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If you’re a regular reader of Forte over the years, it’s likely you’d be very familiar with the music jewel of the Bellarine – the Queenscliff Music Festival. Celebrating a huge 23 years this year, the Peninsula will soon see an eclectic mix of homegrown and international performers take over the weekend-long celebrations!
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Some noteworthy acts include multi-award winning singer-songwriter Missy Higgins; multi-talented musician, broadcaster and sometime actor Clare Bowditch; country music star Troy Cassar-Daley; blistering blues-rocker Ash Grunwald; New Zealand legend Tim Finn, British percussive guitar master Newton Faulkner, spectacular showmen The Cat Empire, folk trio stalwarts The Waifs and fan favourite intergalactic rockers The Delta Riggs – just to name a few!
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SEA LIFE MELBOURNE IS GETTING A HUGE IMMERSIVE JELLYFISH EXHIBIT
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This summer, be prepared to descend into the mysteriously fascinating world of jellyfish at the Aquarium’s brand-new Ocean Invaders exhibit. Launching in December, this new $1.5 million exhibition features a number of new jellyfish species never before seen at the Aquarium. Spread out over 300 square metres with three different interactive zones, you can expect to see thousands of jellyfish from a range of species – from the upside-down jellyfish (cassiopea andromeda), blue blubber jellyfish (catostylus mosaicus), to even the lion’s mane jellyfish (cyanea capillata) and sea nettles (chrysaora melanaster). Alongside the enormous displays of jellyfish, you’ll also find interactive activities, incredible lighting installations and educational facts about the gelatinous sea creatures. Ocean Invaders opens on December 12.
Brunswick Music Festival has just revealed the first three headliners of its 2020 Festival that will once again bring Brunswick to life, taking over venues across the suburb for two weeks in March. The early announcement gives only a mere glimpse of the breadth of local and international talent making a beeline for Brunswick from Monday 9 – Sunday 22 March. Kicking off day one, modern icon Kevin Morby returns to Melbourne with a full band to perform songs from his lavish, resplendent and career-best new double LP ‘Oh My God’. A few days later on Thursday, March 12, The Blind Boys of Alabama are back with their genre-defining take on Gospel, while Saturday, March 14 will see in-demand sessional musician Meg Duffy’s solo project Hand Habits take to the stage. Tickets via brunswickmusicfestival.com.au.
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Bluesfest Touring is keen to announce that eight international acts will visit Melbourne as part of their April 2020 tours. The Corner Hotel will host British blues legend John Mayall, blues sisters Larkin Poe and American blues artist Walter Trout, while California-based Eagles of Death Metal and Southern blues fivesome The Marcus King Band will appear at the Croxton Band Room. The Melbourne Recital Centre will host Canadian-American folk/rocker Buffy Sainte Maria and The War and Treaty (considered the discovery act from Bluesfest 2019). Morcheeba, the band that defined the chill-out genre, will appear at 170 Russell. For more information visit www.bluesfesttouring.com.au.
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They say Good Things come to those who wait and Good Things Festival have announced a couple of cheeky headline sideshows ahead of its three-stop extravaganza in early December. Hitting the road and making the most of their time down under are Canadian pop-punk legends Simple Plan, Trivium, Reel Big Fish, Enter Shikari and Ice Nine Kills! Unfortunately Simple Plan and Trivium will not be heading to Melbourne, however, we’ll see Reel Big Fish performing on Thursday, December 5 at 170 Russell, Enter Shikari on Thursday, December 5 at Croxton Bandroom, and Ice Nine Kills taking over Melbourne’s Stay Gold on Thursday, December 5. Tickets for all Good Things sideshows are on sale via Destroy All Lines.
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MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE! COMES TO AUSTRALIA FOR FIRST TIME EVER
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Australians, assemble! An arena spectacular featuring some of Marvel’s best-loved superheroes will make its Australian debut next year with the highly anticipated launch of Marvel Universe LIVE! Nationwide. Kicking off in March 2020, this adrenaline-packed, live-action show will see the likes of Spider-Man, The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy (just to name a few), join forces in a legendary battle to defend the universe from evil. The show features immersive video projection and cutting-edge special effects, bringing to life settings including the fantastical Savage Land, New York City and beyond, telling a story that weaves Marvel’s favourite superheroes together. See it at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena from April 2-6. Tickets available through Ticketek.
With the end of the year less than two months away, NYE on the Hill has just revealed their full lineup. Just added to the slate of immeasurable talent are Melbourne-house producer Loure, rising indie-pop star Shannen James, garagerockers Creature Fear, Bad Apples rapper Birdz, and plenty more. Oh, and a magician will also be making an appearance. The fresh names join previously announced acts The Living End, Trophy Eyes, Eves Karydas, Pierce Brothers and Slowly Slowly. We could think of no better place to be hunting for a NYE midnight pash or hurling a mixture of champagne and bourbon against a tree stump at three in the morning of a fresh new year than here! NYE on the Hill takes over South Gippsland between Monday, December 30 and Wednesday, January 1. Tickets are on sale now via the festival website.
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Gather your heavy music mates and get ready… Download has announced its return to Melbourne (with a new home at Melbourne Showgrounds) and Sydney (back to Parramatta Park) in 2020, and leading the festival are quintessential sad boys of punk, My Chemical Romance, which is sure to delight black-eyeliner-loving millennials everywhere! Alongside this exclusive show, Download will see the likes of Deftones, Jimmy Eat World, Clutch, Alestorm, Hands Like Houses, In Hearts Wake, New Years Day, Clowns, among many more take to the stage. If the past two years are anything to go by, we are in for it with Download 2020. Better start limbering up to hit the mosh pit stat. It all goes down at Melbourne Showgrounds on Friday, March 20.
Returning once again to Melbourne, Sugar Republic (aka the sweetest pop-up in the world where you can unleash your inner child and consume lots of free sweets) is back with a Christmas pop-up in November. Featuring 10 immersive Christmas rooms, you’ll find a marshmallow pool, a human snow globe, a giant peppermint ball pit, a life-sized advent calendar, and tonnes more festive fun for you, your friends and all the family. Santa will even present for all your selfie needs, and there are lots of stunning backdrops for your Christmas photos if you’re wanting to do the whole DIY Xmas card thing. Book now as it’s sure to sell out! The pop-up will go from 10 November until 23 December in Fitzroy.
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Tim Finn Heads To Queenscliff Music Festival “I moved to Melbourne in the ’70s and went back again in the ’80s and the ’90s and lived in Sydney. Our first child was born in Sydney. We’re pretty much Aussies. We’re Kiwi-Aussies – that hybrid format.” Flocks of families will be filling our bay ferries to flood the already sold out Queenscliff Music Festival to see this Finn brother. The family-friendly festival returns for 2019 for with a gigantic line-up of talent including Missy Higgins, The Cat Empire, The Delta Riggs, Mojo Juju, Remi, Ross Wilson, Troy CassarDaley and The Waifs, but it’s the special appearance from Split Enz and Crowded House legend, whom we claim as our own homegrown talent, Tim Finn, that will cause a frenzy. “Claim away- it’s very flattering,” Finn laughs. “I moved to Melbourne in the ’70s and went back again in the ’80s and the ’90s and lived in Sydney. Our first child was born in Sydney. We’re pretty much Aussies. We’re Kiwi-Aussies – that hybrid format.” While his brother and long-time collaborator, Neil Finn was just here touring extensively with Fleetwood 12
Mac, Tim Finn, hasn’t played the Australian stage in quite some time. He is, however, excited to show off his catalogue to Queenscliff audiences with his fourpiece band. “You know I’m sort of semi-retired from live work. I really just do festivals and sort of one-off special events these days and I really enjoy them but don’t need to go out and tour like I used to. I stay at home more and write and collaborate on theatre projects and musicals and various things. That suits me better these days,” says Finn. “I like playing festivals because you do play to a real cross-section of different people across all ages and it’s great to see the kids out there on their dads shoulders and they might know one of my songs, they may have heard ‘I See Red’ or something, but they don’t know me that well. It’s a big wave and I ride it. I love it!” Finn hasn’t entirely missed out on our sunburnt country though. Having resided back in New Zealand for the latter half of his life, Finn has been making his way back and forth across the Tasman over the last couple of years through his compositional involvement with the theatre production, ‘Ladies In Black’. Premiering at Queensland Theatre Company in November 2015, the production clocked a massive 152 shows and has broadened his musical palette. “It was really great and it whetted my appetite to do more. I’m developing some now- there’s a couple [in the works] and they always take a few years to get up
from the first time you sit around a table to a theatre. But it’s a great ride, very collaborative and I enjoy it so I definitely want to more of that,” Finn says. “It’s definitely one of my main focuses now.” Those other focuses include a virtual, email file share, musical project with fellow Split Enz former members, Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie, and a similar project with some Irish friends that he teases may be surfacing in 2020 but there’s no real rush. “There’s this Russian writer Nabokov who wrote the book Lolita and he was asked one time, why do you write? He said ‘aesthetic bliss’ and I think I subscribe to that because it is a blissful state when you are writing and when you’re not you just patiently wait for it to come.” he says. “But the air is thick with creative projects flying around from country to country, city to city.” Another project that Finn is really immersed in involves his family, wife Marie Azcona and children/ musicians in the making, Harper, 21 and Elliot, 16. While Harper has already dabbled into his own musical career, Finn has a family collaboration planned. “Another project I’m trying to do which is based around our house. I love the house we live in, we’ve raised our kids here and it’s a big old wooden house, 100 years old and I think it would be really nice to write an album with the kids about being in this house before we leave it because I can see the writing on the wall in the
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next 5-6 years the kids will be gone and we’ll probably move on too which will be sad because there are so many memories in each room. That’s a project I would like to try to do but I don’t think that will be 2020. That will be probably be more 2022, 2023 [laughs]. As they’re loading out the furniture I’ll be finishing the last song but next year should be something in the works for sure,” explains Finn. “I’ve already written the first song because I’m always the first one out of the gates but now I’m like ‘come on, it’s your turn to write – write about your bedroom or something’. They’ll come on board but they’re just teenagers. They’ll do it in their own time. I’m just inviting them into a creative wonderland! Don’t they know what’s good for them! [laughs].” SEE FINN BRING HIS OWN CREATIVE WONDERLAND TO THE QUEENSCLIFF STAGE ON FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2019. FRONT COVER AND STORY PHOTO BY STEPHEN WARD WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS
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Excuse me, I was wondering if you had anything in the realm of swirling shoegaze, kaleidoscopic fuzz and energetic disco vibes, complete with soaring vocals if that is even possible? Sure thing, you should check out ZUMA. The Melbourne-Geelong outfit released their debut EP at the beginning of the year, but more is planned with new material set to arrive in 2020. For now, they get down at Geelong’s Workers Club on November 9.
Well, look who has popped around to say hello. The Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival has arrived, with more than 40 venues and 130 artists involved in this year’s event. It kicks off today, November 7, and is all guns blazing until November 10. The familyfriendly Rosalind Park concert is a highlight. If there is a question that you need answered, stop what you’re doing and have a look at bendigobluesandroots.com.au.
KIKX ARE BACK Long disbanded (1982) Geelong band, Kikx, reformed in 2017 and after playing at the Geelong Musicians Reunion, got the buzz to re-activate the band. They have just recently released ‘Lost Posts Now’ on CD, which contains 11 tracks written back in the day, and recorded in the now. Influenced by The New York Dolls, Ramones, Stranglers among others, the album has a definite 80’s vibe, and you can witness KIKX first hand when they hit the stage at the Door Gallery Cafe in Fyansford on December 7. More info at kikx.com.au
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COASTAL JAM 2020 While we’re hoping you all have a splendid 2020, Costal Jam could just be the thing to kick a new year off on the right note. Lorne Hotel will host the event on January 4, while Warrnambool’s Pavilion Café and Bar will host the event on January 5. Lorne performers include Claptone, 16BL and Dean Turnley, while Warrnambool performers include Bag Raiders (DJ set), 16BL and UNO DJs. Don’t you worry, there is plenty more.
Oxygen Presents have sat down, discussed matters, and come up with another fantastic showcase of local emerging talent. The main stars of the showcase are punk rock outfit RUN RED, Lagoon, a band with an array of zany tunes, and Lionel Baker, a songman who delivers his unique take on pop. They will be joined by special guest Rach Brennan & the Pines at Geelong’s Workers Club on November 15.
MEADOW FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 2020 Much loved boutique music festival Meadow (previously known as By The Meadow) is back for its seventh year in 2020. Set to take place on March 27-29, the three-day and two-night celebration returns to the lush farmland hamlet of Bambra (Victoria’s enchanting Otway Surf Coast region), and promises to be an unforgettable auditory experience. We don’t have eyes on the lineup just yet, but judging from previous years, it will be an exciting testament to the sheer diversity of local talent which forms our thriving music landscape. Keep your eyes out.
HEAVEN’S GREATEST HITS Here at Forte, we’re big fans of the musical greats, so we were thrilled to learn about the Wool Exchange’s epic tribute show, “Heaven’s Greatest Hits”. For one night only, Jason Singh will be joined by Shannon Noll, Andrew de Silva and Tim Watson to perform a variety of songs from famous artists who’ve gone to that great stage in the sky and who have provided a timeless soundtrack to their lives, including George Michael, John Lennon and David Bowie. #RIP. Heaven’s Greatest Hits will take place at the Wool Exchange on November 16. They will be joined by special guest Lee Harding.
DARYL IS COMING LITTLE DARLING Daryl Braithwaite is on his way to the Geelong area and you’d be silly to miss a crowded Gateway Hotel, full of people belting out ‘Horses’ at the top of their lungs. Get down to Corio and check out the Australian country music icon do his thing. Tickets are available on Oztix and at the venue on the night. Doors open at 8pm on Friday the 29th of November.
NOVEMBER REIGN If you ever wanted to see a showcase of some of the hardest working local metal acts in one night, then look no further. November Reign has been created to bring together a number of bands whom all in their own right have been crushing it of late, yet who have hardly played on the same bill. Which is odd considering how well they fit together on a line-up. Headliner’s Nemesium will see their last performance for the year before buckling down to record some new material, joining them will be the sonically destructive duo of Smoke Witch along with self-proclaimed ‘Sludge ‘n’ Roll’ band Pissrash (if doom/sludge/punk/thrash was a pre-mixed drink it’d be these guys) and old school death meatal revivalists Defenestration. So get down to what’s set to be a great display of heavy local talent and leave your sub-genres at the door. Workers Club, Geelong – November 23.
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Laid-back songman Matthew Bentley is currently on tour, and he has plenty of shows to keep him busy until the end of the year. Things really picked up for the young singer-songwriter after he placed second (out of more than 200 acts from around Victoria) in the 2017 FReeZA Push Start competition at the St Kilda Festival. Single ‘A Song for You’ is out now. Growlers, Torquay – November 15 & Aireys Pub, Aireys Inlet – November 16.
NIGHTJAR 2020 It seems like only yesterday we were telling you about NightJar’s 2019 line-up, but the months they do get away from us. The independent artists’ festival has announced who will be supplying the tunes in 2020, which includes some international artists. As you may know, the events take place in Torquay each Thursday night throughout January and in Geelong each Friday night throughout February. Take a look at nightjarfestival.com.au.
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GENA ROSE BRUCE KNOWS THE SCORE Just before the year ends and we reflect on what 2019 has delivered and what we hope comes our way in 2020, Gena Rose Bruce will perform at The Bridge, Castlemaine on December 29. For the singersongwriter, who released her album of love, lust, surrender and revival in Can’t Make You Love Me earlier in the year, 2020 means a visit to SXSW. For now, it’s us who get to enjoy her tunes.
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Augie March has added some dates to their intimate On the Quiet tour, because that is just the kind of band they are. From the band: “We love playing this style of show, the songs get their due but there’s little, if any loss of power. It’s just a different kind. Renewable is perhaps the best way to describe it. And we’ll look to generate more of it in the coming years alongside our traditional set ups.” Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – December 20.
ART AS CATHARSIS SHOWCASE Independent Sydney-based label Art as Catharsis will present a showcase at Bendigo’s Old Church on the Hill on November 23. Around for almost 15 years, the label has a love of music that is progressive, psychedelic or different. Hosting its first show in Bendigo, the label welcomes progressive post-rockers Bear the Mammoth, instrumental quartet Hubris (Switzerland), Sherri Parry and Steph Bitter.
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Putting the Real in Reality. In the last few weeks, I’ve been hit in the feels with concern. Consciously or mindlessly on Instagram, we’re consuming the lives of our friends, our fave celebs and our future selves in the form of influencers. We scroll through the socials for #inspo. We want to read #real posts. We want to find our #tribe. We want to become better versions of ourselves. TBH, I feel let down. It seems the tide is shifting again to ‘perfect’ imperfections. Are we manipulating the real reality and altering our value to fool the outside world? FIRST REALITY. There are people who will attend an event just to get the money shot for their ‘Gram or the free welcome gift when they arrive. They haven’t backed the business from the beginning. My guess is, they don’t even know the owner’s name. FACT. People look after people. PR companies look after clients. I would NEVER want you, the IG user, to question someone’s beliefs, passions or selfless endorsements; I would just love the reader to know the steps taken to create that post. Was it #sp (sponsored), or a #collab (collaboration), an #ad, #comp (competition – which is still a collaboration) or a #partner agreement? (Oh, you didn’t know about that last one? Ps. can we also make #gifted mandatory?) They might not have a financial or collaboration agreement in place, but both the client and influencer DEFINITELY #gains. SECOND REALITY. LATERGRAM was coined for a reason. That glass of wine with friends WAS BOUGHT LAST MONTH. That weekend down the coast WAS A CHRISTMAS GIFT LAST YEAR. It’s flattering to be wanted, but not everyone wants a
piece of them every day of the week. They do not live the lifestyle of the rich and famous. If every family business gave away products for an Insta tag and shout out, they would be broke! JUST OWN IT. THIRD REALITY. I’m gonna talk directly on this one. When you have a poignant message, DON’T POST A GLAMOUR SHOT. Your photo in the latest threads #sp by a clothing brand while addressing your mental health does not help people with their own mental health battles. “You can be uncomfortable as long as you look good”. F&*K OFF! When you address your thoughts on something you’ve read or seen or watched, and want to start an open and honest discussion, don’t post a styled selfie that actually took 24 attempts and a selfie light attached to your phone. It detracts from the importance of your message, and it sends mixed messages and devalues people having a strong opinion. “Opinions only matter if you can comment on how glowing my skin is”. Again, F&*K OFF! This is not a vocal tirade against those who feel they are speaking their truth online. I just feel we need further clarity, reality, and honesty in this social media world. Basically, we should be able to call out B.S. Ps. Yes, I work in the media and the social commentary space, but it doesn’t mean I subscribe to the current channel. What I can do is help change it. STAMPSY IS ONE HALF OF KROCK’S DRIVE SHOW, THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE, AND KROCK MUSIC DIRECTOR. GET YOUR LOG ON! SAY HI ON IG LEE_STAMPS OR ON FB STAMPSYKROCK
NAUTICAL MILE LOOK FORWARD A good dose of pop punk does the body wonders. And Perth’s Nautical Mile has a healthy dose with their debut album, The Only Way is Through. The album features the track ‘Shattered’, which according to guitarist Dan Ray is about “the sense of nostalgia that comes with looking back on any period of your life and ultimately drawing a line under it and moving on”. Barwon Club, Geelong – November 24.
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on the same journey and having reached a new level of maturity. If you’re keen to get out and about, this promises to be a powerful and moving show.
