? ‘Heart’ will be on that album, as well as the last two singles that we put out before that, ‘Feel Alone’ and ‘Back in Town’. It’s just going to be a nice little collection of songs. Some of them, a few of them actually, we created through the same process as ‘Heart’, writing it in the studio rather than having a finished song, which I think keeps it fresh for us. Sound-wise, ‘Heart’ is as distant as it gets. It’s probably the outlier of the album in that it’s a bit more rocky and driven, but collectively, it’s got a really nice flow. Why did you decide to release ‘Heart’ as the current single ahead of the album? We just felt like doing something new. We had three different singles that we were deciding between, but we ended up going with this one, which wasn’t even a song at that stage. I think it was a bit more exciting for everyone playing it. With the other songs, we’ve been working on them for a year now, so it was just a kind of morale booster. It’s taking us a lot longer than we thought it would for this album, but I think it’ll be worth it once it’s out. Are you more at home with music on the stage or in the studio? I think we’re more into the live shows right now. We’ve got a bigger sound, I think we’re tighter, and everyone’s really feeling it at the moment. We’ve just booked a show at Analogue Academy actually in November. It feels like we’ve got a bit of momentum now so pretty eager to see what the future holds. WE’RE PRETTY EAGER TOO! YOU CAN LISTEN TO GRAND PINE’S SINGLE ‘HEART’ NOW.

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north Queensland as he is in the cold of Tasmania, Kernaghan suggests that some parts of NSW and Victoria hold special appeal. “Well Southern NSW and central Victoria were my stomping ground – I used to do duos and trio gigs throughout there all the time. I just love doing what I do.” Interestingly Kernaghan hasn’t let the state of the nation impact greatly on his great love for Australia, although like most people he would like to see reason and sanity prevail in letting the Tamil family, leading all the news bulletins, to stay in the country. “I live in a pretty good place, but sometimes things get under your skin,” he admits. “The Tamil Family – maybe the Australian thing to do is let them go back to their home community in Queensland, WRITTEN BY CHRIS MICHAELS where they are a valuable part of the community. Be compassionate.” Lee Kernaghan brings his Backyard Nation Talking of gigs, favourite venues and landmarks tour through Ballarat in mid-November and was next on the agenda, and with a show this week his eminent presence in the region was more at the soon to possibly be demolished Thebarton than enough reason to sit down and catch up Theatre brought some reflection. with one of Australia’s finest singer-songwriters. “It would be sad to see it go. It’s a real landmark Having recently completed his Boys From The venue so playing there may have been the last time. Bush 25th anniversary tour, Kernaghan couldn’t The Deni Ute Muster is one of my all time favourite wait to get back on the road again and share his places really. There is nothing like it anywhere on brand of country rock with fans. “It’s really uplifting earth. Music takes you far and wide.” when you see people coming from all over. I get In a career that has now spanned over 30 years a thousand times more buzz touring now then at the top it’s surprising that Kernaghan still sees previously,” he reveals. himself as incredibly lucky to be doing the one thing Helping to make this current tour so special is the in life he really loves; playing music. “I feel blessed. presence of The Wolfe Brothers, who according to I’ve been able to pursue my love of music and make Kernaghan is “the hottest band in Australia”. a career out of it.” And if you think this round of shows is much like his past efforts, you would be mistaken: “I wanted it YOU CAN SEE LEE AND HIS INCREDIBLE MERRY to be a spectacle. We use remote-controlled cameras, MEN IN BALLARAT ON NOVEMBER 16. TICKETS screens, video, and great lighting.” VIA HERMAJ.COM. Kernaghan will be welcomed in Ballarat with open arms, although this wasn’t always the case he tells me with a laugh. “(Some time ago) we played there and during a song called ‘Skinny Dippin’ there was a stage invasion and a bit of a scuffle.” Kernaghan was in the bad books just briefly, but all seems forgotten now. I wondered if Kernaghan had a favourite place or region to play, and while he’s as popular in far

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LAMBYS TAVERN GRAND FINAL MARATHON WRITTEN BY THOM DEVEREUX

It’s AFL Grand Final time of year again, and it’s hard to miss. It’s an intense, and sometimes unfair time of year (just ask any Geelong supporter...). While the match itself will provide a few hours entertainment, the long weekend has left a lot of free time, which Lambys Tavern have been kind enough to fill with their Grand Final Marathon. For those that want more than the AFL’s entertainment of Paul Kelly, Dean Lewis and Tones & I, Lambys has four huge nights of fun lined up. THURSDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER – PUBLIC HOLIDAY EVE Ah, the calm before the storm. As the nation packs in one last day of work before three days off, come knock-off everyone will be ready for a cold one. To kick off the epic Grand Final Marathon, Lambys will host three acts to jump-start your long weekend. Donned ‘The Mother of all Cover Bands’, Mama Jam will take to the stage downstairs to play all the classics. Geelong regular Andy Forster will bring his solo acoustic set to the tavern, and Liam Blackwell will DJ upstairs playing track you love, with his own twist.

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FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER – GRAND FINAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY One of the greatest things to come from the AFL’s biggest game of the year – a day off. Australia celebrates the grand final with a long weekend. Fans of grand final contenders can flock to Melbourne for the annual Grand Final Parade, where they can see both teams, as well as marching bands and other roaming entertainment. To celebrate everybody’s day off, Grand Final Eve at Lambys promises to keep the ball rolling. Melbourne’s Adam 12 kick off with their cover set, with James Kernick also providing an acoustic set. Later, DJ Jo Jo is set to rip up the upstairs. SATURDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER – GRAND FINAL DAY The Day that Stops the Nation. For the 123rd year, two teams will battle it out over the 2019 AFL Premiership Cup. With 2018 premiers West Coast Eagles out, who will take the cup? What better way to celebrate, drown your sorrows or continue the party on Saturday night than with Night #3 of the Grand Final Marathon. ‘The Voice’ contestant and ‘Wasabi’ singer Lee Harding will join Bedrock for their show, while DJ Jubtek will provide some tunes before Liam Blackwell once again takes to the upstairs stage. SUNDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER – KICK-ONS By now, the AFL celebrations have begun to subside and many of us will be faced with a tough choice: continue the party, or suffer the hangover? For those brave enough to continue to Night #4, Lambys will be closing their spectacular Grand Final Marathon with local singer-songwriter Levi Anderson, before Liam Blackwell closes the marathon with one of his renowned DJ sets. Purchase a Marathon Pass to receive cheaper entry for the whole long weekend, or buy an Entry Card on the Thursday to get in for free for the whole marathon!

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A major change on this upcoming album is the inclusion of their current touring band. Oli and Louis Leimbach have operated as a duo from their inception in 2011, hiring sessions musicians to accompany them in the recording process and on the road, however, their current touring line-up of three years look as though they are here to stay. “Well, this is the first time that we’ve had the touring band play on the recording of this new album that we’ve got coming out and these new songs that we’ve released. We went up to a farm to a barn and all just recorded together and that was a really good experience,” says Leimbach. “But it was awesome having those guys up there because now with them at the recording process they’re not just listening to the record and trying to do that on a live stage, they were actually there recording it so the live show will benefit from that.”

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it will be a tasting platter of sound. This is not new for Lime Cordiale who have notoriously been known for their mix tapes of genre-bending songs. Their signature sound is that they don’t subscribe to piggybank slotting of music categorisation.

“Our stuff has always been all over the place. We write songs in different environments and different moods and it doesn’t really fit into the same sounds like other bands do. We’ve been criticised for that in the WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS industry over some time like, ‘we don’t really know Fresh off a plane from sunny Europe where where you sit’, ‘you need to have a sound’, ‘people they provided some serious wanderlust envy need to know what that Lime Cordiale sound is’ but with their Instagrammable summer glows and I think after a while, at the end of the day it’s just the Spanish street performances, Sydney siblings, two of us creating the music and it sort of just sits Lime Cordiale, touch back down in Australia into our sound.” preparing for their high-demand ‘Robbery’ AU and NZ tour, festival season, and the release of a He continues, “From ‘Dirt Cheap’ to Inappropriate new single on 20 September. Behaviour’ to this new one we’ve got out to ‘Money’; they’re all pretty different songs but I think that “It’s got a bit more of a Motown, 60’s feel to it you can still sort of feel like it’s us. It doesn’t feel instrumentally,” frontman Oli Leimbach teases. like different bands, just different songs. I feel like as a tip to other bands to not really worry about The newbie will appear on their sophomore album that because you end up going down the same road excepted out at the end of the year alongside banger, sonically anyway. I think people fuck around with ‘Inappropriate Behaviour’, with Leimbach promising sounds more as the band progresses.”

As part of their Robbery tour, the full outfit will be jumping up on the Spilt Milk stage in Canberra and, the welcome addition to the expanding festival, Ballarat where they will appear alongside a plethora of talent including Allday, Chvrches, Dune Rats, G Flip, Juice Wrld, and, AFL Grand Final entertainment, Tones and I. “We played a show down in Canberra I think two years ago and all of these people were like ‘are you going to Spilt Milk’ and we had no idea what that was. It’s a pretty strange name for a festival [laughs] so two years later to be playing it! It sounds huge and also to be doing the one down in Ballarat as well; it’s awesome, mad line-up!” CATCH LIME CORDIALE AT SPILT MILK IN BALLARAT ON SATURDAY, 30 NOVEMBER. SPILT MILK IS SOLD-OUT, BUT THE RESALE FACILITY IS NOW OPEN. THEY’RE ALSO PERFORMING AT THE CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE – OCTOBER 30 & 31, NOVEMBER 1 & DECEMBER 1.

Mentors are individually selected according to the specific needs of each participant and will come from non-music industry related fields in order to give the Cultivate participants leadership insight from other industries. Mentors from the first intake of the program included CEO of Philanthropy Australia, Sarah Davies; Co-founder and Director Moxie Products and The Brand Maketh, Mia Klitsas; General Manager of Ticketmaster/Live Nation Entertainment, Aus/NZ, Jackie Antas and Board Director of Film Victoria & Holmesglen, Leonie Morgan AM. 2019 program participant, Director of A Hitch to the Sticks Festival and Industry Mentor at Collarts, Dallas Frasca says, “Cultivate has been one of the most rewarding opportunities of my career to date and given me a wealth of great leadership skills that I will apply for years to come in the music industry. Having the one-on-one support and guidance from handpicked coaches and mentors have nurtured my growth and facilitated some hugely positive results, both personally and on a grand business scale. Cultivate has totally changed the game.” Dallas was joined in the first round of the program Returning for its second instalment, Music by participants, Coco Eke: Label Manager, Bad Victoria’s Cultivate Program aims to grow the Apples Music; Kate Duncan: CEO, The Push Inc.; careers of established women, and those who Katie Besgrove: Co-Owner, Look Out Kid / General identify as women, already working within the Manager, Barely Dressed Records and Sally Mather: contemporary music sector, developing their Music & Marketing Manager, Corner Group. skills to take them into senior and leadership “Women leaders in the music industry are breaking positions. down gender stereotypes and inspiring a new Supported by the Victorian Government, the generation of leaders in Victoria’s contemporary program matches participants with CEOs and music sector,” says Minister for Women, Gabrielle experienced mentors who offer one-on-one Williams. “It is fantastic to see this new generation leadership mentoring, enabling the participants of female leadership which is bound to inspire more to expand their leadership skills and advance their – because you can’t be what you can’t see.” career. Beyond mentoring, the successful applicants Cultivate is open to application for anyone who will engage in a series of masterclasses, one-on- identifies as a woman and is in or on their path to one personalised leadership training sessions and leadership and decision making roles within the a full-day women’s leadership conference. 2019 Victorian contemporary music sector. Mentor, Co-founder & Owner of Lord of the Fries (LOTF) & Weirdoughs, Amanda Walker explains, YOU CAN APPLY VIA WWW.MUSICVICTORIA. “By joining forces within the space of trust, respect COM.AU/CULTIVATE. APPLICATIONS and collaboration, we have built a new platform CLOSE AT 5PM ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 18. for women across industries to rise up, break new ground and build even bigger dreams.”

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PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL TO BRING THE WORLD TO GEELONG In a coup for the Port Fairy Folk Festival and in partnership with the US-based Folk Alliance International (FAI), the renowned Folk Festival will present the FAI ExChange Conference in Geelong in early March next year. A precursor to the 44th Port Fairy Folk Festival (which goes down on March 6 – 9), the FAI ExChange is the world’s largest gathering of the folk music industry and community, designed to strengthen and preserve global folk music. It will bring a number of industry personnel, presenters, and more than 35 top quality national and international folk acts from all over the world to Geelong, as well as attracting the music lovers who’ll have the chance to enjoy time in Geelong prior to the festival later in the week. The Conference features keynote speakers and forums to be held at the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre during the day, and at night, a series of showcase concerts will be held throughout the arts and culture precinct of Geelong. Showcase artists will be selected via the FAI and PFFF application processes, and there will be a spotlight on regional Victorian artists. With the Port Fairy Folk Festival actually established by the Geelong Folk Club in 1977, it’s quite a fitting location for the exciting FAI ExChange. THE CITY OF GREATER GEELONG IS DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT THE FAI EXCHANGE, UNDERPINNING COUNCIL’S COMMITMENT TO A CLEVER AND CREATIVE FUTURE.

