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No… ah it’s a tough word for some, me especially. We all know that you can never be productive if you take on too many commitments — you simply spread yourself too thin and cannot get anything done, at least not well or on time! I’m now finally realising that to stay productive and minimise stress (which is an almighty task sometimes) you must learn the art of saying no. That doesn’t mean being rude, or having the intention to hurt or disappoint someone, it just means saying no here and there when you physically (or mentally) cannot spend your time in a certain way. As someone guilty of trying to be everywhere at once, I’m going to be trialling the gentle art of saying no… wish me luck!

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This issue we have The Badloves on our cover, who are performing one exclusive gig at this year’s Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival, headlining what will be a fun night at Ulumbarra Theatre. Becoming an Australian household name in the 90’s for their multiplatinum hits “Lost”, “Green Limousine”, “I Remember”, “Caroline” and a cover of “The Weight” with Jimmy Barnes, this is one performance you won’t want to miss.

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WRITTEN BY SHAE MCCORMACK LET THEM EAT CAKE UNVEILS A RIPPING NEW YEAR’S DAY LINEUP

JIM JEFFERIES IS TOURING AUSTRALIA In his almost 20-year career, Jim has delivered seven monumental comedy specials and is one of the biggest ticket‐selling stand‐up comedians on the planet. Now the iconic comedian will be bringing his latest live stand up – The Night Talker Tour – to Australia for another sell-out tour. It’s no secret that Jim Jefferies is hilarious; selling out stadiums and iconic venues globally with his brutal humour, dragging alcoholism, gun control, religion and political satire into the fray of an hourlong comedy show that regularly leaves fans speechless. He will roll into Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Monday 17 December 2018, as part of The Night Talker Tour. General tickets on sale via Ticketek. Start preparing to laugh until you cry, and subsequently hate yourself for laughing.

Oh boy, it’s back. For its seventh year, the people at Cake are going to be throwing one helluva decent birthday party. If you’re the type of person who can manage to save yourself enough on New Year’s Eve (or kick on through) to enjoy a New Year’s Day event then Let Them Eat Cake has got you covered with a solid lineup of electronic music. Topping the lineup is Irish production powerhouse Bicep doing a live set, German House pioneer Danilo Plessow, ‘Motor City Drum Ensemble’, alongside Melbourne mainstay CC:DISCO and DJ Boring. They’ll be joined by Opiuo, Esther Silex, Flava D, Joe Kay and Peggy Gou and heaps more to be announced. Along with the music, there’s also art, cocktails, teahouses, gourmet seasonal food and drinks, and a richly boutique feel. It all goes down at Werribee Park on January 1, 2019.

NOCTURNAL EXPLORES POWER WITH NGAIIRE, ELECTRIC FIELDS & BLACK TREE

HOPKINS CREEK MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 2018

The next instalment of Nocturnal (the adultsonly after dark party at the Museum) is upon us and sees Melbourne Museum turning into a soul and pop powered dance party, with museum experts sharing all their knowledge around the theme of POWER. The epitome of power, the fearless, fearsome and fabulous soulful future-folk vocalist Ngaiire will be heading the Nocturnal stage, alongside Electric Fields, Black Tree, and DJ Christopher Port who will keep the thrills at 110 per cent between performances. Museums Victoria’s partners Powershop will also be on site, running an interactive people powered pop-up, there will even be a world record taking place on site – the largest ever display of toy pinwheels, so make sure to get involved for the record books.

It all goes down on Friday October 5 | 6pm to 11pm at the Melbourne Museum.

Utilising the natural wonder of a large meteor crater in the Western district of country Victoria, Hopkins Creek is a three-day celebration of music, art and mateship. Experience a unique journey through light and sound led by a diverse selection of Australia’s most alluring musicians, producers and DJ’s; as well as a handful of special guests from across the water. This year we’ll see performances from the likes of Adi Toohey, Ben Fester, Ess O Ess (UK), Mitsuki (JAP), Ryan Berkeley (Live), Sagamore, plus heaps more. It truly is the place to indulge in a safe world for self-expression and exploration, connect to the music, the land and each other – oh and it’s BYO! It goes down at the Kulkurt Crater, Tatyoon, from November 30 December 2. Third release tickets are on sale now via www.hopkins-creek.com/tickets.

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ALEX THE ASTRONAUT ANNOUNCES ‘THE SPACE TOUR’

DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST REVEALS GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM

Overachieving Sydney-based singer-songwriter Alex the Astronaut (aka Alexandra Lynn) is heading out on national headline tour this November. ‘The Space Tour’ will hit venues in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth.

Well-known and loved for her now-signature, spritely acoustic strumming and conversational storytelling, ‘The Space Tour’ announcement comes off the back of what has been a hectic 2018. Kicking off the year with a sold-out co-headline national tour alongside Stella Donnelly, Alex then went on to perform at the UK’s The Great Escape, Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spin Off Festival in Adelaide and at Byron Bay’s Splendour in the Grass. Catch Alex the Astronaut at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne on November 22.

Darebin Music Feast is back, and it boasts a smorgasbord of diverse talent. Wanting to highlight inclusivity, the team behind it all has ensured that more than a third of the events are free, most are all-ages, and they’ve made sure to include a heap of wheelchair accessible venues, too. This year’s program is absolutely packed, with Jen Cloher, Mojo Juju, Alice Skye, Banoffee and Jesswar just a few of the artists on show. Further highlights include an opening night screening of Her Sound, Her Story alongside an entire weekend of events that consider the relationship between gender, sound and narrative. Meanwhile, the closing party is absolutely stacked -- featuring Clypso, Jaala, Jade Imagine, Loose Tooth, RVG and more. Darebin Music Feast runs from October 18 - October 28. Head to their website for full details.

ART VS SCIENCE, STELLA DONNELLY AND MORE REVEALED FOR NYE ON THE HILL

JOHN BUTLER TRIO ANNOUNCE NATIONAL ‘COMING HOME’ TOUR

NYE on the Hill has announced an eclectic full lineup, spanning folk punk to dance pop and everything in between. Joining The Smith Street Band, The Kite String Tangle and Sampa The Great is a motley crew of Australian heavy-hitters. Leading the charge comes long-time festival favourites Art Vs Science and Stella Donnelly, with further highlights including Kult Kyss, Sunnyside, Post Percy and more. Ticket to the event also includes free camping, BYO alcohol, and licensed bars -- running across three days and two nights of bands, beers, and beautiful sunsets. What more could you want? NYE on the Hill goes down from Sunday December 30 - Tuesday January 1 on The Farm, Loch Village.

Aussie music icons John Butler Trio and Missy Higgins will be joining forces in January and February for the Coming Home Tour – a tour reflecting both the title of John’s imminent new album and the fact that it will finally reunite two artists whose early careers were closely intertwined. The not-to-be-missed events will celebrate the release of JBT’s new album (Home, out September 28) as well as showcasing the hits that have made John Butler Trio the highest selling independent artist of all time. They will be joined by upcoming singer songwriter Stella Donnelly, as well as special guests in each city including Dan Sultan, The Waifs, The Teskey Brothers and Baker Boy. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to witness them both Missy Higgins and JBT live and in full effect, reunited once more to tour the country for a once-in-a-lifetime show. Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne – February 7.

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Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival The Badloves at the Big House

ONCE IN A WHILE, A REFORMATION IN THE MUSIC WORLD OCCURS THAT IS WORTHY OF DIGGING THROUGH THE WARDROBE FOR AN OLD BAND SHIRT - ENTER THE BADLOVES. THE RENOWNED CHARTING ROCKERS WITH HITS LIKE ‘LOST’, ‘MEMPHIS’, ‘I REMEMBER’, ‘THE WEIGHT’ (WITH JIMMY BARNES) AND ‘GREEN LIMOUSINE’ ARE BACK AND IN FINE FORM, READY TO DAZZLE CROWDS AND REMIND THEM WHY THEY ACHIEVED SUCH SUCCESS IN AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE. Founding member and front-man Michael Spiby is beyond excited at the prospect of getting among the fans once again when The Badloves hit the road in November and join the ranks for the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival 2018 for an exclusive gig.

“It’s pretty humbling to have people’s trust, we’re always grateful to our supporters old and new. It’s lovely to meet the children and family of established fans who know the songs, that’s wild,” Spiby reveals.

It’s been quite some time since The Badloves have graced a stage in Bendigo and the region’s Blues and Roots Music Festival is the perfect opportunity for a memorable return to the scene.“We’ve never had the pleasure to come play before. Long time since we’ve played in old Bendigo town, so we’re very excited at the prospect,” explains Spiby, before commenting on the festival format of their upcoming gig. “I think all bands 12

can thrive in the festival forum, it’s quite an electric and immersive experience to play in a dedicated musical setting. It makes a nice change from playing beer barns that think it’s OK to have horse racing and NRL on the multi-screens while you play!”

While Bendigo’s gig might be a change from the beer barns, the band are far from out of practice, performing a steady run of gigs throughout the year, many with Jacobs Run and even one with a day on the green gig. “Playing with Jacobs Run has been a blast. We’ve had a ball at all our shows. I guess that was something I was looking forward to in getting the band re-invigorated,” he says. “Now, it’s without doubt the best alchemy I’ve experienced on stage and studio in the history of the band.”

So with the the band re-invigorated, it was questioned whether Bendigo festival goers can expect to hear all the 90’s hits like ‘Green Limousine’, ‘I Remember’ and their Jimmy Barnes cover or if there’s something new on the cards. “We’re doing plenty of these songs in our set and whatever else falls under our fingers including new release material,” he smiles, before continuing. “We’ve been recording it’s true,” he laughs, “and we’re dangerously close to release so we’ll be breaking the drought!”

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repertoire of stripped back, harmonica driven, Chicago blues; and the mighty Spoonful who will be embracing rhythm and blues and soul and rock’n roll, this exclusive gig is a big one for a festival that sees the humble town of Bendigo embrace upwards of 17,000 music lovers as it hosts the eighth annual Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival this November.

genres including everything from the Tash Sultana inspired loop artist Daniel Aaron, to blues muso’s Bill Barber and Alister Turrill, to the folk sounds from John Flanagan Trio and even the indie duo This Way North.

“We’re always look forward to hearing new music,” Spiby comments, referring to Bendigo’s impressive and diverse festival lineup. “You come away recharged with a fresh The annual festival is a predominantly free, grass-roots, awareness. There is so much great new music happening community event that gives music fans and community here, whether it’s in the city or regional centres.” members the opportunity to enjoy world-class music, with a focus on local and independent talent from You won’t want to miss The Badloves in The Bighouse the blues and roots genres. The four-day event will this November; it promises to be a true a gig for the again be filled with performances and workshops – by groovers. more than 150 artists from all over Australia (as well as some internationals) – conducted in over 50 venues The Badloves will perform at Ulumbarra throughout Bendigo and some surrounding areas.

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Alongside The Badloves, you’ll be treated to a range of blues and roots with acts coming from the US, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and from every Australian state and territory participating this year.

With a treasure trove of discovery, some worthy mentions include Geoff Achison Trio, Lily and King, Grim Fawkner, Troy Jungaji Brady, The Northern Folk, Hailey Calvert, John McNamara Soul Band, Collard Greens and Gravy and even Canada’s own Tennyson King, with some artists performing before, and other making their Bendigo debut. Regardless of your musical persuasions, the lineup clearly spans a number of

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BENDIGO DOES COMEDY

JACKIE MARSHALL SHRUGS IT OFF

Bendigo has plenty of laughs coming your way, kicking off tomorrow, September 21, at the Engine Room with ‘Women of Wit Vol.2’. Jacqueline Mifsud, Sonia De lorio, Geraldine Hickey, Cath Styles and Simone Amohanga feature.

Akmal delivers his ‘Transparent’ show to The Capital on October 19.

‘The Happiest Refugee’, Anh Do, is at Ulumbarra Theatre on November 2, while Wil Anderson and ‘Wilegal’ is at the same venue on November 9.

It’s been too darn long. After eight years, the unstoppable Jackie Marshall has delivered a new album.

It’s called Lilith Shrugs. Jackie: “It’s a personal record, looking back I realise I was never going to be capable of exploring anything else other than the detail of my own stories contrasted against their common archetype during this period of my life.” Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove – September 22.

WILLIE WATSON’S SHOW GOES ON

THAT’S GOLD, MAMA KIN SPENDER Danielle Caruana (Mama Kin) and Tommy Spender (Spender) met more than fifteen years ago on an airplane. Friends since, the pair has teamed up for Mama Kin Spender. Golden Magnetic is their debut. They have been turning the charm on the Irish of late, but have shows coming up at the Anglesea Memorial Hall, Anglesea on November 3 and Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal on November 4.

GUILDFORD BANJO JAMBOREE Due recognition was given to the mighty banjo when the Guildford Banjo Jamboree launched in 2004. While emphasis is on American string band music (bluegrass, old-time, Appalachian, jug band, Hawaiian and blues), the program also takes in Celtic, klezmer, jazz and contemporary music. The program is up and running, so tune up and tune in to banjojamboree.org.

Festival dates are September 21-23.

A founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie Watson makes his living as a solo musician these days. He has released two albums, the latest being Folksinger Vol.2. Featuring appearances from the Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and former Old Crow bandmate Morgan Jahnig, the album is a collection of old gems that have been dusted off and given new life. Major Tom’s, Kyneton – October 6.

MIFF SHOWCASE The Melbourne International Film Festival travelling showcase is underway, and film buffs in Bendigo and Geelong have plenty of reasons to smile. Films to be screened include Acute Misfortune, The Eulogy, Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley, Undertow, The Merger and Juliet, Naked starring Rose Byrne, Chris O’Dowd and Ethan Hawke. Star Cinema, Eaglehawk – October 5-6 & GPAC and The Pivotonian – October 12-14.

TIM ROGERS & JEBEDIAH Tim Rogers and Jebediah have teamed up for a super show at Warrnambool’s Whalers Hotel on October 12, where only those wearing Chucks or Doc Martens will be allowed entry. You Am I are closing in on 30 years making music, while Tim Rogers has kept busy with solo work and writing a book. A touch younger in music life, Jebediah remain as loveable and as musically youthful as ever.

Party kicks on at Melrose Place.

GEELONG WHITE NIGHT Geelong will be re-imagined on October 13 when the city gets its crack at White Night. Gheringhap Street serves as the event’s hub, and will also take in one block either side. It is bordered in the south by Ryrie Street and Western Beach Road in the north. As you probably know the majority of White Night is free, although some events may be ticketed. Find all the information you need through whitenight.com.au.

THE PEACE CHOIR MEETS ARCHIE ROACH

KENNEDY’S CREEK MUSIC FESTIVAL The Kennedy’s Creek Music Festival has announced its 2018 line-up, which fills your life with music next month, October 26-28.