Doolittle, Paul’s Boutique, Nevermind and The Bends are all fantastic second albums, so here is hoping the second run of Loch Hart Music Festival (November 15-17) measures up to its debut. We’re confident it will. Gates open late on the Friday afternoon, with music to follow in the evening. The festival closes up shop at midday on the Sunday. You can make your final checklist through lochhart.com. Photo by Jacqui Shelton.
Later in the month, a real highlight will be when veteran singer-songwriter Steve Poltz comes through on Thursday November 28. The Canadianborn musician is one of the founding members of Californian indie-rock band The Rugburns and has forged out an impressive career as a solo artist and songwriter for other musicians, most notably popfolk singer Jewel.
GETTING TO KNOW CLARE BOWDITCH The worst critic you will ever have is the one inside, or so they say. Your Own Kind of Girl is the new memoir from ARIA-winning singer-songwriter, actress, radio presenter and entrepreneur Clare Bowditch. Within its pages you will learn of Bowditch’s childhood and how it helped share her life for the better, and at times worse. Join Clare in conversation, and a little song, at The Taproom, Castlemaine on November 21.
THEY ARE THE ASTROTURFS At AC/DC’s first show, the club’s manager would cut the band’s power every twenty minutes or so because they were too loud. The Velvet Underground drove away half their crowd in a mere three-song set. What will The AstroTurfs deliver at their debut hometown show at Geelong’s Workers Club on November 8? Considering their primary songwriter will close out a two-year absence from the music scene, we’re expecting a lot of enthusiasm.
D.C CROSS IS ECSTATIC Darren Cross was one third of Sydney band Gerling, who spent the better part of the ’90s and 2000s doing their thing before disbanding in 2007. A crowdfunding campaign resulted in his new album Ecstatic Racquet, which he describes as “in the vein of Nick Drake meets John Fahey and Thurston Moore”. It is his first released under the D.C Cross moniker. The Bridge, Castlemaine – November 10.
DENTAL PLAN RELEASE ORCHID/ BROKEN THINGS Dental Plan from Melbourne have dropped their new double A side single ‘Orchid/Broken Things’. Working with Alicia Bognanno of Nashville indie rockers Bully (Sub Pop Records), the two tracks are a taste of what’s to come next as Dental Plan prepare to release more music over the summer. “We were going to release a single but all the songs are so different so we decided to release a double A side single so people can get a better idea of what we’re about. Freddy Fudd Pucker came on board with some amazing artwork and here ya go two new indie punk tracks from Dental Plan with a little help from some extremely talented people”
LEE KERNAGHAN HITS THE BACKROADS Throughout his 25-year anniversary tour, Lee Kernaghan, a man responsible for more than thirty #1 hits, began turning his experiences into new songs and the album Backroad Nation. Lee: “Backroad Nation is about feeling that good vibration when you get off the beaten track and the country wraps itself around you.” Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo – November 15 & Ballarat Civic Hall – November 16.
Coming up at the Palais-Hepburn Corey White and John Marsden. The full program is available through wordforwordfestival.com.au. Word up.
TOUGH IT OUT IN CEMENT SHOES You go and check out a few punk shows, and before you know it you have started a punk band of your very own. It happened easily enough for Cement Shoes, a band out of Virginia who has been making noise with their new album Too. Writing for the album occurred easily enough as well, with the members sitting around while drinking beer and belting out tunes. They’re keepin’ it simple, one song at a time. Barwon Club, Geelong – November 16.
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Ruby Fields will wind up her Australian Rural Tour with a show at Torquay’s Torquay Hotel on January 5. It has been a solid year for the singer-songwriter, which began with taking out the #9 spot on triple j’s Hottest 100 for her track ‘Dinosaurs’. In May she released her sophomore EP, Permanent Hermit. Ruby has partnered with PLUS1, where $1 from every ticket goes to support GO Foundation.
THE EXCHANGE Looking to 2020, and in March (2-4) Geelong will host The ExChange, a network and showcase conference presented by Folk Alliance International in partnership with the Port Fairy Folk Festival. Economic development, industry partnerships, professional development and business networking will be among the topics discussed. Further information is available through The ExChange - Australia, via eventbrite.com.au
HAVE WE GOT MORE FOR YOU! Human Face – Major Tom’s, Kyneton on November 9; Drapht – Barwon Club, Geelong on November 15; Press Club – Torquay Hotel, Torquay on November 15; Eaglemont – Major Tom’s, Kyneton on November 16; Shannon Noll – Wool Exchange Entertainment Complex, Geelong on November 16; and Carus Thompson – Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove on November 16.
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Bendigo will build upon its musical reputation in 2020 when it welcomes the inaugural Bendigo Chamber Music Festival. World-class chamber musicians from around the world will take part in 15 concerts between February 5 and February 9, including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, one of the world’s leading orchestras. Further information as well as ticketing details can be found through bendigoregion.com.au.
The Growlers will kick off their 2020 with a big ol’ tour of Australia. The US outfit recently released their sixth album Natural Affair, featuring the title track that was purposefully written to be more upbeat. Guitarist Matt Taylor: “We all took a break, watched a documentary on Spandau Ballet, and wrote this riff that sounds a bit like ‘The Groove Line’ by Heatwave.” Torquay Hotel, Torquay – January 17.
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It’s two servings of the good stuff, as Neil Murray and Sarah Carroll team up for shows at The Lost Ones, Ballarat on November 29 and the Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove on November 30. Neil is showcasing his latest release Blood & Longing, his ninth original solo album released earlier this year. Sarah, meanwhile, has been cooking up some tunes that she will be roadtesting at the shows.
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First up tomorrow night (Friday November 8) will see much loved Australian duo Busby Marou take to the stage in support of their recent fourth studio album The Great Divide. The album is a powerful chapter in the story of two men from two very different worlds,
Featuring the kind of stories reserved for impolite comANNA SMYRK TAKES A DIP pany, Ain’t That Swell is taking their surfing podcast Oh, the places Anna Smyrk goes. Growing up on a lav- on the road once again. ATS Host Jed ‘Smivvy’ Smith: ender farm in Central Victoria, Anna has spent time “The tour earlier this year featured some of the most everywhere from the Solomon Islands to Cambodia. outrageous surf stories I’ve ever heard from the biggest It is the places she has called home that she uses to legends in the game … And the plan this time around is inspire her music. She released her second EP, Swim, at to do more of the same, but turn the dial even harder.” the beginning of the month, so new tunes will feature Torquay Hotel, Torquay – December 8. at her shows at The Lost Ones, Ballarat on November 16 GIDDY FOR THE GADDIES and Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon on November 22. In 1982, Mick and Phil Moriarty founded The Gadflys, THE REBELLES ARE RED HOT a punk band peppered with double bass, guitar and An introduction to every member of The Rebelles would clarinet. They would become a household name when take some time, so we’ll make it easier on everyone ABC’s Good News Week was compulsory viewing, writing songs with host Paul McDermott on Tuesdays before and say they are a powerhouse comprised of 15 women performing live on Saturday night. The time is always backed by a red hot four-piece rock and roll band with right for a new album, which comes with the soon to be plenty of punk attitude. ‘Down by the Rollercoaster’ is released Love & Despair. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine their new single. Exciting times for local fans, with the group making their Geelong debut at the Barwon Club – December 14. on November 17. They will be joined by the Sweethearts.
Named like a home-brand superhero, Captain Fighting Machine is the project of The Gin Club’s Conor Macdonald. With help from fellow Gin Clubbers Angus WORD FOR WORD FESTIVAL Agars, Adrian Stoyles and Ben Salter, the band is launchThe Word for Word National Non-fiction Festival ing their self-titled debut, a collection of songs that plays out at the Geelong Library and National “explore the tension between bleakness and hope, while confronting grief and the enormity of life”. The Eastern, Heritage Centre from November 15-17. Word for Word is Australia’s only non-fiction writing festival. Ballarat – November 29 & The Taproom, Castlemaine Presenters include Archie Roach, Benjamin Law, Ash – December 1. Grunwald, Bridget Caldwell, Jane Caro, David Astle,
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Since re-opening early this year, The Palais has re-claimed its crown with the slew of musical talent they’ve brought to the countryside of Hepburn Spring – and it shows no signs of slowing down as we enter the last few months of the year.
Heading into December, we’ll see non-stop touring musicians Tyson & Laura from ‘Sunday Lemonade’, bring their melodic, folky, ray-of-sunshine vibes to the Palais-Hepburn. With elements of The Head & the Heart, City & Color and The Lumineers evident throughout their high-energy performances, Sunday Lemonade is sure to leave you feeling as refreshed as a cool drink on a sunny, Spring afternoon. See them Friday, December 6.
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BASEMENT SESSIONS Ballarat’s Lost Ones Gallery & Basement Bar have plenty of Basement Sessions to win you over this month, kicking off with Melbourne singer-songwriter Nina Rose this Saturday, November 9. Well Strung performs on November 10. Anna Smyrk will launch her EP at the venue on November 16. Postcards from Europe bring a worldly touch on November 23. And Shon D is in charge on November 24.
TOO METAL FOR MEREDITH It’s coming for you again. Too Metal for Meredith hits The Eastern, Ballarat on December 14 – and it is going to be so loud, so heavy and so furious that it will put your head in a spin. Lining up will be Fall and Resist, Demonhead, Distorta, Blood Mountain and EyeOhCane. Describing their music as a “mongrel of sorrowful melody and hostile aggression”, Fall and Resist released the album Fading Cinders late 2018.
MAJAK DOOR SAMPLE THE GOODS With a little surf-rock, ’60s psychedelia and dream pop, Majak Door released their debut EP in the first half of 2018. There was the unfortunate incident of having their gear stolen, repurchased and eventually found, but it has been smoother sailing in recent times. Following the release of singles ‘Daisies’ and ‘Shotgun’, the band has released their second EP, Samples from the Solar System. The Eastern, Ballarat – November 28.
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It’s time for the biggest musical drawcard on Bendigo’s calendar – the annual Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival. The ninth edition features more than 130 acts, around 40 of whom are festival debutants, and several new venues have been added to the mix. The program kicks off this morning (Thursday, November 7), with the various acts playing across 42 venues until midnight on Sunday, November 10. “It’ll be another weekend full of discoveries, even for festival veterans, so I suggest everyone take advantage of as much music as they can wrap their ears around,” says festival director Colin Thompson. As usual, festival-goers can see some of their local favourites proudly flying the flag for their hometown. In addition to his own gigs, festival stalwart Grim Fawkner will be chief support for The Waifs at Ulumbarra. Fellow singer/guitarist Sherri Parry, also a long-time festival veteran, is chief support for John Butler (also at Ulumbarra), as well as performing solo and fronting her funk band Groove Juice. Former Melburnian Matt Katsis, the latest official festival ambassador, will perform solo, having previously played at the festival as part of his duo Timbakat. Bill Barber, a powerhouse of the local music scene since moving here several years ago, also runs the Youth Stages – the acoustic stage in St Paul’s Cathedral on the Friday, and the electric stage in Library Gardens on the Saturday afternoon. “They are a great vehicle for young artists (under 25) to showcase their abilities to a wider audience, meet other young performers, and work with a
supportive and professional crew,” Thompson says. Thompson also highlighted the festival’s ongoing commitment to supporting the next generation of working musicians as Wayne Jury and his team oversee the Blues Boot Camp, with the support of Capital Venues and Events and local music teachers lending a hand. In addition to the regular hosting venues around town, patrons are encouraged to venture outside the CBD to The Hibernian (Golden Square), Barr & Wells (Kangaroo Flat), D’Arcy’s Bakery (Eaglehawk), and further afield to Ravenswood Homestead, The Maldon Hotel, Tooborac Hotel and Brewery, and Cornella’s Shiraz Republic. As part of the festival, The Old Church On The Hill (in Quarry Hill) will again host the traditional Gospel Choir Sing-along on Sunday morning, led by Carl Pannuzzo and the Gorgeous Voices Choir. The venue will also host two evenings of bands and a Saturday afternoon workshop teaching improvisation for beginners, run by festival partner the Bendigo Jazz Club. PICK UP A COPY OF THE PROGRAM GUIDE AT VARIOUS VENUES AROUND TOWN, DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL APP (APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY), AND VISIT THE WEBSITE AT WWW.BENDIGOBLUESANDROOTS.COM. AU FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM. CONTACT: NETTEE136@GMAIL.COM
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OK MOTELS IS THE ONE-NIGHT RURAL MUSIC PARTY myl featuring a rs & the sniffe
IT WAS ONLY LAST YEAR WHEN KATE B E R RY TURNED HER WHOLESOME O B S E S S I O N W I T H R E T RO R E G I O N A L MOTELS INTO A MUSICAL EXCURSION. OK Motels, which alongside being one of our favourite ever Instagram accounts where Kate documents rural motels from around Australia, was born when Kate stumbled across Charlton, a small town three-hours north-west of Melbourne. Embracing a nostalgic fixation with ‘70s-style accommodation and sheer love of supporting live Australian music, Kate pulled together some of her favourite Melbourne bands and put on the inaugural OK Motels event at the Charlton Motel, where people were encouraged to party like it’s 1970. The first instalment saw Melbourne quartet Tropical Fuck Storm take to the stage, alongside Blake Scott, Cable Ties, Bitch Diesel, Affordable Repayments, and DJ Hot Wheels, while Charlton Motel 2 featured the likes of Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Laura Jean, Harmony, Terry, The Living Eyes, Palm Springs, DJ Eric Strykert and DJ Lucky Star, and truly shined a light on some of Melbourne’s best musicians. An event celebrating music, nostalgia and the great Aussie road trip, OK Motels returns to rural Victoria for a third instalment of its one-night music event that will see the Charlton Motel come alive with the blistering energy from Amyl And The Sniffers, the lifeaffirming alternative rock from Moaning Lisa, the grimy and visceral Batpiss, a dose of aggravated garage-punk from Pinch Points, the harmony-driven, fuzzed-out sounds of Moody Beaches, and a little bit of everything from Dj Hot Wheels. 20
have gained over the last couple of years, it’s hard to Headlining the stage in a venue originally home to netball presentation nights and deb balls, Melbourne’s believe they only just dropped their first album earlier explosive 1970s-retro-punk rockers Amyl and the this year. The self-titled LP shows big steps forward in instrumentation, songwriting, and production, Sniffers are keen to venture to this unlikely party destination, essentially the middle of nowhere. and sidesteps the pitfall of punk bands becoming too “We’re really stoked to get out there and see whats ‘polished’ as they get popular, delivering a manic punch going on,” says front-woman Amy Taylor. “Tadpole, of unhinged, gritty energy, which Amy credits to being who hosts a show on Triple R radio asked us to play, a full band effort. and she’s a legend. Before I met her, I needed a pair of “We all come together and someone will bring a riff,” socks brought to a gig we were playing towards the end she explains. “We’re playing around with new stuff at of a tour, and she brought some for me. I’m actually the moment and it’s definitely all four of us bringing wearing them right now. Also, just keen to play in a something to each song. I always write the lyrics and different setting. We haven’t done a lot of rural gigs, to singing part of it; that’s important to me. When we be honest, but it’s refreshing to meet different people recorded this one, we’d been playing it live for so long so I think the fellas did a really good job. They’ve come and see different pubs and hear different opinions.” Since 2016 Amyl and the sniffers have been a snarling, along way since when we first started, which is lucky dirt-covered gem of the Melbourne punk-rock scene. for me,” she laughs. They sport a raw, 70’s style in sound, dress, and With their notoriety deservedly leaping forward, this year saw the band land an ARIA nomination for Best attitude, and their records demand being played at max volume, which barely compares to their blistering Rock Album, four nominations across both the public live performance, which sees Amy consistently delivers and industry voted categories in the Music Vic awards maniacal, lewd energy as she careens around the stage (Best Album, Best Band, Best Live Act, and Best Rock/ between her mulleted companions. Punk Album), alongside being awarded the $30,000 Showcasing at BIGSOUND 2017, the band hit the Levi’s®Music Prize last January! “It’s pretty surreal,” Amy reveals, “I think we’re all ground running during their breakout year with international appearances at The Great Escape (UK) pretty surprised and pretty lucky; like a lot of this shit and a North American tour supporting Australian label isn’t even our realm or comfort zone at all and then mates, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Following you’re put in the same category as like Midnight Oil multiple sold-out shows in the UK and Europe in 2018, or something, and perspective on things change and its really pretty cool and exciting and flattering (and the band signed to Rough Trade Records for the rest of confusing). the world – the first Australian band to ink an album “Life’s pretty crazy,” she laughs. “Even though we deal with Rough Trade since The Go-Betweens. For the amount of notoriety Amyl and the Sniffers put a lot of effort and guts into it (OK Motels will be FORTÉ 727
our 91st gig this year!) sometimes it really feels like anything could happen, we’re really excited to see what happens in 2020.” With Amyl and the Sniffers’ music best enjoyed in a pub somewhere getting pushed around with sweat and beer all over your shirt, the Charlton Motel seems like a pretty damn good place to do that. Tickets to what will be one helluva party are selling fast at $110, and for a small extra fee, you can cop dinner from the ‘Bain Marie Magic Dinner Menu’. Choose from country motel delights such as meat or vegetarian lasagne or chicken schnitz with chips—all you have to do is place your dinner order at checkout. There will also be All rooms at Charlton Motel have been booked, but there’s plenty of other accommodation in the area for you to find a place to rest. There might also be a bus running from Bendigo if there’s enough interest as well. LEAVE YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND COME TOGETHER TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING FAMILIAR SOMEWHERE UNFAMILIAR. IT ALL GOES DOWN IN CHARLTON ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23. TICKETS ON SALE NOW AND GOING FAST! OKMOTELS.COM.AU BAND PHOTO BY ELLEN VIRGONA
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THE KITE MACHINE WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS
The annual Music Victoria Awards returns for its 15th year with a bunch of Victorian artists, venues and festivals receiving well-deserving nods across a spread of 27 categories under two umbrellas. Within the public voting section, the likes of Amyl and the Sniffers, Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, The Teskey Brothers and Tropical F*ck Storm are nominees for Best Band, while Alex Lahey, Angie McMahon, Baker Boy, Courtney Barnett, and Olympia are some of the talent listed under Best Solo Artist for their tireless contributions to the Victorian music scene and world stage. The second section covers off a wide range of industry-judged categories including genre-based artist awards, venue nods and our personal favourite categories – Best Regional/ Outer Suburban Venue and Best Regional/ Outer Suburban Act. Regional Victoria is swarming with talent and the latter of the categories sure highlights it. Castlemaine’s triple j Unearthed Competition winner for 2018 Kian joins fellow local, Maya Rose on the nominee list, alongside sibling rock groups, Stonefield and The Teskey Brothers. Geelong’s favourite rock trio, The Kite Machine, round out the award group. Speaking to frontman, Levi Anderson, the band are psyched to be considered in the running.