PIXIES GET EERIE ON BENEATH THE EYRIE WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS

30 years after the release of their pivotal sophomore album, Doolittle, which brought the world ‘Here Comes Your Man’, ‘Monkey Gone To Heaven’ and ‘Debaser’, and 15 years after their reincarnation, Pixies, re-emerge to further cement their legacy and regain their throne as the rulers of alternative rock/noise-pop. This time they fully embrace their melancholic, thought-provoking cries on the gothic-centred concept album, ‘Beneath The Eyrie’. Exploring the ghouls, ghosts, witches, misfits and ominous creatures that lurk around in the depth of the gloomy night, ‘Beneath The Eyrie’ narrates the tales of ‘Catfish Kate’, ‘Daniel Boone’ and ‘Mrs. Mark Of Cain’ in the most sinister setting such as ‘Graveyard Hill’ and ‘Death Horizon’. The imagining of Pixies frontman, Charles Thompson better known as Black Francis, encapsulates the gothic underworld of scary stories, intertwining it with haunting sonics and the Pixies signature style. “Well the initial idea was that it was going to be more spacious where Charles [Black Francis] was going to play the acoustic and I would be on the electric and we would have this more varied sonic palette ala ‘Here Comes Your Man’ and ‘Where Is My Mind’ and other bands that do that. That was the sonic idea for it, whether it was achieved on every song, nope, not at all,” explains the legendary

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guitarist, Joey Santiago. “But it was there that we wanted to keep the sound open and the gothic thing came from Charles guitar that he had made with his tooth on it, and the story goes that Charles told the producer [Tom Delgaty] about it so from then on when a gothic theme came through they would just run with it. The gothic theme is the lyrically content of it, so that’s what transpired there.” Bringing Tom Delgaty on as the producer for ‘Beneath The Eyrie’ was a no brainer. Having produced their previous album, the 2016 ‘Head Carrier’, Delgaty was well acquainted with Pixies in their revived formation but it is his portfolio of production pieces that stands out in heightening their vision. Delgaty received a Grammy nomination for his work on Prequelle by arguably the most gothic and theatrical act in the world, Ghost, and brought his genre insights into the studio. “If anyone is going to get goth, he is going to get it,” laughs Santiago. “Tom loves metal music, he loves all kinds of music but his forte out there is the hard stuff- I don’t want to pigeonhole. He can do anything – at the moment his interest is in this genre.” A clearly defined theme – tick, a renowned producer in the genre – tick, a critically acclaimed group of artists to create the piece – tick, the last thing left was the perfect setting. That ideal recording environment came in the form of a remote, converted church in upstate New York, Dreamland Recording Studios. “I would attribute that to where we worked too, definitely, it has an effect on people. Environments have this subliminal thing that happens to people. It doesn’t have to be bad subliminal, if you’re by the beach you go outside and enjoy it. If you’re inside some spooky place, you’re going to want to be in your head. You’re going to want to withdraw inward, so that was the atmosphere that we were in,” says Santiago. With all of the elements in place to hit the mark on gothic rock with the Pixies classic twist, ‘Beneath The Eerie’ certainly delivers, achieving everything the band wanted to going into their 9th album. Pixies return to Australia, playing at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre, 9 and 10 March 2020. Pixies ‘Beneath The Eyrie’ is out now!

Grammy-winning Jacquire King alongside the talented Emily Lazar, this album will explore the extremes of emotion, with a focus on eloquence

CITY AND COLOUR’S PILL FOR LONELINESS WRITTEN BY DANIELA KOULIKOV

There’s no doubt that for international artists, Australia is a trek away. Sometimes musicians that visit us come once and never come back – but the same can’t be said about City and Colour, who’s been to Australia almost more than he’s been anywhere else. “I ask people, have you ever had a lazy day? They say yes, and I say, imagine that, but you’re flying to the other side of the world and then you’re there!” With a warm attitude like that, it’s no wonder that fans adore Dallas Green, the man behind City and Colour. In two weeks, we will be welcoming Dallas to Brisbane – however, that isn’t the only exciting announcement he has to offer: Dallas will be releasing his sixth studio album, ‘A Pill For Loneliness’, on October 4th! Highly anticipated and produced by three-time

and energy. “When I write a song, I hope that somebody else can relate to it,” says Green, which is precisely where his album inspiration stemmed from. Although we have many ways to connect with each other, particularly through social media, Green considers this to be the loneliest time in civilisation. His solution? Music. “Whenever I hear a song, it makes me feel so connected to the person.” Although scientists have not yet created a pill for loneliness, he hopes that this album will function in its place. Within his previous five albums, Green has explored emotions in all of their intensities. With this new album, this will continue: Green will look at serenity and stress over eleven entrancing tracks, in a way that will transform stress to serenity. Alongside the engaging songs, fans also have beautiful artwork to look forward to. “I’ve been very lucky to have the opportunity to work with people who understand what I’m trying to say. It’s a vulnerable position to sing about your feelings, and I’ve never been super clear on the visual side of things.” Luckily, Nik Stein understands the record: he listens to it and tells Green what he sees, and from there the art is created. Whether that be through an appreciation for the vibrant and colourful art or the deeply emotional tracks, fans have a lot to look forward to on October 4th and on the upcoming tours. Green’s final words? “I hope that people can take what they need from it.” We’re sure they will. WHEN AND WHERE: MELBOURNE APRIL 24 - FORUM MELBOURNE RELEASE: A PILL FOR LONELINESS DUE OUT ON OCTOBER 4

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OUT OF THE DARKNESS WITH DAN HAWKINS WRITTEN BY MATT WILKINSON

The Darkness are joyous warriors, here to prick the pompous and kick the arses of those who seek to destroy us. Easter Is Cancelled sees the four maestros embark upon their most ambitious quest to date with their musical opus soon to be thrust into the ear canals of rock fans around the globe, and a tour that will quite literally resurrect the souls of all who attend. With their album slated for release next week, we sat down with The Darkness guitarist and all-round rock legend Dan Hawkins. Firstly, I just wanted to say when Permission to Land… landed….in 2003, it was like a breath of fresh air! I remember vividly where I was standing when a mate of mine first played it to me in full. It felt to us as young band ourselves, like it was a kick up the ass reminder to everyone that …see kids, rock n roll IS the way! Did it feel to you at the time like you were bringing something back that people may have been neglecting? Oh thanks a lot man, I appreciate that. Absolutely it did. We are really proud to be the kind of band that has a focus on making albums the old fashioned way. Do you think ‘rock stars’ in the classic sense, have become a thing of the past? Is there something missing from music today? Well, I would say, we’re not the kind of band that have our heads in the sand, and don’t understand how things work these days. But we acknowledge there is something great about a record you know, and

the process of spending forty minutes of your life listening to what is essentially someone’s art project. And that extends to the artwork and even that special feeling of taking out a vinyl record and putting it on. I think it’s harder for bands to make great albums these days, and to invest in exploring things because the budgets aren’t there, the labels are pushing for everything to sound like a single. And there is that pressure there to make what you do consumable because that’s the market you know, otherwise what the fucking point of releasing something. In that sense, things have changed a lot. As a band with your successes, do you guys still have that pressure? No. If we release something that sounds like a single, it’s because the type of music we were brought up on was stuff like the Beatles and ABBA, so we are just really into melody, which is essentially a memory device anyway you know, so that helps! In that vein, do you still take inspiration in your songwriting from the masters of the past or the artists that made you pick up instruments to begin with? For me, when we’re writing, I am just completely in that zone, so I’m not really thinking about things on an intellectual level at all, it just kind of happens. Everything is written acoustically, and that’s part of my technique which was developed from only having an acoustic guitar, but wanting to play an electric when we were younger. I’ve actually got this really shit, old Fender acoustic guitar that I still write on, and there’s so much stuff rattling on it, that it sounds like it’s distorting! That’s fantastic, though… are you even allowed to be playing a Fender? Ahhh, well I’m allowed to play this one! She’s been around well before I ever had a Gibson! Though the Gibson’s do weigh a lot, and increasingly as I get older, I am wondering if I need to maybe get myself a Fender too, so I don’t end up like fucking Igor, walking around with a hunch for the rest of my life. Though it may be too late for that now anyway... The new record, ‘Easter is Cancelled’ is an absolute rip snorter…. And like the blues brothers before you with their ‘mission from god’, are the Darkness here to save us all from the powers that be? Can you tell us how rock n roll can save us? Perhaps free guitar lessons for everyone? Start them on bar chords? Now that’s a good idea! Thanks, mate. Yeah look, these days, unfortunately, music has become or been made overly consumable. Sadly, people think, and this is true of other products too, that this is what they want, but ultimately, once a human being gets everything they want, or think they want, at some point they realise it’s not good for them. Music is not meant to be confined to playlists, with things dancing all over the place sonically that just aren’t supposed to go together. To me, the journey of an album, whether it’s intended by the artist, or whether it becomes a journey to the listener as something that accompanies them through periods of time in their life, is becoming lost. It’s such a shame, even the tribalism that comes from having a band that you feel is part

to be commercial and we weren’t trying to sound like anything on the radio or any of that sort of stuff, which we wouldn’t have had a clue of any of that stuff,” Coyne says. “We just were just trying to make this record that we really, really loved and we didn’t really care if anybody loved it the same way we did. I think it’s when you say these innermost secret things about yourself that you think no one else believes this…that music can turn into this universal thing because everybody is probably thinking those things but they don’t have a vehicle by which to say them or sing about them and that’s exactly the great mission of being a songwriter and being in The Flaming Lips.” I do think the state of mind that I was trying to express was also intertwined with the state of mind WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS that Steven [Drozd] was trying to express but also 2019 has been a year jam-packed with special with Dave Fridmann, our producer, so we would album anniversaries. Pixies ‘Doolittle’ turned reach a lot of moments where we could say ‘we don’t 30 in April, Nirvana’s ‘Bleach’ hit the same really know what we’re trying to do but we would age in June, Blink 182’s stand-out, ‘Enema of know what we were not trying to do’.” the State’ hit 20 as did Red Hot Chilli Peppers Since the standout album, The Flaming Lips have ‘Californication’. Joining that list in a big way is released a further eight studio albums, including the album that set the Flaming Lips alight, ‘The this years’ concept album for an art installation, Soft Bulletin’. The band’s ninth studio album ‘King’s Mouth: Music and Songs’ featuring narration was the turning point for the Oklahoma group, by the legendary Mick Jones, each of which has been a notion that frontman Wayne Coyne realises. entirely different from The Soft Bulletin. But the “We were so lucky that when it first came out it boys have no desire to replicate the masterpiece, was really picked up by the people that were really nor does Coyne think they can. hungry for a cool meaningful record and we thought “I think there’s really no way that we would ever be well this is great. If you had have asked me back then able to make another record like The Soft Bulletin if in 20 years we would be talking about this record, I because the three of us would never be in that state would have just said ‘oh no, no’,” says Coyne. “Since of mind again. We made The Soft Bulletin as this the album came out in 1999 we’ve always kind of little journey that we all were on. It was about the played it…we’ve always kind of been with it so it’s journey of being an optimistic sensitive person never really left us.” believing the world was great and wonderful,” Coyne It never really left fans either. After 20 years explains. “The Soft Bulletin album was really our the album is still considered a masterpiece along way, I think of saying ‘we’re not really freaks’.” with its follow up, the 2002 ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’. Whether it’s the obscure layers of THE FLAMING LIPS WILL BE IN AUSTRALIA psychedelics, intricate arrangements and sonic THURSDAY 3 & 4 OCTOBER AS PART OF exploration or the deeply emotive and thought- MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, provoking lyrics, the album permanently branded PLAYING THE SOFT BULLETIN IN FULL. TICKETS fans, critics and new-comers. VIA FESTIVAL.MELBOURNE/2019 “We got extremely lucky early on in the recording PHOTO BY GEORGE SALISBURY of [The Soft Bulletin] because we weren’t trying

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of who you are, ya know, the t-shirt becomes a part of who you are, the time you’ve spent with their albums informs who you are. These are the things that are becoming lost. With downloads and playlists, people aren’t into bands anymore, they are into genres. You’ve toured Australia many times and are well-loved down under… Other than Vegemite, which I believe they force-feed you at customs as you enter the country now, what do you love most about coming to Australia? Hmmm, I guess we will have to bring our own Marmite with us then. The great Marmite/Vegemite debate goes on. You know, the people are fantastic, the shows are always great, amazing weather. We are actually considering bashing on a family a trip to the end of a tour one of these days, perhaps when my kids are a bit older though, really make the most of it. Finally Dan, it would be irresponsible of me not to ask this very important question, not only as an accomplished musician but as an Englishmen… the Beatles or the Stones? Well, I guess it’s kind of both to some extent. Here’s the thing, my Dad loves the Beatles and loves the Stones…. Thing is, my mum hates the Beatles, and my Dad kinda, puts up with the Stones. So truthfully, it’s probably like, 60/40 Stones. But the Beatles are obviously the greatest songwriters that ever lived, but the Rolling Stones are actually, despite what people think about them, one of the greatest live rock n roll bands of all time. Actually, I used to work in the tape room for a music publishing company, where this lawyer would send down these incredible bootleg tapes of Rolling Stones shows form the late sixties that no-one had ever heard before, you know, all very hush-hush, and I had to record them for his other lawyer mates. And they would all go ‘oh look, we’ve got these one-of-a-kind recordings that nobody even knows exist. Wow, that’s incredible Yeah, little did he know I was reeling copies off for me as well! So I have this collection of live stuff from the seminal Rolling Stones eras that would fucking blow your mind! The tempo of the stuff they did was just ferocious! Well we better not publish that part, just in case the lawyers come after you! I don’t give a shit! Bring it on. Dan Hawkins, thanks for chatting with Forte magazine mate, looking forward to the record coming out and we’ll see you at the Aussie shows next year! Anytime man, looking forward to it! THE DARKNESS WILL LIGHT UP THE FORUM, MELBOURNE – MARCH 14. EASTER IS CANCELLED IS OUT OCTOBER 4 VIA COOKING VINYL.