Performers include Saskwatch, Emma Russack, Ruby Gill, JAALA, Jackson McLaren, Jordan Ireland, Feelds, Merpire, Baby Blue, Christopher Port, Zoë Fox and the Rocket, Big Yawn, Mildlife, Clocks, DJ Slymewave, Fountaineer, The Theme Team and TomGirl.

Taking their inspiration from the Choir of Hard Knocks, The Peace Choir formed a decade ago in order to address issues of social isolation and provide an outlet for individuals with mental health, intellectual or physical disabilities. As part of ‘Mind Your Health’ Mental Health Week 2018, a special collaboration between The Peace Choir and Archie Roach will take place at Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal on October 14.

OCTOLBO GOES LARGE Colbinabbin is a little over 50 clicks from Bendigo, a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ sort of town, and proud home of footy team the Hoppers. Hosted by the Colbinabbin Country Hotel, OcTolbo is a big music day-nighter at a small country hotel that takes place on October 20. Sal Kimber and the Rollin Wheel, James Kenyon, The Rosie Burgess Trio and The Little Lord Street Band will all perform. Get more through facebook.com/colbinabbincountryhotel.

ROCKTOBER And then there was ROCKtober.

Geelong’s oldest pub, The Petrel Hotel, will raise the devil horns in the air every Saturday night throughout October. Let’s take a look at October 6. The riff-tastic

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Riff Raiders will be there. Starting out playing b-sides and obscure songs from their favourite artists, the band hit the studio early last year to release their debut album of original material, Live Like You Mean It, winning fans across the globe and selling in 40 plus countries.

Riff Raiders have played close to 30 shows this year and will head into the studio to record album #2 in December, don’t miss this show! They’ll be joined

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She moved from Wodonga to Melbourne when she was eighteen, but these days indie artist Eliza Hull is based in Castlemaine. The place she calls home has helped inspire her forthcoming EP How We Disappeared, recorded with a five-piece band. The Bridge, Castlemaine – November 11. Here she will be supported by Julia Johnson. Eliza will also perform at next month’s Kyneton Music Festival.

G’day Forte Readers, As we write this, the sun is out and Spring has most definitely sprung.

We’ve just returned from BIGSOUND in Brisbane, where Al and Paddy from the MV team spent a few days soaking up the best music talent Australia has to offer. We were thrilled to see so many acts from regional Victoria in the spotlight including Didirri, Oh Pep, Alice Skye, and Castlemaine local and winner of Triple J Unearthed - Kian Brownfield.

Speaking of regional musos, in the next month, we’re going to spending quite a bit of time with them, running a series of interactive workshops from 1-10 October. The “This Must Be The Place” workshops see us visiting Upwey, Mornington Peninsula, Bendigo, Ballarat and Torquay with our friends from The Push. These free professional development workshops aim to provide local musicians and their community with tools and valuable information behind social media and online music streaming. We would LOVE to see you there, so make sure you register for your tickets at http://www.musicvictoria.com.au/events/.

In other news, the past few weeks have been a sad time for the local music community, as we lost two Melbourne music greats, with the passing of Spencer P Jones and Conway Savage.

Jones wrote some of the most enduring Australian rock songs for acclaimed rock bands including The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon, The Sacred Cowboys and Hell to Pay. He was also an in-demand gun slinger for hire, performing with music royalty including Renee Geyer and Paul Kelly. He forged a brilliant solo career, releasing ten incredible solo albums with various respected musicians including members of the Drones.

Conway Savage worked with Spencer too, but was best known as piano and organ player and backing singer for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. He

DRAGON’S NOVEMBER SUN IN CUBA The Blue Pyrenees Estate will hold its first November Sun music event later in the year. Dragon will headline the event, with great support from Oh Mercy, Grim Fawkner and BATTS. Formed in New Zealand before relocating to Australia, Dragon’s many hits include ‘April Sun in Cuba’, ‘Are You Old Enough?’ and ‘Rain’. Great wine, local food and craft beer is also on the menu. Blue Pyrenees Estate, Avoca – November 17.

NUN ENTER THE DOME Melbourne’s Nun will set out shortly in support of their second album, The Dome. Vocalist Jenny Branagan: “It’s a personal record, all very close stories within each song. Can’t Chain is a song about desire. Desire is fundamental to The Dome. I see it as the life force that drives human connection, not just to other humans, but also to the will to live. It is both cruel and necessary.” Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – November 17.

also performed with artists including Kim Salmon, Dave Graney, Suzie Higgie, as well as records for David McComb and Robert Forster, and released a number of excellent solo albums. In addition to this, he was the uncle of acclaimed singer songwriter Cash Savage.

In times like this, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on the great music these heroes gifted us with. If you’ve got some time, get those headphones on, close your eyes, and immerse yourself in their wonderful music.

See you at the regional workshops. Cheers, Laura and the Music Vic crew Member Moment Maldon Made We recently welcomed the team behind Maldon Made as a not-for-profit member of Music Victoria.

Maldon Made bring you the best events in the Maldon area, which is notable for its 19th century appearance - maintained since gold rush days!

Maldon Made transform historic locations into music venues – SteamPacket (at The Historic Maldon Railway Station) and SteamRoller (at The Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum). For a truly unique music experience, check out one of their upcoming shows at http://maldonmade.org Gig of the month Fulton Street ‘Problems & Pain’ Album Launch - Saturday September 22 Feeling Funky? Fulton Street are an exhilarating 7-piece band making waves in Melbourne’s rich soul music scene. Led by commanding vocalist, Shannen Wick and featuring a rock solid rhythm section and dynamic horns, Fulton Street combines the classic elements of soul and R&B with magnetic energy to create an irresistible sound and have cemented themselves as one smoking hot band on the rise.

With support from local heroes Butterfunked, this will be one soulful, dancey time.

and building relationships with audiences through online platforms is something we as a broader industry need to be supporting professional development and a greater understanding of. These workshops will provide artists with a practical insight into this ever-evolving digital landscape.”

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO Get excited local musos, because there is a series of FREE interactive workshops exploring a musician’s online world...

The Push and Music Victoria are proud to present This Must Be the Place, a series of free regional music industry professional development workshops aimed at providing local musicians and their community with a range of tools and valuable information behind social media and online music streaming insights.

The workshops will see regarded music industry representatives from (Platform for artists to find new fans to tour new places in house concerts across Australia), Bolster (Digital, creative agency for music and live events), The Push (Victorian youth music organisation) and Music Victoria (Victoria’s contemporary music industry peak body) provide two separate interactive presentations to help musicians identify where to effectively tour and how to develop and market a unique brand that is appeals to a musician’s specific audience.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for likeminded individuals from the music community to come together and learn about ways to reach and engage directly with their own fans. Locations vary, but if you’re in Forte land, the workshops will be running at The Bridge Hotel in Bendigo on Monday October 8 with Daniel Aaron, The Eastern in Ballarat on October 9 with Freya Josephine Hollick and Boardriders Bar 61 in Torquay on October 10 with Momoko Rose.

“Living outside of the Melbourne scene has previously meant less access to the information artists need to break in the industry, which is why these kind of workshops are so valuable for regional artists,” explains Freya Josephine Hollick, the Ballarat-based old world songbird who will be involved with the upcoming workshop in her home town.

“I came into the social media thing pretty late really, and have blindly felt my way through it as technogoly advances. I’m really looking forward to gaining some more insight as to how this works.

There are a lot of young musicians in Ballarat, and folks starting out or wondering how to break into the industry or tour, I think it’s worthwhile for artists at any level.”

With limited places available, these free intimate workshops will take place between 5.30pm and 9.15pm and are geared towards musicians, music fans and/or music industry practitioners.

You can head to www.musicvictoria. com.au for more information about venues, dates and times.

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SHAUN KIRK NEEDS SAVING Shaun Kirk was made for the road.

The blues/soul singer-songwriter will hit the touring path in November in support of new single ‘Save My Soul’, which he has very kindly offered as a free download through his website. The newie follows on from ‘Howlin at the Moon’, both of which he has teased will feature on a 2019 release. Saints & Sailors, Portarlington – November 30 & Pistol Pete’s, Geelong – December 1.

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Death metal outfit Psycroptic haven’t taken the easy path with their forthcoming album As the Kingdom Drowns (November).

Drummer Dave Haley: “With As the Kingdom Drowns we all pushed each other outside of our usual comfort zones, and didn’t settle for the easy way out ... It turned out to be one hell of a catchy, riff-filled album.” Barwon Club, Geelong – November 27 & Karova Lounge, Ballarat – November 29.

Seniors month starts with Jan Preston returning on Sunday October 7 at 2pm with her show My Life as a Piano: Jan Preston’s Life and Music of Winifred Atwell. An uplifting and entertaining show, Jan combines live music, narration and visuals to celebrate the life and music of piano honky tonk great, Winifred Atwell, presented cabaret style.

Morning Showtime celebrates the beautiful shire of Queenscliff, which of course boasts a very colourful past. In this condensed A Short History of Queenscliff, Colin and Shirley will take you back to the time when paddle steamers, forts and majestic hotels were the order of the day. Performed on Tuesday October 9th at 10.30am.

Next up we have a one woman show on steroids.

Performed by Carita Farrer Spencer and her piano accompanist, Carita brings you her two alter-egos, the theatrical cyclone that is Fabulous Dame Farrar and International sex symbol Larry Paradiseo in this world class Double Act (with herself). Larry Paradiseo and the Fabulous Dame Farrar, appearing for one night only, Friday 12 October at 8pm – table seating and cabaret style.

OCTOBER IS THE BUSIEST MONTH WE HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS. WE TRULY HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS MONTH.

Kicking it off, we have some wonderful family entertainment with The Princess, The Pea and The Yo Yo – Theatre 3triple2 for Kids which takes a traditional fairy tale and turns the mattress on its head this school holiday favourite. Playing from October 2nd until the 5th at 10.30 and 1.30pm daily.

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Liz Stringer, Mission Songs Project, Sharon Shannon Band, Skerryvore, Stephen Pigram, Wallis Bird and Vandemonian Lags. Friends of the Festival applications are also open. If you need an answer, you’ll find it at portfairyfolkfestival.com.

Post-rock shines bright on Years Under Glass, the forthcoming sophomore album from Melbourne’s Bear the Mammoth (October). Guitarist James Kershaw: “I think musically we are older, wiser and have a much more open mindset with music and what it can be … I would say the biggest lesson we learnt since our first album, Yamadori, was to take our time with the whole process.”

MusicMan, Bendigo – November 2.

NASHVILLE LIVE LIGHTS UP One for next year, with the hit production Nashville Live set to deliver the goods to Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre on March 21. From Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, through to Shania Twain, Garth Brooks and Dixie Chicks, Nashville Live is a celebration of country music greats. More than 40 songs will be performed, with arrangements as solo, duo and group taking place throughout the production.

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Wiber to the heavy-hitting Nameless, you’re in for a diverse range of sounds. What’s not to like about that?

Warped – The Eastern, Ballarat on September 21; Beccy Cole – Gateway Hotel, Corio on September 21; The THE WIDE WORLD OF WRECKLESS ERIC Stained Daises – The Dart & Marlin, Warrnambool on Four decades on, Wreckless Eric’s ‘Whole Wide World’ September 22; Connor Black-Harry – Aireys Pub, Aireys arguably remains the English songman’s most loved Inlet on September 22; and The Old Married Couple track. Covers have come from Mental as Anything and – Blue Bean Love Café, Daylesford on September 29.

Cage the Elephant, while Will Ferrell’s Harold wins Coming up you have Papa Pilko & the Binrats at Major the affection of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Ana by playing Tom’s, Kyneton on November 10. the song in the film Stranger than Fiction. An origiSO FRENCHY, SO HIP nal Stiff Records artist, he has not toured Australia Ben French is better known by the Australianism of since 1980. Don’t miss it. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine BENDI-CON Frenchy, a lad from Wollongong whose YouTube chan– November 23.

This Sunday, September 23, the Bendigo Expo Centre nel SungaAttack has more than 350,000 subscribers.

SEAN SIMMONS & BRONWYN He has already done enough this year to deserve a rest, hosts Bendi-Con. More than 20 artists, 100 tables and HENDERSON a dozen fan groups will come out to play at the pop including a sold-out Australian festival season, but he Pursuit, regret and hope are given time and care in culture event. Dean Rankine, whose credits include has more jokes to tell, more stories to share. Sex, Drugs the music of Sean Simmons and Bronwyn Henderson. and Rollerblades is his new show. MusicMan, Bendigo The Simpsons Comics and Hellboy (Dark Horse), Ryan K Lindsay (Negative Space) and Chris Kennett (Star With their band The Spoils, Sean and Bronwyn have – November 15. cuddled-up with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Cat Power, Mick Wars Golden Books) are among the guests. The Bendigo MOSH LIKE YOU MEAN IT Harvey, The Church, Tex Perkins and The Drones. They Cosplay Contest is a major highlight. 10am-4pm.

The Rocky Water Promotions gang has sent out the have also released three studio albums. Join them for SOUTH WEST STUDIOS SHOWCASE invites to Mosh Fest 2, with two stages playing host to a a Sunday afternoon at The Lost Ones, Ballarat on Championing the musicians and gigs taking place stack of bands at Bendigo’s MusicMan on November 16.

October 7. in South West Victoria, South West Studios has put You’re getting Metal Fetish (featuring members of the PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL together a showcase for The Loft, Warrnambool on Bengal Tigers), Eater of the Sky, Life Pilot, Cicadastone, November 17 featuring Fleur Wiber, Lee Morgan, It’s never too early to spread a little Port Fairy Folk Blood Mountain, Replacement Buses, Chasing the Festival cheer. As the festival looks to celebrate its Void, Beast Machine, Nescient, Rare Olives and The Kinnon, Bruce Campbell, Fiona Kershaw, Stony Rises and Nameless. From the new folk/country/pop of Fleur 43rd outing in 2019, we can tell you performers include Absolution Sequence.

The early birds for 2018’s Maldon Folk Festival (November 2-5) include a good mix of international and local acts. International artists include The Sweet Sorrows, Rory Faithfield, Blue Ridge Broadcasters, Bryant & Brown and Jenny Mitchell, while locals include Rose Bygrave, Sal Kimber & Tully Sumner and Claymore. A tribute concert will also take place for the late Janette Geri, a festival favourite who sadly passed away in June.

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THE GARDNER AWARDS The Inaugural Gardner Awards and Compilation Album Challenge has arrived for 2018! Open to young people aged 15-18, in the Bendigo and Goldfields area, you have opportunity to make a professional recording at the new Ladd Studios Bendigo, be included on a compilation album, perform live and possibly win an award at the inaugural Gardner Awards scheduled for early December at the Ulumbarra theatre - all for free! All you need to do is send a rough demo of your music!

Get your entries in by Monday October 8. Visit www. inactoz.com for more info.