THE TORQUAY HOTEL HAS ANNOUNCED A SLEW OF HIGH CALIBER ACTS FOR SUMMER WRITTEN BY BERT SEATON
The weather is heating up down on the Surf Coast and the acts coming into the Torquay Hotel are doing the same thing. Kicking things off in November is Melbourne’s Slowly Slowly. Not long since wrapping up their national tour for their single ‘Jelly Fish’, the fourpiece will be returning to the stage with their emo punk rock tunes on the 8th, showcasing their newest release ‘Creature of Habit Part 2’. November has plenty more to offer with Press Club coming in on Friday the 15th celebrating their recently released album ‘Wasted Energy’, and Montaigne on her ‘Complex’ album tour the following Friday on the 22nd. Tickets are still available now for both gigs. Proving the iconic regional music venue’s skills in curating incredible Australian music, they’ve also got Something for Kate frontman Paul Dempsey performing an acoustic, early-evening solo performance and Melbourne folk-pop duo Pierce Brothers bring their World Tour to the hotel rounding out the November gigs. Unsurprisingly though, these ones are already sold out so keep an eye on the FB page for people selling their tickets! Acoustic indie-folk duo, The Dreggs will kick off December, bringing their Sunshine Coast vibes down to the Surf Coast, blasting new singles ‘You
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“Honestly, it came as a complete surprise to be nominated but we were stoked when we got the news! Having respected leaders of the industry putting us forward and listening to our music is really special,” Anderson says. “We could not be more honoured to be included alongside these high calibre musicians. Like us, they like to represent where they came from whilst also taking their acts to awesome regional venues such as The Halls Gap Hotel, one of our personal favourites.” He continues, “Associations and awards like the Music Victoria Awards are important to recognise the incredibly talented acts in Victoria and remind people that they don’t need to look too far to find great music!” This year Anderson, alongside bandmates, Liam Brennan and Kane Sherriff, have flown The Kite Machine to new heights, putting out the highly anticipated release of their debut self-titled album, with singles clocking up a crisp one million streams combined on Spotify, with their hit ‘Charlotte’ included in the official Music Victoria 2019 Nominee playlist while ‘Lunatics’ appeared at number one on triple j Unearthed. The boys accompanied the album release with a mammoth South East Australia tour, cementing them as one of the, if not THE, best regional live act on the circuit – a claim left in the hands of the everbrilliant Music Victoria Awards judging panel with the announcement to be made at awards ceremony on November 20 at the Melbourne Recital Centre. Though, you can be your own judge; The Kite Machine have just released a nine-minute documentary, directed by Ben Christie, that gives behind the scenes insight into the band and includes footage from their final live show from the national tour. It’s available for viewing on their newly revamped website and highlights why the boys are in the running for the Best Regional / Outer Suburban Act. CHECK IT OUT AT THEKITEMACHINE.COM.AU AND WISH THE BOYS ALL THE BEST FOR THE AWARDS!
and Me’ and ‘Just for One Night’ on Saturday the 7th from 8pm, while later on in December, there will be an appearance from Spiderbait, performing all their classics on the 28th, including that one about Betty. After an amazing sell-out performance in May of last year, Ruby Fields is coming back to Torquay with special guest Loser, as part of her Australian Rural Tour. She’ll roll in on Sunday January 5th and there are still some tickets left, but you better get in quick because I can’t see them lasting much longer! There must be something about the venue or the coast, because this January will see the return of The Beautiful Girls for The Seaside Highlife: Greatest Hits tour, taking to the very same stage they performed to a sold-out crowd last summer. Expect a ripper summer afternoon on Saturday the 11th. Now this one is huge! Californian act The Growlers will be coming to Torquay as part of their biggest Australian tour to date, celebrating the new album ‘Natural Affair’. The psychedelic surf rockers have put forth their danciest tracks to date, so grab some tickets quick to have a groove with them this January on Friday 17th. The very next night The Amity Affliction will turn it up to 11 with something for the metalcore lovers. This comes off the back of their huge three-date Aussie tour and the release of their massive new single ‘All My Friends Are Dead’, which will see them hitting up regional venues for the first time since 2017. After selling out the first show on Saturday the 18th, they have announced a second the following night with tickets still available for the show on Sunday the 19th of January. THE TORQUAY HOTEL REALLY HAS YOUR SUMMER WEEKENDS SORTED, WITH COLD BEVERAGES AND GREAT MUSIC DOWN ON THE SURF COAST. SUSS OUT ALL THESE GIGS VIA THEIR FB AND GET AROUND THIS ABSOLUTE COASTAL GEM! PHOTO BY TAYLOR BONIN
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pretty confident the shoe would fit, plus he’s been an active part of writing our upcoming record so we couldn’t be happier with his inclusion. Blaze number 2 for Desecrator, but this time in Geelong. What do you remember about the first one, and what are you looking forward to about the Geelong installation of Blaze? Ballarat was a great day and night, that town has a rich history of extreme bands through the ’90s but has seemed to struggle in the last 10 years for local show attendance and venue support so to put in such a key showcase day and price to the local community that the numbers are there is a fantastic sign for the future. Desecrator has tried to keep Ballarat on our touring radar, same as Geelong so days like these are when we hope that hard work WRITTEN BY GLENN LYNCH will pay off. Plus, where else in Victoria can you use At the beginning of the year it was Ballarat, the word ‘Bay Area thrash’. nearing the end it will be Geelong. Her Highness You have played overseas a few times now, and Resist Promotions present Blaze, a festival of including with Airbourne in Europe. Instead metal delights that will take place at the Barwon of a highlight moment, what Country have you Club on December 7, and heading the fest will found the most enjoyable, and where are the be Melbourne thrash-metallers Desecrator. Desecrator maniacs most abundant? We chat with Riley Strong, the band’s frontman Spanish crowds always stick out in my mind for their participation, passion, and energy (must be the and lead guitarist. Welcome back to our pages! What has the last warm weather) but truthfully we’ve been fortunate 12 months or so involved for the band? enough to play in so many rad places now that there Man, apart from a few killer shows with bands are many great highlight towns. Mexico, South like Metal Church, Krisiun and currently touring America, and Russia all gave us experiences we with Soilwork, we’ve been heads down finishing will never forget, from packed basements to mega and tracking our next record which I can tell you warehouses, it’s become a lifetimes story. has been the most intense process and hopefully Why didn’t you get the support slot for result yet. Bigger songs have taken bigger visions Metallica (even though it was cancelled)? and processes to bring to life. They allegedly still owe the Thin Lizzy guy for You have a very solid line up, aside from a a guest live appearance according to him so they bloody lead guitarist! Why the difficulty holding probably didn’t have the money free to book us... one down? And whilst at it, introduce the latest What will 2020 bring for Desecrator? victim to our readers. A career-defining album, a bunch of touring, some Ha, yep we’ve been through a few but we upgraded job losses, frustrations and a bunch of heavy metal... the cage from chicken wire to solid steel and have so another year the same as the last ten all going to plan learned a lot about nourishing a captive over the years so we’re confident we won’t need to find a WHEN & WHERE: fourth. Muggsy is the singer/songwriter of fellow THE BARWON CLUB, GEELONG – DECEMBER 7 Melbourne thrashers Harlott who have been longterm gigging partners of Desecrator so when TICKETS VIA BARWONCLUB.OZTIX.COM.AU it came to introducing him into our routine we were
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the moods and genre of the material. As expressed by Rhonda Rebelle herself, the band is “trying to recreate Phil Spector’s Wall Of Sound live” which, in its nostalgic fervour, is sure to generate a sensation. With over 70 songs in their repertoire, The Rebelles have presented their compositions in a range of formats, including a recent acoustic performance of selected material complimented by ambient sound without amplification; as such renditions “tend to highlight the lushness of the harmonies”. Another pervasive sense of harmony is found in The Rebelles’ inclusive ethos, involving the wilfully non-discriminatory decision to promote equality among all band members. “There is no soloist; no diva; no one of us is more important than another”, shares Rhonda; and this sense of uniformity extends WRITTEN BY RENÉE N. ABBOTT to the girls’ costumes, dynamically designed in bold According to the ancient proverb, there is contrasts of red and black; and the girls’ hair colour ‘safety in numbers’; but with fifteen luscious – also a daring shade of black befitting the audacious ladies and four grooving gentlemen, there is rock and roll revolution of the time. also a little of the ‘sassy’ in numbers – a point Collaboration is one of the foundational features with which The Rebelles’ co-founder Rhonda of The Rebelles’ philosophy, as a significant Rebelle would undoubtedly concur. Whether percentage of their own compositions are the word be ‘safety’ or ‘sassy’, however, we are formulated on a collaborative basis. Stylistically, safe in the premise that with many a stylistic the material is thoroughly researched with “visual sashay, The Rebelles are set to deliver a fervid and choreographic harmony”; particularly in feast of tasteful tunes! pieces such as Spanish Fitzroy, where the LatinA veritable fusion of the words ‘Rebel’ and ‘Belle’, American cultural infiltration becomes immediately with a possible allusion to 1960s pop groups including prominent. Within this piece, Rhonda explains “we ‘The Shirelles’, Rhonda Rebelle confirms that “We wanted to sing about our local stronghold”, where are belles”, while there are “lots of references to ‘Spanglish’ has reached linguistic prominence; that Rebel character”, combining elements of the and “landmarks of Fitzroy” murmur of cultural Rebel archetype portrayed by The Crystals’ song enrichment. He’s A Rebel and The Shangrilas’ piece Leader Of The Clapping Song in its directorial portrayal The Pack. With twelve years of performance history, seems to echo a clash of teams akin to that of the first half of the group’s musical tenure to date ‘West Side Story’, which is situated well within the has been devoted to covering songs from their realms of The Rebelles’ intended genre. As Rhonda selected era, while “mining that style for songs that reflects, each production is “a blast of fun coming would work”; and as “lyrics are [often] conversations from the stage”; and as a “child-friendly” anthology, between girlfriends”, there is immense scope the material will attract a diversity of audiences. for the creation of entertaining narratives. Rhonda summarises “I like punk panache and Ranging in age from 30 to 60 and beyond, The delivering lush harmonies with a good, bad but not Rebelles, each with her own alter ego, remain strong evil glint – a nod to the Shangrilas song.” in their unity as a predominantly female group; while working harmoniously with their four male THE REBELLES WILL APPEAR AT THE BARWON musicians, whose instrumentation assists in defining CLUB HOTEL ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17.
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THE BEASTS BURNING TO PLAY BARWON CLUB WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS
Two legendary rock n roll acts hit up Geelong’s home of rock music this November. The Barwon Club will stink of Texan smoke and aged Bourbon, as The Beasts, formerly Beasts of Bourbon, roar through our town on their upcoming, ‘Still Here’ tour. They will be bringing with them one of the biggest rock chicks of the ’90s from Magic Dirt, and Geelong home-brew, Adalita. “She’s one of my best friends and one of my favourite artists in the world. She’s a very dear friend but I really do love her solo stuff. I’ve always loved Magic Dirt but I especially love her solo stuff, it hits me really deep,” says The Beasts legendary frontman, Tex Perkins. “Maybe we should go on first at the Barwon. I think it’s the first show of the tour so she might be doing us a favour if she does that one. It’s pretty much a double headline as I see it.” This is the second tour for the new formation and reincarnation of The Beasts for 2019. Their first tour came in February following on from the making of ‘Still Here’, an album, and line-up formation, spawned from the sad passing of bandmates, Spencer P. Jones and Brian Hooper. “The tour we did at the beginning of the year was
a result of the album we recorded whilst we were tributing and saying goodbye to Spencer P. Jones and Brain Hooper. We are very much born out of the departures of those guys and we ended up with a new album and we ended up with a new line-up of The Beasts. All of these people have been in the band at some stage but never at the same time. It’s a very interesting reshuffling of the ingredients of the band. We have Kim Salmon and Charlie Owen playing in the same line-up and Charlie joined the band, replacing Kim,” Perkins explains. “Whatever bad blood there was, I think it’s been washed down the river long ago if I can mix my metaphors as clumsily as that,” he laughs. “If there’s any bad blood it washed under the bridge years ago, how’s that for a line?” Perkins continues, “But we didn’t even mean to form the band, it was based around trying to record Spencer before he passed away and it was like an open invitation for all of The Beasts from the original line to the current line-up – whoever really got to that studio the day after Brian’s funeral- that was who was going to play on that record and how it’s ended up.” Moving forward to tour two, The Beasts want to move past the mourning stage and embrace their album title sentiment, celebrating the fact that they are in fact ‘Still Here’, and still able to tour and play good, old rock n roll. “You don’t want to be in mourning forever so I guess this tour is about the continuing on. I guess what remains with us that we can use is that we are all closer to the end than we are to the beginning and time is precious and I’m going to enjoy every minute that I’m going to spend with these particular people and playing this music. It’s going to be ferocious and very ugly rock n roll but there’s going to be a joy to it. Expect me to do a lot of smiling! This coming tour will be more about the joy and the thrill of playing live rock n roll together with these survivors.” CELEBRATE LIFE, FRIENDSHIP AND ROCK N ROLL WITH THE BEASTS AND ADALITA THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2019. TICKETS AT OZTIX.
into session last week but it had to be delayed, but we have some sessions with Tim Dunn. He’s from Sydney and has done a lot of work with the Frowning Clouds before, and his studio which is now in Preston is packed out with equipment spanning from the ’40s to the ’80s, so he has an absolutely insane setup. And then we have drums recorded already and we did that at Flightless with Stu Mackenzie.”
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It’s pretty common to start off a piece by highlighting all the exciting things happening in a band or act’s life at that point in time; with U-Bahn I wouldn’t even know where to begin. Having just played both Kennedy’s Creek and Darebin Music Festivals, recently announcing the re-release of their first album to coincide with their signing to the Manchester-based Melodic Records, a slot at this years Meredith Music Festival and their first-ever European tour; there’s a tonne of stuff to talk about.
Touching on the difference in recording compared to their debut self-titled album, Lachlan expanded, “I think that it’s definitely different from how I’ve personally done stuff in the past because most of the experience is recording stuff from home. Even though our sessions with Tim have been delayed, we are all super, super excited to record stuff with actually legit equipment.” With the album not being ready for release just yet, there are only a few chances for us Melbourinites to catch U-Bahn before they go and show the Europeans how unique Australian music can be; and one of those chances is at this years Meredith. “I think it’s always been a dream for most of the band to play Meredith,” he reveals. “I haven’t actually been to it! I know the rest of the band have been to Meredith and absolutely love it, so I’m really keen to suss it out.
“Especially because I’m the younger one in the group, I’ve seen the Meredith lineup every year and have Oh, I forgot to mention there is a new album in the always wanted to suss it out and now I will be playing there, it’s crazy to think about! The fact works as well… that it’s only one stage with a 12,000 capacity is “We have some pretty big plans for the next album, just huge. It’ll be so much fun.” we want to make it sound huge,” teases the group’s vocalist Lachlan Kenny, and after catching a few new MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL GOES DOWN songs in their set at Kennedy’s Creek, I tend to agree. FROM FRIDAY, 13TH DECEMBER – SUNDAY, The new music is definitely a lot more drawn-out, 15TH DECEMBER. really allowing the songs to ebb and flow between PHOTO BY WDZIEKONSKI huge and minute moments. A very welcome change. “Currently, Zoe and I are recording all the synths just at either of our houses. We were set to go
voice and raw performance that leave an earthquakelike resonance. There are even moments of sparse guitar playing throughout, leaving a lot a room from her vocals to waft around and for her to use a lot of expressive technique, showcasing Guthrie’s elegance, artistry and maturity in songwriting as she challenges the attitudes and behaviours that perpetuate gendered abuse/violence across its full spectrum. Produced by Tess Guthrie, All Our Friends Music and Alexander O’Gorman, who also mixed the track, and mastered by Adam Dempsey, ‘Fairy Lights’ is a triumphant response to a culture that attempts to deny women and non-binary people their voices and stories.
TESS GUTHRIE Torquay-bred, Melbourne-based muso Tess Guthrie has the type voice filled to the brim with raw emotion that will render you speechless, and with her songs and the stories she tells, she has been turning heads for what seems like an eternity.
Guthrie states, “I’m so sick of seeing patriarchal attitudes and behaviours perpetuating and permitting violence and abuse across its full spectrum. It has been so normalised that survivors are made to believe that what has happened to them is their fault. It is never their fault. Fairy Lights is about that.”
Not only does this track stand as a bold and political lyrically, but it signifies a depth in Guthrie Following the sort of song and speech hybrid about – a willingness to experiment, a refusal to be women in abusive relationships that went viral in pigeonholed – that makes this release so much more 2018, and her sensational debut single ‘WUTO’ satisfying. A powerful songwriter, with an even more (Were You The One) back in March, Guthrie’s new powerful voice, Guthrie demands and commands your attention with this poignant and timely track, track follows in the same vein and runs close to a providing insight we can’t afford to ignore. faultless delivery. The track, ‘Fairy Lights’, is a bold song filled with feminist fire, and is about taking power back after internalised victim-blaming. Within this striking alt-rock banger, Guthrie rejects those age-old assumptions that the blame belongs to women and non-binary folk when things happen, and reclaims power for survivors of gendered violence. Taking cues from the early work of Arctic Monkeys, ‘Fairy Lights’ kicks off with a dusty guitar riff, a heavy drum and a sultry, slow-burning groove, which is soon punctuated by Guthrie’s unapologetic, potent
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If you like what you hear, Guthrie will be putting on a secret show in Torquay on November 16 to celebrate the release. You can sign up via Eventbrite to get sent a location in the days leading up to the event. FAIRY LIGHTS IS OUT ON SPOTIFY, APPLEMUSIC AND ALL YOUR FAVE STEAMING PLATFORMS NOW. PHOTO BY TOM DUNPHY
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HER SOUND HER STORY HERE FOR VIEWING
and their lives and creative life of songwriting and family life, their youth. I think a few men have asked ‘why are there no men in the film, why did you choose that?’ and we’re like, ‘that’s not what we’re doing’,” WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS explains Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore. Gather the girls, bring around the boys, fire After nearly a nearly five years process, a three up your friends and family. One important year ‘labour of love’, over 45 interviews with female conversation is about to be ignited and it starts musicians and music industry representatives across with a 70-minute documentary viewing on Vimeo. five generations including the all-star cast of Zan From the captivating cinematography of AWMA Rowe, Kate Ceberano, Ella Hooper, Ecca Vandal, Vera 2018 Film Maker Award winner, Claudia Sangiorgi Blue, Alice Ivy, Deborah Conway and Mojo Juju to Dalimore, and the delightfully, daring direction name a slither, an epic launch concert for Melbourne from renowned music photographer, Michelle Grace Music Week in 2016 featuring live performances from Hunder, Her Sound Her Story delivers thought- a handful of the interview participants, and a national provoking and down-right shocking insight into the roadshow screening under their belt, Hunder and Sangiorgi Dalimore are pumped to get their project female narrative of representation in the Australian out into the world. Music industry. “It’s been a labour of love and a real exploration of “The whole documentary is the female experience. We gave a lot of celebration to the female narrative and not only the industry and the female narrative, but an that’s all it was and the focus was of their experience exploration into our own lives and careers,” she says.