CITY CALM DOWN TALK TELEVISION AND TOURS WRITTEN BY THOM DEVEREUX

Melbourne four-piece City Calm Down are celebrating the release of their third album Television last month, which they’re currently celebrating with a European Tour, before returning home for a five-date Australian tour. Forté caught up with keyboardist Sam Mullaly to discuss the new album, tours, sound and all things City Calm Down. Would the Television be the album it is without producer Burke Reid? No, I think he played a significant role in helping us change the style of sound that we’ve been doing. We worked really well on the previous two records, and Malcolm [Besley - producer] captured the sound that we had envisioned in our heads. Before we started making Television, we all came to a mutual agreement that we didn’t want to do that. We all wanted to make a pop record and do something different. Burke Reid was able to help us by saying “leave behind all the things you know how to do, let’s try out some new things”. I think he was quite instrumental in helping us bring new techniques and sounds, and new ways of writing. Did you shape the album as you recorded, rather

than going in knowing exactly what you wanted? We had the songs done. We are usually pretty prepared when we go in, just because of the timeframe. You haven’t got a lot of time; time is money, and studios are expensive. We didn’t have as much of an idea what we were doing when we were writing together or going into pre-production. By the time you get to the studio you usually have a pretty solid idea of what you’re doing just because of the timeframe. There were some songs that changed significantly once we were [in the studio] because they weren’t working. ‘Weatherman’ was one of those where we went in with an idea and it just sounded lame. We put it down on track and thought “this isn’t a song we want to release”. A couple of people started trying different things in the background as we were recording. We came back and thought “what about this style?”, and the song changed from there. The influence of bands like T. Rex and The Clash can be heard on Television, what other artists influenced both the album and your own keyboard style? We were listening to a lot of Iggy Pop stuff as well. We approached this one [differently] with keys. There are some songs where it’s integral, but there are a couple of songs were the keys were added afterward. With the other albums, it created the foundation. Sometimes with some of the songs, the idea was to come in with the synths after they had taken form, to see what needs pumping up or what needs more work. This time it was a different process. An example of an influence that comes to mind is Fleetwood Mac. It’s almost more organ-based stuff. It becomes less synthy and more piano- and organ-based. In a lot of classic rock the piano is quite a rhythmic instrument, and it can bring something different to the sound we’ve used in the past. Overall, we’ve tried a 70s rock style, rather than 80s or 90s synth style. The European and Australian tours will be the first since the release of Television. Are you excited to play it live? Yeah! We played a couple of songs at our last shows in Melbourne and Sydney. We played about four songs off the record, obviously, on this tour we will play a lot more. It’s nice when you get new songs and you actually get to hit gigs with them because it breathes

a lot of life into the band. It’s an exciting time to be able to show people new music. It can also be about balancing; some people have got the songs that they got to know City Calm Down from or they’ve seen us before. So it’s really about balance. But we are very excited. What changes can fans expect on the next tour? We’re trying to approach a lot of the production a bit differently. With the new sound, we also want to change the visual style to make it more in line. It’ll be a bit of an evolution. It could be simple things, like the imagery we’ve been putting on social media. It highlights a bit more of a lighter and quirkier visual representation. This album is meant to be a bit more poppy and a bit more playful, even though it does touch on important themes. Compared to Echoes in Blue, which was quite a cinematic and sombre type thing, this is all a lot lighter. It can come down to even the clothes we wear on stage, we’ve dropped the whole ‘all in black’ thing, which people shared with us for a while. Are you looking forward to exploring new sounds and avenues in the future? Yeah, I think so. We’re started to get back into the headspace of writing again, the tour finished a little while ago. Jack [Bourke - vocalist] is overseas, we’re taking a bit of a break. It’s always a nice thing to be able to pivot on the musical style a little bit, and then say “how can we change this?” or “how can we make this sound more like us?”. There were still a lot of ideas left unexplored with this first pivot, ideas that didn’t make the cut and some more things to do. We’re getting back into the writing, and we’ll see what happens. It’s very exciting! CITY CALM DOWN’S NEW ALBUM TELEVISION IS OUT NOW THROUGH I OH YOU. CATCH THE BOYS AT CROXTON, MELBOURNE – OCTOBER 26. PHOTO BY SAM WONG

Grinspoon, so that’s a bit different. “Secondly, there are no flashing lights, which I quite like but at the same time I wouldn’t mind having lights and a smoke machine for a solo show,” he laughs. The ‘Chemical Hearts’ tour will mark the release of Grinspoon’s ‘Chemical Hearts’ Vinyl, a greatest hits LP delivering some of the Grinners best tracks on some hot wax, but interestingly enough, some of the bands biggest songs and undoubtedly fan favourites, never actually made the charts. “Well charts are a funny thing,” Jamieson reflects, “because ‘More Than You Are’, ‘Dead Cat (DCX3)’ and ‘Champion’ all didn’t chart, which was the same for ‘Post Enebriated Anxiety’. “‘More Than You Are’ is definitely one of my favourites because it was written in our band’s infancy and still flows really well with our sets now and it’s a song with purpose as well,” he laughs. WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN “In terms of what made it on the Chemical Hearts With legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon’s vinyl, a lot had to be dropped, jostled and altered ‘Chemical Hearts’ tour booked in for the latter around. I really like that ‘Black Friday’ made it on half of the year, it makes sense that the band there; it’s a fucking cracking song and because it’s had some time off to kick start the year. But just off an EP and never a proper record it’s maybe what is it that musicians do on their holidays? been a bit lost in the mire over time. ‘More Than They write. You Are’ was never on a studio album either so I’m “I don’t know what it is yet!” laughs the groups’ really happy they both made it. They are kind of the frontman Phil Jamieson. “I’m not good at writing ones that stick out to me. for specific things. I just kind of write and let the “The ’90s was a weird place Alex,” Jamieson says. “It music be the music. was weird back then with charts and singles; people “I did a bit of recording in May which was fun, just were crazy. We kind of found our way through triple on my own. At this point in time, I’m really not sure j and shows like Recovery where you could actually what it’ll be for, but as a songwriter, you kind of just premiere a new song with you on stage playing it always want to write; that’s what you do. So whether live, that was a fun way to do things.” it’s for solo, or for somebody else, or for Grinspoon, I kind of let other people decide that in a way. GRINSPOON’S ‘CHEMICAL HEARTS’ TOUR “What I can say is the new stuff is a bit wordier, WILL BE HITTING UP FORUM MELBOURNE actually it’s a lot wordier so I don’t know where it ON OCTOBER 15 & 16. TICKETS VIA will take it. There’s a lot of stuff that has a purpose TICKETMASTER.COM.AU. ‘CHEMICAL HEARTS’ and I think that’s really important in this day and TOUR VINYL (FEATURING THE BANDS age, to have music with a purpose. FAVOURITE SINGLES AND SET LIST FOR THE “I’m doing six solo shows before the whole TOUR) WILL BE RELEASED OCTOBER 11. Grinspoon thing happens in October as well!” He excitedly and comedically continues, “it’s a bit different from when I play with Grinspoon because firstly when I’m on stage I’m not playing with

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boysenberries, lemon), and at a Werribee greenhouse that works with local Indigenous community members who are working towards their certificates in Horticulture, supplying the likes of baby corn and Asian vegetables to the restaurant.

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But amongst the gastronomic delights, the other big item on the Baah Lah! agenda is the emphasis on craft beer, with a specially curated collection from all Australian brewers, as well as a number of local wines and all Australian spirits (with the only exception being the tequila).

CELEBRATE OKTOBERFEST WITH THESE EXCLUSIVE OKTOBERFESTBIERS, STRAIGHT FROM THE TENTS OF BAVARIA Prepare your lederhosen and dirndl’s, Oktoberfest is just around the corner, and in celebration of the upcoming festivities, Munich Brauhaus and The Bavarian have pulled some strings to offer up six exclusive beers as part of the festivities. On tap until Sunday October 27, these beers aren’t available at any other restaurant in the country! There are four official, limited-edition Oktoberfest beers which are brewed in Bavaria, once a year, just for Oktoberfest: Hofbräu München (Grainy, malt character, subtle bready notes, slightly spicy with a deliciously bitter finish), Löwenbräu (full bodied, malty with a hint of spice, perfectly balanced hops and a yeasty tang), Spaten (full flavoured malty sweetness supported by some nuttiness and fruit character) and Paulaner (highly satisfying and truly thirst quenching with a dominant and elegant flowery hops aftertaste). Mmm, steins at the ready! Alongside the four authentic creations, South Australian craft brewery Pirate Life, and Sydney-based microbrewery 4 Pines, have each brewed, limited-edition, small-batch beers to join the celebrations. Pirate Life’s Festbier is a marzen-style lager, a common style of Oktoberfest beer, while 4 Pines’ Kellar Door Schwarzbier was first brewed and sold as a one-off small batch beer in May 2019, winning the Champion Australian Beer at the Australian International Beer Awards.

BAAH LAH! DINING For years, Pakington Street has been kicking goals on the region’s restaurant scene, continuously welcoming an array of brand new and exciting ventures that redefine the way we eat, going on to become classics in our dining repertoire. Representing the newest eatery to join the Pako strip, Baah Lah! Dining has opened its doors, giving the local foodies something to truly get excited about. Baah Lah’s elegant, produce-driven menu is all about Singaporean flavours and techniques, channelling head chef and owner Brian Anderson’s heritage. With a decade spent honing his craft into something approaching peak deliciousness, Anderson has crafted a menu boasting Singapore’s combination of Malay and Chinese cuisines with a focus on land and sea dishes that are ideal for sharing. Standout smaller items include Soy Cured Tea Smoked king salmon with cherry tomato, soy pearls, rice crisp and mayo,

Munich Brauhaus and The Bavarian’s Oktoberfest beers can be purchased in 500ml ($12.50) or 1-litre ($24) steins. Prepare your taste buds… FOR BOOKINGS AND MORE INFO, HEAD TO WWW.THEBAVARIANS.COM/

BURGER BAR 3217 IS THE NEWEST BURGER JOINT IN TOWN In case you missed it, there’s one more burger joint to add to your list with Burger Bar 3217. Swinging open the doors earlier this year at The Village Warralily Shopping Centre in Armstrong Creek, Burger Bar 3217 has perfected the art of whipping up mean burgers from scratch (even the marinating) that will have you licking your fingers for days. They pack ‘em high, force in the flavour and make each bun-wrapped treat a delight! And with more than 10 burgers on the menu, there’s guaranteed to be something for every taste. Alongside the juicy burgers, Burger Bar 3217 also provide sugar-filled, cooling liquid bliss with their selection of crazy and freak shakes. So far we’ve spied a salted caramel kinder surprise, Willy Wonker strawberry freakshake, pink fluffy unicorns, and cookie monster crazy shake. Packed with sugar and throwing in a second hit of deliciousness, these shakes are on point. Worshipping the food of the Gods, Burger Bar 3217 are here to satisfy our hunger cravings and undying affection for meat in a bun. BURGER BAR 3217 IS LOCATED AT THE VILLAGE WARRALILY SHOPPING CENTRE, CENTRAL BOULEVARD, ARMSTRONG CREEK. CALL (03) 5264 1949 OR VISIT WWW.BURGERBAR.NET.AU/MENU

FIT FOOD NUTRITION WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO

Do you ever feel like a donut directly after you leave the gym or a workout, but do-nut want to reverse all that hard work? Well look not further, Fit Food Nutrition is here with macro-friendly donuts… so basically low calorie and high protein donuts that are good for you! Read our interview with owner Sandra Ruffin and find out how you can get your hands on a good looking (and tasting) six-pack. Hi Sandra, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I am married and have two daughters. I have worked in hospitality for over 15 years. I currently work full-time as a front of house cafe manager at Dal, which is a cafe that employs people with special needs. I am currently completing certificate IV in Nutrition, as I have always had an interest in healthy eating and hope to be able to help people to lose weight the right way, by having a balanced diet. What is exactly Fit Food Nutrition? Fit Food Nutrition is our new macro friendly donut business. It will appeal to the gym crowd as

and the Pork Siew Mei with crispy chilli, onion, pork, soy, herbs and Black beans. The quality doesn’t falter in the larger dishes, with the hero dish being the Cherry Wood Smoked and Roasted Duck, various sauces, pickles and rice crisps. Another highlight is the Egg Tofu with fresh and dried shiitake and foraged mushrooms and garlic shoots which promises a seasonal explosion of flavour for all. Satisfying the sugar cravings won’t be challenging either, with inspired and sensational dessert options including Coconut Crème Caramel with star anise, cinnamon, sorbet and Thai basil, and a Kiwi Fruit Sorbet, complete with sponge cake, meringue, apple chips.