DREAM ON DREAMER ARE COMING TO GEELONG NEXT MONTH It’s happening Geelong; Melbourne five-piece, Dream On Dreamer are coming next month. Formed in 2009, ARIA award-nominated act Dream on Dreamer have had a successful, yet also trying career – from lineup changes, shifts in industry collaborations, health scares, to even facing legal issues to keep the band actively touring in Australia. However, through this arduous journey, the band has well and truly re-found its foot- ing and is ready to conquer the heavy music scene, especially with their fourth studio record, ‘It Comes and Goes’. They wrapped up their National Tour in June earlier this year and now they’re bringing their all to The Wool Exchange on Saturday October 20. This one will be epic!

LOCALS SUPPORTING LOCALS Award-winning singer-songwriter Andrea Robertson is embarking on a new release next month, forging a truly local project due to winning the QMF Emerging Artist Grant last November. The musician will be creating a live recording taking place at New Hall, Point Lonsdale on Saturday 6th October with every single person involved being local, from the musicians, the photographers, videographers, sound engineers, the person designing the artwork...everyone is from either The Bellarine or the Geelong region, highlighting the immense talent that can be found in our region. It truly is a local project in every sense of the word so get on down and jump on the support train.

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EDDIE NUARDO, NEAT From Mark Twain to Johnny Carson, there are plenty of good whiskey quotes out there. Guitar picker and songwriter Eddie Nuardo is doing his bit with debut album, The Good Whiskey Never Lasts. The album features performances by Pete Fidler (Bluestone Junction), John Bedggood (The Wilson Pickers) and Luke Richardson (The Stetson Family, Raised by Eagles).

The Lost Ones, Ballarat – September 23.

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Finally, the sun has come out in Ballarat and the locals have a pep in their step as the days are getting longer and there is plenty to get out and about to see.

Seven piece outfit from Melbourne Fulton Street will bring their original soul music sounds to the Goldfields. Having cut their teeth at the famed Cherry Bar, the band have also had some airplay on triple j and PBS. Influenced by the likes of Otis Redding, James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin, the band have the soul world waiting with baited breath as they record their first album this year. Karova Lounge will host them on 22 September. Doors open at 8pm and it’s $10 to get in!

Missbehavin’ have been a popular band that get around Ballarat often and will play their rock/ pop covers down at Irish Murphy’s also on the 22nd September.

Cabaret Club will have The Little Brass Band - Jive For Five on Sunday 23 September, 2-4pm. It’s free to get in, so get ya jive on and get down there and have a swingin’ time!

If you are looking for something a little different, then head in to the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute to see some jazz as the JMA Jazz Ensemble will do their

OH MY DARLING, BREIZERS Following the release of 2016 EP Killjoy, the music drought has ended for Breizers, with the band releasing new single ‘Darlin’.

There will be no riding on the horses here though, with the thrash funk trio announcing a sizeable tour to make up for the break between songs. The word on the backstreets is that the single is from their forthcoming debut full-length release.

The Eastern, Ballarat – November 9.

BANDMATES VICTORIA Bandmates Victoria is a fantastic organisation that matches volunteers with people over the age of eighteen with physical or mental disability and connects them with the live music community. On top of this, not only do they run industry capacity training for live music staff to understand disability and diversity in their workplace, they’ve also been running a series of inclusive gigs throughout the year! Their next social event takes place at The Eastern, Ballarat on September 22. Performing will be 23rd of Elvis, The Creeks and DJ Oily Shoes. Follow the links through maribyrnong.vic.gov.au (‘Residents’, support your community) for more.

AMPED ARE HOSTING A GANGSTERS BALL WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO Launched in 2017, Amped has become one of Geelong’s hottest music venues. Since its inception, the bar has received a terrific reception, and has proved to truly recognise the importance of keeping the live music scene prominent, jumping on the opportunity to bring individuals of all ages together for fun-filled evenings each week.

As one’s to always encourage a good night filled with dining, drinking and dancing in a vibrant, exciting and ever-changing atmosphere, Amped is now excited and proud to present its first ever Gangsters Ball. Inspired by the popularity of Gangsters Balls in Melbourne, the team at Amped thought it was time to bring the party to Geelong, bringing the fashion, style, humour and classic entertainment of the 1920’s along with it. It’s going to be a real swing, burlesque and gangster extravaganza, encapsulated by dark suits, moneybags, cigars and pistols (fake of course).

An audience of mobsters, molls and flappers will step back in time to a bygone era at this event. This was an era when men wore three-piece suits, fedora hats and silk ties, and women wore feathers, furs

and pill box hats while big bands ruled the airwaves and gangsters ruled the streets.

It’s sure to be one helluva night so here’s a few things you should do to prepare for the ball: Dress to impress.

Think 1920-50s Gangsters, Flappers and Burlesque. Unleash your inner Gatsby and Moulin Rouge, or even call up Cher and see if she’ll let you dance at her club.

For the ladies; think a super tasselly dress, a feather boa with a matching headpiece, and then hunt down some of grandma’s old pearls, making sure to pair this killer costume with some cute heels.

For the boys; think pinstripe suits, suspenders with gun holsters and a fedora. Even pair the suit with a fake pistol and cigar from the $2 shop. You might also want to grow your moustache out for this event, just saying.

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Think the Jitterbug and the Tango, have a suss of some YouTube videos so you get the gist of the style back then. So no twerking, shuffling, or flossing will be allowed, this is a classy event...

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Touch up on your Gangster drink lingo, you might want to order a Gin Rickey, an Old Fashioned or a French 75.

Keeping live music alive, Amped will be providing three bands over two levels. You’ll find Hot Club Swing, Georgia Brookes trio (upstairs), Mr Meaner and DJK on the rooftop, all bringing the good vibes.

On top of this, there will also be FX Gatsby Guys and Dolls entertainment + Kit Amore Burlesque for a night of magical mayhem.

Nibbles and platters will be rotating all night from 5:30pm, promising to keep you full and fuelled for a dance party that will have you feeling straight out of 1925.

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Tickets are $20. Made up of four of the brightest graduates from the James Morrison Academy, the band performs mostly original contemporary jazz written by its members. Special guest on the night will be double bass player Hiroki Hoshino. Sounds like a blast!

Cubby Haus Brewery have a live musician playing from 3pm on Saturday 29 September. Corey Hewitt will belt out covers and originals as you taste the local ales from one of our local brewers.

Good vibes are happening at The Lost Ones with the Bar Choir led by Mary Card. Apparently you need to book in advance as this has become a very popular event, inspiring people to head out and try out their windpipes. It happens once a month, generally on a Wednesday night. It might be best to follow their page on Facebook to avoid disappointment.

The George Hotel have recently changed their menu and yours truly ventured in to sample some of the gnocchi recently. Not your traditional parmi or burger to be found on the menu and there are plenty of interesting dishes. Wash it down with a pot of the house made beer GB Lager. Light in colour, but certainly not lacking in flavour - this is a really lovely beer to session on as we head into some warmer days.

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THIRSTY FOR THE DENI UTE MUSTER Written by Tammy Walters ‘TAKE ME BACK TO THE SWEET TIMES, THE HOT NIGHTS, EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT’ AT THE DENI UTE MUSTER, BABY AT THE DENI UTE MUSTER. THAT IS WHERE THIRSTY MERC WILL BE! All musical puns aside- it’s true, the Aussie favourites will be back in the country for an extensive Summer tour of pub gigs, co-headline shows and major festival appearances including Caloundra Music Festival, 96FM Kick Start Summer Concert, Pure Gold Live, Red Hot Summer Tour, and it all kicks off at the Deni Ute Muster on Friday September 28.

“The best thing about this gig is that it’s the first gig back for us after a while and we like to hit the ground running, so it will be this big ‘let’s just get back on and just give it everything we’ve got’,” frontman, Rai Thistlethwayte says. “I can see the smiles from the guys across the stage already like ‘ah this is what we do’. I love that feeling!”

Thirsty Merc were only in Australia at the start of the year for their Take Me Back tour to celebrate 15 years as a band, playing all of their favourite tunes to sold-out venues across the nation.

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Currently residing in L.A Thistlethwayte always bring it home… There will be some new material loves coming home to the Australian audiences. in the next six months. I don’t know when we “So we’re kind of still doing it, still playing really will release it, I just know I will be working on energetic live shows together. I think we all get a something. There’s always studio talk and catch bit of break to do our own thing during the year ups I have with him [Gravina] and when we get but it’s definitely one of the main things I kind back in its just go, go, go again, lock yourself away, of do is get back on stage with the guys and play track and mix and have a good ol’ time doing it!” primarily to Australian audiences. That’s my first love,” he says. “I kind of planned on having While Thirsty Merc may not necessarily fit the a career in music but I never knew that it would aesthetic of the prominently country based lineup be quite this emotionally beautiful to work with the Deni Ute Muster has boasted in the past, the these guys and be able to still call them my best Sydney trio definitely have country elements that friends and the band name is still the same name have embedded them in the regional Australian and I go back to places I remember playing at 15 music culture. years ago and just go ‘wow this is something that I still love doing’… I’m still enthusiastic about “We can work in a country music scene- we’re not the project, the people, the audiences and the a country music band so to speak but we have music so that’s why I feel very lucky to have stuck a lot of regional elements. Three of the four with it.” original members of Thirsty Merc were from Dubbo…There’s a definite sort of connection to The Merc haven’t released any new material that regional stuff,” says Thistlethwayte. since 2015 with their first independent studio release, ‘Shifting Gears’ produced by long-term Celebrating the festivals’ 20th anniversary, Thirsty friend and collaborator Lindsay Gravina. The Merc will join a star-studded lineup including next six months will see the friends reunite Australian country sweetheart, Kasey Chambers, in the Melbourne studio to put out some new and her U.S. counterpart, Carrie Underwood, over material, some that may make an appearance in the two day event. their Deni set.

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pieces,” Thistlethwayte admires. “It’s a massive event and I’m aware that in 2016 Keith Urban headlined it which if you’re getting artists of that sort of stature then it’s a major festival.”

Thirsty Merc will be headlining the Friday evening on the Main Stage. Tickets are on sale now for the 20th anniversary event and if Thistlethwayte’s enthusiasm is anything to go by, punters are in for a massive weekend!

“What can I say, gigs are great! That’s the whole point of it to be honest so I think if we capture all of that energy and translate it into the show I think we’ll be confident that the audience will be in a good mood so that will be cool. We’re happy to just be part of it. We’ll just do what we always do, get on there and give an unforgettable experience to the fans.”

Where & When: Deni Ute Muster, Deniliquin - September 28 & 29.

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Performing shows at iconic venues such as the Sydney Opera House and Festival Hall, this will be Barnett’s biggest Australian headline tour to date.

“These are some of the biggest venues I’ve ever done in Australia. I supported Patti Smith at Festival Hall, which was incredible, but obviously Patti Smith can sell out Festival Hall. I also opened for Billy Bragg at the Sydney Opera House but this tour will be completely different with me as the headliner,” she says.

“We have been touring [the album] around America and Canada and Europe; it’s been really fun. It’s always hard to tell what people think of an album but I guess if they’re turning up to the show, that’s a good sign.”

Courtney recorded the album with Burke Reid, the same producer as her previously release ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit’ in 2015.

COURTNEY BARNETT Performing at QMF WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN In terms of Australian artists who are killing it within Australia, but getting even more hype overseas, Courtney Barnett is one of the elite.

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“I met Burke through Dan Luscombe; Dan had played guitar in my band a bunch and been on tour with me, he had mixed a couple of my records and I when I was making the first album he recommended Burke Reid as he had previously worked with him with the Drones. I think Burke’s great; it’s a good match...

We have done two albums together, but who knows in future.”

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September stands for one thing and one thing only, finals baby! And whatever your sport of choice may be - whether it’s netball, soccer or good old Aussie Rules - it’s fair to say most of us are on board with finals fever... And who can forget the greatest addition of public holidays to date, all thanks yours truly AFL and this great state we call home.

Ah yes, an extra day off to spend with family and friends and celebrate the nations greatest sport.

Ensuring you’ve got plenty to do over the weekend, your good mates at UNO Presents are back with another Sonic Bloom event for this months up and coming public holiday, this time bringing friend and disco queen, CC:Disco!

After touring the UK and parts of Europe for most of July and August, playing at the likes of Liverpool International Music Festival and We Can Dance

Courtney will be finishing up her year with a set at the revered Queenscliff Music Festival. Whilst it won’t be her first time playing the festival, this year she has scored a headliner position with the huge task of wrapping up the festivities on Sunday afternoon.

Being co-owner of Melbourne’s beloved indie folk label Milk Records, Barnett has taken the world by storm with her unique twist on folk. For the better part of the last year she has been touring the world “I played at QMF years ago. I don’t even know what off the bat of her Kurt Vile collaboration album, year it was but it was one of the first big festivals that ‘Lotta Sea Lice,’ and now she is hitting the road again I ever played; I was only playing little tiny stages. I in celebration of her newest solo album, Tell Me How think I played in a church but I think it’s a really You Really Feel. beautiful festival and it’s in such a beautiful spot as well. It should be really fun.”

Chatting about her huge Australian ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’ tour, Barnett reveals, “I feel a bit The 2018 Queenscliff Music Festival will be held nervous… I haven’t played big Australian shows in from Friday 23 – Sunday 25 November. a while so I’m excited but I’m nervous.”

a beautiful place to have a festival like this. Secondly, the festival is a really nice mix of things; you wouldn’t call it a festival that’s just for kids, and you certainly wouldn’t call it a festival that’s for big rock and roll adult crowds. It’s a festival for families to do things together. There are things for little kids and there are things that mainly adults will like.

“I suppose another way of putting it, it’s not like a babysitting festival,” he continues. “It’s not like you put your kids inside a tent where they get to see something and you stay outside and wait for them to finish. All of the shows and all of the activities, the adults are going to love it just as much as the kids and the kids are going to love it too.”

With the firm belief that festivals can be a family experience; The Lost Lands will feature a tremendous array of both kids entertainment and family services, with a number of installations, arts programs, comedy, performance, theatre and dedicated wonder ‘Lands’ to entertain festival-goers.

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Within the festival grounds, The Little Big Top will feature some of the best kid’s comedy, theatre and circus performers, while also having lots of interactive activities for families to participate in that will have the little ones jumping around with excitement. Kids can check out Doctor Hubble’s Bubble Show, run the show with face painting by kids, and partake in Games of the World, kids can make their own Frankentoy, and see live entertainment from ABC TV’s green thumb Dirt Girl.

With the aim of being Australia’s leading festival for families, The Lost Lands promises to “ignite the festival lover in everyone” while enabling parents to share a wild and wonderful experience with their kids and friends, complete with music, art, installations, entertainment, food, and wine. It’s coined as the perfect family-orientated event, catering for kids and adults alike; but what is it that makes this festival the ultimate family experience?