CUTS FOR A CAUSE: MUSKET & BAYONET TO POP UP AT SPILT MILK WRITTEN BY JESS SERCOMBE
Spilt Milk punters listen up! If you’re a Ballarat local, you may have heard of your friendly neighbourhood barbers at Musket and Bayonet and its founder Jimmy Morrison. Born and raised in Ballarat, Morrison hiked out to Prahran where he mastered his craft for five years until he returned home to start up Musket and Bayonet back in early 2017. Since then, Morrison and his legendary team have been actively supporting their local community getting involved with charities such as Headspace – a youth mental health foundation – and Strands for Trans – an awareness and support program for the LGBTQ+ community. ‘Aussie legends!’ you may proclaim, ‘but what’s this got to do with Spilt Milk?’ Well, always on the lookout for new ways to contribute, Morrison reached out to Spilt Milk co-ordinators hoping to partner up with the heavyweight music festival to promote a couple of local charity programs. “So I’ve got a few friends in the music industry and I saw Spilt Milk coming to Ballarat and I thought
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What we hear in Her Sound Her Story is not necessarily new information to females or anyone keeping tabs on the industry or to equality in the world in general. In fact, in 1995 Lindy Morrison made a documentary and accompanying student workbook called Australian Women in Rock and Pop Music which chimed uncanny parallels to the messages within Her Sound Her Story. We hear women tell their stories of being a female in the industry, on the high-profile topic of female representation on festival slots, of the double standards of appearance, body image, ageism and wage gaps, confidence gaps, role model status and overall balanced representation. No, this is not new information but it is important information that needs to be addressed, and Her Sound Her Story does it perfectly by showing that there are in fact a great number of passionate, hardworking and creativity females who have earned the right to be there, and be seen and be heard. “As we put this together we also started to notice that all of these women are quite confident and really self-assured and quite fierce in their execution of their artistry and I think that’s how we also view how we approach our careers,” Sangiorgi Dalimore says. “That for us through the entire filmmaking and in the whole venture with Her Sound was the crux of it, just seeing the power of all of these women coming together and how good that feels and the community is kind of the only answer we could find – band together with community, find your peers and those like you. We’re more powerful in numbers.”
HER SOUND HER STORY IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR DOWNLOAD OR RENT VIA VIMEO. IT’S A MUST-WATCH SO CHECK IT OUT NOW AT VIMEO. COM/HERSOUNDHERSTORY AND ALSO WATCH THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN ROCK AND POP MUSIC DOCUMENTARY THERE TOO.
it’d be a really good opportunity to take. It’s such a big sold-out festival, one of the biggest to come to our town, and I thought how can I do something to help the community and be a part of it? So I got in contact with a few people and they were really keen on the idea.” On the big day, punters will find a neato little Musket & Bayonet marquee within the festival grounds where the team will be offering beard trims, short haircuts and braids on a ‘pay as you wish’ basis. All donations collected will then be given to the punter’s choice of two Ballarat charities: Lachie’s Legacy and the OnTrack Foundation’s Soup Bus. Apart from being a pair of awesome grassroots charities doing some amazing work in general, Morrison also has some close ties to both organisations. “So with Lachie’s Legacy, he was a guy I kinda knew growing up. His friends come into the shop and I know his mum really well so I try to do as much as possible and it’s a really positive charity for the community. With the soup bus, we work with them every Christmas Eve as well. For the last couple of years since I opened the shop, every Christmas eve they do a dinner where they feed the homeless and so every Christmas we go out too and cut hair.” In choosing charities to support at Spilt Milk the choice for Morrison was easy, “I just found these two really good charities in Ballarat that I clicked with and just wanted to do as much as possible to help them out and get everyone talking about them. They’re really really great people that run them and I just want to get the word out.” So to all you Ballarat babies, whether you’re pressed for time to do your hair, after a fresh look or just wanna give back to the community, be sure to hit up the Musket & Bayonet crew on the day while you’re out and about enjoying the festivities. BALLARAT’S SPILT MILK FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, AT VICTORIA PARK.
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SPRING IN THE PARK International dance sensation Spirit of the Dance is coming to Australia in next year with their new spine tingling 21st anniversary show, and you have to go! The inaugural event, run entirely by the Youth Advisory Board (YAB), is set to bring a buzz of excitement and a range of music to regional Victoria on November 16. The lineup includes young local legend Roy Darby, who is a staple alongside his father at the Ballarat Sunday Market, as well as known Ballarat locals FLOC, Gangz, and Meraki Minds who are also performing at Spilt Milk the week after. Grabbing the spot as headline act is artist Ruby Gill, who has recently come off a sold-out tour of South Africa, and who is always intent on bringing truthfulness and her own unique perspective of the world into her indiepop compositions. A free, drug and alcohol-free event for all ages, Spring in the Park will be host to food trucks, market stalls and amusements, as well as providing an array of activities from local youth groups and organisations. Parking may be limited, and so punters a r e e n co u r a g e d t o c a r p o o l a n d t o use public transport where possible. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR SPRING IN THE PARK ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, SO TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE EVENT VIA FACEBOOK.
PENNYWISE LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD AND DOWN UNDER WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS
The killer clown, Pennywise, was resurrected this year for IT Chapter Two, 27 years after his run-in with the Losers’ Club. 28 years ago the namesake band of that clown released their debut self-titled album. Eight years later they released their ARIA chart number eight feature album, ‘Straight Ahead’. Now the California skate-punk band are bringing the 18 track album down under to celebrate its anniversary. “I would say it makes me feel old but for some reason, I refuse to grow up. At this point I cannot believe the fact that that album is 20 years old and that we’ve been around for 30 years which is ridiculous but it’s definitely pretty crazy,” admits guitarist Fletcher Dragge. “We feel super stoked to be coming down. The first time we ever did a full album show was in Australia on the ‘About Time’ tour and it was one of the best tours we’ve ever done in our entire lives so we’ve kind of just dubbed Australia as the place where we go play full albums. This will be the first time playing it, and we’re looking forward to it for sure.” Including their version of the real Australian national anthem, ‘Down Under’, the boys will be in for a challenge. ‘Straight Ahead’ hits hard from the bass line beginnings of ‘Greed’ all the way through to curt closing of ‘Bridge Of Pride’ but Dragge anticipates the mosh pit will be next level wild for it.
Australia after dominating worldwide with his ‘A State of Trance’ radio show and festivals, alongside third highest-earning DJ for 2019 Calvin Harris, and Lil Pump (aka Gazzy Garcia), who will finally make his Australian debut, performing his seminal hit ‘Gucci Gang’ and a sleigh of new material. Joining them, Ohio’s rap legend Trippie Redd will make it to Australia for Festival X, bringing with it his new album, whilst Australia’s global sensation Alison Wonderland returns home, presenting her new show, hot off the heels of success with her hit ‘Peace.’
“This record is – I mean obviously we don’t sit around listening to Pennywise records – but you hear a song here or there on the radio or someone has a mixed tape or some shit but putting this record out and listening to it in its entirety is scary because it is a pretty crazy album. I mean to play it is extremely fast, it’s got a lot of complicated parts for us at least, and it’s definitely going to take some work and it’s definitely going to be scary but I think we like a challenge. I feel like listening to this record it’s definitely one of my favourite Pennywise records we’ve ever done and it’s kind of non-stop from the first song until the last song, so I think there’s no way that a couple of hundred or thousand drunk Aussies aren’t going to go crazy when they get in that room with us. I think it’s going to be off the hook.” Not only are the tracks complicated and full-on high energy for the entirety, but some of the tracks also have never seen the light on stage with the band having to completely learn how to play them again. “There’s about six or seven songs that we’ve never ever, ever played live, so that’s going to be a crazy learning curve. The funny part about playing these album shows is you can’t say ‘I don’t want to play this song tonight’ or ‘my arm hurts’ or ‘my voice hurts’ or ‘my wrist hurts’ – there are no excuses. We’re going out there and we’re doing it,” Dragge says. Our thoughts go out to drummer, Byron McMckin. With such full-on tracks, McMckin will be floating in a pool of sweat by the final kit strike. “Our drummer is freaking out because the drums are crazy as fuck on this record. He’s got his work cut out for him, I feel sorry for him. I don’t know why drummers don’t get portable AC fans.” Hmm, solid point Dragge. Hey Forum Theatre, include portable AC’s, an inflatable pool and maybe some paddles on Pennywise’s rider, things are about to get sweaty!
FESTIVAL X Australia are you ready?
PENNYWISE TAKE TO FORUM THEATRE THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY. TICKETS TO SEE THE PUNK LEGENDS ARE ON SALE NOW AT LIVE NATION.
Festival X is set to take over Melbourne Showgrounds on Sunday, December 1, bringing some of the biggest names in electronic, house, and hip-hop to our local shores.
Given the magnitude of the lineup (seriously check it out online), and just how insane these acts are going to be, Festival X will spread multiple stages across the Showgrounds. Alongside the acts, there will be loads of food available onsite, and a tonne of bars dotted across the Showgrounds.
After nine years of operation, Stereosonic’s reign as Australia’s biggest touring electronic dance music festival came to an end in 2015, leaving a hole in many lovers of electronic dance music. Since then, numerous festivals have attempted to recreate the sort of lineup, atmosphere, and vibe that Stereosonic provided, but it’s just never really stuck.
With the promise of being a new and exciting festival experience, Festival X caters to fans from all genres and styles of music with a line-up that reflects this. Whether you’re into dance, hip-hop or pop – get ready – as this is THE music festival to kickstart your summer and to celebrate with your friends.
Now, thanks to Onelove Music Group teaming up with Australian electronic promoters Hardware (of Piknic Élektronik series and Babylon), and global kingpin Live Nation (Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Download), Festival X looks set to revive this experience, offering up an event the likes of which we haven’t seen for years.
IT ALL GOES DOWN AT MELBOURNE SHOWGROUNDS ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 1. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FROM TICKETMASTER. A STANDARD TICKET WILL SET YOU BACK $179.95 WHILE THE VIP X-PERIENCE COSTS $384.19.
So who’re the big names heading to our city?
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This depth and vulnerability attract fans. Although they’re one of the loudest and craziest Australian bands on the scene, they manage to combine honesty, humour, and masculinity, singing about being “under-fucked and under-paid” and several beats later, saying “tell my mother not to love me anymore”.
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It’s time to talk about Pist Idiots – and no, we don’t mean the group of guys that got into their parents’ liquor cabinets. This group of guys is a punk rock bunch from Revesby, Sydney. Loved for their fully charged, upbeat and energetic performances – it’s no surprise that they’ve been selected to play at Laneway 2020, a festival known for its iconic line-ups. So how did Pist Idiots make their way to the top? Well, firstly they started off playing pub gigs. From there, they started recording – and people were interested. They released their first EP – Bandcamp – and then in 2017 toured with Dumb Punts, Skegss and Wash. Now, in 2019, they’re making their way through their own national tour, visiting Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and of course, Melbourne. They’ve also released a new EP: Ticker.
FOR TICKETS AND MORE ON FESTIVAL X, HEAD TO FESTIVALX.COM.AU.
Headlining the festivities, Grammy-nominated and crowd favourite Armin van Buuren, returns to
you’re playing sport and your coach asks, got your ticker about you? It’s about what makes someone go.”
PIST IDIOTS ARE HEADING TO LANEWAY ’20
Rounding out the lineup, DIM MAK captain Steve Aoki, Melbourne’s own Onelove favourite (and LA-based) Generik, Sydney’s Anna Lunoe and Thandi Phoenix, whose vocals and production with Rudimental have earned her global praise, will also take to the stage, plus heaps more!
Whilst lyrics like that may appear better suited to a slower song, Pist Idiots prefers them fast. “They’re good for summer and it’s fun to have participation from the audience.” This makes sense: at a punk show, it’s less about the lyrics and more about the performance, and Pist Idiots certainly know how to perform!
A MOMENT WITH ALL THE COLOURS All The Colours are one of Melbourne’s beloved rock bands, with more than 20 years of music-making history under their belts, each coming to the table with their own treasure trove of experiences; Josh Moriarty with Miami Horror, Jonathan Toogood with Young Dead Actors and Josh Mann with Impossible Cinema. With recent singles ‘Tear It Down’ and ‘Why So Sorry?’ both making a splash, we sit down with All The Colours as they look towards the release of their new album. . You guys have had a big year of releasing music, how has it felt to finally bring these singles to the public and see them develop further? It has been a MASSIVE year! It’s hard to figure out the best way to get your music out there; we want that to grow more than anything and we are starting to see our fans finally grasp the enormity of Vol. III. When you go back through the singles released over 12 months, ‘Let Me Drown’, ‘You Know’, ‘I Don’t’, ‘Tear It Down’ and now ‘Why So Sorry’ it begins to sink in, we’re not here fucking around, we’re serious. We are that rock band you’ve been looking for... You recorded in the US with a great team involved in bringing the music in its final form to life. How did you connect with these people and what do you think they brought to the process?
“In the past, we’ve worn glad wrap and jumper cords.” And for Laneway? “That’s high-end, we might be wearing suits.” If you’re planning on seeing them, you won’t go wrong. “We’re lucky that we’ve known each other forever – they’re my best friends. I’ve known them all for twenty years. It’s so easy to collaborate. There’s a comfortableness with each other.” With a connection like that, it’s no wonder the performances are energetic, well-oiled and fun. So if you’re heading to Laneway, keep an eye out for Pist Idiots. They’re excited to play for more people than they often would – and there’s no doubt that it’ll be a great time. IT ALL GOES DOWN AT FOOTSCRAY PARK, MELBOURNE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. TICKETS ARE ON SALE VIA LANEWAYFESTIVAL.COM
“It comes from when we were kids,” says frontman Jack Sniff. “You watch the league on the TV, or
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The question is perfectly framed, that is exactly what happened over there; the music in its final form was brought to life, that is precisely what Chris Taylor and Michael Harris did. We had up to three recordings of each song, tweaking what we imagined would take place in the monster that is Electro-Vox Studios, and the six day music nerd bender we went on in there was indescribable. The ideas, the sounds, the attitude to making something magic all just became our purpose. We were musical bees serving some unknown queen for those six days. What led you to lay down music and undergo the creative process in the US in the first place? We were always going for something memorable, something to compete with the week we spent in the desert at Rancho De La Luna for Vol II. We were so prepared this time that we were comfortable anywhere. Chris knew this and getting us all together was a task date-wise anyway, so he suggested Electro Vox. Two minutes on their website is all you need to be convinced from a guitar tone point of view! So it was locked in, then we had to raise some money... When people see you perform, there’s such great energy that comes from the All The Colours’ live show. Throughout this year, what have you liked the most about performing? Thank You! We try to bring a party wherever we go. I think without getting too serious, everybody loves a good entrance tune, something to build the anticipation before cracking into your first number. Everyone likes a bit of Prokofiev; bold, striking, mysterious and just the right amount of drama... I also like soloing for a good five minutes per song. 2020 is coming up on us quickly; what is in store for All The Colours? VOL. III BABY!!! which means we better get moving on the next record. CATCH THEM LIVE TOMORROW NIGHT (FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8) AT GLOBE ALLEY, MELBOURNE.
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energy. June Jones will also throw down with her melodramatic and humorous songs that are sure to take you on a journey. Happening on the 18th November 7pm at the Alexander Gardens.
decorated with and earnest and meaningful vocal appeal. Simultaneously the piece projects ponderable references to ambiguous imagery, including the obscure ‘alligator lizards in the air’ – a description explained by lyricist Dewey Bunnell to encapsulate the shape of a cloud he witnessed while stopping on a drive with his family in California. Such lyrical mysteries only enhance the explorative and interpretative incentives towards the music; while audiences passively embrace the complimentary moods of Summer generated by the simmering riffs.
SARAH MARY CHADWICK: THE QUEEN WHO STOLE THE SKY Sarah Mary Chadwick will be gracing St. Pauls Cathedral with her acclaimed release The Queen who Stole the Sky. Her emotionally engaged music and larger than life organ sounds will be blasting through the cathedral on the 19th of November.
BLUESFEST TOURING PRESENTS: AMERICA
THE OPERATIVES PRESENT ESPIONAGE
OUR TOP PICKS FOR MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK WRITTEN BY BERT SEATON
As an event that has fostered a reputation for turning some of the city’s most iconic spaces into immersive hubs of music, arts and culture – and this year is no exception. So, we have done the hard work for you and narrowed down the top five must-see gigs for Melbourne Music Week. YIRRAMBOI PRESENTS YIRRAMBOI partners with First Nations Festival and Melbourne Music Week to provide a top line up of soul, R & B, rap and trap music, with acts including Paul Gorrie, Ridzy Ray, Lady Lash, DJ BABYMAMA, Jesswar and Soju Gang. It’s going down on Saturday 16th November, at 6pm at Whitehart Bar.
The operatives have reshaped the music landscape throughout the last decade and a half and they are continuing the good work with a fusion of jazz, soul, house, R&B and hip hop at the Alexander Gardens. Featuring Billy Davis & The Good Lords, Jarreau Vandal, Jaël, Jordan Dennis TEYMORI, DJ SPELL, Mwanje, Pookie, Kalala and ThatKidMaz. Catch this on the 21st of November from 7pm.
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Venturing on the highway of success and traversing almost fifty years of melodious miles, the eminence of America is about to ‘cross the river’ and ‘swim the tide’ to reach yet another desert-land – Australia, in November and December this year, as promoted by Bluesfest Touring.
CC:DISCO! + Raphaël Top-Secret A disco, techno and house event will be headlining with CC:DISCO! With her first Australian gig in a long while, bringing along Raphaël Top-Secret to bring the energy to the crowds for a huge 5 hour set from 8pm on Friday the 15th November in the alexander gardens. MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK WILL BE HELD BETWEEN THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14 AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23. TICKETS ON SALE VIA THE FESTIVAL WEBSITE.
STONEFIELD + BODY TYPE + JUNE JONES The Findlay sisters - Stonefield - will take the stage with their psychedelic rock, followed by Body Type with their indie garage rock sound and plenty of
With an itinerary of seven Australian tour dates throughout five States, founding members Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley will recreate the magic of their original treasures Ventura Highway and A Horse With No Name using their sonic signatures of soothing smoothness and unforgettable undulations of tone. ‘On the first part of the journey’, America secured their passport to fame with their self-titled collection ‘America’, including the mystifying modulations, acoustic acuity and poignant percussiveness of A Horse With No Name; before accelerating towards further evocative excellence with sparkles of strings and hopping harmonies forming the musical goldmine known as Ventura Highway. Featuring on their 1972 album entitled Homecoming, Ventura Highway perpetuates a breezing motion of galloping guitar rhythms
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Received with admiration from both the United States and Australia, the album History: America’s Greatest Hits was certified multiplatinum in 1975; just two years prior to third founding member Dan Peek’s decision to leave the band. However, from the sorcery of enduring members Bunnell and Beckley’s songwriting sprang the 1982 masterpiece You Can Do Magic, in which the gliding guitars form festoons of harmony, both vocally and instrumentally, throughout the transcendental narratives expressed by the Grammy Award winners and Vocal Group Hall Of Fame inductees. A collaborative album entitled Here & Now was released in 2007, involving the musical contributions of fellow musicians whose influences could be attributed to America. Ideally, America’s Bluesfest tour will incorporate a host of emotionally resonant pieces spanning their entire illustrious catalogue. THE AMERICA BLUESFEST TOUR WILL BEGIN WITH A SHOW AT THE ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY, ON NOVEMBER 27TH; PROGRESSING THROUGH THE GOLD COAST; BRISBANE; CANBERRA; MELBOURNE’S PALAIS THEATRE ON DECEMBER 5TH; TO CONCLUDE IN PERTH ON DECEMBER 8TH. THIS WILL BE A ‘GOLDEN’ OPPORTUNITY TO STAKE YOUR CLAIM ON WITNESSING TWO OF THE JEWELS OF CLASSIC SOFT ROCK HISTORY. PHOTO BY ERIC HALVORSEN
A CURIOUS AFFECTION FOR RUDE RUM Hey guys, thanks for chatting with us! First up can you introduce yourself to our readers and explain how the band came to be? We hear there’s a fresh lineup? We’re Rude Rum! Our music is very much rock at its foundation, however, we like putting in funk or groove elements and taking a different approach to our songs so it’s fresh to the ears. Jaeden started the band around mid-2017, however early 2019 is when the line up changed to what it is today... India came along first as bassist, and then Van (who is a childhood friend of India’s) happened to move to Brisbane after living in the UK right at that time we were looking for a drummer... It all clicked together really quickly. We see a lot of solid bands coming out of Brisbane in the last few years – how do you find the music scene up there? It’s fantastic... Almost every night of the week you can go into Fortitude Valley and there is a gig happening... There are also heaps of sick venues, and the musicians and bands are all super rad and supportive of each other. There’s also a place for everything, and a lot of variety so it really is a flourishing scene. Congrats on the recent single ‘Curious Affection’! We’re getting some serious party-rock vibes! What’s the story behind the track? We wanted to make it super fun, high energy tune that you can dance and sing along with and have a grin on your face to... Something that really shows
what we’re all about as a band. The chorus came first... The lyrical hook line first which then inspired the main riff... The song then developed around those two parts into a real feel good and slightly cheeky, vibin’ rock tune. Adding in some almost surf style bass lines along with a pretty tight rhythm then gave fresh energy to the song which really supported the guitar and also complimented the bigger riffs within the song. This is also the first Rude Rum track with backing vocals, so it’s very much a new step compared to the previous works. This comes only months after the release of your debut EP – were you just keen to release more music or had you been sitting on this for a while? A bit of both to be honest! We had heaps of fun with the EP release and we wanted to do it all again but step it up a notch. Jaeden had this song written a few months earlier and was waiting for the right time to release it. So when we decided we wanted to go straight into another release we brought this one out... we felt it was exactly the right tune to step up from our EP with. Will this be a taste of what’s to come next? Perhaps another EP? Curious Affection is definitely the first taste of all the new material that is on its way... We are going to release more music and videos in the future. We really want to tour a lot more and make our way into festivals, so the new material that’s in the works is going to be aimed at those goals for sure. Tell us about your usual creative process? There’s no real set creative process, but rather each song has its own identity of how it was crafted. A lot of the time, the song is written and brought in as drafts by Jaeden... We then workshop and sculpt the final touches together as a band (which adds in all the personal nuances of each member to the song which we feel is so so important). Sometimes a song just clicks, other times we play around with it until it rolls how we feel it should. India is also a songwriter with awesome tunes of her own, and Van often has rad drum lines we work off... we’re also noticing that a lot of new ideas are coming out of simple jam sessions together. The writing process can go any way, you can never tell and that’s sort of what makes it exciting.