Giving a whole new meaning to the notion of provenance, Baah Lah’s standout quality goes beyond their menu, and into the décor and crockery. The photographs lining the room come from the eye of Anderson, and partner Amy Evans, of mushrooms foraged from Daylesford, while the seasonal dishes are served in ceramic plates and bowls crafted by Anderson himself in the couples own Pottery studio. The DIY method even extends to the chopstick holders, soy bottles, and water bottles, when they can’t make it themselves, the resourceful duo source supplies from surround local businesses – from the candles and the flowers to the hand soaps and moisturiser. It’s this ethos and approach to business that really sets Baah Lah! apart from any other eatery on the popular dining strip. It’s quite clear, Geelong’s dining fare just got a whole lot more lavish with Baah Lah! Dining. BAAH LAH! DINING IS LOCATED AT 1/100 PAKINGTON STREET, GEELONG WEST, AND IS OPEN TUESDAY TO SUNDAY FROM 5.30PM UNTIL LATE. BOOK NOW VIA WWW.BAAHLAHDINING.COM/

Stamped with innovation and packed full of personality, Baah Lah! places seasonal and locally sourced produce at centre stage, delivering a polished, evolving menu that reflects the best of the region and surrounds, with much of that grown at the family farm in Katandra (including walnuts, mulberries, apricots,

they are high in protein, low in fat, low in sugar, and low in carbohydrates. Why did you decide to start up Fit Food Nutrition? I decided to start it up because we found that no one offered such a donut that looks delicious and scrumptious but has such fantastic macros. It is something that my husband and girls can be involved in too as a family business. What are the donuts made of? The donuts contain Max’s anabolic Night a slow release protein, coconut flour and egg whites with a few secret ingredients to make a super moist delicious baked donut. How can people go about purchasing/ordering these? We are currently on a gym campaign visiting as a pop up to promote our donuts. Our first was Lucefit which was a super success selling out in matter a minutes after one of their Saturday morning classes. We will be at quite a few anytime fitness gyms, Bodyfit, Fernwood, Strong Geelong, and Snap Fitness. We hope to add a few more to this list. What flavours are available? Currently we have Chocolate Sprinkles, Raspberry Sprinkles, Choc Hazelnut, Apple Pie, Custard Apple and Espresso. What is coming up for Fit Food Nutrition? We are launching our online ordering with pickup from Spartan supps and Anytime Fitness Bellpost. Our Vegan donut is now available in a peanut butter chocolate flavour. We are on instagram with link to our website from there. We know we have a fantastic product that looks delicious, and people don’t need to to feel guilty eating them. CHECK IT ALL OUT VIA INSTA @ FITFOOD_NUTRITION

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EAT AND DRINK LIKE A LOCAL AT THE HEATHCOTE WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL Australia is in no shortage of culinary delights or gourmet wines, and our stance as full-fledged foodies is more apparent than ever. From hidden local gems to world-class wine regions, Australia’s food scene is just waiting to be explored, and what better way to get amongst it than with a festival? A food and wine festival to be exact. One we’re loving is the annual Heathcote Food and Wine Festival, where you can taste Heathcote wines from over 40 producers, as well as regional foods and produce in one central location over one great weekend. Sounds like a foodies dream right? Returning October 5-6, the festival will take over the Heathcote Showgrounds across two days with more than 45 wineries pouring new season and museum release wines (including Heathcote Estate’s 2017 Single Vineyard Shiraz which recently won five trophies), as well as a tasting seminar series hosted by wine educator Clare Burder (Author of ‘Tipsy’ - 2016 Wine Communicators of Australia Award for Best Wine Book), delicious regional foods, and entertainment from Bendigo Blues & Roots musicians, badminton and bocce playing areas by Games on the Green and children’s entertainment by Mr Mike. This year there’s also a limited release ‘Golden Ticket’ which includes express Festival entry, wine tastings, a wine carrier bag, lunch box filled with local gourmet produce by Fodder and access to VIP lounge with shaded seating and exclusive bar selling Heathcote Wine Show gold medal winning wines. Time to make like Charlie Bucket and jump on this one. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT WWW. HEATHCOTEWINEGROWERS.COM.AU

coffee and a muffin and then have a suss of the items available in the shop - saves you having to go to a busy crowded supermarket. WHERE: 164 KILGOUR STREET, SOUTH GEELONG

A COFFEE AND THE WI-FI PASSWORD, PLEASE? WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO Spring has sprung, and if you have the desire to get out of the house and indulge in caffeine and vitamin D, there is no shame in eating out by yourself. Here is a list of the best cafes in Geelong (with wifi) to venture out on your own to and get some work done. JAMES STREET BAKERY Legit one of the all time best cafes in Geelong. James Street Bakery is amazing, with the most cosy and relaxing atmosphere, it is definitely my go-to for some much-needed alone time. They make basically everything in store, and it tastes freaking amazing. 10/10 recommend. WHERE: 10 JAMES STREET, GEELONG CAFÉ GO If you’re looking for somewhere to curl up in front of a fireplace, or surround yourself with plants by your lonesome, then look no further. Whether it’s a cold or hot spring morning, Café Go has got you covered. They also have delicious coffee and food, so that’s a bonus. WHERE: 37 BELLARINE STREET, GEELONG KILGOUR STREET GROCER What more could you want than a café and grocer in the one spot? Sit down, have yourself a cup of

HONEY SOURCE IS THE SWEETEST LOCAL BUSINESS AROUND WRITTEN BY THOM DEVEREUX Did you know that there are around 20,000 beekeepers in Australia? That’s pretty un-beelievable. And did you know that Australian honey is consumed in more than 38 different countries? It’s pretty easy to see what the buzz about bees is! Puns aside, honeybees are pollinators that help grow the plants that make up 90% of the world’s food, making them pretty vital to our world. There are more honeybees than other types of bee and pollinating insects in the world. Every beekeeper in Australia is contributing to the pollination of plants nationwide – and now you can too. Sam from Geelong’s Honey Source started beekeeping five years ago for his daughters’ love of honey, and before long found a passion in the hobby. In 2017, Honey Source opened, offering not only their homemade honey, but beehives and even

HUCKSTERS & CO If you like to be alone, but in a hip environment, then Hucksters & Co is for you. The vibe reflects the new and upcoming area, but also pays tribute to the past of Geelong. With a range of food and beverages on the menu, it is perfect to just hang out for a few hours. WHERE: 13 JAMES STREET, GEELONG A SPOT FOR JOE Looking for somewhere to inhale food full of flavour, and a great cup of coffee? Head on over to A Spot for Joe, to experience that Melbourne / New York feel in little old Geelong. WHERE: 33 LITTLE RYRIE ST, GEELONG SODI SODI is well worth checking out for when you want to sit outside with your doggo and catch up on emails. Not only do you get to enjoy your own cappacino, but thanks to the legends at SODI, you can grab your pooch a puppachino as well. A day at work has never looked so good. WHERE: 149 PAKINGTON STREET, GEELONG WEST SOUTHSIDE CAFE Southside Café, the location of the breakfast of champions, and they aren’t wrong, I love the food here, and I am a self-proclaimed champion. They have an amazing menu, and even a little merch shop so you can feel a part of the Southside team. WHERE: 4/343 PAKINGTON STREET, NEWTOWN

PROVENANCE WINES ARE HOSTING WEEKLY VINO AND VINYL NIGHTS IN OCTOBER Sitting pretty on the banks of the Barwon River in Geelong, Provenance Winery is a unique and beautiful venue for absolutely any occasion – from weddings, gala dinners and cocktail evenings, to meetings, conferences and even just your weekly Friday nights, Provenance make sure you don’t draw a blanc when it comes to planning your good times. Catering to both the music lovers and those wanting to kickstart their weekend right, Provenance Wines will play host to ‘Vino and Vinyl’, an evening held every Friday night in October. Running from 4pm to 10pm, you will be treated to awesome tunes, amazing food and delicious drinks at a world-class wine at a winery that is just a short ride home. Whether it’s Friday night with the girls, date night or the weekly work-knock-offs,

this promises to be an absolute treat! The full a la carte menu will be available from the kitchen until 8.30pm, and with the kitchen led by head chef Will Manning, (previously at Shadowfax Wines), it’s a seriously outstanding food offering befitting of their award-winning wines. We’d suggest sharing a bottle of 2016 Provenance Henty Blanc De Blanc while you indulge in the Provenance antipasto and oven-baked flatbreads, or going all in with the likes of the wood roasted mushroom, the Pork Belly and then a five-cheese platter and a bottle of 2015 Provenance ‘Regional Series’ Geelong Pinot Noir. Friday night has never sounded so good! Oh, and there’s even happy hour from 4pm-6pm! “We wanted to just have some fun, open the doors, get a DJ so that people could come and drink awesome wine, eat terrific food and just have a great night,” says Co-owner and Winemaker Scott Ireland. “We are just so close to Geelong too, it’s only about a $15 Uber.” We can’t argue with that reasoning! If you’re Fridays are currently all booked up but you still want to venture down to Provenance, the team have a number of other events coming up, including a tasting event for the release of their Regional Selection wines, and a Spring Banquet, which is the first big food and wine event they have planned since opening the kitchen back in August. It’s time to stop and smell the Rosè with an evening at Provenance Wines. BOOK NOW VIA PROVENANCEWINES. COM.AU/WHATS-ON PROVENANCE IS LOCATED AT 100 LOWER PAPER MILLS ROAD, FYANSFORD.

mentoring in beekeeping. Honey Source’s 100% pure and local Victorian honey is packaged and sold by season, emphasising the changing taste and colours of the sweet spread. To date, Honey Source manages 130 hives, with this number ever-growing. But Honey Source’s services don’t stop at honey. The local business sells nuclease hives and bees, allowing anyone to take up the hobby. Each hive is lovingly cared for before sale, promising extra bees, pollen, honey and brood than other hives on the market. For those that need a little extra support, one-on-one mentoring is also offered with Sam undertaking full hive health checks, re-queening services as well as general hive maintenance and advice. And it doesn’t stop there! For those without a sweet tooth, Honey Source has a range of beeswax products for sale, including candles, lip balm, or even 100% pure beeswax so you can make your own products from. ALL OF HONEY SOURCE’S PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW. HONEYSOURCE.COM.AU, OR YOU CAN CALL 0423 381 730 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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OFF YA TREE’S $5 PIERCINGS ARE BACK It’s always fun to shake things up when it comes to how you present your personality visually to the world, and piercings are the perfect way to personalise your outfit or style and define who you are and in this day and age. So, the allure of a $5 piercing from the edgy team at Off Ya Tree is just too good to pass up! Whilst the deal is only available for ‘standard piercings’, you’d be surprised at the array of options that fall under the category. Whether it’s eyebrows, ears, bridge, nose, septum, tongue or other facial areas, the opportunity is all yours! Jewellery is additional pricing, starting from $15 and aftercare is additional, starting at $10 however this doesn’t change the fact that Off Ya Tree is

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SPRING RACING IS BACK WITH THE BLUE PYRENEES ESTATE AVOCA CUP Racing season is something a lot of people look forward to each year. Combining fashion-forward style, the thunderous sounds of hooves and the joy of sharing a glass of bubbly to toast the wins and losses, racing carnivals truly gives us visual treats and excites all the human senses! If a bit of trackside action sounds like an ideal way to spent your weekend, we’d recommend heading to the 2019 Blue Pyrenees Estate Avoca Cup. Held on Saturday 19 October, this race meeting offers an exciting country alternative to Caulfield Cup Day. Located less than two hours from Melbourne, Avoca is a vibrant rural town located in the heart of Pyrenees, and will see racegoers take on a regional approach to the beloved Spring raceday. With something for everyone, on-course patrons can

expect live music by Pink Moon and Trunk, a tonne of hospitality packages, a punters’ club and big screen viewing, while the younger racegoers will be catered for with a giant sand pit, jumping castle, costume brumbies, and more. With previous years posing as a tremendous success, this year’s set to be bigger and better than ever, with the Fashions on the Field returning once again, and competition stakes are high with over $14,000 in prizes up for grabs. With awards in everything from the most Sustainable Creative Outfit, Couple of the Day, Gent of the Day (featuring Baz’s Best Pork Pork Pie Hat) to Best Millinery, Local Lady of the Day, Lady of the Day Runner-Up and Lady of the Day, it’s certainly worth donning your finest race day outfit. And there’s no stress on bringing your makeup bag with RETOUCH by Elysium Day Spa returning for all your make-up retouch needs throughout the day. With involvement with the club for a number of years, Remi Gray will be the face of this year’s Blue Pyrenees Avoca Cup. Growing up trackside alongside her father Peter, a former trainer and also a Clerk of the Course in the Wimmera, horses and racing have always been a part of Remi’s life. She is a former

polocrosse player, having represented Victoria in the sport, and last year she made history becoming the first female in 160 years to work as a Clerk of the Course at a metropolitan race track, when she worked on Kennedy Oaks Day at Flemington. As someone born for this, we can trust the iconic event is being represented by one of the best! For those keen to kick on after the main event, the team are allowing guests to continue their weekend getaway in the Pyrenees this year, with Post Cup recovery on Sunday with Grapes of Mirth. Hosted by the hilarious Merrick Watts, lovers of comedy and wine will be treated to an incredible six hours of nonstop entertainment with five of Australia’s funniest comedians, including Dave Hughes, Geraldine Hickey and Nazeem Hussain. Only the best Pyrenees wines will be on offer along with beer, cider and plenty of gourmet grub. You won’t want the weekend to end! If you’re still not convinced, the fact that Ballarat’s Avoca Shire Turf Club has been operating for more than 160 years means they know just how to run a successful race day – and we’re saying this from first-hand experience. Booking out my bestie for the weekend, we trawled through our wardrobes for the perfect outfit, washed our hair and packed up with car for our first trip to Avoca and a day of quality racing, dining, drinking and dancing last year… and it did not disappoint. Avoca’s charm will win you over, and you’ll definitely experience a little small-town kindness. I urge you; grab your bestie, pack up the car, book a camping spot at the racecourse and experience the allure of the Avoca Races this October. You can thank us later. Set in the stunning Pyrenees wine region, Avoca Cup Day offers the perfect opportunity for a weekend getaway. For out-of-towners wanting to stay close to the track, there is on-site camping available for just $15 per site per night, and there’s even buses from surrounding regional towns, including Ballarat and Maryborough, if you’re in the mood for a day trip.