The Lost Lands has a pretty simple but important remit: to be a truly family-friendly camping event “Look, there’s a couple of reasons,” artistic director that focuses on getting the young people in our lives Ian Pidd smiles. “Firstly, it is a really spectacularly to engage positively with the best in music and art. beautiful sight [Werribee Park & Mansion], it’s just

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A few more highlights for families include a Sleeping Bag Cinema screening classic family films and special cinematic delights; Gymkhana which will feature all the games your grandparents played (think egg and spoon, sack races, pass the parcel) and Bed Sheet Ghost Parties which involves throwing on bed sheet and enjoying all sorts of spooktacular activities.

There’s also the esteemed acrobatic ensemble Gravity and Other Myths, which will see seven world class acrobats push their physical limits in a simultaneously raw, frantic and delicate performance with their award-winning show A Simple Space, which

Festival, CC:Disco! is returning home to finish of this year in style. With Strawberry Fields and Beyond The Valley in the horizon, the disco queen is stopping by Geelong’s premier underground music venue Bloom for this years Grand Final Eve, Eve Party. CC began creating waves at age 15 and has not stopped since; slowly progressing from clubs to festival stages, and hosting her own weekly spot at PBS each Friday evening with “Smokes and Mirrors”. There’s no denying CC is set to have you up and moving. You could say she is the definition of kicking goals for this years Grand Final Weekend.

She’ll be joined by local supports in House Cat, BALTA, Liam Howarth and Dean Turnley, who is no stranger to the Sonic Bloom Line Up. Tickets are currently on sale at Eventbrite and if that isn’t enough to get the party started, for the first 200-ticket buyers the guys at Bloom are handing out a complimentary drink.

Who can say no to infectious beats and free drinks this Grand Final!

When & Where: Bloom Nightclub, Geelong – September 27 from 9pm.

is something that adults will enjoy just as much as the kids – if not more.

It’s not just the wonder and arts that the kids can enjoy, but the music too. “At the front of the main stage, it feels like the front of a main stage at a big festival, except that in the kind of ‘dancing zone’ where it’s a tiny bit rowdy, people have got their kids on their shoulders. How good is that?!”

It’s a festival where you’ll see a two year old dancing to The Jungle Giants with their Dad, a five year old is on their Mum’s shoulders singing along to Aussie rockers You Am I, a teenager chilling to the sounds of Boo Seeka, or even the whole family swaying together to the soundtrack of Kate Miller-Heidke.

Catering for both kids and adults in equal measure with the family experience in mind, Ian reassures this event is for anyone of any age – regardless if you come with family or not.

“It’s made for families, but if you just love the program, just come with your boyfriend and hang out. Don’t feel you have to come with kids because last time we had plenty of people who didn’t have kids come along and they had a marvellous time. If you don’t have kids, you’re still going to have an excellent time... Or, you know, borrow somebody else’s,” he laughs.

To top it all off, The Lost Lands provides the rare opportunity for the whole family to enjoy a shared camping festival experience together. So whether you camp with your pals, your family, your friends and their kids, The Lost Lands promises to be a memorable get-together. So grab your sleeping bag, your kids, parents, cousins or friends, and prepare for a weekend of wonder and adventure into the Lost Lands.

The Lost Lands comes alive on November 3 & 4 at Werribee Park & Mansion, Werribee. Tickets are available through thelostlands.com.au and are on sale now.

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Whether you’re into dancing all night or bringing little ones along to explore the farm – this is a very excellent way to wave in Spring and ignore Victoria’s most prominent horse race. 2 – 5 November 2019.

Last year sold out early, so if you’re going, grab yourself a ticket via happywandererfestival.com

When & Where: Happy Wanderer Festival, Benalla – November 2 – 5.

Kristie McCracken From farm work gig to the Happy Wanderer Festival stage When Kristie McCracken found a farm work gig in regional Benalla, she didn’t think she’d score a music festival gig as well – but that’s exactly what happened.

Having spent 10 years on the Vancouver music scene, Kristie’s no stranger to festivals. “I love performing but I really love the aftermath of performing - getting to hang out with everyone and run around with your crew and be a part of the festival,” she says.

Kristie’s playing solo, with her Melbourne band Meiwa, and singing back up for Thando at Happy Wanderer Festival. “I’m also really looking forward to seeing some friends play.

Feelds, Ruby Gill and Mayfield. I hear there’s a Japanese artist as well - Rikey Littleforest. On my first day [farmer] Mark and I were driving here to Benalla and he put her music on. It’s so good.”

Hidden away on a farm in Victorian High Country, Happy Wanderer Festival has built a following over the past six years for good times, great music, a sweet program of workshops, morning yoga and splashing around in the river.

Alongside Kristie, this year’s lineup also includes local acts Zoë Fox and the Rocket Clocks, Gena Rose Bruce, Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird, Baby Blue, Danny Walsh Banned, Francesca Gonzales and Sara Flint together with Adam McGrath (New Zealand) and Ruby Gill (South Africa). Whooo-wheee – and that’s

TUMBLEWEED TAKE A TRIP BACK TO '92 In ‘92 Tumbleweed were at the top of the heap following the runaway success of their back to back Eps, direct signing to Atlantic records in America, and a string of successful tours and supports with acts such as Mudhoney, Nirvana, Rollins and Iggy Pop. The train was rolling at full steam by the time they released their debut album which entered the national charts at number 12 and spawned hit singles such as ‘Sundial’ and ‘Acid Rain’, which have remained pivotal songs in the Tumbleweed story to this day.

Earlier this year, they released their self-titled debut album on vinyl and embarked on a national tour through July to celebrate, playing the album in its entirety, live for the first time ever. That tour went so well, they’ve now added some more dates, including a stop at Geelong’s Barwon Club. We chat to drummer Richard Lewis ahead of the show.

Hey guys thanks for chatting to Forte again! It’s been a busy year for you – and it’s not looking to slow down any time soon. How are you and what have you been up to?

In between touring we return to Wollongong, it’s our home and sanctuary, the buzz and hum of

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Visit www.happywandererfestival.com Full Lineup 2018: DRMNGNOW Thando Rikey Littleforest (Japan) Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats Zoë Fox and the Rocket Clocks Adam McGrath (New Zealand) Baby Blue Bec Bartlett Bonniesongs Cecil Turbine Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird Danny Walsh Banned DJ Mad Ting Feelds Finnigan August Flight Hawk Francesca Gonzales Gena Rose Bruce Good Stuff DJs GRIFF Kee’ahn Kristie McCracken (Canada) Mayfield Meiwa Michaela Alexander Mike Gurrieri Plastic Ruby Gill (South Africa) Sara Flint This Way North Wandering DJs Plus heaps of other workshops and stuff to do!

WRITTEN BY CHLOE CICERO Energetic surf indie rockers Caravãna Sun are back following a massive European tour and have come back swinging with their infectious EP Silver Linings which sees the band draw upon the personal connections within their lives; in love, perception and ultimately death, providing a full body experience release of dancing and self-reflection. We chat to vocalist and bassist Ant Beard about their latest offering, their time overseas and what’s to come for the sun-soaked Sydney-siders.

You guys have come a long way since your first show here in Torquay in 2016, how do you feel looking back on the time that’s passed?

It’s been a really awesome experience. We’ve spent a lot of time touring mostly overseas, so it’s nice to be able to come back and tour in our home country.

Something’s always connected for us around surf spots – not only in Australia, but also in Portugal, the Netherlands and U.K. We’re really looking forward to coming back and playing some more music.

How did you guys go spending so much time together overseas recently?

It’s an interesting one; we’ve been doing it for a while now, so I think everyone knows the certain tendencies, and knows when the warning signs come

everyday life takes over, we practice on weekends (if I can make it) and the band has been trying out a whole new bunch of great 60’s psych songs to add to the set.

You’ve got some select regional shows of your hits and misses coming up, appearing with the likes of Hockey Dad, The Pretty Things, The Hard Ons and The Vanns. What’s the idea behind getting out on the road again?

We wanted to do a run of capital cities first and then follow it with a run of regional and satellite cities, we chucked Hobart in there too because we missed it first time around. We are very excited about the Pretty Things show in Sydney, we are big fans, it will be a real treat and the last opportunity anyone has of seeing them live - this is their final tour. If you don’t know about the Pretty things, listen to SF Sorrow or Parachute, both absolute classics!

The fun doesn’t stop there. You’ve also got Yours & Owls festival at the end of September which adds even more variety to your year of performances. Do you find your sound lends you guys to perform on any stage?

We tend to go OK on big festival stages, we did the Day on The Green earlier this year and it was great, I always liked doing festivals, different atmosphere, new faces, we used to do them all the time, now not so often so it’s a rare treat. We kind of adapt to whatever stage we are playing.

Yours and Owls is a great festival and it’s a privilege to be asked to close the festival this year.

You toured your debut album earlier this year, performing the album live for the first time. How

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was the tour? Any particular highlights from that?

It was great playing the first album from start to finish. It was a different dynamic; where our usual live set is constructed around building the intensity as we go, with the album set, it was a kind of peppered in light and shade. It took a while to get used to it, it worked best at bigger shows like the Triffid in Brisbane or Croxton Bandroom in Melbourne, we could let the songs breath and have the space they needed. We recorded the Triffid show and hope to release it as a live album.

Did that tour inspire anything for you guys in terms of new music, or even an album for the Weed fans?

I’m not sure about albums any more; the cost of recording them, the intensity of producing a collection of songs at the same time, in the same manner and releasing this collection as a unified piece, I don’t think it works for us. You put all this effort into song number nine and then it just sits on an album somewhere that no one ever hears; they hear the singles, you play the singles. We were talking a lot about what we should do, I mean, part of being in a band is creating, writing new songs, releasing new stuff, we never really wanted to be a nostalgia band playing the same old tunes forever.

We are keen to do new stuff and have been writing new songs and I am excited about where they could go, but we think the best way to do it is to record a couple of songs at a time and release limited edition vinyl singles, available via subscription, then at the end of 12 months or so make a compilation album of the best recordings available in the usual way. This is what we would like to do. Also doing singles gives us the freedom to make it more experimental and cover more angles without having to make it fit a certain sound or feel.

We saw you teamed up with Valhalla Brewing to put out the limited brew ‘Galactaphonic Tonic’ which is awesome!! How did this collab occur, and how did it go? What input did you get to have?

A Weed fan contacted Steve about something else entirely, turns out this guy brews beer and does a fine job of it too. He suggested we collaborate on a brew, a fruity juicy pale Ale and we came up with the name “Galactaphonic Tonic” as a nod to the Sonic

up and are acting a certain way. You learn not to take things personally, and the most important thing is just to take space. I think the dynamic between us is part of the reason the band is doing so well; you need to nurture that and take time and space for sure.

Congratulation on your new EP Silver Linings; can you talk us through the song choices for the album?

The whole basis on this is that at the moment were all living in different spots, so a lot of the songs were kind of formed together in our own places, but then sent to each other until we got to the spot where they got to. There’s a few songs about the concepts of love, there’s a few songs about modern love and what it’s like with a partner and having this attachment to your phone, being in contact with someone that you love.

The thing that’s kind of tying it all in was the actual process of writing them.

You’ve just started your Australian tour, how are you feeling about it? Is there anywhere you’re really excited to go to?

It’s going to be really nice, we have a couple of weeks to kind of just chill out and spend some time with our partners. Ultimately the Aussie tour is looking great, we’re heading back down to Torquay, and spending a bit of time up in the Kimberly’s, which is such an appreciative time for us, as it’s such an incredible place. When we’re in Europe it’s such a great experience playing for the crowds, but as far as the connection to country goes it pretty distant, so coming back to Australia, the connection back to the land is pretty integral when it comes to touring Australia. We’re looking forward to it.

What can we see next for you guys?

We’ve got this big writing wheel happening at the moment where there’s a lot of output coming from the band, just outputting as much as we can and seeing how they exist on stage. There’s also just plans for next year; we’re going to head back to Europe a couple of times, sow some more seeds there. But ultimately just more writing and playing for sure.

When & Where: Torquay Hotel, Torquay – Saturday October 27

rendezvous band song “Electraphonic Tonic” as well as the obvious Tumbleweed Galactaphonic reference.

Steve laid out the artwork from Lenny’s original Galactaphonic cover art, it’s a quality product and delicious too!

The last time we spoke was in April last year ahead of your support tour with fellow Aussie rockers Spiderbait – a tour which you explained as ‘spawning a new vitality in the band’. Is that what it has been like for you guys since then?

Kram was the one who twisted our arm to get back together to support Spiderbait on their Ivy shows at the Corner hotel in Melbourne. We were in limbo at the time, we didn’t want to go through the process of trying to find a replacement for Jay, it was too hard and it was not something that we really wanted to do. But, when we started jamming with Jamie, things just seemed very natural, very right. We have known Jamie since our very early days, his band Dawn Patrol used to play with us and Jay and Jamie became good friends; I think if there was one guy on this planet that Jay would approve of being in the band, it would be Jamie. Jamie’s humility and positivity is infectious and we are pretty happy these days; he is a fantastic bass player and he has helped us to move on. These days, with all the other life commitments, work and family etc. getting together as a band is a nice distraction from the everyday, it’s a chance to get back together with friends and lose yourself in the timeless dimension of rock n roll.

Thanks for chatting guys. To finish up, what can punters expect from this Geelong show?

We have a long connection with The Barwon Club, it helped form us back in the day. It’s always wild and something unexpected always happens, I have learned to expect the unexpected.

When & Where: The Barwon Club, Geelong – October 12.

Tickets available at oztix.com.au or direct from The BC bar.

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surrounding environment of Australian surf folk roots and all those he looks up to, a Summer weekend barely goes by where he isn’t gigging somewhere along the Surf Coast. If being a trained flamenco and classical guitarist isn’t already enough, along with his melting pot of styles of advanced finger-style picking and guitar tapping he will then occupy your attention with the drumming of his stomp box or the wonderment of his harmonica or banjo.

In honour of one of Finnigan’s mentors and music teachers, the great Chris Wilson, Finnigan’s performance at the 2 Worlds Festival will be in support of Chris and his family in the wake of the musicians recent cancer diagnosis. Finnigan will throw out the hat and ‘Busk for Chris’ with all the proceeds going towards the Wilson family.

With so many local and national musicians given the opportunity to showcase their talent and passion, the festival is truly a creative outlet whereby everyone can celebrate everything both cultures have to offer, in a highly inclusive and interactive event. Alongside the music, The 2 Worlds Festival has also added to their art and cultural program which focuses on the rich indigenous culture of language, ceremony and customs.