You’ve got a support tour this month, your debut at that, which will see you roll into Melbourne! What do you enjoy most about being up on the stage? Yes! And we are super stoked about it!! First time playing in Melbourne!! The best thing about playing is to see people having a great time with your tunes... We love putting on an energetic show and making people feel good, so when we see our songs doing that, it’s absolutely priceless. Following this tour, what are plans for Rude Rum? We’re traveling down south this time around, so perhaps a northern tour of Australia next year is on the way? We would love to support some bigger bands on tour too, and we definitely want to get into festivals... Those two goals are definitely on our minds so we’ll be working at bringing that around next year. Lastly the name, an ode to your favourite spirit? Whilst we do love a good rum, the name actually came from a high proof rum they used to distil in Jamaica that earnt its name as “Rude to your Parents”... It was served on the Jamaican party scene back in the day, and it was just a super potent spirit. By shortening it to “Rude Rum”, it just made for a catchy and unique name... Plus we’re a bit of a party band too so that links in well with where the name is derived from. Besides Rude Rum, who should we be listening to right now? There are some sick Aussie Acts we dig currently, like Tired Lion, Ali Barter, and Clowns... Same with G-Flip, Lime Cordial... Basically anything we vibe with we listen to! It doesn’t matter what type of music it is... We listen to as much as we can because you never know what you might find. WHEN & WHERE: THE BERGY SELTZER, MELBOURNE – NOVEMBER 21 THE OLD BAR FITZROY, MELBOURNE – NOVEMBER 22 THE LAST CHANCE ROCK & ROLL BAR, MELBOURNE – NOVEMBER 23. PHOTO BY WILL JOHNSTONE
REGI FLIH REGI FLIH is an artist on the rise! An Australian singer, songwriter and producer who splits his time between L.A & Australia, bringing his own unique flavor to the ears of listeners world-wide. Gearing up for the release of his debut EP ‘STRIP’ in 2020, we were lucky enough to have a chat to REGI. You recently released the single Strip, was the recording process for this different to your previous releases? The recording process was relatively the same as my other tracks. I keep my team close, and our process is tight. The only thing different was the location. Oh right, where did you record this single? Strip was recorded in our Los Angeles studio. Who has influenced your sound? I am influenced and inspired by more than music. Most of my influence comes from my team, and the things I see around me. Artist wise I grew up listening to Boyz II Men, Miguel, Donell Jones and the Weeknd so different elements have rubbed off on me. What does the typical process of creating a song look like? My creative switch is always on, which is great as the process is ever changing. You never know what is going to inspire you. How do you find the collaborative process? Inspiring. I surround myself with good people. Positive energy makes for a good session. What advice would you have for someone wanting to follow in your footsteps? A homie of mine once told me, “not everyone is going to fuck with your sound….so stop trying to please everyone and continue to do what you love”. This has stuck with me and helped a lot in my creative process, so I would definitely pass it on. The plug. Any shows we should know about coming up? Just wait on it. Big things are coming, trust. YOU CAN LISTEN TO ‘STRIP’ ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS NOW.
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Torquay Vintage is no exception, the place is just cool to look at, from the array of vintage clothes sourced from the USA, including plenty of beachwear (in stock now) to get you sorted for the summer, along with your staples of denim shorts and funky shirts. There are even some vintage basketball jerseys for you sport lovers, and vintage dresses for those searching for something for a special occasion. In store, they also have a great selection of vintage and new records with big names including the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones amongst the collection. Cassettes and a new collection of CD’s are also available,
THE VINYL COLLECTION SHINES AT TOURBUS ENTERTAINMENT As the resurgence of vinyl is bringing music consumption into a bright new era for absolutely anyone, the demand for the best new music on wax, as well as ownership of the classics and rarities, is rising more than ever – and Tourbus is quickly becoming the one-stop-shop for vinyl lovers. Whether it’s rock and roll rarities, psychedelic classics or hip hop crate favourites, the team at Tourbus has done the legwork in tracking the best and most eclectic collection of wax down – you won’t be finding anything stock-standard here. Think titles like The Chats, Amyl and the Sniffers, David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, Deftones, The Doors, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Hard-Ons, Interpol, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Megadeth, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Slipknot, The Bennies, and Thom Yorke. You’ll even find a number of local names in there, including Andrea Robertson and The Kite Machine. Essentially, it’s all the really good shit. If you’re loving the look of the vinyl on offer but don’t have anything to spin it on, Tourbus also has you covered with a number of affordable record players hitting their shop front very soon, attempting to bring the joy of vinyl to the masses. After all, nothing sounds the same as it does when you listen to it on vinyl. It all sounds pretty good, right? It’s time to treat yourself just a little bit more… because why the heck not?
THE BENDIGO RECORD FAIR RETURNS The Bendigo Record Fair started in 2014 as the Bendigo Record, Comic and Toy Fair, and has gone from strength to strength, becoming Regional Victoria’s premier pop culture event. Last year saw the event split in two, with the Record Fair becoming a stand-alone event, and it will be happening all again on Sunday, November 17, from 10am to 4pm. Traders will be coming from all over VIC and NSW and will bring a mix of new and pre-loved vinyl, CDs, music-related DVD’s, hi-fi equipment, comics and a smattering of other collectibles that will be spread over 27 tables on the Lansell Room at the All Seasons Hotel with thousands of records. Punters can expect the usual mix of pop, alternative, metal, punk, rock, oldies and more from nearly every decade of music. Doors open at 10am, entry is $5 per person, kids under 14 accompanied by a paying adult get in for free. Early bird entry from 9am for $10 entry, to get early access to the bargains and the specials. Vinyl is back. DON’T MISS OUT ON BENDIGO’S LAST CHANCE TO GRAB THAT SPECIAL GIFT BEFORE THE SILLY SEASON IN THE RELAXED ATMOSPHERE OF THE ALL SEASONS HOTEL.
GIFTS FOR THE GEEK DOES RECORD STORE DAY BL ACK FRIDAY
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Record Store Day has done a great job in bringing music lovers back to record stores each year, and in recent years they’ve expanded the promotion to the biggest shopping day of the year – Black Friday. Held on Friday, November 29, this day will see a number of independent record stores (including Geelong’s Gifts for the Geek) bring in a stunning collection of exclusive, limited-edition releases for your to get your mitts on, including a special Pearl Jam release. Pearl Jam were named as 2019 Record Store Day ambassadors earlier this year, and will release the first-ever vinyl release of their MTV Unplugged set, recorded three days after the end of their first American tour and featuring stripped-back versions from their classic debut ‘Ten’, as part of the Record Store Day Black Friday event. With Christmas right around the corner, this is the perfect opportunity to find something rare for those music-loving pals, and there’s always all the comics, supernatural merch, superheroes, and clothing to check out to while you’re there. Check out the full list online at recordstoreday. com/SpecialReleases ahead of popping into your local record store this month.
Ahh, the most wonderful month of the year is upon us! November is Ausmusic Month, a time of year where we celebrate the incredible contribution musicians and their work have made to our country. It’s always a big celebration around these parts, and there is no better way to support the music industry than by heading into a local, independent record shops and getting your hands on the physical manifestation of your favourite band’s tunes and indulging in the science that turns sound into wax and back again, in a form that’s higher quality than any digital format we’ve ever managed to come up with since… If that’s how you’re keen to celebrate Ausmusic month, then we reckon you head on into Prehistoric Sounds, (the formally known humble record store Sweet Little Hi-Fi), located in both Warrnambool and Newcomb, and get your mitts on some groovy wax. Highlighting the depth and variety of music in Australia, you’ll find everything from Archie Roach, Babe Rainbow, Dope Lemon, Japanese Wallpaper, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Regurgitator, among many others.
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FOOD & BEVVIE NEWS LITTLE CREATURES DROPS A SUMMER SEASONAL Little Creatures Brewery has released the perfect beer to quench your thirst for the long summer days ahead. The mid-strength IPA is the latest of the seasonal releases and packs huge passionfruit and citrus hops with a subtle caramel finish. Coined ‘Long Days’, this brew is designed for craft beer lovers, providing the bold flavours they crave, while catering for the demand of sessionable beer with lower alcohol content. It’s a lower alcohol beer that tastes as fullbodied as any full strength. AVAILABLE ON TAP AT THE LITTLE CREATURES BREWERY AND SELECT VENUES AND IN-STORE FROM LEADING RETAILERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
VILLAGE NIGHTS IS BACK
WITH A FRESH NEW MENU With balmy evenings ahead, The Village Door is the place to go for a taste of Europe with delicious drinks and a delightful new dinner menu for November! Launching earlier this year, ‘Village Nights’ offers a place for friends and family to get together and enjoy each others company while providing a unique dining option for your Friday nights. Boasting authentic home-made recipes with genuine European chefs, entrée’s include chicken noodle soup, burek, mussels, octopus salad, or just start off with a mezze platter consisting of cheese, gherkins, smoked pork, prosciutto, red peppers and olives. For the main event, you can get your hands on a ćevapi burger or indulge in our sarma, gulaš, gnocchi, chicken gorgonzola, baby calamari, grilled fish and seafood pasta. And if you’re keen to finish off the night with something sweet, dutch pancakes, apple strudel or honey cake are a must!
SHE LOVES GOOD BEER
year they are raising money for the Geelong-born Offspring Project – a not-for-profit organisation working in Kolkata, India, to help restore the lives of young women rescued from Sex Trafficking.
Are you a beer loving lady legend?? Well, this is the event for you to get together for the love of beer to help out our fellow ladies who need a hand.
Held at The Good Beer Bar in Denny’s Place on Saturday November 23, the night will include good beer (of course) and plenty of laughs as the room is filled with women who love beer, while knowing it’s all for a good cause with the funds raised through ticket sales.
Blackman’s Brewery is once again hosting a ladies night out for women who love beer at The Good Beer Bar by Blackman’s Geelong and giving 100 per cent of the proceeds to a very important charity.
It’s all about celebrating how many women love craft beer, and how this can be turned into something positive for the greater good. There will event be a special beer brewed just for the night.
Last year saw the event - She Loves Good Beer - raise money for Share the Dignity, an Australian charity who gives sanitary products to homeless women and fights for domestic violence victims, while this
“We say time and time again, beer people are good people and with the growing number of females working within and supporting the craft brewing industry, we feel it absolutely necessary to pay it
Calling all beer loving lady legends
forward and support great causes like the Offspring Project, and we know our fellow female beer lovers will feel the same,” says Jess from Blackman’s. If you love beer, come along and spend up big on some awesome beer knowing it’s going straight to our fellow women in need of our help. TICKETS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON EVENTBRITE OR VIA THE PHONE OR IN PERSON AT BLACKMAN’S BREWERY, TORQUAY AND THE GOOD BEER BAR, GEELONG. YOUR TICKET WILL INCLUDE UNLIMITED AMAZING BEER AND CIDER, NIBBLES TO KEEP YOU GOING AND LIVE TUNES. PHOTO BY INDIE LANE PHOTOGRAPHY
WINSTON & CO CAFE AND TAKEAWAY
WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO
We get the lowdown on all things Winston & Co with the brains behind the business, Ange! Hi Ange, can you tell our readers a little something about yourself? I started out in hospitality at 16; dropped out of school to start a chef’s apprenticeship and I’ve never looked back. I’m also a mum of two beautiful girls. Why did you decide to start up Winston and Co? I started my catering business Simple Catering Solutions in 2015 and have always wanted to have a shop front so when this one popped up I thought why not. Upon stalking, I saw that you have fudge available, can you walk us through what food you have on offer? Our homemade fudge is definitely one of our biggest sellers and has people talking! We offer quick and easy breakfast and lunch options for our customers on the go. You have jumped on the One Good Cup bandwagon; how did you get involved with this? I found One good Cup on Instagram and contacted them about getting involved. It is a great local initiative and a fantastic way to encourage people to reuse instead of adding to our global waste crisis. Do you make everything on location, or are they outsourced from other local businesses? We make and bake most of our own cakes/slices and biscuits on location. I love trying out new recipes on our customers. We source our beautiful croissants from La Madre Bakery. What is your must have for any café? Great coffee is definitely number one. We stock Lavazza coffee which I absolutely love. It’s a great all-rounder and our customers are raving about it.
Happy Hour starts at 5:30pm with $6 beers, wines and mixers, and $10 cocktail specials. BOOK A TABLE VIA PHONE (03) 5221 1571 OR SIMPLY MESSAGE THEM THROUGH FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM.
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INTO READY TO DRINK CANS Recognised for its independent spirit, bold and smooth taste, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum has finally introduced its first Ready To Drink Cans (RTDs), available in two distinct flavours – “Rum and Dry” and “Rum and Cola”. True to the traditional notes of Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, the RTDs are expertly blended with cola and dry ginger flavours for a refreshing drink that’s ready to go straight from the can. Best served chilled, these RTDs pack a punch. What’s even more exciting is that these products mark the first RTD liquid innovation since the launch of the original Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, 19 years ago! Oh boy, what a time to be alive! WE LOVE ALCOHOL HERE AT FORTE (IN CASE YOU HADN’T NOTICED), AND THESE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN AN ABSOLUTE TREAT! SAILOR JERRY SPICED RUM RTDS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. VISIT WWW.SAILORJERRY.COM.
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REFLEX – THE FUTURE OF OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY This month Geelong Arts Centre and Deakin University will host Reflex Symposium, gathering together creatives, academics and community members from the region, and across Australia, to explores the interconnectivity between artist, infrastructure and community partnership and promote and encourage excellence, innovation and cultural leadership within the creative industries. We sit down with keynote speaker Dr Betty Sargeant, an award-winning media artist and co-creative director of PluginHUMAN ahead of the event. First up, can you tell us a bit about your journey into your career as a digital artist? I have always been interested in technology, science, and new ideas. I did a PhD in Creative Media and that made me a lot more focused on digital futures and the opportunities that technology offers in regard to creative practice. I collaborate with Justin Dwyer, he helps extend my interest in art-technology. Justin has a music background with a strong practice in digital/ electronic music. We are both very curious people and our careers have been shaped by this curiosity – we seek out the new. Talk us through your creative process. We tend to work on multiple projects at once. Often the projects we are working on are at different stages of development. One may be an idea in early development, another project may be ready to be installed in an institution. We tend to work quite quickly, that is partly because you have to work hard
in the arts to survive, yet it’s also because we have so much work that we want to make. We have a huge amount of ideas that are waiting to be developed and presented. Although we work quickly we also prototype and test our artworks before presenting them. Prototyping and testing are important when working with technology. Tell us a little bit about your installation ‘Breathe’, which translates weather data to the columns in the Geelong Arts Centre’s foyer space. Breathe is the first work in a series of environmental artworks that PluginHUMAN is currently making. This artwork features LED light sculptures that are surrounded by recycled acrylic tubes. The tubes are printed with enlarged photos of microscopic elements from trees. The colours and patterns seen in the LED lights are controlled by data we have collected from the environment surrounding the Geelong Arts Centre. This data includes information on wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, sounds, and air pressure. We look to uncover hidden parts of nature. The relationship between art and technology seems to be getting stronger as days go by. What are some of the major shifts that you’ve noticed in how people digest art? Immersive digital art is really gaining momentum at the moment. There is still a huge market for traditional art, traditional art is the cornerstone of the art world. Yet increasingly, audiences and institutions have an expectation that art will be responsive – that an artwork will react in real-time to the environment around it. Audiences want to have an impact on the work. We have made quite a few of these “interreactive” artworks, for example with DREAM 2.2 people could see this artwork respond to a person’s brainwave input in real-time. With the growing popularity of immersive art, Justin and I have seen a shift in the way that audiences engage with our art. Many people come and interact with the work and take selfies. This is OK, yet we don’t want to just create “Instagramable” moments. Our current series of work allows the environment, rather than people, to have the biggest impact on the work. We want to encourage people to come and be immersed in an otherworldly evocative environment, one that is controlled by nature. We hope to build empathy
between audiences and the natural world so that people are moved to take action on climate change. You’re heading to Geelong as part of the Reflex symposium this month. Why is an event like this important to an emerging city like Geelong? Regional Victorian hubs like Geelong are in a powerful position right now. Victoria is one of the best places in the world for innovation, future technology development, and cultural exchange. This progress is not only happening in Melbourne, but the Victorian government and Creative Victoria have also been keenly focused on ensuring that regional areas, such as Geelong, take a key role in leading the way. The new Geelong Arts Centre is underpinned by a vision to engage the community in future-focused cultural exchange. It’s an exciting time to be in the area. Geelong has a long history of industry leadership – in the recent past that has involved the automotive industry. Now it is poised to be an industry leader in digital cultures and creative technologies. This is super exciting. The Reflex symposium and the opening of the rejuvenated Geelong Art Centre mark an important moment in time for Geelong. You’re a keynote speaker at the event – can we get a hint as to what you’ll be discussing? I’ll be talking about PluginHUMAN projects. I’ll focus on our work with art centres and organisations around the world where we engage communities in creative technologies and future-focused art projects. As the Reflex symposium is in partnership with Deakin University, I’ll also talk about our connection with international universities. PluginHUMAN are creators-in-residence at the Exertion Games Lab, RMIT University. Being affiliated with a university research lab helps us make our projects accessible not only within academic circles but within the community and industry. You can find more info at www.pluginhuman.com and @PluginHUMAN THE REFLEX SYMPOSIUM WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 15 & 16 AT GEELONG ARTS CENTRE, GEELONG. TICKETS VIA GEELONGARTSCENTRE. ORG.AU PHOTO BY PLUGINHUMAN (BETTY SARGEANT AND JUSTIN DWYER)
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Nothing makes you feel quite as fierce as a freshly glossed set of digits. If you’re after some on-point fingers you can’t wait to show off, we recommend checking out local lady Kayla Welsh. Hi Kayla, tell us a little bit about yourself? Hey! I’m Kayla, I’m 24 and I’m an acrylic nail technician. How did you get into nails? I have always loved nails and have been getting mine done since I was about 15 at every chance I could get. It was only about a year ago that I started to consider it as a career option when I discovered Fluid Nail Design Australia. I completed my training with their Victorian state leader, Lana Ryan at Lord Muck in Sunbury back in June and I have not looked back since! Lana was an amazing trainer. Not long after I completed my training I was lucky enough to gain space at Beautyology Geelong, where the salon owner Sunday has continued to support and encourage me. What services do you offer? At the moment I offer acrylic nail enhancements and gel polish manicures, although I have plans to widen my services in the future. Where do you source your products? I source my main products from Fluid Nail Design but I have also been purchasing from Nail Swag Pigments, OohLaLa Nail Supplies, Lord Muck Professional, plus many others. How can people go about booking in with you? I currently take bookings via my Facebook or Instagram page but I will soon be changing to online bookings. Do you have a favourite nail style? I enjoy every set of nails I do but if it includes glitters or nail art I get excited, my favourite nail style would definitely have to be stiletto! CHECK KAYLA OUT ON INSTAGRAM VIA @ NAILSBYKW
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POLIZZI PHOTOGRAPHY: A LIFE BEHIND THE LENS THANKS TO PERSISTENCE, CREATIVITY AND DEAKIN UNIVERSITY They say great photographers are made, not born. While there is always a select few who seem to effortlessly master the medium, for most, it requires dedication, work, and education. Photographers learn the process—and the industry—through a variety of means, whether that’s YouTube, a formal university, or a professional mentor. Nat Polizzi is a fine example of a creative born with a fierce drive to become a great photographer. Much like a band who’s ready to drop their first single or book their first gig, Nat was already armed with the most important asset a creative needs; interest. Discovering a passion for the art of photography in high school, thanks to the birth of an adorable, photogenic cousin, it wasn’t long before she decided to dive in and navigate the seas of entrepreneurship by starting up her business, Polizzi Photography, in 2013. “I originally started my business when I was 16 and I was still studying at secondary college,” Nat explains. “Being 16 at the time, there were so many people telling me that I couldn’t do it, that ‘you can’t run a business’, which I completely understand, but it was a lot of my drive that made me want to persist; the more people that told me I couldn’t do it, I wanted to do it. So I started photographing parties and events and whatever I could get my hands on, and then it eventually led on to paid gigs which was amazing.” Polizzi Photography, which just celebrated six years, has become the
TIM FERGUSON WRITTEN BY THOM DEVEREUX
If you had a television set during the late 80s and early 90s, odds are you remember the Doug Anthony All Stars. The collective comedic and musical talents of Tim Ferguson, Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler shocked and entertained international audiences when their in-your-face style and desire to push the boundaries of what was considered ‘good taste’. Since DAAS first disbanded in 1994, founding member Tim Ferguson has been busy. National comedy tours, an autobiography, a DAAS reformation, and several writing and producing credits, as well as publicly revealing his battle with multiple sclerosis are just some of the things keeping Ferguson hard at work. This December, Ferguson brings his Comedy Writing Masterclass to Melbourne’s The Wheeler Centre. The two-day course explores how to truly master comedy writing, a topic that overlooked by many screenwriting courses. “It’s an outrage!” explained Ferguson. “There is no comedy writing or narrative comedy writing component in any screenwriting course in Australia, except for RMIT in Melbourne. There’s nothing.” Ferguson has taught all over the world, from New York University to Screen Academy Scotland, even South Korea. “The great thing is that wherever you’re teaching, the principles of comedy remain the same. No matter the language, no matter the culture. Invisible structures of jokes, and I just tell people what those invisible structures are,” he says.