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THE REGIONAL BUSINESSES TO GO TO WHEN YOU NEED… To Up Your Brow Game. Beautifully sculpted brows don’t come naturally, however, with a professional brow therapist you can achieve the eyebrows you’ve always wanted. These eyebrow specialists are like a great hairdresser; once you’ve found the one, you’re done searching and your set for life. Well, it’s time to delete your brow-dedicated Pinterest ladies (and men too!), because with Brow Syndicate you’ll have the strongest eyebrow game in the biz. Specialising in high definition eyebrow shaping and tinting, salon owner and brow mastermind Sarah Ward asses your facial features, measures up the best starting and finishing point for your brow and then create a perfectly arched brow just for you! If you’re ready to take the next step in bold and beautiful brows then you can even take the leap and book your Henna Brows with Brow Syndicate, which promises bigger, bolder, and longer lasting brows. Not only is Brow Syndicate passionate about brows but they love ALL things beauty, also offering all body waxing, lash lifting, spray tanning, teeth whitening along with facials and peels! So put down the tweezers and get to Brow Syndicate today! Your brows will thank you. Head to www.browsyndicate.com/ for the full list of services and to book yourself in for a pamper son.

Some Fresh Ink. If you’re looking to get inked in Melbourne so you can finally tick ‘Get A Tattoo’ off your bucket list, or you just want to add another one to the collection, we’d suggest booking in with HangangTattoo. Whether you’re after a detailed chrysanthemum, a quirky cat, simple fine-line rose tattoo, inspiring script, or a full, colour Day of the Dead design, you’ll be in good hands with Meck who will ensure you’ll be getting exactly what you envisioned, perhaps even better! You can choose a design from the extensive collection of designs online, or have a chat with the artist for something more customised. While her bold designs are in a league of their own, we’re living for the fine line tattoos on Meck’s socials, which are so delicate and discreet that the fear of commitment totally disappears. Tattoos aren’t cheap and the process hurts; that’s why getting one is such a big deal! Tattoo artists are easy to find, but great tattoo artists are like hidden gems, and Hangang Tattoo is one gem we’ve glad to have found! To book, DM on insta/facebook (@hangang_tattooz) or email jhk4254@ gmail.com To Rejuvenate. We all appreciate that sense of feeling recharged after swimming in or walking near the ocean. Now it seems that exposure to salty air, in the form of treatment rooms packed with blocks of the stuff, can relieve a long list of health concerns, from respiratory conditions to skin issues. Located in Ocean Grove, Pinch Salt & Float is a boutique facility offering just that, with salt and floatation experiences and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. If 45 minutes in a salt room peaks your interest, Pinch Salt & Float promises an experience that will rejuvenate your mind and body as you sit, breathe and relax. During the experience, vapours in the salt room release molecules into the lung airways to release negative ions which stimulate the lining of your airways which can reduce inflammation in the lungs and help to alleviate symptoms of many respiratory conditions, while the powder fine pure mineral salts are necessary for cell function and detoxification which can also improve skin conditions. If you’re more into floatation therapy, they’ve got you covered there too. An isolation tank, usually called a sensory deprivation tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with salt water at skin temperature, in which individuals float. Catering to all preferences, Pinch Salt & Float offers both the isolation pod and floatation pool experiences – and they can even cater to couples appointments if you’d like to float with your beau while seeking a holistic health treatment for the mind and body. Offering other experiences like Infrared Sauna With Chromotherapy, and Hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment, Pinch Salt & Float truly is the place to go to free your mind. Find out more details via w w w.pinchsaltandfloat.com Some New Threads. There are days when you simply want to look your best. Whether it’s

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for heading out, staying in or sitting at the office, sometimes some sweet new threads is all you need! Located in central Geelong (pretty much right next to the Geelong Hotel), Tourbus Entertainment has some of the most rocking clothing on the market, as well as gifts and music gear all under the one roof, making it the ideal destination for both the talented musicians, and lovers of music in need of a fresh outfit. Whether you’re looking for a new pair of Dr Denim jeans or the latest in the Straight to Hell jacket range, they have a wide variety of threads on offer. We’re big fans of brands The People Vs and Dangerfield, and we’re bloody stoked they’ve got a wide range of band merch tees on sale. Their selection also extends to Volleys for your feet, or even Quay sunglasses for those delicate eyes. Tourbus is one of the few places you’ll find exclusive hand-crafted gifts such as guitar string bracelets and hand gesture candles, and they also have stacks of vinyl, instruments and other music products for sale if you feel like treating yourself just the little bit more… because why the heck not? You can even shop online via tourbusentertainment.com.au To Bring Balance Back Into Your Life If you’re keen to take a holistic approach to healing with a mind-bodyspirit awareness using Reiki, Massage Therapy and Intuitive healing, then The Art of Healing by Monique could be for you. Using a culmination of energetic-based healing methods, as well as physically altering massage technique-based treatments, Monique achieves what is needed to re-establish peace and harmony back into your life, and assist you on a journey of deeper self-awareness, growth, expansion and healing on all levels. If Reiki is your calling, Monique practices Traditional Usui Reiki which is a method of energetic healing, founded by Japanese Shugendo Buddhist and Hatamoto Sumari Mikao Usui, and assist with healing on all levels, mind-body-spirit. Reiki re-establishes the flow of energy through blocked areas by removing the blockages, activating the body’s natural ability to heal itself. If massage is more your thing, Monique offers therapeutic massage can be used to promote balance and maintain internal and external health. Choose between Lymphatic Massage (to encourage the natural drainage of the lymph, which carries waste products away from the tissues back toward the heart), Relaxation massage (if you purely want to bliss out), Aromatherapy Massage (which can assist with reducing anxiety and depression as well as boosting the immune system), or Crystal Healing Massage (which uses crystals along with aromatic massage blends to bring balance into the subtle energies of the body tapping into the chakra system). Bring balance back into your life and schedule your appointment via artsofhealingbymonique.com/

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Stay hydrated Achieving a healthy glow from within is top priority! Skin that lacks moisture may look dull, dry and flaky – the opposite of a lit-from-within glow. Dehydrated skin may be caused by external elements (weather changes or heating/cooling) and lifestyle choices (consuming alcohol/caffeine or an unhealthy diet). By ensuring you drink enough water daily, eat fresh produce and enlist the help of some hydrating skin products (PCA Hyaluronic Boosting Serum is my favourite), you will be well on your way to re-balancing your skin’s water content and rediscovering your natural radiance! Wash the day away Three easy steps for clean skin – cleanse, tone, exfoliate. A cleanser will wash off all of the oil, dirt and makeup that has been sitting on your face all day. A double cleanse at night time will ensure that there is nothing left on your skin, but beware of any cleansers that leave your skin feeling squeaky clean as this means it has cleansed too much stripped your skin of its natural oils. A toner will re-balance and re-calibrate the skin, boosting its protective barrier. It provides a soothing effect and prepares your skin for the following skincare products in your routine. Add a good quality exfoliator once or twice a week to help remove layers of dead skin, get rid of deep skin build-up and improve skin tone and texture. Do your ABCs For a skincare routine that delivers results, it is important to incorporate active ingredients into your products. An active ingredient is basically the chemical in a product that makes the product work and the most common and effective active ingredients come in the form of vitamins A, B and C. Use a vitamin A serum each night to increase cellular turnover so younger oils replace old skin cells. The younger, plumper cells absorb more moisture If you asked anyone what they would like their skin and decrease pigmentation and brown spots. My to look like in one word, most would say “glowing”. recommendation: Cosmedix X-Cell+. With summer just around the corner, here are Vitamin B is a wonder vitamin because it is so some of my top tips to get your skin prepped and versatile! As it is easily absorbed by the skin, it gets to protected so that you can step out in confidence work fast by reducing redness, yellowing, refines pore with a healthy, beautiful glow all summer long! size, reduces fine lines and wrinkles and improves

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overall skin texture. And if these benefits aren’t enough, it also helps to boost the efficacy of other products. My recommendation: Aspect Dr Multi B plus. Vitamin C is considered the Holy Grail ingredient by skincare experts because of its anti-aging, damagerepairing and UV-protecting powers. Many people have incorporated Vitamin C into their daily routine to give their lacklustre complexion a much healthier, brighter glow and this is one I suggest you do not overlook. My recommendation: Societe Triple C. Regular skin love The skincare industry can get so overwhelming to try and navigate on your own, so I recommend enlisting the help of a qualified dermal clinician to keep you on track. Book a skin consultation at a reputable skin clinic where they will be able to assess your skin and come up with a customised treatment plan. Regular skin treatments such as peels, skin needling or even laser treatments (such as Laser Genesis or Pico FX) are worth looking into. In Geelong, I recommend the girls at Vitality Skin & Laser Clinic, or if you’re travelling down the highway my favourite skin clinic is Clinica Lase. Slip slop slap And I don’t mean just your regular Banana Boat sunscreen! Add a good quality SPF based skincare product at the end of your morning skincare routine to give you the best possible protection from damaging UVA and UVB rays from the sun. Exposure to the sun’s harmful rays is the biggest cause of premature anti-aging as well as sunspots, skin sagging, wrinkles and even skin cancer, so wearing an SPF on your face daily is the most important part of your skincare routine. I’m currently using Aspect Hydra Shield which is a light moisturiser containing Zinc Oxide, a naturally occurring SPF.

MYOTHERAPY AND ALLIED HEALTH GEELONG MAHG is a well-established Allied Health clinic in Geelong’s CBD. We predominantly specialise in Myotherapy, which treats a range of complaints such as; headaches, jaw and neck pain (usually in office workers), shin and Achilles pain (weekend warriors), or lower back pain in the general population. Our Podiatrist, Osteopath and Naturopath complement our Myotherapists and work in conjunction to get fantastic outcomes for our patients. The Clinic was opened in 2016 by Principle Myotherapists and Practice Managers – Angela Byrt and Tom McLeod. They each have over 10 years’ experience in the industry and bring a wealth of knowledge to the team of therapists. Most of us have suffered from soreness in our bodies. Myotherapists utilise a range of hands on and rehab techniques. Myotherapy has the ability to reduce the soreness and increase your movement. Inform. Relieve. Empower. Mention Forté to get a free $10 spikey massage ball with your Initial Consultation. GEELONG MYOTHERAPY IS LOCATED AT 11 FENWICK ST, GEELONG VIC 3220

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FOUR OF THE BEST GLAMPING SPOTS IN THE PORT PHILLIP WINE REGION WRITTEN BY LAURA GRANT Anyone looking for a unique romantic getaway? What other way is there to say “I love you” than wine and glamping? Well, probably a lot. However, it is an amazing option. Australia is known for its amazing domestic wines. From Western Australia to Queensland and down to Victoria, wine lovers can find tasty glasses of any kind. Victoria specifically is famous for its selection as most of the state is made up of different wine regions. The Port Phillip wine region (Geelong, Macedon Ranges Mornington Peninsula, Sunbury, and Yarra Valley) is perhaps one of the most popular due to the accessibility from Melbourne, making it the perfect spot for a weekend getaway. And what better way to heighten the holiday than staying at a trendy glamping spot – meaning no pitching tents or roughing it! Simply stay in luxury while still

experiencing the great outdoors while searching for a pinot noir, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon or merlot! Take a look at our top four choices below: Tiny House Getaway This adorable tiny house is located in Chum Creek, Victoria and starts at AUD $ 201 for one night. This accommodation sleeps two and is a great way to end a romantic day at the wineries. The bright blue exterior is a unique splash for the tiny home that sits overlooking the vineyard. Guests can also enjoy walking trails and gardens to complete their weekend escape activities. Enchanting Gypsy Wagon This unique refurbished wagon is located in Mornington, Victoria and starts at AUD $ 202 for one night. This gypsy wagon sleeps two and is sure to bring a magical experience to those who stay. The cosy interior and colourful decor will only enhance guests glamping holiday. The wagon can be installed in a few places around the Mornington Peninsula for a very unique time. Luxurious Tree Houses These intriguing tree houses are located in Olinda, Victoria and start at AUD $ 464 for one night. Folks can stay in one of five of these amazing treehouses. Each trendy cabin has three floors and fits two guests. The stylish cabins are nestled into the natural rainforest and each has a balcony overlooking the lush flora and fauna. Guests will also have access to a jacuzzi for the ideal way to end a wine tour excursion. Wine Country Cabin Getaway This modern cabin rental is located in Dixons Creek, Victoria and starts at AUD $ 262 for one night. Look no more for a sharp, gorgeous cabin among the Port Phillip wine region. The accommodation fits two people and overlooks vast farmland. The secluded property is just a hop away from wineries and Yarra Glen Village.