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Chris Tamwoy is a self-taught guitarist with a unique playing style and sound. Spending his childhood years on Badu Island in the Torres Strait (which lies between Australia and Papua New Guinea), Chris was immersed in music and dance from a young age. While music is his passion – Chris is a strong believer that The 2 Worlds Festival, hosted by The Marrma “your culture is your identity” and he is becoming a humble ambassador for his culture, and an advocate Rom Two Worlds Foundation, is a festival with the aim of bringing cultures together in a fun, for his audiences to pay respects to the country they entertaining and interactive festival atmosphere, live on, as well as the ancestors past, present and future. His distinctive guitar-tap style and vibrant showcasing a variety of indigenous and western personality see him in high-demand with gigs across performers, art installations, traditional and not-so traditional activities, and indigenous and Australia, the USA and ongoing media appearances and documentary features. In 2016 national TV modern multicultural food offerings, with an abundance of entertainment for kids and families. audiences also watched Chris make his way through to the grand finals of ‘Australia’s Got Talent’. Dubbed a With less than a month to go, the festival has ‘guitar virtuoso’, you won’t want to miss Chris’ unique upped the ante with their second announcement of playing style, busy schedule and love for life on the 2 musicians, art installations and activities taking place World Festival stage. on October 20th at the Fyansford Paper Mills.

Proving talent is not measured by age, Finnigan Adding to the already impressive lineup of Adalita, August is a humble lad beyond his years. Picking Baker Boy, Darren Percival, Shane Howard, Tim up a guitar three years ago, the now 12 year old from Torquay is a natural with music and joins the Rogers, Yirrmal and 23 other local and national acts, The 2 Worlds Festival is proud to announce the 2 Worlds lineup alongside Chris Tamwoy. With an addition of both Chris Tamwoy and Finnigan August. accumulation of skills influenced by the Spanish, his

Bridging the gap of understanding between two cultures by bringing them together and celebrating each other, the 2 World’s Festival will kick off with the Wadawurrung Opening Ceremony, or the ‘Bai’err’, which will acknowledge the traditional owners of Wadawurrung country and they will then lead other clan nations in a traditional ceremony that will share stories through dance.

home shows. When you’re away, maybe you lose a bit of your inhibitions, ‘I’m out of town! I can do what I want.

Be myself’.”

Perth is still very much home for all of San Cisco and home remains a source of inspiration. From finding their newest member, Jennifer Aslett, to discovering the artist whose work graced the covers of their last two records – Peter Matulich (Matulich sadly passed away this year).

The band formed a connection with him after seeing his work in their local café, and, they learned through workshopping the album art, their personal histories drew a

WRITTEN BY DARBY-PERRIN LARNER Scarlett Stevens answers the phone as if she already knows you. San Cisco are, by now, one of the most popular indie-pop bands in the country, but they’re still very much that – indie. There are no labels or publicists listening in as Stevens sits down between a photo shoot and band practice.

Scarlett Stevens is San Cisco’s drummer and, since they formed in 2009, has also taken “a lead in the image realm” for San Cisco’s dreamy, disco look.

Stevens offers a glimpse into that disco-ball-glitz – a European summer, replete with Parisian apartments, Italian beaches and dope APC clothes. It’s all a much needed break before San Cisco join fellow Aussie indie-darlings Ball Park Music on a country-wide tour September through October.

And what have her band-mates been up to before they hit the road again?

“Jordi (Davieson) goes up north and he surfs and he goes down south, and he surfs.”

“Jenny (Aslett) has been tour managing Stellar Donnelly, so she was actually overseas as well.” Not to mention juggling another full-time gig, admin for the Instagram account @DogsEatingGently.

“Josh (Biondillo) sometimes takes holidays but he

lot of parallels

“We constantly try to get him to channel his inner character turmoil. I feel that’s where his songwriting really shines. Songs like ‘Fred Astaire’ where he’s kind of self deprecating, that’s when the magic happens.”

Stevens gets excited, “I think with the shiny pop music we make, it’s nice to juxtapose that against darker lyrics.

Which is something we’ve never done consciously, something we always tend to (do) without knowing.”

Stevens laughs. “That would be amazing, maybe. We haven’t really spoken about any recorded collaborations but wouldn’t discount it.”

And when asked who would be a dream artist to work with, Stevens is one eyed about Disco legend Nile Rodgers.

“Usually the people you want to work with don’t want to work with you or they’re impossible to pin down.”

Perhaps then San Cisco’s cover of Daft Punk and Rodgers “Get Lucky” was a message for the man, the myth. If you’re reading this Rodgers, give em’ a chance.

Stevens remains tight-lipped about any new covers though and says as little as possible for now about a potential future solo project, DJ Beryl Streep. One thing is for certain; she’ll keep building the hype. Smoke machines, laser beams and all.

Catch San Cisco and Ball Park Music around the country this September and October.

When & Where:

recording and that sort of thing.”

City Oval, Ballarat – Saturday October 20.

on home turf, Perth, that Stevens concedes really get

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So could we see an Aussie ‘Watch the Throne’ after this

pretty much likes to be home I think, working and While the band has toured the world, it’s the shows

AUSTRALIA’S FOREMOST MAVERICK POET PETER BIBBY RETURNS WITH HIS SECOND ALBUM

It’s on the note of personal histories that Stevens believes lies lead Davieson’s biggest song writing strength.

tour with Ball Park Music?

Tickets via ballparkmusic.com & sancisco.com

Art Installations will include a Bunjil sculpture and local art displays, whilst Wayne Quilliam will project drone footage and moving images taken across Australia over songlines and sites significant to indigenous people. These mesmerising images will be projected onto roof and wall spaces of the old Paper Mills, to create a surreal urbanscape. That’s all just only scratching the surface of this years arts program, with more to be announced over the coming weeks.

With the aim of creating a culturally significant event that raises valuable funds to expand the Marrma Rom Foundation, while sharing the rich indigenous culture of language, ceremony, music and customs, the 2 Worlds Festival is one event that should not be missed.

The 2 Worlds Festival takes place at the Fyansford Paper Mills, Geelong – October 20.

Tickets are on sale now through the website www.2worldsfestival.org.au

Further combining culture and music, the festival will host the APRA Songlines session which will see Indigenous artist Alice Skye and aforementioned Chris Tamwoy come together in The Great Hall to give people the opportunity to sit back, relax and listen to their journey and enjoy their beautiful music.

Elsewhere at the festival, you’ll find Darren Percival deliver something special with The Masculine Spirit Choir in an endeavour to change the way people think about singing and being in a choir.

the nerves going. “There’s always more pressure on the

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For the kids, they’ll have the time of their lives with Mini Maestros music sessions, Boost Yoga and Dazzling Dan’s Magic Show which promises to be fun for the whole family with a show full of magic and subtle humour which adults appreciate too.

Since his first album release in 2014, Peter Bibby has established a strong following both near and far of adoring fans, playing stages of all sorts and sizes; from Laneway, to SXSW, to his hometown bar, Mojo’s. After a short hiatus, the Perth singer-songwriter has made his mark with two new releases, Work for Arseholes and Long Baby, creating anticipation and excitement amongst the streets. We chat to Bibby now as he lets us in on the sup and prepares once again for an Australian tour to celebrate his upcoming album, Grand Champion.

So, Butcher / Hairstylist / Beautician came out in 2014 and you’ve released a couple of songs since with ‘Work for Arseholes’ being your latest release from your upcoming album, Grand Champion what can you tell us about it?

I guess Grand Champion is a bit of a departure from the first one, but its not too far removed. Compared to some of the more recent live shows your might have seen, they’ve been going in a pretty completely different direction. I guess this is a bit of transition from the first album and that heavier stuff we’ve

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played more recently. It’s definitely a mixture of the two but I’d say it’s still definitely more like - folky, rocky - whatever you want to call that music; more like storytelling.

You’ve travelled around a fair spread of stages, from Laneway, to SXSW, to sweet little pubs here, there, everywhere. Have you got a favourite type of show to play or do you just take it all as they come?

I kind of take them as they come. To be honest I’m not a huge fan of playing big festival shows.. It kind of feels less personal and I don’t feel like I can get my message (whatever that might be) across as well in a bigger, wider space. I prefer a dingy pub. But for me my favourite venue still remains to be Mojo’s bar in Fremantle, where I am sitting right now and working.

I love playing here. But dingy little pubs are by far my favourite.

A lot of your music – if not all – is about Centrelink, goon, busking to buy goon, sleeping on the streets and more. Is your music reminiscent of your own life experiences?

A lot of personal experience and people that I interact with. It’s either first hand or second experiences. There’s one song in particular off Grand Champion that’s just a completely made up story about a bushranger type thing. I did a bit of research into old stuff like Ned Kelly and bush ranging and I formed by own story about it. That was a pretty fun experience, learning through songwriting. But for the most part it’s personal experiences.

You’ll be taking your gigs around Australia in October, what can your fans expect?

We’re pretty much just going to try and play Grand Champion start to finish and then throw in a few old favourites… maybe just leave it up to people yelling from the crowd. Hopefully people get into it. It’s going to be interesting because there’s about six or seven people playing on the record and we’re going to try and make it work as a three piece so we’ll see how we go...

Release: Grand Champion on Friday 28 September via Spinning Top Records (POND, GUM, Cameron Avery).

When & Where: Workers Club, Geelong – October 4

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DEAD LETTER CIRCUS WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN With over 10 years under their belt Dead Letter Circus return for their fourth LP, which is also their first to score a self-title. We caught up with the bands lead vocalist Kim Benzie to catch an inside glimpse into what fans can expect from ‘Dead Letter Circus’.

“Being completely transparent, I have this habit of making epic names for albums,” he laughs. “We’ve had some crackers like; ‘This Is The Warning’ and ‘The Catalyst Fire’ so the pressure is always on.

“We did the album really quickly, it was a bit strange,” he continues, referring to the forthcoming

DOWNLOAD HAS UNLEASHED AN INSANE LINEUP FOR 2019 2018 saw the Australian debut of the world’s premiere rock and metal festival Download!

30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington christening Melbourne into the Download family alongside Donington UK, (the spiritual home of rock), Paris France, Madrid Spain.

In 2019, Download returns to Melbourne and will head north to serve up a mammoth line up of sonic brutality and great times to Sydneysiders for the very first time!

So, which heavyweight heroes will be powering the mosh pits in 2019… you better be sitting down…

Kicking off with a lash of bitter sweetness…

Ozzy Osbourne and Slayer will be joining Download for the Australian legs of their final ever world tours, we know you all will rise and give them the send-off they both deserve….

Joining them includes names like Judas Priest, Alice In Chains, Sweden’s Ghost, hardcore punks Rise Against and Gympie’s much-loved metalcore sons The Amity Affliction, with many more to be announced. Suss the full lineup below.

Full Lineup: Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Judas Priest, Alice In Chains, Ghost, Rise Against, The, Amity Affliction, Anthrax, Halestorm, Behemoth, Me First And The Gimme Gimme, I Prevail, Converge, Frenzal Rhomb, Luca Brasi, Code Orange, Andy Black, The Fever 333, War On Women, High Tension, Outright, Ruins, Alien Weaponry.

It goes down on March 11 at Flemington Racecourse. Tickets go on sale via downloadfestival.com.au/tickets on Wednesday September 26.

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album (released September 21 via BMG). “We didn’t mull over it for months and months; we just kind of wrote and recorded it really quickly and all of a sudden it was done and it was time to think of a title.

Nothing was coming to mind; I just didn’t have any ideas and then someone commented that it seems we had returned thematically to where we begun.

“We started off making really ‘self helpy’ music; ‘fix yourself before you fix the world’ kind of stuff and then we turned to a revelation type of vibe that was more so like, ‘let’s do this together, let’s make a change’ and while I was mulling over my inability to come up with a sick album title, I thought, maybe it should be self-titled and everyone else was down for that.”

Speaking more of the albums lyrical content, Kim compares it to their last two albums which have centred heavily around politics.

“It felt like our calling for a while to shake people awake, but for this album it went really internal

and is more so about personal health and getting yourself into a good state,” he reveals. “In the past I’ve always presented an evolved version of myself that is at the end of a life lesson; not the anxious person at the start of the lessons when they are happening.

“As this album started to really get working, I was writing songs and realising how honest and bare it was and I was thinking for a while that I was putting too much of myself into these songs. When we finished, I realised how the lyrics had shaped up. It was like I was alerting the world to the inner workings of my brain and how I think in relation to certain topics.”

Expanding on certain lyrics, Kim drew mention to the albums song; ‘We Own The Light’, which touches on the fragility of masculinity.

“The first reason to spark this thought in my head was Robin Williams. I grew up watching his movies and just found everything about him to be so prolific. He is the perfect case of the sadness behind the smile. The next point was when Chris Cornell passed away and it really rocked me. Luckily I’ve never been in a position where someone really close to me took their own life, so this was the closest experience I guess, my idols.

“I get quite dark on my own and music is my outlet and release so I had always thought that would get a lot of musicians through their inner demons; especially someone like Chris Cornell because his darkness is really evident in his music he has always been a bit of bastion for putting your thoughts out there. ‘We Own The Light’ is all about that, keeping your fragilities buried due to the world’s perception on masculinity.”

When & Where: Tap house, Bendigo – December 19 The Barwon Club, Geelong – December 20

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a lucky thing to be able to do.”

Initially known as Hell’s Kitchen, The Superjesus received national radio play with their debut 1996 EP Eight Step Rail and became a festival favourite at Big Day Out throughout the ‘90s. With 3 x ARIA Awards and multi platinum albums; Sumo, Jetage, Rock Music and hit singles ‘Gravity’, ‘Secret Agent Man’, ‘Shut My Eyes’, ‘Down Again’ and being inducted into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame last year, The Superjesus are no doubt one of Australia’s most successful and respected rock bands. With much to celebrate, mainstay members Paul Berryman, Stuart Rudd and McLeod have decided to do it the way they did in the ‘90s – on the road in a tour van.

“We hadn’t really done much touring at all since we reformed a few years back; we’ve only done a couple of festivals and the odd weekend here and there, so we thought we should do it properly - like we did in the 90s and hit every town and go night after night.

We want to get in the van,” she smirks. “Normally Celebrate 20th Anniversary we’d get in a cab and we’d get on a plane and then of Iconic Album Sumo we’d get off the plane, but this one we’re going to get in the van and do it old school. I think it will be Twenty years on from their platinum selling good for the band, to pick up a bit of momentum – album Sumo hitting number two on the ARIA we haven’t had an opportunity to have momentum chart, The Superjesus are still as popular as ever. for a long time.”