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local go-to for newborn photography, maternity photography, food photography and special occasions – a milestone which Nat partly credits to her path in refining her skills with the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography) degree at Deakin University. “In considering studying and learning more about the art of photography – learning the techniques, and the finer details – I really wanted to change the way that people would perceive the business and myself, so ‘hey look, I actually studied this, I’m qualified and I know what I’m doing’,” Nat explains. “While I was running the business two years I had before I started uni, I realised there was so much more to learn. “The course was about refining those skills and everything from there, and then that helped elevate my business more so that when I did finish university, the work that I could target was greater. I could move away from event photography, and I could refine that and work with kids and capturing them growing up, newborn and maternity, cake smashes to food photography and starting to really refine my work.” Enrolling in Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography), Nat was able to reach her full potential with the support of multi-disciplinary teaching staff, while diving into the theoretical, historical and the contemporary fine art and cultural dimensions of the medium through a combination of lectures, practical workshops and demonstrations, class tutorials and critique sessions, gallery visits, solo and collaborative based projects. Alongside taking a myriad of electives, there is a major focus on project-based learning within Deakin’s Bachelor of Creative Arts course, where students learn how to organise, manage and deliver a festival of exhibitions and performances of work. “It was a phenomenal experience been able to showcase your artwork at Deakin’s Project Space Gallery,” Nat shares. “We got to experience that whole process of actually putting your art on the wall, and getting
“The people I’ve learned comedy writing from, the people I worked with from the Doug Anthony All Stars to working with Mark Gracie to doing writing courses and talking to the funny people at lunchtime, everything I teach is not stuff I invented. It’s just stuff I spent a long time cobbling together and researching and also looking at a lot of comedies: good ones, bad ones, and just asking ‘How are they doing this? What’s the trick? What are the hidden structures of this comic’s story?’.” But don’t head into this class expecting politically correct comedy that doesn’t shock. DAAS fans might remember classic tracks such as ‘I F*ck Dogs’ and ‘I Want to Spill the Blood of a Hippy’, while Ferguson’s recent comedy show ‘Life on Fast Wheels’ uses humour to tackle the heavy topic of Ferguson’s battle with MS. “Politically correct comedy isn’t funny, that’s the only problem with it. If it appeals to someone with a narrow but very clean mind, it’s not going to appeal to everybody. The thing is, comedy has been woke for thousands of years. Comedy is always more woke than woke. Comedy is always on the frontier. “A sense of humour has always been important, it’s the only way you’re going to survive the Trump and Morrison era otherwise you really would hurl yourself off something high or go searching for sharp objects in your kitchen. A sense of humour is indispensable.” Ferguson promises anyone that attends his class will leave with a new set of skills. “A bag of tools. A bag of skills and tools that will help them create and then improve their own comic writing so that they can get that script back out of their bottom drawer and they’ll be able to see how to fix it. I teach people how to fix their comedy, so they don’t have to just rely on following their nose. I guarantee they will leave with a working knowledge of how comedy works and a great red forehead from slapping themselves all day.”
it eye level and understanding how everything within a gallery can affect and impact your artwork. “Having your artwork displayed for everyone, whether it’s the public or Deakin students or teachers, to come and have a look at was really exciting because it’s an experience you don’t really get, or you would have to pay a fortune to do in the hope you sell your artwork. But for us, it was just to display our artwork and showcase every student and their individual talent. Not many people get that opportunity.” Alongside the amazing teachers, who “were with you every step of the way” through the course, Nat also reflects on the benefit of immersing yourself in a community of photography peers, all going through the same course, learning the same ideas and practices. “Everyone [in the course] has their own style and interpretation of art,” Nat explains. “There’s a different way that they will all understand and read photographs; somebody might look at a photograph of a portrait and be able to really emotionally connect to it, and other people won’t. When you’re working with so many different people, it really opens up your eyes to so many different avenues within photography; each student interprets the course in a different way. “So, when you’re doubting yourself and if something didn’t turn out how you hoped, they are the best people to help look at it from a different perspective and give you the support and guidance and encouragement that you might need. I developed so many good relationships and friendships that I still have now.” Since graduating from Deakin University, Nat has spent the last few years working as an Account Manager utilising her transferable skills and experience, and running her flourishing photography business, which currently has her booked out until early next year, a clear testament to her hard work, determination, and skill set behind the camera lens. For budding photographers out there, Nat has some gems of sage advice. “Just persist and don’t give up, especially when things get a bit challenging and when you’re doubting yourself or when you’re doubting your quality of work. Just persist; find what you enjoy, and explore the type of photographs you enjoy and use that as inspiration to then go out and capture moments like that. “Always put one foot in front of the other because it’s such a rewarding experience; capturing people’s lives and journeys.” UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY BY STUDYING DEAKIN’S BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS. VISIT DEAKIN.EDU.AU/CREATE IF YOU’D LIKE TO CONNECT WITH NAT ABOUT CAPTURING THOSE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS, VISIT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/POLIZZIPHOTOGRAPHY/
should be sending me skinny teas. I looked like I date celebrities, spend summers in Capri on a yacht, don’t fart, have a constantly tidy house and never look for my phone whilst it’s in my hand. I looked like perfection... And scarily, I bloody LOVED it. I already dabble in cosmetic stuff and have been a fan of Botox for years (sorry to disappoint anyone, please send letters of opinion or complaints about what I should do with my body to #1 Idontcareaboutyouropinion Street, Ocean Grove). And full disclosure, I’ve even had help filling out some hollowness I started to get as I got older and my body stopped producing fat in parts of my face. But I’ve also been very careful to still look like “me”. And before now, I surely haven’t had my face literally changed via a filter to SHOW me what I can look like if I shove enough product (ie, money) into my face. When I started to dabble in helping slow down the signs of ageing, I wasn’t doing it with the intention of totally changing my face into the current perception of beauty. But if I’m honest, if I was 19, and not 32, and had filters like this with a disposable income... how could I not?!!
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So I don’t wanna be accused of supporting a “nanny state” vibe or being the fun police on Instagram, but does anyone else have little red flags going up when it comes to the new cosmetic procedure trends-inspired filters popping up lately?
TIM FERGUSON’S COMEDY WRITING MASTERCLASS VISITS THE WHEELER CENTRE IN MELBOURNE DECEMBER 14 & 15. TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH TRYBOOKING.
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Kardashian lips with Bella Hadid eyes and supermodel cheekbones are all over my ‘gram lately. So I checked these new filters out to see what the fuss was about… And oh, my, GOD! I looked worthy of my own reality show. I looked like companies
Young people are some of the most vulnerable in our society and as much as I don’t want to be the fun police, surely Instagram has a responsibility to protect them of themselves? After all, alcohol is illegal before 18, we don’t let kids drive before 16... perhaps we need to start protecting them from mental health risks like we do possible physical health risks? Just a thought. SENDING MY LOVE, ALWAYS...KIM XX
THE MAN WALK GEELONG On average, one in eight men will experience depression and one in five men will experience anxiety at some stage of their lives. Blokes make up an average of six out of every eight suicides every single day in Australia. The number of men who die by suicide in Australia every year is nearly double the national road toll. They’re some scary statistics from Beyond Blue, and unfortunately, they’re statistics that stem from the difficulty that some men have in opening up and talking about how they are feeling, therefore having serious impacts on their mental health and wellbeing. Trying to go it alone when you’re feeling down increases the risk of depression or anxiety going unrecognised and untreated, and depression is a highrisk factor for suicide and plays a contributing role to the big difference in suicide rates for men and women. That’s where The Man Walk comes in. Originally started a year ago by Kiama physiotherapist Mark Burns, The Man Walk has become an important vehicle in men’s mental health by creating a space available for men to talk about how they’re going. With a simple motto at the helm – walk, talk, support – this initiative has touched thousands of people across the country, including Chris Lytas and Luke Outerbridge, two strangers who came together less than six months ago to initiate The Man Walk Geelong with the aim of boosting men’s physical and
PAUL FEIG CHANNELS GEORGE MICHAEL IN LAST CHRISTMAS WRITTEN BY ANTHONY MORRIS
As the director of Spy, A Simple Favour, Ghostbusters and Bridesmaids, Paul Feig has dealt with car chases, ghosts, murder plots, and uncontrolled defecation. But with Last Christmas he’s taking on his biggest challenge yet: George Michael. And it turns out, Feig’s a fan. “Honestly, this movie could easily be called Heal the Pain. I had never heard it before and now I literally think it’s probably the best pop song ever written.” Feig wasn’t exactly a stranger to Michael’s work before this film – he cites ‘Freedom! ‘90’ as one of his all-time favourites – but it wasn’t until he agreed to direct Last Christmas that he took a deeper dive into his music. “That’s where I suddenly started going, ‘Oh my god – here’s all these songs that are so great and they’re also so representative of the emotions and characters’. That’s why I started putting the music into the film so much. “What I found watching the film [was] that the songs really do to add another layer to things. Most of the time, we tend to, well – me personally, at least – think of George Michael, as a guy who did a lot of pop songs
mental well-being in Victoria’s second-largest city. For Luke, the catalyst for change was following an encounter with a friend who was silently battling mental health issues and who had reached the point of wanting to take his own life. “It really took me back; I had no idea, and questioned why he didn’t reach out,” Luke reveals. “He just said he didn’t know how to approach reaching out; how to talk about it. He just needed someone to talk to, so I went right, okay, I need to do something here, I’m forming something in Geelong. I just didn’t know what to do or what that was.” Through a mutual friend, Luke was connected to Chris, who shares the same desire to shine a light on men’s mental health in Geelong following the loss of a close friend to suicide three years ago. “I look back now, and I realise I dealt with that the way a lot of blokes deal with it – I didn’t,” Chris explains. “I threw myself into work, ignored everything else, suppressed it, and at some point, something was going to snap... and it did. That snap – once I got through it and came out the other side – was me giving myself that kick up the arse to go ‘how do we stop that happening?’.” Running every Saturday morning from 7am, and now every Wednesday night at 7pm, The Man Walk Geelong provides a non-judgemental, casual and supportive environment for blokes in Geelong, at any age doing it tough. “The idea behind it is to build some habit, build a sense of community for men, get them talking, and give them an understanding that they’re not on their own and it’s okay to speak up, or just even build some social connections,” explains Chris. “We’re not by any means a counseling service; we pride ourselves as a community group that is effectively doing beneficial things for men’s mental health,” Chris continues. “If you listen to the conversations during the walk, it’s mostly about sports, life, politics, you name it. Occasionally, someone will put their hand up and go ‘you know what, I’m not dealing with this’, and we’ll talk through it and you’ll find that there are probably two or three others in the group that have been through the same thing, and that goes back to that feeling of not being alone, that ‘this isn’t unique to me’.”
and did some ballads, but the movie really brings out the fact that he’s got a very deep catalog. There’s a lot going on there that covers a really wide range of things.” There’s definitely a lot going on in Last Christmas, which mixes the currently fashionable trend for jukebox musicals (though here the characters only sing a handful of times) with the always on point Christmas movie to create a tale that’ll hopefully bump Love Actually from high rotation during future holidays. Kate (Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones) isn’t exactly living her best life. An elf-slash-shop assistant at a Christmas store run by “Santa” (Michelle Yeoh), she’s basically homeless and drifting through life (and various men’s bedrooms) leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. Then she meets Tom (Henry Golding), and while he seems hard to pin down, he also seems interested in her in a way she hasn’t felt in a long time. Could a Christmas miracle be close at hand? Written by Emma Thompson (who also plays Kate’s immigrant mother), it manages to mix a heartwarming Christmas story (a homeless shelter plays a prominent part) with romance and comedy. There’s a lot going on here (Yeoh turns out to be hilarious), but for Feig the core of the story was always going to be the leads. “Getting the leads right was the was the main thing,” says Feig. “Henry had worked with me on A Simple Favour so I was determined to work with him again, and I’ve been dying to work with Emilia – I met
Meeting at the Fountain at Eastern Beach, the leisurely walk sees the group walk for 45-60 minutes, before concluding at Winifreds Cafe where partners and friends are welcomed to join for a coffee and a chat. Since its beginning, the walk has seen men of all different ages and walks of life join in. Some coming on their own, others with friends; it’s seen fathers and sons, as well as complete strangers; some touched by suicide, some with family issues; and some just want a support network. “It’s a basic principle. It’s the same time, same location, same day of the week, every week. That goes with that aforementioned notion of habit; it builds that habit that they know for us on a Saturday morning, they’ve got to be at the fountain at 7am,” Chris says. “There’s no registration process, there’s no sign-up, there’s no check-in, and there’s no follow up if they don’t turn up, and that’s part of the secret to why it works so well. Filling a gap for men who want a bit of activity and a bit of communication in their lives, Chris and Luke don’t take their responsibility lightly and are in the midst of creating an online hub that will list local services, social opportunities, and highlight resources for those men wanting professional help. “There’s nothing that exists in the Geelong region that highlights where those local services are,” Chris explains. “We’ve got the drive and the knowhow between the two of us to make this the central platform for people in Geelong and the Surf Coast to go to when they’re looking for those sort of connections and resources.” With the first step to improving mental health being the encouragement of conversation and making space available for men to talk about how they’re going, The Man Walk Geelong is a monumental step forward in providing a safe place for blokes to get together and support each other in Geelong. Head on down to Eastern Beach on Saturday at 7am, or Wednesday at 7pm to join in on the Man Walk, and join the Facebook Group ‘The Man Walk – Geelong’. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OFFICIAL WEBSITE THEMANWALK.COM.AU/
with her four years prior and discovered how funny she is, you know, beyond being such a great actress. “What I love about her role is that it’s very complex. She’s got to be funny and get into physical comedy, but she’s also a very challenging character. I don’t know how many movies that have a lead woman who comes out of the gate, so, so misbehaved, and not doing what your standard movie heroine should be doing. That’s what I loved about it. I love the challenge of that.” It’s a challenge that audiences seem increasingly willing to take on, with television increasingly embracing the idea of women behaving badly, but Feig points out that it’s not universally accepted yet. “You still find resistance from, quite frankly, the older female audiences. When we do our test screenings, a lot of women 35 and older cross their arms at her a little, but young women in the audience really related to her – I think her problems are a little more kind of modern in that way. But you know, there’s still a long road to go and you know, what guys can get away with in movies some audiences have a hard time watching women doing it. “That’s why I was want to do movies where we take that on and actually show female characters and all their humanity. You invest in people who are strong and weak and smart and yet make mistakes and are vulnerable, you know, conflicted and insecure. That mix is who we all are. You know, I really enjoy superhero movies but I don’t want to make them.” So what does he want to make next? He’s currently attached to Dark Army, Universal’s latest attempt to revitalise their classic monster characters, and for now, he’s happy to play with other people’s toys. “I’ve got a drawer full of passion projects, but I tend to kind of not want to make those because I’ve seen so many directors hit the rocks with their passion projects. When you have a hit, that’s when you need to move forward and find the next project that you are passionate about that’s going to draw an audience.”
WHAT’S ON IN THE ARTS MOVEMBER COMEDY NIGHT Bendigo Comedy Festival and Movember present a night packed to the brim with laughs from some of Australia’s best comedians whilst raising money to support men’s health. Don’t miss this epic line up featuring Greg Larsen (The Grub, Tonightly), Adam Knox (Filthy Casuals, Chimp Cop), Ash Greblo (MICF), Cody Jones (MICF), Poppa (MICF) and Luke Morris (Wine Science Show, MICF) at Bendigo’s Engine Room. With $5 from every ticket going to support prostate cancer research, testicular cancer awareness, suicide prevention, and depression treatments. You probably won’t be able to do more for men’s health without growing a moustache… Unless you grow a moustache and also come to this gig – in which case you’re a bloody legend. This event is supported by the City of Greater Bendigo Community Grants Program, Bendigo Comedy, Sasi Marketing, Mulqueens Printers, and Bendigo Beer.