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Buying the perfect gift can be so difficult. From deciding what to give to hoping that no one else does the same gift as you, it can all be so frustrating. This is why we love the idea of gift boxes – you can just about guarantee that no one else is going to match your gift. Lucky for you, this region has a lot to offer in the way of small businesses specialising in gift boxes, with creative, innovative and motivated minds aplenty. C&M CREATIONS The babes at C&M Creations offer both sweet and savoury gift boxes, ensuring to support as many local suppliers as possible. And for that special someone in your life, you also have the option to add mini alcohol bottles of your choice. Boxes are available in two sizes with a range of yummy choices, you will have a hard time trying to just pick a few. Check it out at www.facebook.com/cmplatters/ HELLO BOTANICAL This one is perfect for all the gardeners in your life – whether that be seasoned, aspiring, and previously-unsuccessful-but-not-quite-giving-up). With a brand new range of gift boxes (choose from either Men’s Care, Self-Care and Indoor PlantCare), each comprises locally designed and made sustainable gifts – all ethically made and/or organic in nature. Hello Botanical gifts are sure to leave a great impression, no matter what the occasion.

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They even offer free delivery within three days to all Melbourne and Geelong suburbs. Visit hellobotanical.com.au/ RIPPLE EFFECT GIFTS If you’re looking for unique Geelong, Golden Plains, Ballarat, Daylesford, Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast hampers, look no further. You can personally pick individual, locally sourced product items and create the perfect gift combination to suit your loved one, right from the comfort of your own home or office. If you’re strapped for time, they do have pre-organised ones you can pick from too. They even send you a photo of your creation before sending it off! Suss it all out at rippleeffectgifts.com.au SAHRFLORA DESIGNS Have you ever wanted to send or receive a gift in a giant balloon? Yeah us too!! Well, now is your chance because at Sahrflora, you can get a range of locally handmade items gifted in a balloon and ready to pop! Perfect for baby showers, engagements and birthdays. Custom designs are available! Have a look at www.facebook.com/sahrflora/ THE FOOD PURVEYOR The crew at The Food Purveyor love sourcing delicious produce and packing it into Gift Hampers, packed right here in Geelong. With a number of hampers to choose from, we’re particularly fond of their ‘random act of kindness’ option, which is a little Chocolate Sphere of Happiness, perfect if you’re looking to make someone’s day. Find them at www.thefoodpurveyor.com.au THE LOCAVORIUM These guys take food seriously. They’ve scoured Geelong and surrounds to uncover the gastronomical delights of our region, along with a few other goodies along the way. We’re talking 6ft6 Rose, Frieda & Gus candles, Prendergast & Grace Mini YoYo’s, Organic Zee teas, Leighgrove Olives Frantoio Olive Oil, Moorabool Valley Chocolate Assorted Chocolates, and so much more. Have a look at their handpicked gift hampers or pick your own from the selected products. It’s all at thelocavorium.com.au

and talents, surrounding guests by all things that are inspiring, connecting and strengthening for our community. Within the expo, you’ll find 45 exhibitors, 12 thought-provoking speakers, and another 12 uplifting culturally diverse performances. A memorable moment will be when Chris Lytas of The Man Walk Geelong takes to the microphone, leading a discussion about making people comfortable with speaking about the uncomfortable, and why storytelling is key to normalising the conversation around mental health. Performances will cover all sorts of music, song, and dance: Lithuanian, Bollywood, Wild Moves International Drumming, Indonesian, With One Voice Choir, GSODA, Rachel Brennan, Macedonian, you name it, they’ve got it.

HUMANS IN GEELONG EXPO RETURNS FOR 2019 The third Humans in Geelong Expo is set to hit Deakin Waterfront on Sunday, October 6, from 10am – 3pm. Hosted by the Humans in Geelong – a team of volunteers telling the positive stories of our region – this is a free community event showcasing Geelong’s amazing locals. The event aims to inspire, connect and strengthen the Geelong community. Visitors can expect guest speakers, exhibitors, live music and plenty of fun for the kids. From Bollywood and Salsa dancing to Medimime, from Piano Bar to medieval crusaders, the Humans in Geelong Expo will be a colourful pantheon of the city’s human resources, assets, changemakers

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On top of that, the Humans in Geelong Expo will have free face-painting, henna, apples, the Geelong Crusaders, the CRAG tent – that’s the Combined Refugee Action Group conversation tent – the Orange Sky Laundry van and the St Leonards Men’s Shed making free bird-boxes with kids. “This is going to be another absolutely fabulous event celebrating Geelong’s amazing wealth of human beings,” says Expo organiser Jacqui Bennett. “The chief idea is to inspire, connect, strengthen the community. I’m especially excited that we’ll have some special speakers to help do that.” Oh and best of all, it’s free! IT ALL GOES DOWN AT DEAKIN UNIVERSITY WATERFRONT CAMPUS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 FROM 10AM. YOU CAN VIEW THE PROGRAM AT WWW.HUMANSINGEELONG.COM

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD All aboard the Hogwarts Express.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the theatre event of the year, whether you’re a Potter-head or not. Smashing records when tickets first went on sale, selling more than 200,000 pre-sale tickets alone, Melbourne has seen the wizard-loving world go nuts for the eighth instalment in the Harry Potter series as it takes reign over the Princess Theatre until May next year. Based on a story written by JK Rowling that was adapted for the stage, the two-part play is set 19 years after the last book (and final, climactic scene), and is an epic continuation of Rowling’s vividly imagined world of witchcraft, wizardry and all its wars and tumults. Deemed the most successful play in theatre history, collecting 24 major theatre awards in the UK and 25 in the US, the play follows the adventures of the next generation of witches and wizards, namely Harry’s son Albus Severus, after the book’s main characters have entered adulthood. Brought to life by Sean Rees-Wemyss, a selfconfessed Potter-head, Albus is terrified of failing to live up to his legendary family name, and shares a strained relationship with his famous father (Gareth Reeves), who despite the mythic status is still haunted by unresolved traumas from his own childhood. With the theme of parenthood and the troubled relationship between a father and son prevalent throughout the play, Rees-Wemyss turned to his own relationship in order to give an impressive

THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL Treasures from the Bob Gartland Collection

This year signifies 160 years since the formation of Geelong Football Club, and this month the Geelong Gallery will join the wider community celebration of this great milestone with an exhibition of rare, treasured objects and images from the collection of Club Vice- President Bob Gartland in a major exhibition The Greatest Team of All—treasures from the Bob Gartland collection. Bob Gartland is a passionate historian, and for the past fifty years has collected thousands of items, many of national importance which will now present a rich timeline of the club in an exhibition that will be a truly immersive experience of the mighty Cats from 1859 to now. “The whole show has been designed around the fact that this year is the 160th anniversary, and it just so happens that a couple of years ago I was introduced to Bob Gartland, who is in his final year as the Vice President of the club,” explains Geelong Gallery director and curator Jason Smith. “Bob has amassed this extraordinary collection of objects over the last 50 years so we thought that it was an important way to diversify our programming, and certainly showcase the importance of the Cats to the city.”

performance as the troubled Albus. “I spoke to him a lot about the play, about the script, and about Harry Potter,” says the 22-year-old actor, best known for the hit teen series Nowhere Boys, for the ABC, and the sequel film Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows. “Being a teenager was the hardest thing in the world, and I think that’s one of the good things about the play; you see how even if you live in a magical world where you can conjure anything you might need at any given time, having a smooth relationship with your dad still feels like it’s impossible.” Admitting to becoming somewhat disenfranchised with acting until the Cursed Child came along, ReesWemyss turned to his past struggles with mental health and depression to represent the teen vulnerability and bravado, rebellion and insecurity within Albus. “I was able to turn to my depression and not knowing who I was. As much as they were dark times, Albus was a really dark character. He goes through a really dark time and a really terrible experience and being able to draw on my own personal life for that really helps, because I know there a lot of people who will come to this play and they will see themselves in Albus, and my heart goes out to them because I’m exactly the same,” he reveals. “It was really important to me that I didn’t play him at an arm’s length; I had to expose myself.” In this epic (and surprisingly relatable) twopart adventure, the power of friendship is another returning theme, as Albus forges an unexpected bond with Scorpius (played with goofy brilliance by William McKenna), the son of his father’s old adversary, Draco Malfoy (Tom Wren). “One of the really special things about this specific relationship is that you can watch Scorpius and Albus in five hours and watch our friendship grow,” ReesWemyss says. “You see two eleven-year-old adolescent boys who don’t know each other and by the end of the play, at the end of five hours hanging out with us, you see the relationship go through every conceivable way that friendships can go through; the trials, the pain, the tribulations, the triumph, the joy and the love and laughter.” It’s with these complicated, genuine, emotionallycharged, painfully relatable connections that Cursed Child casts its greatest spell on its audience, going

Showcasing the rare, treasured objects and images, from membership tickets and cards, and players’ garments, to premiership medals, a number of 19th and 20th century photography, film and sound recordings, and possibly the first whistle used on an Australian football ground, the collection tell the stories of the Club, and of the lives and careers of its players and supporters. “One of the real treasures in Bob’s collection is the original letter written by the Geelong Club to Mrs Charles Brownlow after he had died, asking her permission to name an award in her husband’s honour, hence the birth of the Brownlow Medal,” Smith explains. Alongside following key figures in the Clubs history from Charles Brownlow to Joel Selwood, it also celebrates the Club’s evolution including its uniform design, the “Cats” nickname and mascot, and the successes and stories of the playing group, over 160 years. With approximately 700 items from Bob’s collection which explores everything from the impact of social change and upheaval including war, the transformation of the city, stadium developments and even Geelong Football Club’s contribution to community life and wellbeing, it’s astonishing that all but one item belongs to Gartland, with the exception being the Brownlow Medal which belongs to the family of the late Paul Couch, who donated his 1989 Brownlow Medal purely for this exhibition. “There’s a lot of really precious and rare material in Bob’s collection that not only tells the story of the club, but tells a lot about the social history of the

far beyond the bewitching and magical surface. While the human story-telling in itself exceeds expectations, it’s also the breath-taking and jawdropping magical effects which add to the rich and detailed immersive experience. “I still don’t know how certain things work,” the young actor reveals of the level of magic executed within the play. “It’s been over a year since I started, and there are still things that I can’t work out, and it’s almost gotten to that point where I don’t even want to ask. Even if I could, I don’t want to know now… it keeps the magic real. “They didn’t reinvent the magic [from the movies], they just took the tools of the theatre and re-contextualised them in a way that allowed for the magic to be re-created in front of your eyes. As a theatre nerd, the moment I realised this was how we were going to do this, I was like this is heaven. This is exactly how I wanted it to be.” It’s the story, the magic, the actors and of course, the fact it’s the epilogue of the famed JK Rowling’s saga, that make the first Harry Potter show presented on a theatre stage such a mesmerising and magical experience. “For the diehards, having Harry Potter in front of you is insane. They love him, they love the character, and so to have Harry standing in the flesh before you is unbelievable and incredible,” Rees-Wemyss explains. “To be sat in a dark room with 1400 of your closest friends watching magic be created before your very eyes, there’s nothing like that. That’s the coolest thing ever.” While a moderate familiarity with either the books or their film adaptations is perhaps a basic requirement, and it’s clear this play is made for the proud Potter tragics that know and love the story, there’s still room for muggles to enjoy the magical piece of storytelling too.

WHAT’S ON IN THE ARTS TIM FERGUSON IS COMING TO BALLARAT & BENDIGO Australian comedy legend Tim Ferguson rips the lid off his extraordinary life in his new award winning hit solo sit down / stand-up show, A Fast Life on Wheels. Member of internationally acclaimed comedy trio the Doug Anthony All-Stars, author, actor, filmmaker, TV host, screenwriting teacher and columnist, 55 year old Ferguson said living with Multiple Sclerosis hasn’t at all slowed down his career. In fact, since he got wheels, he’s living even faster, and this show is Ferguson’s personal tragicomic story showing what life in a wheelchair is really like, proving to be a true testament to the power of humour in any situation. With Ferguson’s trademark wicked humour, outrageous stories and breath-taking insights, his new hour of comedy is hell on wheels. Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute, Ballarat – October 4 & Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo – October 5.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD PARTS ONE AND TWO ARE NOW PLAYING AT THE PRINCESS THEATRE, MELBOURNE. WITH TICKETS SELLING FASTER THAN YOU CAN WAVE YOUR WAND, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO BOOK YOUR VISIT ASAP. PHOTO BY MATTHEW MURPHY

club, the people, the players, the fans, and from an art perspective, it also gives us a great opportunity to look at the graphic design changes, especially with 120 years of playing cards. We’ve also got 17 jumpers from 1911 to the present day, and you can see how the design of the jumpers changes over time. “There’s also an 18-meter long mural. It’s a digital collage that took Bob five months to put together with hundreds of objects and images from his collection,” Smith explains. “It’s basically a timeline where you walk along the 18 meters back in time to 1859. There’s actually a version of it hanging in the private section of the club where the players walk through, and this is the second version created for us for the show.” As an exhibition catering to absolutely everybody, from the cultural historians to the dedicated Cats fans and local families, and that is set to bring to life the history and contemporary relevance of a club that engenders extraordinary civic pride, Smith explains the driving force behind the exhibition. “Passion. It’s just sheer passion,” he says of Bob Gartland and his collection. “He’s a Geelong man, he was a football player, and he’s just passionate about the club, and about Geelong. It’s always been his hope that there would be, at some stage, wider community engagement with his collection.” “It has been my vision for many years to take my collection beyond the Football Club and into the community,” echoes Gartland. “I was delighted when Geelong Gallery committed to the exhibition and hope that it brings many people joy in retracing this mighty Club’s visual and social history.’ While the season now over, it’s the perfect time to keep the football spirit alive and take a peek into the rare objects and images from the collection and discover the illustrious history of the mighty blue and white. THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL—TREASURES FROM THE BOB GARTLAND COLLECTION IS EXHIBITING AT GEELONG GALLERY NOW UNTIL 10 NOVEMBER 2019.