Kicking their career off with an album that won With the absolute love of touring running through multiple ARIA Awards and cemented them as a force their veins, it’s clear all their time on the road has of Australian alternative rock, it’s no surprise the only added to the success – and the chemistry - of Adelaide band have big things planned for Sumo’s The Superjesus over the past two decades. big birthday; not only are they celebrating the 1998 “We were known as a live band first and foremost, debut with an anniversary edition on vinyl and CD but it’s because we just toured around everywhere,” (which also features bonus material sourced from McLeod explains. “We toured non-stop around triple j’s Live At The Wireless archive, as well as a Australia and then we went to America and we went around America for year; around and around, we never before heard studio cover of Kylie Minogue’s played every tiny town, whether there was people Confide In Me) but they’re also heading on an epic there or not, then we did the UK, Europe and back 20-gig tour around the country.

“It is a bit surreal [20 years later]. I feel like I’m the to America – that’s pretty much why we stopped in same person but I’ve had 10 different lives within the end, is because we were just burnt out... But I my life,” charismatic frontwoman Sarah McLeod want to get burnt out again, I can’t wait to get burnt reflects. “It’s pretty cool to be able to revisit our out. Someone bring a match, let’s go. I’ve forgotten debut knowing what I know now. The band know the pain of the old fire, I’m ready to re-ignite,” she more now because we’ve grown up a bit and we’ve laughs, before touching on the band’s brief hiatus. learnt more, we’re more musical and I feel like “We all went away on different tangents and having the opportunity to go back and play that learnt different things and then when we came record – but with our new mindset – is actually quite back together we bought all of the things we learnt

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while we were apart back into our new relationship,” she explains. “It was kind of like having a marriage, breaking up for a while, and dating loads of other people and getting heaps better at being in a relationship and then going back to your old love and being like ‘look at me, I’m fixed’. It’s exactly what it’s like.”

Now they’re bringing this new marriage and unstoppable work ethic to the fans and for this special occasion, The Superjesus have put together a bigger-than-Ben-Hur show that defies the usual channels of conventional touring. In an unprecedented move, The Superjesus will be playing support for themselves, treating audiences to two mammoth sets and playing everything from Sumo, their two-time ARIA award winning EP Eight Step Rail, and a selection of greatest hits spanning over their two decade long career. The band have never performed a show like this before, and never will again - it is a once off, moment in time celebration of all things The Superjesus.

“I’m just keen to hit the road to be honest,” McLeod reveals. “I’m so content with the idea of playing night after night after night because when you do a show, whatever the shortcoming that evidently slip through in that show, you work on them and then you fix them the next night and then other shortcomings will slip through and you fix that.

“When you play night after night for a couple of weeks on a run you start getting really sleek and you look back on what you were doing when you just had a weekend to do one or two shows, and it’s a completely different league. As much as I’m into travelling Australia, I do love that, but my main focus at the moment is just the excitement and promise of what the band can become after cracking the whip.”

When & Where: The Barwon Club, Geelong – October 5 Max Watts, Melbourne – October 6 Taphouse, Bendigo – October 10 Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au.

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DARREN MIDDLETON MAKING WAVES WITH THIRD ALBUM WRITTEN BY TAMMY WALTERS This week has been a big one for Darren Middleton. As Double J counted down the 50 best Australian albums of the 90’s crowning number one to ‘Internationalist’, the third studio album

by Aussie rock royalty Powderfinger, the former guitarist releases his third solo album, ‘Tides’.

Out tomorrow (Friday, September 21), ‘Tides’ is the reinvention and return of Middleton who has been focusing on scoring films and collaborating with fellow musicians over the last three years.

NEW ZEALAND’S SHAPESHIFTER ARE RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN New Zealand’s hottest drum and bass group Shapeshifter will be making their way back down to Australia and they couldn’t be more amped.

Speaking to the group’s incredibly friendly vocalist Paora Apera (P Digsss), Forte caught a glimpse into what fans can expect from the upcoming shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

“We are well excited, we haven’t played Australia for a wee bit and we have some new tunes which we are excited to play,” he says. “It’s always a good feeling getting back on the horse and getting the band back together so we are looking forward too it.”

Forming in 1999 after four of the members met at jazz school, Shapeshifter have gone on to become one of the biggest dance acts to come from New Zealand, but it hasn’t always been an easy fete.

“At the moment, the dance music culture in New Zealand is amazing,” Paora says. “It’s a lot more mainstream nowadays. We first formed in 1999, so we are getting pretty close to two decades. But back

“This album has been a while coming for me. I started it about a year and half ago now. Look, it’s not like me to take this long for the process to kind of take place. I usually try to get in there and get it done and give it time and energy. It took a year and a half mostly due to me having a bunch of things on”, Middleton says. “I almost abandoned it at half way but at the end of all of that I’m totally stoked with what I’ve got so whatever that process was and as drawn out as it was it was worth it as far as I’m concerned!”

‘Tides’ sees Middleton team up with Davey Lane (You Am I), recording the album in full takes straight to tape to capture a crisp, authentic sound with final touches added by producer Steve Schram (Paul Kelly, San Cisco, Cat Empire).

“I really wanted to approach the album in that really humanistic way,” says Middleton. “We kind of did that old school thing of ‘let’s get it right at the source’ rather than putting a bunch of shit in.”

Like its preceder’s, ‘Translations’ and ‘Splinters’, the ten track collection includes a star-studded host of guest musicians including Vika and Linda Bull, Kelly Lane, Graeme Pogson (The Bamboos), Luke Hodgson (Meg Mac), Xani Kolac and Louis Macklin (JET). Sound-wise, however, ‘Tides’ steps away from the former with Middleton going back to his roots, driving tracks with guitar hooks accompanied by his angelic ‘Bon Iver’ style vocals.

“I did purposely want this record to be different to the last couple of ones. I wanted it to be a bit more energetic and a bit more jagged around the edges, and a bit more guitary I suppose.”

Singles, ‘Some People’ and ‘Just Let Me Know’ (originally written for acclaimed film ‘A Star Is Born’ but reshaped for inclusion on ‘Tides’) have been swarming playlists and radio stations since the middle of the year, and will be followed by a third single and music video for uplifting track ‘After All’.

“I think people have been really surprised. You know it’s quite difficult for someone other than the lead singer of a big band to go and make a name for themselves because people don’t know your voice and the sound of your voice, and I think kind of now in this third record I’m establishing who I am as a solo artist, starting again really.”

Starting over, change, and uncertainty, like in Middleton’s personal life, all run deep in his storytelling for the songs; a trait we are familiar with throughout Middleton’s catalogue.

“That’s a pretty common thread throughout most of my songwriting- there’s always a little uncertainty, perhaps a smidge of despair but definitely a little bit of hope. I gravitate towards a melancholy style of lyric writing I suppose,” he laughs. “I can’t help it! I guess it’s a little bit of a reflection on my life and what I observe but you know I find it very hard to write just a, you know, ‘everything’s rosy’ style of song. It wouldn’t feel real to me.”

While ‘Tides’ will further cement Middleton as a frontman in his own right, he will never truly shake the strong grips of Powderfinger. After their split 8 years ago, the five members remain good friends, often collaborating on albums or on stage, and continuing to serve their fandom.

“The band got back together a week ago actually to do some filming for this little international reissue that’s coming out so we caught up with each other and it didn’t feel like 8 years all of a sudden [laughs], felt like it had only been like 2 weeks.”

On top of the album release, third single release and the reissue of some Powderfinger gold, Middleton will be celebrating this album with an East Coast Tour playing only three shows at Factory Floor in Sydney, The Zoo in Brisbane and Northcote Social Club in Melbourne with support from Ashley Naylor (Even) and an opening act from each city.

“It’s only three for now…There will definitely be more gigs,” Middleton says. “I want to play, so we will roll all of the stuff out towards the end of the year. If people want to see me, I’ll be doing gigs!”

Release: Tides is out tomorrow (Friday 21 September 2018) When & Where: Northcote Social Club, Melbourne – October 26.

SO FRENCHY SO CHIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2019 ALL-FEMALE LINE UP Eight years since the French pop extravaganza kicked off in Melbourne, the So Frenchy So Chic festival will be back in 2019 on Sunday January 13. The one-day garden party will this time feature an all-star female line up.

Supplying the tunes for the French pop garden party will be the much loved Camille Dalmais, who first delighted Australian audiences in 2006 with her hit ‘Ta Douler’ from her award-winning album, Le Fil. Her appearance at the festival in 2019 is promising to be a highlight for the musical calendar. Alongside Camille will be the deceptively simple dada pop tunes of Yelle, the former La Femme frontwoman and electro-diva Clara Luciani, and the bossa-nova inflected pop artiste Cléa Vincent.

In addition to France’s most irresistible beats, face painting, bubble artists, drumming classes and lawn games like pétanque and croquet will be available to keep every enfant entertained, meaning you can bring along the whole family.

And of course, in the spirit of getting the full French expérience, the festival is supplying the crème de la crème of the French foodie scene, from mussels and oysters and charcuterie to crêpes and macaroons, even raclette and ice cream, plus much more. No garden party is complete without champagne, and only the best of it will be supplied by Laurent Perrier all day, along with French beer, rosé from Provence, and special cocktails at the bar. It’s an all ‘round rendezvous at the 2019 festival.

So Frenchy So Chic 2019 is going down on Sunday January 13 at Werribee Park. Tickets are on sale now, limited early bird tickets are available at www.sofrenchysochic.com

then, it wasn’t that common; we didn’t get much radio play or anything but we worked hard.

“We just played our asses of and that’s how we got a lot of our fan base, but back in the day not many people were making dance music with a full band arrangement, so it was tricky. It’s all a part of character building.

“We are just always trying to learn and do new things. Every day is a school day for us.”

Now at the height of their career, the group is gearing up for the release of their forthcoming EP. Of course not before they give the fans a taste of something new, which found its way in the video clip for their single ‘Oculus’, which touches on overcoming the adversity of natural disasters, in particular focusing on the 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch.

“The band originally comes from Christchurch and that’s where they all went to jazz school,” he explains, “So Christchurch is dear to Shapeshifter in many ways and at the time when the earthquake happened we saw a gorgeous city destroyed.

“That’s massively inspired a lot of our music lately.

It’s been getting some nice responses and feedback.

It’s a joyous song so we had to give it a video that suits its popping energy.”

Touching on the impact of the film clip Paora left us with something to think about.

“I think it’s important as well. We aren’t necessarily a political band but at the same time there are always people saying that artists should leave politics out of music and to that I say, ‘what, are you even living in the same world?’ Politics is all a part of it. It’s hard though, you don’t want to be jamming it down people’s throats but if there a cause that inspires you by all means get out there and support it.”

soaring melodies and dirty breakdowns to get your feet moving.

Is this your biggest tour to this point? Any crazy stories from previous shows/tours?

Yes indeed, 20 dates on this one makes it our biggest yet. The shows keep getting better but the endurance in paramount. Lots of crazy stories, a few of them up north, few of them down south. Most recently we had a punch-up break out between two idiots at our show in Sydney, they ended up on the stage brawling whilst we were mid song – that was pretty fun to break up before the security got involved HA! Went through a couple of floorbeds at a motel up north too; all by accident of course, during a friendly bedroom wrestle.

Who might like Port Royal?

Anybody who listens to or sees a band and loves the feeling of being uplifted and/or empowered. It’s also very danceable music, pop music minus the bullshit so to speak. People music talking about people matters, made for people.

How has the reaction the recently released “Love Passion Satisfaction” album been received?

Yeah it seems to be proving our biggest release yet.

We’re kicking some serious goals with radio play and Place your heart in the hands of Port Royal. it seems the Australian industry as a whole is taking The Brisbane band hits the road this month in notice. This is a bit of a stable landmark of tunes support of EP Love, Passion, Satisfaction, and that have shaped the band over the past 12 months. one venue on the receiving end of their love We’re not slowing down any time soon, I think this is Geelong’s Workers Club on September 21. release is a really strong rock & roll record, but the Influenced by the likes of The Rolling Stones best is yet to come. and The Beatles, the EP is “good time vibe of the Thanks for your time, all the best for the tour? ’60s, moulded to the rhythm, energy and attitude Last words? of the ’70s rock & roll revolution”.

Believe in yourself, believe in the power of music, We chat to the Port Royal boys ahead of the and most importantly don’t stop believing in the show. bigger picture – life is what you make of it HA! Go I may be mistaken, but this is Port see a local band.

Royals first time in Geelong? What can the locals expect at a Port Royal show? They Port Royal fellas will be joining The Velvet This is our first time in Geelong and we can’t wait Addiction for their 2nd birthday at The Workers to soak it up. Everything I’ve heard about Geelong Geelong on September 21. seems to be positive. Lots of energy, lots of attitude and lots of character is what you can expect. The Port Royal show should get the blood flowing most importantly and get your in the mood for something exciting, something new. Plenty of smooth licks,

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RED BEE Earlier this year saw Blue Mountains prog tinged three piece Red Bee reign supreme with their second album, Silent Enemy; which proves to be an unstoppable, adrenaline rushing, alt-hard rock masterwork. An incredibly tight live band, Red Bee is explosive, atmospheric and energetic; continuously blowing the minds of their audiences.

We chat with vocalist and guitarist Daniel Silk.

Hey thanks so much for chatting to Forte! You recently released your second album ‘Silent Enemy’, how have you found the response so far?

The positive response has been overwhelming. We are super happy and grateful that people are loving the album and we can’t wait to take it out on the road.

Can you tell us a bit about the creative process on the album?

We worked on the album for around two years, and tried many different approaches for different songs, from being in the rehearsal space grinding it out together, to using different audio software to convey ideas to one another, and streamline the process, we didn’t have a set formula. All of us bring different ideas and concepts to the table for the band to build on.

It’s been said the album could appeal to an extraordinarily diverse audience base, an album that weaves through an abstract of styles, genres and time signatures without losing an ounce of hook or feel along the way. Do you agree?

Thank you, that’s a great way of describing the

album. We just wanted freedom of expression from all members, nothing was taboo, we wrote without fear and edited without mercy and trust in each other’s ability during the writing and recording process.

Within that, the album just formed organically; we never set out to write a certain style of music or songs, it’s just what we all can dig and agree on... “Most of the time” Where did the idea come from the first single is ‘Dead Inside’?

‘Dead Inside’ was one of the first songs written for the new album. We draw from many influences in this band and the idea of juxtaposing tech math rock riffs with a hook laden chorus comes from all of us having an eclectic taste in music and mashing it together. Lyrically the song is drawn from real life experience however the story is a fictional tale based on a lack of control You guys have just kicked off a tour around Australia which will see you hitting up Amped Festival at Cherry Bar which has a stacked lineup!

Anyone you’re particularly looking forward to sharing the stage with? Have you been before?

This is our first Amped Festival, It’s great to have it fit in with our tour and we’re stoked to be on this killer bill. We always make an effort to watch every band that we play alongside, with such an amazing array of talent here in Australia it’s just inspiring to watch other bands get up and kill it live.

Are you guys more at home with your music live on stage or in the studio?