EMILY THOMPSON PRESENTS ‘SALT’ This November, Emily Thompson is making her public debut with ‘salt’, presenting a series of imagery and installations. This comes as part of Emily’s graduate collection, armed with a Bachelor of Design (Honours), which saw her specialising in the Creative Direction and Styling program at The Whitehouse Institute of Design, Melbourne. ‘salt’ explores an unconditional appreciation towards the expansive aesthetic of the ocean by playing with organic shapes, textures and substances. Reminding individuals of the intimate connection our ocean has to us, our food and our environment through a refreshing sense of clarity. Held within Geelong’s newest multi-purpose workspace The KO Creative Studio, the exhibition will only add to the studio’s already beautiful and inspiring environment. The exhibition will open on Thursday, November 21 from 5pm to 7:30pm. It’s free entry, and there will be a grazing table and beverages available to indulge in.
NITRO CIRCUS IS HEADING TO BALLARAT Nitro Circus: You Got This is an explosive, highadrenaline action sports spectacular starring the best athletes in FMX, BMX, Skate, Scooter, and more — and it’s all coming to the Rat for one night only in February 2020! Witness Nitro’s thrill-loving daredevils brave the world’s largest jumps as they launch 60 feet into the air, and be there live when they attempt the craziest stunts imaginable on contraptions you never imagined could fly! These real-life action heroes are sure to inspire fans of all ages as they push the limits with record-breaking attempts every night. Get your tickets now and step into the action-packed world of Nitro Circus! Tickets via nitrocircus.com.
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MAIDEN
DOCTOR SLEEP
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE
LITTLE MONSTERS
PAIN AND GLORY
In 1989, British sailor Tracy Edwards led an all-woman crew in the Whitbread Round the World yacht race. To do it she had to mortgage her house, purchase and fix up a second hand boat (which came in handy, as the crew got plenty of hands on experience while doing the repairs), and secure funding from the King of Jordan. Nobody expected them to even finish; women were effectively shut out from around-the-world racing. Instead they won two of the six legs, came first out of the UK boats, and we’re hailed as heroes. It’s a great story; it’s also not exactly something you’d expect to find much footage of. But when director Alex Holmes went looking he discovered that amazingly much of the journey had been shot on video by a crew member. Together with other archival footage and currentday interviews, the result is gripping, exhilarating viewing.
Doctor Sleep is a lot of things – a sequel, a possible first instalment in a new franchise, a chance for Stephen King to get one last kick into the movie version of The Shining and reclaim it as his own – but a horror movie? Well, not really. Yes, it does involve a band of soul-sucking almost-vampires who feed off what we know as “The Shining”, and the now grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) does face down a bunch of ghosts. But for long stretches this is more interested in just hanging out with its cast as the bad guys – led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) - slowly circle in on Abra Stone (Kyliegh Curran), a young girl with a Shining stronger than anyone’s seen. Most of the really interesting stuff here involves Danny’s battle with the bottle and his father’s drunken legacy; the monster stuff at times feels like the set up for a so-so series on Netflix. But eventually the chase finds its way back to the Overlook Hotel from The Shining, and this kicks into a very different gear. The story doesn’t contain a lot of surprises, but realising the Overlook is still creepy as hell is more than enough to make this a return trip worth taking.
As a rule, the less time a Terminator movie gives you to think about what’s going on, the better a Terminator movie it is. Dark Fate is the first instalment since Terminator 2: Judgment Day to fully embrace the series’ origins as a chase movie, which also makes it the best instalment since T2. This story begins with John Connor (back briefly in CGI form) gunned down as a teenager so now the postT2 sequels never happened and a distraught Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) is still killing Terminators in her early-60s. Basically, win-win for everyone but John Connor. Otherwise it’s the same old same old as Mexico City resident Dani (Natalia Reyes) has been targeted for termination by a Rev-9 model (Gabriel Luna) from the future, with only the mostly human time-traveller Grace (Mackenzie Davis) to protect her. Fortunately director Tim Miller (Deadpool) does a good job with the lengthy action sequences – which you’d think would be the first thing a Terminator movie would get right, but there’s a couple of sequels out there that prove that theory wrong. The performances are also strong across the board, and while the story isn’t remotely original it still works. As does the T-800 model Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger); he’s now a plaid-clad robot dad but his one-liners still kill.
What if a kindergarten teacher had to shepherd her class through a zombie outbreak? That’s the hook Australian writer-director Abe Forsythe (Australia Day, Down Under) has come up with, and it’s a good one – but unfortunately, first we spend twenty minutes or so hanging out with washed up muso Dave (Alexander England), who’s just had a bad breakup and is sponging off his sister (Kat Stewart). He’s definitely a bad influence on her son Felix (Diesel La Torraca); luckily his kindergarten teacher is Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o), who is basically sweetness personified. The desperate and clueless Dave tries to hit on her, going so far as to help out on a school excursion; problem is, the excursion is to a farm next to a secret US military base where a bunch of zombies have broken out. The zombie gore in what rapidly becomes a siege movie is well handled, which is to say it’s occasionally shocking but never too disgusting, and the handful of traditional zombie gags – zombie schoolgirls, a zombie park ranger taking a bite out of an echidna – are sharp. It’s a little disappointing then that there isn’t more of that comedy rather than going for laughs from having characters act like jerks; meanwhile, Nyong’o radiant performance steals the show.
Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is a man in decline. A string of health problems have left him too infirm to direct, and without a creative outlet he’s spiralling into depression. Searching for an escape, he turns both to his childhood -which was largely spent in a small Spanish town where he lived in a cave alongside his mother (Penelope Cruz) – and his professional past, reconnecting with an actor, Alberto (Asier Etxeandia) he’s been estranged from for decades. Unfortunately that rapidly leads to a heroin addiction, but when Alberto turns a brief memoir written by Mallo into a monologue, that brings an old lover (Leonardo Sbaraglia) back into his life and opens the door to a new round of memories. Writer-director Pedro Almodovar digs deep into his own past for this one (Mallo’s apartment was filmed in Almodovar’s own Madrid apartment) and the result is one of his best films in years, a sombre, thoughtful look back at a life that refuses easy answers but remains justifiably hopeful. Banderas’ performance is first-rate as a man no so much haunted by his past as feeling it’s all been for nothing, struggling to find a way to reconnect with his passions while still keeping up a front for those around him. It’s touching, heartfelt, compassionate viewing.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen (Ghosteen Ltd)
Although “Ghosteen” has been available digitally for a little while now, the vinyl edition has arrived. This is the first album written and recorded since the death of Cave’s son Arthur. This album is sad, deep and beautiful to say the least. For fans of The Birthday Party, Tom Waits & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Available from Prehistoric Sounds in Warrnambool & The Amazing Mill Market Newcomb
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WE ADORE YOU, AMY SHARK WHERE: COSTA HALL, GEELONG WHEN: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 REVIEWED BY MIRANDA WILLIAMS PHOTOS BY WILLIAM ADAM RUSS Costa Hall at Deakin is truly a hidden gem for music right in the heart of Geelong. The room goes dark, the sound of sirens is blaring and we see Amy herself walk on stage - “My name is Amy Shark and I’ll be your entertainment for the evening”. If anyone can pull off white platform
runners, it’s Amy bloody Shark! The music rolls into ‘Blood Brothers’ for a great kick-off tune. ‘Mess Her Up’ was a passionate performance that had the crowd dancing in their seats, really wanting to jump up and about. Amy is definitely a character and loves to perform while telling the stories behind her songs, as they all have a meaning and why they were written. If you have ever listened to the song ‘The Idiot’, you’d understand why it’s about an ex-boyfriend, and don’t we all have one of “those” ones! While touring around, Amy has found herself in countries where people know her name, but not who she actually is – especially the Europeans, who always love to make a point about Sia. It’s Amy bloody Shark though and she has the confidence to tell them that - “But I’m Amy Shark”.
The sirens start for ‘Drive You Mad’, and this one had so, so much of Amy’s heart and soul put into it; looking around at the crowd you could tell they felt the emotion too. Amy is pretty upfront, and her personality makes you laugh as she has a dry sense of humour on stage so she openly admits that she’s going to walk off stage, the room will go dark and wants everyone to chant her name so that she can come back for two last killer songs. We can’t miss ‘Adore’, what a bloody song. There wasn’t one person in the room that wasn’t singing along before the crowd truly erupted, jumping out of their chairs, for the absolute cracker hit ‘I Said Hi’ to finish the evening. It’s been a long time since we have seen Amy Shark here in G Town and we welcome you back anytime girl!
This was my first time encountering Planet Of The 8’s and blimey, I was blown away. With riffs definitely suited to Stoner Metal acts like Sleep and Iron Monkey, it’s the vocals that really define their genre, with them leaning much more towards the whole desert rock movement. ‘20 and 20 is 40’ delivers powerful down-tuned riffs with a huge stadium rock chorus. Elements of its riffs really remind me of early Queens Of The Stoneage, as do its reverb orientated vocals in the bridge. ‘Christopher Walken In The Jungle With the Fkn Animals’ delivers a much heavier sound which would be perfect to see live with its bass so down-tuned you can hear the rattle. ‘You You You’ is a much more melodic number with it sounding much more psychedelic, very open at times and subtle which just make it so much heavier when it kicks in. ‘Visions & Runaways S07E07’ rounds up the album with a slow-burning distorted opening which leads into the eight-minute epic. If you’re a fan of stoner/doom/sludge rock, this is definitely an album for you to check out. It’s not necessarily anything new, but it’s done fucking well.
HOLD//FIRE
MICHAEL LANE
THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND
THE EAST POINTERS
The Space in Between
Traveling Son
Rumour & Innuendo
Yours To Break
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Greywood Records
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East Pointers Music
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Reviewed By Tammy Walters
Like the mist which seasons the freeway of his cover image, the unobtrusive voice of Michael Lane drifts through the album with reflective grace. Even in ‘Stormy Weather’, he sees ‘sunset’ and ‘fire in your eyes’, while telling gentle tales through convincing second-person narratives with a feathery delivery and sunlit mood. A buttermilk voice glides in leisurely strides across layers of sound; tripping in a tripling acoustic arpeggio that forms the canvas for the piece’s colours. Synthesised effects propel a hum of city sophistication; while slick scratches of harmonica harness the softness of rural reeds which echo through Lane’s sentimentality. Lane’s title track ‘Traveling Son’ prepares a lithe laneway through the excursion of his collection; while falsetto harmonies drizzled over the patting rhythms of ‘Worth It’ is worthy of attention. ‘Dusty photographs in the basement of Grandfather tells a story of my childhood long ago’ depicts Lane’s avenues of nostalgic explorations, and once navigated for its softness and calming flow, Traveling Son should mellowly meander into your mind.
Frontman of The Southern River Band, Callum Kramer described the album “like taking public transport from Hound Dog Taylor up to Iron Maiden, stopping at all points in-between.” and it’s spot on, the band refuses to be pigeonholed into any specific section of rock and roll. The album starts off in a big way, giving you that carefree rock and roll feel right from the very first phrase. “Smoke like a chimney, drink like a fish” these lyrics coupled with a “blow-your-tits-clean-off” riff, as described by the band, it’s definitely the heaviest song of the album and it starts it off with heaps of energy. The next single, ‘Second Best’ is a hook-driven, guitar-heavy jam and brings forth a slightly new sound for the band, putting on display a gentler vocalised piece with a clear 70’s rock n roll sound. ‘Do you miss me?’, slows things down a lot and takes you to a more relaxed deep place, displaying a more melodic and tender sound for the usually high energy band, this one will surely have you swaying and singing along. The album is a journey through rock and roll with their 70’s style, ranging from their classic punchy vocals and hard riffs to a softer tender sound and only grows on you with each listen.
Australia’s relationship with Canadian folksters, The East Pointers, has always been one of utmost love, and there is no doubt that their latest album will have the same effect on Aussie audiences. Titled, Yours To Break, the ten-track piece, produced by multi-Grammy Award-winning songwriter and highly renowned producer Gordie Sampson, pushes the envelope to capture the attention of the next folk enthusiastic generation, continuing their heavy trail-blazing antics. It does this by genre-blending just enough to break into commercial territory but not too much to sway from their roots, matching their signature Celtic trance charm with juicy pop hooks and acoustic guitar crawls, and chopping between a trio of harmonics and straight instrumental pieces. Not only does it fuse genre elements, but it also includes distinct influences from specific countries, most notably our own nation, to give it a rich global appeal even though much of the lyrical subject matter stays central to the band’s home town of Prince Edward Island. Yours To Break explores connection in all forms, between people, places, items, and activities on physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Following Yours To Break, The East Pointers really should rename to The North Pointers since that is the direction they are headed.
Hold//Fire’s debut album The Space in Between is a steady first release from the band, filled with emotional lyricism with touches of the heavy rock and punk elements easily heard throughout. The albums opening track ‘Lost’ eases in with lead singer Andy Forssman’s vocal cutting the silence before a slow electric strum joins. The lyrics call out, though slightly drowned by the sound of the guitar. Distant harmonies can be heard in the chorus, and by the three-minute mark, the band’s heavier sound comes to life, the electric guitar cutting across, the drummer’s cymbals crashing to life. ‘Restless’ rocks from the get-go, the drums driving behind the distorted guitar. The album’s title track, ‘The Space in Between’, opens with a slowly picked guitar, the vocals effectively cutting across over this. The album’s closing track, ‘Bones’, is a different sound to the other tracks, with an alt-country feel. Acoustic in the beginning, the track features the best guitar solo of the album, before a softer acoustic break. The Space in Between is a steady start for Hold// Fire. The harmonies on tracks like ‘Lost’ and ‘Safety in Numbers’ are brilliant, but they become lost behind the electric instruments, as do the lead vocals on occasion. The lyricism is a highlight, and Forssman must be praised for his ability to convey such emotion in his vocals. Having now found their feet, Hold//Fire will move forward with each coming project.
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IT’S LIME CORDIALE THAT MELBOURNE LIKE BEST WHERE: CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE WHEN: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 PHOTOS: CHLOE HALL REVIEWED BY DANIELA KOULIKOV In the middle of the week, Lime Cordiale decided to grace The Corner Hotel in Richmond with another fantastic live act. Even with the presence of exams looming, the show was fully sold-out, and everyone was there to relax and put their worries aside for the night.
Opening for Lime Cordiale was the eccentric and talkative Approachable Members Of Your Local Community, coming from St Kilda with funky matching Adidas kicks and delivering indie-pop with a side of groove. Their charisma and upbeat tunes were infectious and set the crowd up for a boogie-filled night. When Lime Cordiale came on to deliver their ‘Robbery Tour’, the crowd was ready. The stage went dark before it lit up in an array of jewel reds and blues – and they were on stage, kicking off their performance with the classic ‘Naturally’. From there it snowballed, with the band playing top hits like ‘Waking Up Easy’, ‘Inappropriate Behaviour’ – and of course, their triple j Like A Version: ‘I Touch Myself’, which proved especially popular with the crowd. Interspacing the songs were playful instrumentals, with energetic drum, guitar and trombone solos adding elegance and charm to the night. Lime Cordiale’s strengths stem not only from their
sweet, smooth vocals and breezy harmonies – but also from their ability to add depth into the music they perform. This was especially visible in ‘Robbery’, ‘Dirt Cheap’ and ‘Temper Temper’, all songs that explore the intensity of love in varying ways. Seeing local Australian talent deliver layered, meaningful music that still inspired the crowd to dance and sing along the words was a delight. It’s truly no surprise the venue had been fully booked out because, at the end of the night, everyone left with smiles on their faces. Next time Lime Cordiale come, book a ticket and get ready to put on your dancing shoes. You won’t be disappointed. If you missed out, you can still catch Lime Cordiale at Spilt Milk in Ballarat on Saturday, 30 November; at the Corner Hotel, Melbourne on December 1 & Falls Festival in Lorne from December 28-31. Spilt Milk is sold-out, but the resale facility is now open.
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Most artists rarely find new subjects; the best ones manage to find new ways to look at them. So while The Irishman – which the film itself really wants you to call I Hear You Paint Houses, as it comes up title-style twice over the three and a half-hour run time (it never drags for a second) – is Martin Scorsese’s return to widescreen mob drama a la Goodfellas and Casino, rest assured this is in no way going over old ground (well, maybe the part where a bunch of Mob guys go to a nightclub to see Don Rickles, as the real Rickles had a big part in Casino). While those films were in part about people swept up by the power and glamour of the Mob at its height, the focus here is on Frank Sheeran (Robert DeNiro), who’s already seen his fair share of killing in WWII before his truck driving job segues into theft and eventual murder. Yes, DeNiro is CGI de-aged for a large chunk of the film; no it’s not really distracting after the first minute – and as the film explicitly positions everything we see as the reminiscences of the old Sheeran, it actually makes sense that in his memories his younger self would be a little hazy. More importantly, this isn’t a young man’s look at the mob no matter what the age of the people on screen: darkness hangs heavy over everything here, and even when the good times are in full swing, death – often in the case of superimposed text letting us know when and how various mobster meet their end – is never far away. Where Scorsese’s earlier gangster films were more about the mileu than the leads – Goodfella’s Henry Hill and Casino’s Sam Rothstein get to the end and only regret that the good times are over – this is much more about the weight of a life of violent crime and how it crushes your soul. DeNiro gives a far more restrained performance here than we’ve seen from him in years (decades?), but it’s telling that the only time Sheeran’s solid composure cracks is early on talking about how he was ordered to kill prisoners in the war. His friendship with union kingpin Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino, keeping his usual excesses largely in check) is some of DeNiro’s most subtle and affecting acting in (again) years; if you know how Hoffa’s story ends you have an idea of where all this is going. And yet, despite all the acting star power on show in the film’s first three hours – Joe Pesci is back out of retirement playing a thoughtful, almost kindly mob boss (so yeah, firmly against type) and he’s a revelation - the last half hour of this film is perhaps Scorsese’s best work, as age and time strip everything from Sheeran as he realises that his life has left him with nothing and no way to get it back. All he has left is to wait to die; The Irishman is only going to be in cinemas for a weekend or so from the 7th (it’ll be on Netflix from the end of the month), and I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Hey gang! It seems the year is disappearing in front of my eyes – we’re rapidly approaching the end of October, and I’m sure it’ll only be another blink of the eyes until the year is done and dusted. Mercifully, despite the quickly vanishing months, this week’s comic is sure to stick in your memory. This week, we’re covering a modern classic - Punk Rock Jesus, a tale of religion, rebellion, and a Messiah with an attitude. Punk Rock Jesus is written and drawn by one of my favourite contemporary comic writer/artists, Sean Murphy (Batman: White Knight, American Vampire), and I’m honestly disappointed that I hadn’t picked it up ‘til now. Funnily enough, Punk Rock Jesus was written in 2012 and published on DC’s sadly discontinued Vertigo imprint, but was set in 2019, which makes it strangely relevant as it draws some eerie parallels to modern-day society. In 2019, the entertainment mega-conglomerate OPHIS has done the impossible: they’ve successfully cloned the Messiah. Jesus Christ himself has been reborn through the miracles wrought by modern science - DNA scraped from the Shroud of Turin has been moulded into a viable state, and artificially inseminated into naive young woman - Gwen, a new Mary for the modern era. Jesus - named Chris by his mother - has been destined to grow up in his very own Truman Show, surrounded by cameras and watched by the public 24/7, with only his mother, his best friend and his bodyguard for company. As he grows older, his mother’s mental health slowly begins to deteriorate, locked away from the ravenous fans and religious extremists that want to worship and/or murder them, and after a series of traumatic events, compounded by OPHIS’ iron fist, Gwen is killed. Disillusioned by the cut-throat corporate sideshow that is his life, and infuriated by the religious fundamentalism infesting his world, Chris delves into the works of Darwin, Sagan and the Dead Kennedys - and the Punk Rock Jesus is born. Breaking out of his corporate-sponsored prison, Chris joins up-and-coming punk band The Flak Jackets, and sets out to burn the world down. If the above paragraph wasn’t enough of an indication, Punk Rock Jesus covers a lot of ground. Murphy dutifully transcribes the events leading up to Chris’ birth, his infancy, his early years and well into his teen years, as well as masterfully laying out a tale of corporate intrigue, ruthlessness and redemption to drive events along. The buildup to Chris finally taking up the mantle of the Punk Rock Jesus is long, but ultimately worth it – the tragedies and trauma he endures, as well as the few positive influences in his life, make it seem like a slow but natural progression. It’s also worth noting that I’ve skipped over an entire subplot revolving around a main supporting character and his backstory, which takes up a significant amount of page space and serves as a similarly brutal tale of redemption and finding oneself. As I said above, I’m of the firm belief that Punk Rock Jesus is a modern classic. Sean Murphy has had a hand in crafting some of my favourite stories in recent years, and Punk Rock Jesus is no exception. It’s a tale of teen angst, rebellion, and celebrity, and I freakin’ loved it. Give it a read!