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ROCKABUL – ON DEMAND RocKabul is a documentary, from Australian photojournalist Travis Beard, that takes us on a journey from the inception of the first ever Afghan heavy metal band called ‘District Unknown’, and documents part of Afghan life that is rarely shown in Western media. The film features never before seen footage of the underground expat party scene, at odds with an extremely conservative society. You might remember the film was screening in venues around the region earlier this year, and now is available on demand (iTunes, Sony Entertainment, Xbox, Google and Fetch), and on DVD. Giving a real-life account of how lucky we are in the western world to be able to simply pick up and express ourselves creatively in almost any format or narrative we choose, RocKabul is worth checking out.

TOM SEGURA IS BRINGING ‘TAKE IT DOWN (UNDER)’ TO AUS IN 2020 American comedian, Tom Segura is bringing his comedy act to Australia next year. Coming down under in January, he’ll be taking his show Take It Down (Under) around to Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, and Perth. Segura is an actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his three Netflix specials, Disgraceful, Mostly Stories, and Completely Normal, and for his knack for storytelling and making average anecdotes funny. Currently performing to sold out audiences on his 100-city tour, Segura will be bringing the Take It Down (Under) Tour to Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on January 17. Tickets via Live Nation.

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DOGMAN In a deserted Italian seaside holiday town, Marcello (Marcello Fonte) has a shabby but well-attended dog grooming business with a sideline in drug dealing – though it seems his only customer is Simoncino (Edoardo Pesce), the local thug who has everyone terrorised. Their friendship is very much a oneway street – what Simoncino wants, he gets – while the meek and affable Marcello tries to keep on his good side in-between taking care of his own doting daughter. The locals want Simoncino dead; their only question is whether to do it themselves or wait for his thuggish lifestyle to anger someone really serious. But when Simoncino decides to use Marcello’s store to break into his neighbours, Marcello is faced with a choice – and every possible answer is the wrong one. Directed by Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah), this is both a gripping crime drama and an engaging character study, a look at a quiet man repeatedly pushed to his limits in a world where keeping to yourself only gets you stepped on.

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK There’s been a lot of horror at the movies aimed at kids (well, older kids) in recent years, but Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is the first high profile film to admit what’s been obvious for a while now: if you leave out the gore (and the sex, but every mainstream movie leaves out the sex these days), horror movies are suitable for all ages. Based on a popular but infamous series of children’s books which retold a series of generic horror tales, this adds a framing device involving a dead girl, a haunted house, a book that writes itself (“you don’t read the book… the book reads you”) and a late 60s setting that’s solidly realised but doesn’t really add much to the scares beyond a lot of mentions of Richard Nixon and Vietnam. The four teens who accidentally stumble onto the evil book and unleash its power are good in that Stranger Things / It way that seems to be the default for horror at the moment, while the actual scary scenes where the monsters come out to play are universally well done, featuring both creepy imagery and decent jump scares. Yes, the sequel door is left open; there are plenty more scary stories to tell.

Cosmic Psychos – Glorius Barsteds (Go The Hack Records)

The “Psychos” have been an Aussie institution for about 35 years. When “Glorius Barsteds” was unleashed in 2011 the rallying call was “A Nice Day To Go The Pub” which has become a live favourite. This is A-Grade Oz Punk and shows why the boys are still a large draw on the Australian music scene. This had a small vinyl run on the French label “Pitshark” at the time, but now it is more readily available with wonderful new Ben Brown artwork with initial copies on Blue Wax! For fans of The Melvins, The Onyas & Buffalo Available from Prehistoric Sounds in Warrnambool & The Amazing Mill Market in Newcomb

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This retelling of the Michelle Payne story only asks one thing of its audience: that they have no questions at all about why someone would constantly risk their life riding racehorses under bad conditions and with worse pay. While this covers all the main details of the life of the first woman to ride a Melbourne Cup winner – nine siblings, all equally as horse-mad thanks to their single dad (Sam Neill) and their horse farm upbringing, a life-long obsession with riding despite the horse-racing death of one of her sisters and a near-fatal accident herself – the one question it never comes close to answering is the only question that matters: why? Teresa Palmer as Michelle Payne is always convincing – though not as convincing as Stevie Payne, who plays her brother Stevie Payne – and the story often hits the right notes on a scene-by-scene basis as she battles the odds and entrenched sexism to make her dream come true. But Payne herself remains something of a cypher, a character whose fierce drive is taken for granted and never examined or explained. Without that human element, this is just a list of her real-life achievements, and no matter how well they’re told the story remains hollow at heart.

Max (Jacob Tremblay) is a nice kid who’s just discovered girls; Thor (Brady Noon) is worried he’s getting too old for musical theatre; and Lucas (Keith L. Williams) is probably just a little too keen on following rules. Together they’re the “beanbag boys”, a gang who are probably - if they were paying attention - just about to grow apart. But not just yet; when Max accidentally trashes his dad’s treasured drone (“it’s not a toy - it’s for work”), the trio band together to raise the cash for a replacement. Their schemes rapidly spiral out of control; selling a sex doll is one of their more sedate antics, especially once they get tangled up with a pair of older girls (Molly Gordon and Midori Francis) who just want their drugs back so they can go to a concert. The stakes are kept small - their big road trip is a few miles to a nearby mall, and crossing a highway is the big action scene - and the crudity promised by the trailers is relatively sedate (and a lot funnier once the trio’s essentially sweet natures are established). Turns out putting nice kids in a NSFW world is a pretty solid formula for comedy; this is one of the funnier films of the year.

It’s been a decade or so since John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) came home to the family farm. Now he spends his days training horses and looking on admiringly at his housekeeper’s granddaughter Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal) in between digging tunnels and filling them with guns because Rambo has Become War. Then Gabrielle announces she can’t go to university until she goes to Mexico to try and find her father, which Rambo knows is a bad move from watching Sicario or any one of countless other films where Mexico is hell on earth. She goes south of the border, discovers her real father is a dirtbag then gets grabbed by the Mexican Sex Cartel; looks like Rambo has some work to do. What separates this from every other Taken knock off is that here every single act of violence - and there are oh so many acts of violence in this film - is treated like it belongs in a horror movie. It’s basically Taken if the woman being kidnapped was related to Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th films, which sounds like a joke until you see Rambo reach into a guy’s shoulder, grab his collarbone, tear his collarbone from his body and then snap it. This movie is loud and dumb and not easily forgotten.

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LA DISPUTE DELIVERED A PASSION-FILLED, EMOTIONALLY CHARGED LIVE SHOW WHERE: BARWON CLUB GEELONG WHEN: TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER REVIEWED BY TAMMY WALTERS PHOTOS SOURCED FROM SOCIALS After seeing Michigan’s, La Dispute, tear through the Good Things stage in 2018 in a set that challenged that of All Time Low, The Used and Bullet For My Valentine, getting an intimate performance by the five-piece at Geelong’s home of rock music was a must. To say it didn’t disappoint is an understatement. While the crowd was small for the bitterly cold Tuesday evening, the excitement and energy in the room was not. And that was just from the stage. The same high energy they exuded at Good Things was parallel, if not more, in Geelong. Opening with ‘Rose

Quartz’ and moving through ‘Fulton Street I’ and ‘Fulton Street II’, frontman Jordan Dreyer stomped on every inch of the stage, strangling the microphone handle as his emotions erratically flooded the speakers; a view that was consistent throughout the entire set right up until their gigantic final call, ‘King Park’. Dan Vander Lugt brought the underlying drama, smashing through the drum heartbeats of the ‘a’ series – ‘a Departure’, ‘a Poem’ and ‘a Letter’, and bassist Adam Vass was the veins of the body of work, elevating the intensity. Guitarist Chad MorganSterenberg and Corey Stroffolino complimented each other brilliantly, removing the show-off solos that usually take over hardcore live shows to represent the songs in their true form. As a group, each member has a significant role in making La Dispute function as a well-balanced, well-thought-out and well-executed outfit. This is not just represented through song and on-stage presence, but also in their demeanour. Dreyer interjected briefly between songs to mention their appreciation to be touring in Australia, to reflect on their career, to invite the crowds to move closer to the stage and to also recognise and promote the space as an all-inclusive zone, which he delivered as genuinely as the poetic lyrical content of his songs.

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The unconventional song structures throughout La Disputes catalogue makes for a captivating rollercoaster set where you are entirely immersed in the emotional journey. While they don’t subscribe to anthemic choruses and repetition, the theatrics and investment from an anthem are still strong with crowd chants a-plenty. ‘Hudsonville MI 1956’, ‘For Mayor in Splitsville’, ‘Castle Builders’, ‘View From our Bedroom Window’ and ‘First Reactions After Falling Through The Ice’ were the standout tracks to deliver that anthemic nature, while tracks like ‘Woman (In Mirror)’ and ‘Rhodonite and Grief’ were great contrasting tracks to show the light and shade of La Dispute. La Dispute are artistically and creatively talented, shaking up the mundane repetition of the music industry, but the true standout nature of the band is in their passion-filled, emotionally charged live show both in festival settings and on the smaller stage of the band room.

MACHINE AGE Point Of Departure Independent Reviewed by Tammy Walters

Adrian Mauro encapsulates the raw emotions, the complexity and the erratic rollercoaster ride of loss in his debut album ‘Point Of Departure’, for his musical project Machine Age. At age 15, Mauro’s older brother passed away from leukaemia and he inherited his older brothers’ guitar, keyboard and record collection, sparking Mauro’s music journey and the lyrical basis for the twelve track debut. You don’t need me to tell you the sad back story to know that; Mauro tells you through his deeply emotional invitation into his state of mind, his largerthan-life builds and drops sonically, the bursts of fuzz and his stunning tell-all angelic harmonies. ‘If Only’ is the stand out piece with soaring string arrangements, hair-raising layers of delicate vocal lines, and nervous heartbeat that sits in the songs throat. The opening verse includes lines, ‘If only for the day you might let me see my brother…if only for the day you would bring him home’ that are enough to reduce anyone to tears within seconds of listening. From the mammoth guitar introduction of the unpredictable opener, ‘Fighting’, right through to the half acoustic, half intergalactic orbit of ‘Flame or Flicker’, Machine Age captivates and transports listeners into Mauro’s psyche, experimenting with layers, textures and instrumentation throughout ‘Point Of Departure’ and wow’s at every detail. Brilliant!

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Reviewed by Tammy Walters

They say go big or go home, right? Tyne-James Organ was listening and took that advice to heart on his debut EP, ‘Persevere’. He takes no time to kick you in the chest with opener ‘Something New’. The constant palmed guitar strumming of the verses builds the suspense to the explosive pre-chorus and chaotic aftermath of the chorus where Organ uses every throat muscle to belt out his feelings, like screaming into a pillow. ‘Graceful’ is true to the title, an uplifting twirler of a track perfect for a solo living room dance with relatable lyrics about being scared to fall in love. Throughout Persevere, Organ wears his heart on his sleeve, with the single ‘Watch You Go’ no different. Organ’s tender falsetto is stunning against the contrast of his gravel roar and throat-heavy, airy ring. Organ explores another kind of love within ‘I’ll Get By’, dedicating the track to his hero, his mum, discussing her barriers in life and never-give-up attitude. The EP finishes on a heart-wrenching piece, ‘Say No More’. Organ has a way with words that is only heightened by his gorgeous, raw vocals and stunning musical arrangements. All of the songs on Persevere are stand-alone single worthy but as a collection, they shine.

Starting an album on a 15-minute instrumental track takes guts and Tool level confidence that isn’t recommended in the majority of cases. In this case, We Lost The Sea made a statement that well and truly paid off with ‘Towers’. Does it feel like 15 minutes? Not at all! Why? They keep it interesting! The striking electricity and builds of the guitars, the pounding footstep of the drum and the continual builds elevate to the climax where the sweet drifting of the piano takes over in a slow conversation that is put on the stove to bring to a boil. It’s then drained and you’re left with the excitement of what is left behind to indulge in. The tragic story behind We Lost The Sea’s transition to being an instrumental piece lays in the suicide of their frontman and the pain from that experience remains within their playing. While the context of this album centres around our dying planet, the all-encompassing static that sinks you into the tracks, the intricate grazes of hope through soft strokes of piano keys, the gradual builds of emotion until they overflow and the stillness that settles tells the story of pain and doubt that can be interpreted in relation to both. We Lost The Sea say so much without saying anything at all and that is where the beauty lies.