They are such different beasts, we cut our teeth playing live shows over the years and it’s a experience like no other to play a killer live set. The studio gives us space, time and tools to let creativity unfold, ideas you never thought of will surface, most songs develop more, plus your playing really goes under the microscope.

Thanks so much for chatting! To finish up, what can we expect to see next from Red Bee? We’ll tour hard with Silent Enemy and begin work on a follow up album so we can get back into the studio and do it all again.

CLARE BOWEN IS COMING HOME Australian born, US based singer songwriter Clare Bowen returns to Australia for her third headline tour, fresh off the set of NASHVILLE after six years of filming. Taking a moment to focus on music and to share her new debut selftitled album with all her fans in Australia, we chat to Clare ahead of her homecoming theatre tour.

Hi Clare, thanks so much for taking the time to chat to Forte! How are you and what have you been up to recently?

I’m fantastic and rolling about in extreme gratitude that I get to do what I do. I feel like I’ve been up to just about everything lately. Just finished an incredible album release and tour in the UK and am about to leave for Australia to do it all over again.

You’re returning home to Australia soon for a run of headline dates. Does the saying ‘there’s no place like home’ resonate with you, in terms of both music and/or life?

I grew up moving around a lot, so for me, home is not a place, it is people. I’m so excited to come back to see everyone and spend time with my family.

It’s such a privilege to get to do what I love in the country I was born in.

This all surrounds the release of your highly anticipated self-titled debut album – congrats on the upcoming release! Can you talk us through the process on this one?

When & Where: Music Man, Bendigo - October 5 Amped Fest, Melbourne – October 6

“You need to prove yourself as hard as you can and that was the biggest thing that I took away from that tour; realising that the grind permanently doesn’t stop. You just can’t stop or slow down ever was a pretty big learning curve.”

A far cry from the bands first ever headline tour last year. “It was a lot better than I thought it would be; leading up to it I was 100 per cent keen and 100 per cent anxious,” he says. “It’s really interesting actually headlining your own shows and taking really good bands along with you on the tour was. The shows were insane, I literally couldn’t of asked for more from that tour.”

When I asked Bobak to compare the countries live music scenes (with both Australia and Europe having avid metal fanbases,) he gives credit where credit is due.

“I think the scene in Australia is really good, I think WRITTEN BY ALEX CALLAN there are a few things Europe could learn from Australia.

“The biggest thing would be ‘stage potatoes’, there If you’re into the metal scene, you may have are way more stage potatoes in Europe,” he explains. realised that Justice For The Damned have been “There are people who get on stage take a selfie and crushing it since 2017’s release of Dragged jump off or whatever and then there’s some people Through The Dirt, the bands brutal debut album. will just get up and then not stage dive and just be Not only have the lads found their rightful place standing on the stage and in Australia that doesn’t on tours alongside Thy Art Is Murder, In Hearts really happen. It does but it doesn’t, definitely a lot Wake and Ocean Grove; they have also been less.” busy playing headline shows, touring Europe Having already secured themselves a European and working on their sophomore release. booking agent at Avocado (Thy Art Is Murder, Having recently played down in Geelong at the Parkway Drive) as well as working on the new album, Barwon Club’s sell-out Polaris show, we figured it’s fair to say Justice will be pretty flat out over the it would be the perfect time to have a chat to coming months. But before they settle down to record, Bobak Rafiee, the lead vocalist of Sydney’s hottest they are headed off on ‘the Survival of the Riffest,’ up-and-coming “metalcore/deathcore/death metal/ co-headline tour of Australia with pals in Alpha Wolf. blackened hardcore, or whatever the fuck you want “We want to do a second record; we are ready to go to call it,” band. we are just waiting on producers at the moment. We Speaking of the groups first European tour have a specific producer in mind and then quite a few (alongside Thy Art Is Murder, After The Burial and others who we are also really interested in and then Oceano) Bobak doesn’t hold back. “It was fucked up we also have a co-headline tour with Alpha Wolf in dude. I can’t even explain it. It was just the best ever. December and some cool stuff happening next year, “Going to another country, being the opening so it’s a pretty busy and exciting time at the moment.” band and not necessarily having a big fan base over there, one of the biggest things you realise is that no Justice For The Damned and Alpha Wolf will one gives a fuck about you. No one cares about you. play at Stay Gold in Melbourne on December 14.

What are you worth? Who is your band?” he explains.

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Thankyou! My debut album was five and half years in the making. My team and I snatched every spare minute we could between shoots, rehearsals, performances and tours to make it happen. It contains songs from all across that time span ‘Lullabye’ was one of the first songs I wrote when I got to Nashville. ‘Warrior’ was among the most recent.

They are all stories from my life, and stories from the lives of people I love and admire. My approach consisted of working my hind end off to make sure the album was completely me. It meant shooing a lot of characters out of the way. I knew I’d only get to make my first record once, so it had to be absolutely true to me, and I had to get it right.

What/who are some of your main influences in music, and what impact have they had on your album?

I’ve always loved Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics. Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Annie Lennox, Gurrumul, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday, The Rolling Stones, Etta James, Gilbert and Sullivan, Tata Vega... lots more. I was lucky my parents played all kinds of music, all the time. Each of these artists made me want to tell stories. They’re all very unique people and that was very apparent through their music. It taught me that being the only one of yourself in the whole world is actually a good thing.

What can we expect to see at these upcoming shows? If performing only at premiere theatre venues reflective of what type of show we can anticipate?

I love theatres. It’s a big ole party. We’ll sing songs from the album, the Nashville show, covers, some originals I’ve not even recorded yet. We sing songs that allow people to forget all their worries, and then sing songs that have the potential to help people find the words to voice those worries that they mightn’t have been able to access before. We dance, we laugh, we cry and we create a space where it doesn’t matter who you are or where you are from - you belong right here with us.

When & Where: Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne (All Ages) – October 5. Tickets via ticketek.com.au

punk in general can be a very polarising genre. So if you listen to the title track of Lucid Again, it’s definitely a far stretch from punk and I’m sure if someone had only heard that song they may struggle to dig our other songs.”

With new music in the works and a back catalogue of ever evolving sounds and genres, it seems Clowns are planning on continuing to push the boundaries of music genres.

“In terms of the newer stuff we have been writing, I guess we are trying to keep it fresh and interesting and trying to keep the people who like us shocked by what we do. We just don’t want it to get boring.

“One of my favourite quotes is from a David Bowie interview from fucking who knows when and someone asked him a similar question and he said, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do next but it’s going to be interesting,’ and I think that’s such an inspiration precedent to continue as an artist.

“I think the newer stuff we have been writing definitely has elements of punk meets psychedelia, although we aren’t harping on about it like we did with Lucid Again,” Williams continues. “We are also bringing back some of the faster harder elements to our sound. I’m really excited to record the record and put it out next year.”

With the new album scheduled for release next year, fans have been kept busy with the release of two new singles, including ‘Freezing In The Sun’ that the band will be touring across Australia this October and Williams couldn’t be more eager.

“I’m feeling really good about it. The music we are releasing at the moment, in my opinion is my favourite stuff that we have written and I’m really excited to hit the road, play some new songs and make a whole bunch of new pals. We try to spread the set list across all of our music and that’s exactly what we will be doing for this tour. It should be an awesome time!”

In terms of punk music, it seems that so many bands try to carve their niche through labelling themselves with obscure genres.

‘Oh yeah man, we are currently doing the garagepunk vibe, but the next album will be full on surfpunk’ is a sentence I have heard far too many times.

That’s not the case for Clowns, because truthfully Clowns are doing the most punk thing possible by literally releasing whatever music they want whilst maintaining the same high quality of each record and truthfully, it’s fucking rad.

If you don’t believe me, name one band that would fit comfortably on the line-up for UNIFY, Boogie and Download… trick question, there is only one answer and that answer is Clowns.

When & Where: “When we started this band, we didn’t want to The Corner, Melbourne – October 6 create precedents with our sounds,” responds Stevie Williams, the groups lead vocalist.

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MICHAEL JACKSON The Legacy Tour Calling from his home in Las Vegas, American artist William Hall is on the line and immediately the resemblance of his voice to the late Michael Jackson is uncanny; it was as if I was actually speaking to the King of Pop himself.

Legacy is the world’s greatest tribute to the world’s greatest entertainer, Michael Jackson, and Hall is the star, travelling the World with this incredible show along with his live band and dancers, giving every audience member an experience that comes as close as ever to seeing the King himself.

The Texan (Hall), who has been performing since he was three years old – and who is an accomplished dancer, choreographer and musician - embodies the voice, the dance character and persona of the legendary MJ to perfection and is bringing his legacy back to Australia for the second time this year for a national tour.

Recognised worldwide as one of the best Michael Jackson tribute artists, Hall’s love and appreciation of Michael Jackson started at a young age, long before he decided to take on his persona.

“That’s how it all started,” Hall explains. “You have to be a fan to do something like this; as the years go on, you do develop your own way of doing things as well. I had been talking about doing a Michael Jackson show for a while, even before he died, and then of course once he died I just really felt like I needed to do it.

“He was the ultimate. You always have to keep Michael’s legacy going; we’ve never had a performer like that before, we’ve never had an artist quite like Michael Jackson. It felt almost a must to keep what he did going. That’s why it is still the way that it is around the world.”

The Legacy Tour is no small feat. The show, which is also produced and directed by Hall, is bought to life in a full-scale production that includes a live band bringing the energy, the dance, and the music that spans generations, and is mostly drawn from Hall having attended various Michael Jackson live performances over the years.

“I saw all the tours,” he smiles. “A lot of the time, I would go see the shows just to study; just to see the show. I think I knew mentally that at some point I would do something like this, so I just took in all the information. A lot of the time when I would go see him, I would just watch everything going on around him, I wouldn’t even watch him.

“That was probably as important for me as anything else; been able to go experience his live performances,” he says.

Recreating the soul and passion of MJ’s music, this authentic experience is like none other. Not only has the show toured the world to rave reviews, but it is the one and only Michael Jackson show that features actual Michael Jackson staff, singers and band members. The show itself is musically directed by Sam Sims, a long-time work affiliate to MJ studio and stage and world-renowned bassist; choreographed by LaVelle Smith Jr who featured in both the BAD and Dangerous Tours, and engineered by the great Michael Prince, who was Michael’s personal engineer for over 15 years and who engineered on the “This Is It tour and “This Is It” the movie.

The demand all over the world is a testament to Hall’s dedication over the past twenty years to deliver the kind of perfect show that Michael was famous for, along with doing something that Hall himself loves to do – to perform, create and develop his talent in the industry.

“I studied Michael in different stages; according to what he was doing at that time. You do that for so many years you start to develop your own talent.

That’s what happened with me; I wasn’t just doing it to ‘be Michael Jackson’, I was a singer so I wanted to keep developing my talent and thank god I did.”

Featuring all the King of Pop’s biggest hits, packed with authentic touches and flair, you can expect it to be a ‘best of’ Michael Jackson World Tour, combining all the colour and spectacle of Jackson’s musical journey, including his Bad, Dangerous and HIStory solo world tours, into one concert that is much more than just a tribute show or impersonator act.

“We’re all just doing what he did,” Hall continues to explain. “I took what I felt were the best bits and pieces from each tour and just put it all together into one tour – along with a bit of myself into the show as well. I can’t give away too much but it’s some of what people have seen, and there’s some things that they haven’t seen, things he never did…”

HER SOUND, HER STORY SCREENINGS ANNOUNCED

When & Where:

You can catch the screening of Her Sound, Her Story at the Darebin Music Feast Opening Party (Darebin Arts Centre, Preston) on Thursday 18 October.

Tickets via musicfeast.com.au.

Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool – October 3 The Palms at Crown, Melbourne – October 5 & 6.

QMF DROPS FOURTH & FINAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 IS WRAPPING UP ITS LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH A BEVY OF HIGH-PROFILE COMEDIANS, AUSSIE ARTISTS AND KIDS ENTERTAINERS. THE QMF COMEDY SHOW HAS SECURED FOUR STELLAR COMEDIANS TO BRING THE LAUGHTER THIS YEAR, WITH ANNE EDMONDS, TOM BALLARD, COREY WHITE AND DANIELLE WALKER CONFIRMED TO COME COAST-SIDE. EXCITING LOCAL ACTS MAKING THEIR QMF DEBUT WILL INCLUDE ELECTRO-FOLK MUSICIAN FOREVER SON, TRIPLE J UNEARTHED DARLING

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NANCIE SCHIPPER, FOLK BLUES DUO JACK THE FOX, SONGWRITING SISTERS THE SIDESHOW BRIDES, ALT-COUNTRY TROUBADOUR NATHAN SEECKTS, GEELONG ROCKERS THE KITE MACHINE, AND GEORGE WILSON’S MUSICAL ALTER-EGO POLLYMAN. GEELONG BASED SOUL ENSEMBLE SWEETHEARTS ARE BACK TOO, THIS TIME ALONGSIDE LEGENDARY AMERICAN DRUMMER BERNARD PURDIE (THE MAN THE FAMOUS HALF-TIME DRUM BACKBEAT THE “PURDIE SHUFFLE” IS NAMED AFTER), AND GRANT RECIPIENTS MDRN LOVE AND FENN WILSON WILL ALSO TAKE TO THE STAGE AS WELL AS 2017 GRANT RECIPIENTS THE REFUGE. THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TEENY TINY STEVIES WILL BE SPEARHEADING THE ANNUAL KIDS PROGRAM, WITH HELP FROM FRIENDS THE MIK MAKS AND KIDS COMEDIAN NICHOLAS RIDICULOUS. THERE ARE ROAMING CLOWNS, GIANT SEAGULLS, BIG RORY & OCHIE THE DOG, AND THE SNUFF PUPPETS. CHILDREN 13 YEARS AND UNDER GET IN FOR FREE, AND THE KIDS CARNIVAL RIDES ARE FREE TOO!

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Powered by adored lead single ‘I Miss You’ and stunning early reviews, arguably Australia’s most positive hip-hop trio Thundamentals are set to release their fifth studio album I Love Songs tomorrow (Friday September 21), flawlessly capping off their ‘Decade of the Thundakat’.

Recorded at their own studio in Sydney’s inner suburbs, the 12-track release is an intensely personal listen. Fans of the group will be familiar with their frequent political commentary, but amongst an increasingly turbulent society, they have decided to focus their album on what’s been lost amongst the chaos: Love. As a result, I Love Songs focuses on love in its varying forms, and showing Thundamentals’ undeniable writing ability in a more intimate light.

“We’ve been pretty vocal about some of our opinions, our political beliefs, in the past and although it is nice to get stuff off your chest, we wanted to do a project that didn’t actually shine a light on any of the bullshit,” explains Tuka (aka Brendan Tuckerman). “Everyone knows what the world is like; do I need to preach to the converted or can I give you something that is actually going to, potentially, bring you closer to someone? It feels like everyone’s

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isolated, it feels like everyone’s disconnected, so we’re trying to stimulate connection between people using the glue or theme of love.