About ten years ago the west end of Geelong started to change. Live music at Beav’s Bar began to drive a wedge into the DJs and nightclubs. Five and a half years ago last September, Pete Raimundo started Pistol Pete’s Food and Blues and Beav’s shift became a trend. Pete had to double the size of his premises, Andy Pobjoy could not expand his Piano Bar and moved to Malop Street, still in that west end of Geelong. Pete says, “it doesn’t feel like that long. The street has changed a lot … street’s picking up.” Add to that, restaurants with their variety of food, and even the council has taken notice of improvements to the area. Now the West End has started bringing in different clientele. “There are new people, a lot here for everybody, certainly it’s great food, it’s pretty authentic. We get good feedback from Americans on tour or actually living here now. Had a Texan last night who said the okra was ‘just like his grandma made’,” Pete continues. “It’s a good experience, same with the music; we cover blues and soul, have been doing a lot of Americana and Country and obviously jazz. You don’t have to be right into that music, you get the vibe... you might not listen to country ever, but you’ll have a fun time.” There are definitely regulars, every week or fortnight. Opening up into the adjacent shop was definitely good for Pistol Pete’s. “34 max and that was probably a bit tight, next door was a must-do.” Pete would have liked to expand along again, but the landlord did point out that it was not only a separate building, but a separate title! “We’ve got al fresco at the front, now the courtyard, late November, early December, with food and licensed, you can have fresh air and still hear the tunes.” I asked him what was the high point? “That’s a hard one … I think Mardi Gras going on to the street. We’re already planning the next one. 2020.” Pete’s favourite food? “Fried chicken.” Favourite drink? “Oh … too many to choose …” And music? “It was always a pleasure to have Chris [Wilson] here. That was our first coup, two nights in a row, which was very cool, very clubby. There’s been some great bands through, international as well as local ones, I’m a bit of a sucker for Creek, Steve Boyd Rum Reverie, any band that’s got horns in it, some of the young guys … Jack Meredith, Heath Robertson, Fenn and George Wilson. I’ve seen them from when some of them were 15, 16, 14 the way they’ve grown and the future that’s there for them. It’s good to see them perform the same song, but it’s grown and then they hold it about five minutes out and run with it, it’s pretty cool. And the Sweethearts when they come and do their thing, like the gig before I think there were nine new members. Then you see the other ones who are about to leave. It’s about giving a space.” I’m a regular, Sunday afternoons mostly. It’s a great venue.
Welcome to THTH, Forte’s premier source of all things heavy, hard, fast and metal. At time of writing, there’s no news about the line-up for next year’s Australian Download festival but we have a date (date below)! The date was announced out of the blue and now the speculation will begin, which I don’t really mind. But what I do mind is the lack of hype Download generates, rather, doesn’t generate. Soundwave used to do it really well, they’d drop hints and keep people on their toes through the while process from date announcement to final line up, but I feel like Download doesn’t really give a fuck and will just announce something on Twitter or Facey and then go quiet. They don’t play the guessing games, the don’t interact anywhere near as much as Soundwave used to, and it’s kinda boring. Let’s be honest, who doesn’t love getting hyped for a music festival? And who doesn’t like speculating over beers which bands will be playing the festivals? They’re all fun games. It feels like Download don’t really care about generating the hype because they know they have the monopoly on the Oz big international metal music festival scene so they can do as much or as little as they want when it comes to publicity because they know that no matter what, in the end, it’ll be a nearly sold out, or sold out event. Maybe they’re not the sort of festival to play these games, which is fair enough, but I remember one Soundwave festival where they organised with a radio station to announce their line up by playing songs from the bands on the bill, and that was really cool. Sure, Soundwave totally fucked everything up and the result is we’re all one metal festival less per year, but looking back if I could have either the Soundwave times again, or the current Download times, I reckon I’d go back to the Soundwave times. In other news
SUMMER’S COMING Our beaches have been bathed in some beautiful sunshine lately. It has been fantastic to drag the boardshorts out of winter storage, give them a shake and put them back on for another season of summer fun in the sun. As the ocean warms up thoughts quickly turn to surfing and that age-old question; ‘should I get a new board for summer?’ This question has bothered surfers for decades. The surfboard you have been riding all winter has a few dings, your mate has got a brand new quad made from some spaceage material and has been raving about it for weeks. Do you cave in and order a new board or summer? I ordered a new custom mal from NMC Surfboards in Barwon Heads last summer (shameless plug). It has been fantastic and the best thing I have done in years. We also have a great little quad Fish which I was really looking forward to riding until the 12-year-old, surf-mad daughter spotted it and I have barely been on it since, so I could justify a new Fish….hmm decisions, decisions. I have always picked up surfboards locally. I figure if you’re going to surf the Surf Coast then get a board from a local shaper who a/ knows the local conditions and b/ usually makes a damn good board (support local business). Every town on the peninsula and Surf Coast has a couple of good local shapers you could be contacting now to get that order in before Christmas. Sure you will pay a bit more for a locally shaped custom board but ‘hey’, you’re keeping someone in a job and it would be a terrible thing if the art of surfboard shaping was lost on our coast. Shapers also employ glassers, graphic artists and ding repairers so when you buy a surfboard locally you are supporting quite a vibrant cottage industry (not to mention the local surf shops which carry stock boards and will also have relationships with a bunch of shapers). Forget that crap that comes out of China. Why would you buy a surfboard made in a factory hundreds of kilometres from the ocean shaped by someone who has never surfed? Sure the boards might be cheap but really are you going to get what you want in terms of performance and durability? Buy local... time’s running out and order books will be filling fast as Christmas approaches. Get on the phone now to your favourite shaper before it’s too late! Come summer when you wax-up that new board for the first time and walk down the sand marveling at the shine on the nose and how light it is, you will know you have made the right decision.
++ KING will release their new album Coldest Of Cold on Friday November 22. ++ Metal in the Mountains 2019 featuring Dr Colossus, Blunt Shovel and more will be held at the Beechworth Memorial Hall in Beechworth on Saturday November 30. ++ Wolves In The Throne Room will play 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. ++ Geoff Tate and his band will play Operation Mindcrime in its entirety, plus more, at Melbourne’s Croxton Bandroom on Saturday February 1. ++ Okilly Dokilly and Dr Colossus will be at the Corner Hotel on Saturday February 15. ++ Download will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds on Friday March 20. ++ Blacken Open Air festival will be held over Easter weekend, 2020. Easter Sunday will be April 12. Handy to know if you’re looking for cheap flights to NT well in advance. ++ Check out this edition’s of THTH’s Spotify playlist by searching for playlist: THTH727 or by searching spotify:user:TooHeavyToHug
If you have any news about local metal bands, shows or albums, let THTH know by emailing to tooheavytohug@ hotmail.com or get in touch via Twitter at @TooHeavyToHug
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WORKERS GEELONG: ZUMA
EVELYN HOTEL: LONDON TOPAZ
PISTOL PETE’S: PISTOL PETE’S JAM NIGHT VALHALLA BREWING & TAPROOM: METAL NIGHT WORKERS CLUB GEELONG: SOLO SESSIONS FRI 8TH BEAVS BAR: LIVE MUSIC CHRISTMAS IN GEELONG OPENING NIGHT THE DOOR GALLERY CAFÉ: SHANE HOWARD THE EASTERN: DEFENESTRATION: BOGALARS, BUNYIP, A GREED SCEINCE EDGE GEELONG: LIVE MUSIC AND DJS ESPY: MOLER, LITTLEFOOT FURPHY HALL: TRING-GO GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: THE 39 STEPS, LARGER THAN LIFE, THE IRRESISTIBLE GROVEDALE HOTEL: ABE ANDERSON LAMBYS: ADAM 12, TROY BARRETT, DJ JO JO PALAIS-HEPBURN: BUSBY MAROU PISTOL PETES: SOUL MOVERS RECESS: FABULOUS FRIDAY SEXPO AUSTRALIA THEATRE ROYAL: THE MEANIES TORQUAY HOTEL: SLOWLY SLOWLY WORKERS CLUB GEELONG: THE ASTRO TURFS: LIFT OFF! SAT 9TH AIREY’S PUB: SALTY BONES BARWON CLUB: RIVER ROCKS BEAVS BAR: LIVE MUSIC THE EASTERN: APCO + SHOCK FRIENDLY EDGE: LIVE MUSIC AND DJ
GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: RAPUNZEL: A TANGLED PANTO, REFLEX: THE FUTURE OF OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY
BARWON CLUB: RIVER ROCKS REHAB BARKING DOG: GUITAR BAR THE BRIDGE HOTEL: D.C CROSS/ DARREN CROSS (GERLING/JEP AND DEP) ALBUM LAUNCH
GROVEDALE HOTEL: DARA HESSION GROWLERS: MATTHEW BENTLEY LAMBYS: ADAM12, ANDY FORSTER, DJ JOJO
DOGAPALOOZA MELBOURNE
LOCH HART MUSIC FESTIVAL
THE EASTERN: MATT MURRAY & THE DURRY BUSTERS
PALAIS-HEPBURN: DAYLESFORD COLLEGE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE NIGHT
EDGE: LIVE MUSIC AND DJ
PISTOL PETE’S: DEAN HAITANI
THE FOX AND THE HEN: SUNDAY SESSIONS
POTATO SHED: NORTH BELLARINE FILM FESTIVAL 2019
GROVEDALE HOTEL: DEAN COCKERELL GOLDEN VINE: PUB CHURCH – LEND A HAND LUNCH FUNDRAISER FOR ARC
THEATRE ROYAL: DYSON SRINGER CLOHER TORQUAY HOTEL: PRESS CLUB
LAMBYS: LUKE BISCAN, LIAM BLACKWELL
WORKERS CLUB GEELONG: OXYGEN PRESENTS RUN RED, LAGOON & LIONEL BAKER, RACH BRENNAN & THE PINES
THE LOST ONES BASEMENT BAR: WELL STRUNG MORGAN’S BAR & GRILL: SUNDAY SESSIONS
SAT 16TH
PIANO BAR: RICK PRICE
AIREY’S PUB: MATTHEW BENTLEY
PIANO BAR: PITCH PLEASE
ARCHIVE WINE BAR: SIP N SHUCK
PISTOL PETE’S: DIAMOND & THE BLUES
BARWON CLUB: CEMENT SHOES (USA), AUSMUTEANTS, VINTAGE CROP
SAILORS REST: SUNDAY ROOFTOP PARTY SEXPO AUSTRALIA
BEAVS BAR: LIVE MUSIC
TERINDAH ESTATE: SUNDAY SESSIONS
BLOOM: ALEX STEIN
THEATRE ROYAL: SHANE HOWARD TRIO
THE DOOR GALLERY CAFÉ: SOUL SISTER SWING
TUES 12TH ANALOGUE ACADEMY: LIFE DRAWING
EDGE GEELONG: LIVE MUSIC AND DJS
THE ESPY: OPEN MIC
THE EASTERN: DEWEY AND THE PANEL BEATERS
WED 13TH
THE ESPY: GOMEZ, SOC POP #40: NIINE, ELWYN, FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS
ANALOGUE ACADEMY: OUT OF THE HAT – MUSICAL HANG BEAVS BAR: LIVE MUSIC
ESPY: SOC POP #39: GLITORIS, HEARTS AND ROCKETS, GREYJACKS
PISTOL PETES: MASTERCLASS AMERICAN WHISKEY WITH GORGE CAMORRA
FORUM MELBOURNE: THE TESKEY BROTHERS
PIANO BAR GEELONG: B*TCHES WITH BALLS!
THEATRE ROYAL: CASTLEMAINE SOUND THURS 14TH
GMHBA: WESTERN UNITED V WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS
BARWON CLUB: HOURS, NURSE RATCHET
GOLDEN VINE: MESSIN’ ROUND AT THE VINE
BEAVS BAR: LIVE MUSIC
GROVEDALE HOTEL: ANDY FORSTER DUO HOME HOUSE: LOCKDOWN, DE MUNARI
THE ESPY: TURTLE WAVE, KITSCHEN BOY, PHAEDO
LAMBYS: BEDROCK, LACHY CARTLEDGE, LIAM BLACKWELL
GOLDEN VINE: JOEL CREASEY PISTOL PETES: TENNYSON KING DUO
THE LOST ONES BASEMENT BAR: NINA ROSE
THEATRE ROYAL: THE POLLINATORS
PALAIS-HEPBURN: OH SOLO ME SHOW (OPERA), MERVATS
WORKERS CLUB GEELONG: LOWERCASE POETRY PRESENTS ‘ACCIDENTAL LOSS’
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FORUM MELBOURNE: THE TESKEY BROTHERS
SUN 10TH
THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE: MADHOUSE COVERBAND
GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: THE 39 STEPS, LARGER THAN LIFE, THE IRRESISTIBLE
SPHINX HOTEL: INXSIVE
PIANO BAR: LADIES LUNCH & HENS AFTERNOON
GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: RAPUNZEL: A TANGLED PANTO, REFLEX: THE FUTURE OF OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY GROVEDALE HOTEL: ANDY FORSTER
TORQUAY HOTEL: PAUL DEMPSEY
WOOL EXCHANGE ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX: HEAVENS GREATEST HITS WORKERS CLUB GEELONG: THE MAMAS SUN 17TH BARWON CLUB: THE REBELLES BENDIGO RECORD FAIR THE EASTERN: MATT MURRAY & THE DURRY BUSTERS EDGE GEELONG: LIVE MUSIC THE ESPY: TOXIC FOX FORUM MELBOURNE: MIDDLE KIDS, DIDIRRI FOR THE LOVE – SPECIAL EDITION THE FOX AND HEN: SUNDAY SESSIONS LIVE MUSIC GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: RAPUNZEL: A TANGLED PANTO GROVEDALE HOTEL: MIKE HEARN GOLDEN VINE: THE GOLD FIELDS BLUES CLUB LAMBYS: LEVI ANDERSON, LIAM BLACKWELL LOCH HART MUSIC FESTIVAL THE LOST ONES BASEMENT BAR: GRAND BAXTER MORGAN’S BAR & GRILL: SUNDAY SESSIONS PALAIS-HEPBURN: GEOFFREY WILLIAMS WITH DAYLESFORD SOUL CHOIR + THE OCTOBER CHOIR PIANO BAR: PITCH PLEASE!, PIANO BAR PRESENTS THE SONGS OF MATCHBOX 20 PISTOL PETE’S: DAN & SHORTY SUNDAY SESSION POTATO SHED: NORTH BELLARINE FILM FESTIVAL 2019 RUN 4 GEELONG SOUTH GEELONG FARMERS MARKET TERINDAH ESTATE: SUNDAY SESSIONS WORKERS CLUB FITZROY: MATTHEW BENTLEY MON 18TH GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: RAPUNZEL: A TANGLED PANTO PRINCE BANDROOM: GLASS ANIMALS TUES 19TH
GOLDEN VINE: DANIEL AARON DUO DEBUT
ANALOGUE ACADEMY: LIFE DRAWING
HOME HOUSE: ERYK GEE, COOPER GIBBS, JC KING
GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: RAPUNZEL: A TANGLED PANTO
LAMBYS: BEDROCK, LUKE BISCAN, ZACH VALENTI
THE ESPY: OPEN MIC
LOCH HART MUSIC FESTIVAL THE LOST ONES BASEMENT BAR: ANNA SMYRK MANCHESTER ARMS: MR ANDERSON PISTOL PETE’S: THE JUMP CATS POTATO SHED: NORTH BELLARINE FILM FESTIVAL 2019
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WED 20TH BEAVS BAR: LIVE MUSIC GEELONG ARTS CENTRE: RAPUNZEL: A TANGLED PANTO PIANO BAR GEELONG: B*TCHES WITH BALLS! PISTOL PETE’S: BUDDY KNOX
FRI 8 NOVEMBER:
SAT 9 NOVEMBER:
SUN 10 NOVEMBER:
SOLO ACOUSTIC SET
DUO ACOUSTIC SET
SOLO ACOUSTIC SET
ABE ANDERSON Abe’s acoustic mastery plus stylistic clean vocals in covers and originals equal your next cold-pint-in-hand big night out.
ANDY FORSTER DUO To keep it fresh, Andy will be supported by a guest accompanist. You’ll find out who on the night. But what we can tell you is that you will love their dulcet tones.
DEAN COCKERELL Organise the troops and get down to taste the soulful acoustic flavours of Dean Cockerell dreadlocked singer, guitarist and one half of Enquire Within.
* FRI & SAT
7PM-8PM *
ESPRESSO MARTINIS
— $10 —
GROVEDALEHOTEL FRI 15 NOVEMBER:
DARA HESSION SOLO ACOUSTIC SET
ANDY FORSTER SOLO ACOUSTIC SET
A multi-instrumentalist and a lively entertainer Andy combines acoustic rhythms, unique sounding vocals and an impressive stomp box to create a unique sound.
SUN 17 NOVEMBER:
GROVEDALEHOTEL.COM.AU 1300GROVEDALE (1300 476 833)
WEB.
MIKE HEARN
PHONE.
SOLO ACOUSTIC SET Influenced by the likes of Paul Kelly and Luke Temple — you can expect an Australian musical presence with a healthy serve of left-of-field covers from Mike.
SE L FA LI ST NG !
Born and bred into a very Irish and musical family Dara has music running through his veins. Dara’s love of performing always makes for a night to remember to be sure.
SAT 16 NOVEMBER:
FRI. 8 NOVEMBER FRI. 15 NOVEMBER
PRESS CLUB
FRI. 22 NOVEMBER
Montaigne SE L FA LI ST NG !
SLOWLY SLOWLY
SAT. 30 NOVEMBER
No Scrubs:
90s & Early 00s Party
SAT. 7 DECEMBER
The Dreggs & Nick Saxon
SUN. 5 JANUARY
Ruby Fields
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