There’s a couple of reasons to love an EP – it’s the Little Wise (aka Sophie Klein) follows 2016’s first taste of a fresh-faced talent, it’s short and sweet breakthrough debut Silver Birch with a new spring in with consistent sounds, ideas and stories, and finally, her step on this gorgeous collection of songs. it’s a showcase of what the artist thinks best represents Want It All breathes with such intensity and them coming out as a songwriter and musician. immediacy, it somehow captures the unsuspecting Rosalind, checks off all three of these components in listener off-guard. More than just another pleasant her debut self-titled album. The Melbourne songwriter singer-songwriter outing (with a smattering of angst), introduces herself as a talented, emotionally-aware the Melburnian’s second album offers tender souland captivating storyteller in just four standout searching and carefree conviction. While not patently tracks, taking listeners on a journey of a relationship Country, the underlying bounce (‘Devil Off My Back’, breakdown. ‘Stronger’ and ‘Ruins’ shape the first half of ‘It Doesn’t Work Like That’) lifts the effect beyond her the EP with hot dessert, bleeding guitars and Bon Jovi earlier Folk base. Easy and elegant phrasing propels ‘Blaze of Glory’ drama. Rosalinds’ commanding vocals catchy melodies. offer southern charm and an enchanting femininity ‘Don’t Let It Go’ is evidence of her early influence to the tracks without substituting strength. ‘Tragedy’ by The Waifs. Band mates Rosie Burgess (bass, backing follows, literally, but this track is anything but tragic. vocals) and Pam Zaharias (drums) are joined on a This empowering piano ballad is critical, not just for number of tracks by Josh Barber (percussion, drums) its lyrical content of recognising self-worth, but in and Brendan McMahon (Hammond organ). Producers contrast to its predecessors, highlighting Rosalinds’ Fraser Montgomery and Nick Edin add additional light and shade dynamic. ‘Heartbeat’ is the happy- instrumentation. ending, the track that plays over the closing scene Little Wise employs her electric guitar of choice in a movie, not lacking the uplifting builds, the with restraint, allowing the Danelectro occasional overwhelming joy, the ringing vocals. spotlight moments to add some rock’n’roll spice. While it’s a short journey, it’s a well-rounded Feisty yet sweet, Want It All weaves a cosy spell story with a beginning, climax and end that leaves between the wide-eyed and the sage. you fulfilled.

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Pretty much all the talk about any movie before its released is advertising for that movie, which has got to be good news for Warner Brothers because people have been talking about Joker for months. It’s been the kind of conversation that – speaking as someone who’s written his fair share of online clickbait over the years – makes for great clickbait: is Joker pandering crap that will give incels all the excuse they need to go on a murder spree, or is it a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at power dynamics in our society? Sorry, those are the only two options you’re allowed to have – fortunately articles pushing one option are also read by people who hold the opposite view (what better way to get even more angry about something you’re already angry about), and if you happen to think that all this kerfuffle is exactly what the film is designed to provoke… well, nobody likes to be told they’ve been played for a sucker by a movie marketing department. What actually is interesting about Joker (sorry, but if you think a movie is dangerous to show to people then your problem is with people, not movies) is the way that it’s clearly looking to be a salute-slash-sequelslash-update of all those grim 70s and 80s movies that went around lifting the lid on a society that was pretty messed up – you know, like society is now – only it’s doing that important cultural work while also being the second movie about a murder clown out within a month. At least Pennywise from It has supernatural powers and a fondness for murdering children via their worst nightmares: for most of his comic book career the Joker was basically a crime clown whose jokes either involved bad wordplay and props or relied heavily on murder as a punchline. That’s not to say he wasn’t a popular bad guy (a little too popular in the comics, where overexposure has severely undercut his appeal), but he worked best as a bad guy – a foil to Batman where the two of them worked as contrasts to each other. Throw in the fact that The Joker’s most recent appearance on the big screen in Suicide Squad was a big fizzle, and… well, once again you’ve got to take your hat off to the marketing department at Warner Brothers for getting everyone talking – and taking seriously – a movie about a one-note comic book villain who’s last decent big screen appearance was well over a decade ago. Of course, most of the online talk has been focused on what the movie is about and not whether it’s any good or not, but increasingly what a movie is about is seen (online at least) as a signpost to whether it’s any good or not; a serious movie that takes the right view on important issues is good, a silly movie that makes fun of the values many hold dear is bad. Trouble is, out in the real world people often enjoy “bad” movies and steer clear of the “good” ones; whether that’s going to be the case with Joker remains to be seen. At least the marketing team can relax; if only all superhero movies were this easy to sell.

Hey gang! If, like me, you’ve immersed yourself in the realm of career building and soul-crushing 9-5 jobs, fear not – Pulp is here to alleviate your mid-week woes! This week, I’m diving back into the noir-driven crimescape that is Hell’s Kitchen, the home of the man without fear: Daredevil. I got my hands on a copy of volume 1 of the newly-minted Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals, Howard the Duck) run: Know Fear, and I have to say, after taking a break from newer Marvel titles, I am very impressed. Daredevil is dead. With his body utterly broken after a near-death experience, Matt Murdock has had to give up his double life. The many years of bruises, beatings and broken bones have finally caught up to him, and even if – if – his body heals, there is no guarantee he’ll even be close to the man he once was. His position is made even more tenuous by the regime of Mayor Wilson Fisk, who has criminalised vigilantes in New York and made Daredevil and his allies fugitives. With the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen gone, the criminal underclass has re-emerged to wreak havoc on New York once again. Matt must come to terms with his new reality – his body has betrayed him, and his greatest enemy is in power, and Daredevil is needed more than ever – but how can the Man Without Fear cope when he’s a shell of the man he once was? Poor Matt Murdock. My favourite costumed vigilante just can’t catch a break! If there’s one thing Marvel do well, it’s beat poor Daredevil into the dirt time and time again. I’ve been a fan of Chip Zdarsky for a while, but I’ve previously only known him for funnier titles like Howard the Duck, so I was a little concerned that he didn’t have the writing chops to take on a notoriously dark and gloomy title like Daredevil. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he takes on Matt’s special brand of neurosis with aplomb; Matt can be a very difficult character to write, given that he’s a special blend of misery, belligerence and Catholic guilt. I was also particularly impressed with Marco Checchetto’s (The Punisher) artwork – his designs for Matt, Fisk and newcomer cop Cole North are excellent, and actually remind me of Sean Murphy’s artwork from The Wake in places – it’s detailed, and takes great care with facial expressions. I wish Marvel and DC would keep their volume 1 artists on for longer, though; after volume 1, Checchetto is off the title for another 4 or 5 issues before returning. It’s disappointing to see a title with the potential of Zdarsky’s Daredevil held back by artists that just can’t product the kind of quality seen in the first volume. Staffing gripes aside, Know Fear is an excellent addition to the Daredevil lineup. It doesn’t add anything particularly new, but it doesn’t need to; Zdarsky is building on the events of Charles Soule’s run in his own way, and exploring Matt’s headspace in the aftermath of his brush with death. I highly recommend it as either a starting point for new readers, or old fans like myself wanting to reconnect with the character.

This year the Blues Train is celebrating its 25th anniversary. That makes it Australia’s longest-running Blues venue. I interviewed Hugo T Armstrong about those years. I asked Hugo, how did it all start? … “A moment of insanity!” A group of Hugo’s friends in Queenscliff, some from Suma Park wanted to do a concert series to bring people to Queenscliff in winter. A train to Suma Park was suggested and Hugo was asked to organise some music. “We had Rose Bygrave, Marcia Howard, doing some basic songs ... Little Red Rooster and such.” They had A4 flyers in shop windows, one generator, one extension cord between carriages, and 70 people turned up. “It was complete anarchy, and everyone wanted to know when the next one was.” There has always been a synergy between blues and trains, but the Bellerine was not really a destination then and the Geelong Steam Preservation Society had not done much at night. They were really struggling. “We started before the internet. A fax machine, no on-line ticketing, no social media. The sound would break down because the extension cable sheared off.” Mainstays back then were Kerry Simpson, Ian Collard, Collard Greens & Gravy, Jimi Hocking – the acts hardly changed for quite a few years. “Started to be serious in about 1996 when Chris Wilson & Andrew Pendlebury contacted us. I thought they were joking. Chris Wilson was not only my idol, but I said we couldn’t afford him, but his agent, Gerard, said he wants to do it – end of story. That was when the penny dropped. People might actually want to play.” The essence of the Blues Train has not changed over the years. It presents a wide range of blues - piano, electric guitar, soul blues, funk blues, rock blues. “The people who have played are the special memories – Lloyd Spiegel, Shaun Kirk, Spoonful – a lot of the amazing artists who have played. But also when they come back is pretty special.” Quite a few customers came for the train and the event, despite the blues, and liked the music in spite of their expectations. “People say I never knew that was blues. They’ve discovered blues through the train.” One special year was working with local group Chubby Rae and the Elevators towards their debut album. “How many venues can give a band 25 gigs in a year?” There have been a lot of special moments, “proposals, weddings, one proposal, and wedding!” What of the music venue scene in the future? “We can’t continue giving away free music all the time. I remember when everyone had a small cover charge. Now I don’t know where it’s heading, I’ve seen musicians drop their income from CD sales, the effect that Spotify has had on musicians and I’ve seen venues where you have to pay for everything but the music, even a packet of chips, but the music is free? There’s a place for free music, but there has to be something between that and stadium prices. What’s five bucks to get in and see a good little band?”

Welcome to THTH, Forte’s premier source of all things heavy, hard, fast and metal. The other day I was just scrolling through a popular sensationalist Melbourne online mainstream “newspaper” and came across an article about how a civil rights organisation and the AntiDefamation Commission chairman have piled on in the most sensationalist fashion to shut down “neo-Nazi” concert ISD Memorial 2019, which is planned for October 12 at a secret, Melbourne location. When I say sensationalist, I shit you not, this is an actual quote in the article from the chairman: “We are deeply concerned that if this concert goes ahead, it will pose a real risk (my emphasis) to the safety of all (my emphasis) Victorians since it may (my emphasis) to lead to crimes being committed by people who attend this event… Imagine what would happen (my emphasis) if one or more people returning from this concert run into a visibly identifiable Jewish or Muslim individual, or anyone else who they deem undesirable?” Can you imagine?! I can imagine is if someone tried to make Romper Stomper now the scriptwriter would probably be charged with a hate crime or some shit. I say that because I can’t imagine the music being any better than the music in that film. A quick google search and five minutes of reading will show that the event in question has been an annual event for the past 25 years in Melbourne. So now all I can also imagine is 30 or so people in a bar watching a couple of bands and getting drunk and then leaving drunkenly, yet peacefully, as I imagine the outcome from the last 24 annual concerts being. Also, let’s not ignore the fact that probably only a couple of hundred people out of the entire Australian population knew about this concert before the news article.

NAT’S BACK AND THAT’S THAT. Nat Young is one of the legends of Australian surf. He has won World Surfing Titles (1966), won contests around the world, won the Bells Beach Surfing Contest (four times), produced films, written books on the history of surfing, surf rage and is currently touring Australia with his latest book, ‘The Church Of The Open Sky’. Nat has always been an enigma. Whilst competing at the 1970 World Surfing Titles at Bells Beach he stated that surfing wasn’t a sport and he didn’t like surf contests (he made the final!). During the early seventies, he moved up the coast and lived off the land cultivating a ‘hippie’ image whilst still competing and earning a living from surfing. Nat has run for Parliament, modelled clothes in France and been beaten up at his home surf break (he wrote about the incident in his book SURF RAGE and donated thousands of dollars to support anti-surf rage programs around Australia). Nat has fought the government, fought other surfers, and for decades stoked the fires of his famous feud with ‘Midget’ Farrelly, another surfing legend from Sydney. He might be one of the world’s great surfers but he has always managed to rub people up the wrong way. He is clearly one of the angriest hippies in Australia. Nat is now seventy and still surfs. His latest book is a bit of a surprise given he already has an autobiography and other ‘like’ books on the shelves. CHURCH OF THE OPEN SKY explores Nat’s life through the eyes of the people he has met and the places he has visited. He writes about Midget, Dora (Miki Dora, not the girl with the backpack), Weber, Miller and many others. He writes about his times at Bells Beach, Byron Bay, Southern Cal, France and Hawaii, the contests, the big days and the surfers that helped shape his life. Love him or hate him, Nat has played a significant role in the history of surfing in Australia. You can catch him on his Australian tour as he tells yarns and flogs books at surf museums and shops from Burleigh to Bells. The book title has a great story. It is a quote from Tom Blake who was one of the most influential surfers in the USA last century. Tom firmly believed that surfing was a religion held out in the open on the sea. 90 years later, there are many devotees around to his ‘church of the open sky’.

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In other news ++ 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. ++ Cradle Of Filth will release their remastered Cruelty And the Beast album on Friday, November 1. ++ Bart Krysiuk’s Batushka will play the Croxton Bandroom on Saturday, November 2. ++ Wolves In The Throne Room will be at The Corner on Saturday, November 30. ++ Good Things festival featuring Trivium, Karnivool, Parkway Drive, Enter Shikari, Thy Art Is Murder any many more will be held at Flemington Racecourse on Friday, December 6. ++ Opeth will play the Palais Theatre on Friday, December 13.

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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