“Within that is a lot of grey, murky space; what the concept of love and supporting someone is, or the dynamic of that. Our last record was about interpersonal relationships as well, called Everyone We Know [2017], and each song is about a different person. This record is actually about one other person, or your very extremely tight-knit crew.”

The concept of I Love Songs was conceived and executed while the group were touring their 2017 album (an album which spawned hits ‘Sally’, ‘Think About ‘’it’ and ’21 Grams’ , written in candid moments of on-road reflection, exploring the isolation and broken romances that happen behind the scenes, away from the sold-out crowds and starstudded festivals.

“It’s a love story,” Tuka continues. “Both me and Jeswon [aka Jesse Ferris], we’re talking about our partners, and even the songs that aren’t about our partners, they’re about people that are directly related in our lives.

“And so that’s what I Love Songs means; it’s a record about love songs, about love,” he continues.

“But it’s also just the irony of us touring and making music for 10 years and when it comes down to it, it’s individual songs that really have allowed us to do what we do. So that was the rationale behind it.

We love songs that allow us to express our love to this other person.”

In terms of production, the album reflects the vast array of emotions explored by the band, while pushing further into the sonic territories of electronica, gospel and R&B. There’s the silky modern hum of album opener ‘All I See Is Music’, ‘Eyes On Me’ transports you to sunnier times with its warm island embrace, and ‘Everybody But You’ builds slowly into a mesmerising sing-a-long at its conclusion.

Mostly self-produced alongside acclaimed Sydney multi-instrumentalist Carl Dimataga (Khalid) and featuring guest appearances from Australian upstarts Eves Karydas and Adrian Eagle, each song sees the guys take on a contemporary and adventurous approach, while still retaining

HER SOUND, HER STORY IS A VIBRANT AND POWERFUL CELEBRATION OF THE DIVERSE FEMALE TALENT RICH TO THE AUSTRALIA MUSIC LANDSCAPE, CELEBRATING EACH OTHER, CELEBRATING THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE AND INSPIRING THOSE TO COME. ESTABLISHED BY INDEPENDENT ART MAKERS AND LONG-TIME FRIENDS CLAUDIA SANGIORGI DALIMORE AND MICHELLE GRACE HUNDER, THE DUO HAVE BROUGHT THE PROJECT TO LIFE THROUGH THEIR DEDICATION TO DOCUMENTING, CELEBRATING AND INSPIRING WOMEN. THE FILM FEATURES A WHOLE HOST OF BELOVED TALENT TO REFLECT ON THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING ALEX LAHEY, CAMP COPE, CLARE BOWDITCH, CODA CONDUCT, E^ST, JEN CLOHER, MEG MAC, MOJO JUJU, MONTAIGNE, SAMPA THE GREAT, STELLA DONNELLY, TINA ARENA, THELMA PLUM, VERA BLUE AND MORE. EACH STORY HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF UNAPOLOGETIC INDIVIDUALISM AND THE TRUE BEAUTY IN HONEST EXPRESSION. THIS IS THE LATEST FILM TO FOSTER AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION AROUND THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, HISTORIES AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF WOMEN WITHIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. AT THE HEART OF THE DOCO IS A SENSE OF HOPE, UNFLINCHING IN ITS TAKE ON THE ISSUES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

Thundamentals’ traditional roots in rap.

“There’s hip hop in there, but we’ve always genre hopped a little bit. Again, it relates to the title, I Love Songs; I love music. It’s not I love hip hop,” he laughs. “We just went out and went ‘okay, let’s just be totally loyal to the song. What does the song want’, and we don’t think about anything outside of it. Eventually, the love story narrative came through it, but if you kind of flip through all the songs, there’s a lot of different genres on there and that falls under the idea ‘I Love Songs’.”

While lead single ‘I Miss You’ has garnered over 2.5 million streams, peaked #24 on the Spotify Viral Chart, been added to Apple Music’s Today’s Hits playlist and received widespread critical acclaim, the album also includes a number of fun, divergent tracks which takes on the idea of love in a whole new way. “’Payroll’ is a funny one,” Tuka laughs. “It’s still about love in a really weird way. Me, Jess, and Morgs have been writing music out of Morgan’s bedroom for longer than 10 years, and so the track ‘Payroll’ was basically a celebration in saying that we never really did it for money.

“The dream was always to be able to make a living off of it so you could continue doing it, not so you can have material possessions; just so you don’t have to work for a boss or a system that you don’t like. We put in so much work, it’s almost looks like looking at one another and going holy shit, we’re the masters of our destiny now and we’re not sacrificing our integrity for money.”

While the trio celebrated their tenth anniversary with an epic twenty-four date regional tour earlier this year, this release sees them moving with more momentum than ever as they gear up to embark on their album tour in November. Armed with 12 new tracks promoting love and connectivity, fans can expect a candid insight into the lives of Tuka, Jeswon, and Morgs.

Release: I Love Songs is out tomorrow (Friday 21 September 2018)

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As for the food, you’ll be the ones enjoying the best food at the game with an all day menu including their signature wings (with their range of flavours), burgers – including everything from beef and chicken to vegan and the ‘grand slam’, along with a range of parmas, ribs and share platters.

FESTIVAL GOERS IN FOR TASTY TREAT

Entry is free but you’ll want to lock it in with a GA or Restaurant booking, with casual bar area walk ins welcome on the day. As always, it’s best to get in early for the best seats in the house!

Whether you’re an avid foodie, wine-lover, or just need to let loose a little, Halls Gap’s much-loved wine and food festival, Grampians Grape Escape, is the ultimate getaway and is set to return on May 4 and 5, 2019.

If you’re feeling a bit fancy and keen to enjoy the game in style, why not upgrade to a VIP Booth? It’s one of the only times of the year you can guarantee yourself a booth which includes your own Private BoothTV, main meal (your choice of a parma, burger, salad or wrap) and drink, plus 24 wings to share!

Game on...

Nestled in the heart of the picturesque Grampians, the festival draws thousands of people to the region each year to discover the cool climate wines, boutique producers and local creatives that make the area so special.

There is no better event that showcases regional diversity with 120 stalls offering award winning wines and produce, plus beer, cider, arts and handmade goods, not to mention fantastic food truck eats. All of this is available to uncover with the stunning Grampians as the backdrop.

This year they welcome two talented chefs to its line-up, Colin Fassnidge (Channel 7’s My Kitchen Rules ) and Sarah Glover (Bondi Bikkies). Fassnidge and Glover will be hosting demonstrations across the festival weekend, celebrating local produce with themes around sustainability and road trip cooking.

It doesn’t stop there though. With the AFL Grand Final kicking off on a Saturday arvo, the entertainment will continue long after the final siren with post game celebrations going well into the night.

GRAND FINAL WEEKEND AT THE SPORTING GLOBE The home of sport and beer

It’s true, every year on these fine grand final days, many a fan flock to their local Sporto – and for good reason. The Sporting Globe’s grand final day celebration has all you need to catch every moment of the game with about 50 plus flat screens, an epic menu and a number of drink specials – along with the awesome game atmosphere.

There’s something about heading to the pub, having a few beers and watching the grand final with mates that just can’t be put into words.

Really, it’s true blue right to the end. This year, while the Cats mightn’t be fighting for the trophy, you can still head to the Sporting Globe for the best Grand Final celebration in town... and maybe back up the celebrations with the NRL Grand Final the next day!

If you’re heading there on the Saturday for some football action, you can take advantage of the all day $20 Bud Buckets and Heineken3 Buckets, plus $20 ice cold Sparkling bucket. Fresh and icy cold – just the way we like it! If you’re back on the Sunday for the rugby, the drink specials are just as tempting with their $9.9 Highball Cocktails and $27.9 two litre Table Taps – you just have to add $2 for Craft and Premium Beers as well.

The real stars of the show however are some of Australia’s most distinguished winemakers from the Grampians, Pyrenees and Henty regions, and the festival provides opportunities to meet these winemakers, including masterclasses.

BENDIGO UNCORKED WEEK IS COMING BACK FOR OCTOBER FILLED WITH SOME OF THE REGION’S FINEST FOOD AND WINE AT SOME OF BENDIGO’S MOST HISTORIC VENUES PLAYING HOST.

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When & Where: The Sporting Globe, Geelong – September 29 & 30.

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plenty of activities for the kids.

watering food, wines to savour

Bookings now open for AFL & NRL Grand Final Weekend. Tickets available via www. sportingglobe.com.au/grandfinal

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Whether you’re going for the underdog or the favourites, come game day, stay entertained and replenished at The Sporting Globe. It’s more than a game, it’s a tradition at Geelong’s Premier Sports Bar!

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Melbourne Cup weekend, November 3-4 Showcasing three diverse sub-regions of Geelong – each offering a series of unique and exciting food, wine and entertainment experiences.

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BREAKY FOR BOOBIES FUNDRAISER IS BACK Breaky for Boobies is an annual Fundraising event held in Geelong and is the brainchild of two Geelong mums, Emily Townsing and Clare Barnes, whose mission is to help raise awareness about breast cancer.

Kicking off in 2016, the event raised over $21,500, while last year saw the figure double raising $45,142.

With every dollar going straight to the National

Breast Cancer Foundation, the event has now raised $67,500 over the past two years and this year the girls are hoping to do even better with the aim of reaching the total of $100,000.

Clare’s personal connection to breast cancer comes from losing her mum Deborah Evans, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 41, which has always been a driving force behind her wanting to contribute to the cause. In the past, Clare had often hosted girl’s nights in and other smallerscale fundraisers before coming up with the idea for the breakfast in 2016 and teaming up with Emily.

From there, the pair became instantly overwhelmed with the amount of people wanting to be involved and they ended up with so many donations that they decided to also run an online auction through Instagram, alongside their morning

THE BIENNALE OF AUSTRALIAN ART TAKES OVER BALLARAT The Biennale of Australian Art will transform Ballarat into a kaleidoscope of art, sculpture, music and installations this spring.

tea. Fast forward two years, and the ladies are now well on their way to reaching that $100,000 goal with their inspiring and inclusive event.

The first leg of the 2018 fundraiser begins with the online Instagram auction, set for Sunday 14th October. So far, the girls have more than 250 individual businesses on board with donations which will be up for auction via their page @ breakyforboobies.

So, what’s an Instagram Auction? Basically, it’s just a fun, creative and simple way to raise funds for an important cause. All you have to do come auction day, is comment on the individual item post (items generously donated from amazing individuals and businesses from across the state) with the price you want to pay, obviously higher than the previous bid, and keep an eye on items you’re bidding on throughout the auction to make sure you’re still the highest bidder. It’s as simple as that – raising money in your bath robe from the comfort of your lounge room.

Last year they had 196 items up for auction and by selling every single item, they raised $16,995 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation – just through Instagram!

The Instagram auction is of course only the first part of the Breaky for Boobies Campaign, with details of their annual Breaky event to be announced soon.

Last year saw more than 200 guests (both men and women) come together at Barwon Edge Boathouse for a morning of breakfast bites, champagne, raffles, live and silent auctions and a whole lot of fun, so we can’t wait to see what they’ve got planned for this one. Tickets have sold out for the past two years so keep your eye on their pages for ticket sales.

With every dollar going straight to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the fundraiser not only supports those fighting breast cancer, but it also admires the survivors and honours those taken, in a community gathering coming together to never give up hope.

FRIENDLYJORDIES A LIFE: MT PREVIEW WRITTEN BY JOSH DOWLING IN 2016/2017 THE SUBLIME SATIRIST JORDAN SHANKS (ALSO KNOWN AS FRIENDLYJORDIES ON YOUTUBE) TREATED AUSTRALIAN AUDIENCES TO AN ECLECTIC COMBINATION OF ECCENTRIC COMEDIC COMMENTARY REGARDING SOCIOPOLITICAL ISSUES AND EXTENSIVE MOTIVATIONAL LIFE ADVICE PROVING THAT THE COMEDIAN IS CAPABLE OF FAR MORE THAN JUST DELIVERING LAUGHS. IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, JORDAN IS AT IT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME MALCOLM TURNBULL IS IN HIS SIGHTS AS HE PERFORMS HIS SATIRICAL ARISTOCRATIC RENDITION OF THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER IN HIS NEW SHOW - A LIFE: MT. AUDIENCES CAN EXPECT TO BE TAKEN ON AN HILARIOUS EXPEDITION THROUGH MALCOLM’S LIFE AS HE DISCUSSES HIS “TRIUMPH AFTER TRIUMPH” IN A SHOW THAT WILL EXEMPLIFY WHY JORDAN SHANKS IS A VIRTUOSO OF COMEDIC EXECUTION.

When & Where: The Curtain, Melbourne – October 3 & 4 Melbourne Lithuanian Club, Melbourne – October 6 GPAC, Geelong – October 7.

Visit Breaky for Boobies on Instagram and Facebook or contact us to find out more about this great cause.

Conceived by Ballarat-based artist Julie Collins, the inaugural festival has been dubbed the largest ever showcase of Australian art ever and will feature the works of over 150 exhibiting artists from Ballarat and beyond.

A highlight of the festival is that is has equal representation of artists from every state and territory; being the first large-scale exhibition with this mission, now becoming the largest showcase of Australian art ever presented.

As part of the six-week festival, Ballarat is set to be divided into three villages – the Lake and Gardens, the CBD, and Eureka, with the 150 artists exhibiting in various locales in each of these precincts.

Historic spaces will come to life, galleries will boast contemporary masterpieces, elusive venues will be unearthed, and outdoor spaces will glow with visual art, sculpture, music, performance and a variety of other artforms.

The iconic Lake Wendouree will host a series of works around the 6-kilometre Steve Moneghetti Track, allowing art lovers and appreciators alike to admire masterpieces from near and far.

However it’s not all art. They also have BOAA music happening throughout the six weeks, with 50 pop-up music events all included in the BOAA Pass, highlighting contemporary Australian musicians and utilising the BOAA Band Wagon (a purpose built music truck providing a backline and sound staging for outdoor music events).

With over 150 artists, 65 Solo Exhibitions, 30 bands and musicians, three villages, ‘Kids week’, ‘Seniors week’, workshops, talks, 36 sculptures around Lake Wendouree, festival bikes and Rickshaws, mini-buses and pit-stops for when your hungry, there really is something for everyone at BOAA 2018.

The Biennale of Australian Art will be held between September 21 and November 6. For all the information, head to boaa.net.au

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Cullen was violent and unpredictable, lying and hurting Jensen (at one stage he shoots Jensen in the leg with a shotgun), preying on his ignorance, yet Jensen continued researching and writing the book, for four years. The question of why is a central one of the film.

“This is an artist; this is one of the more acclaimed artists in the last 30-40 years in Australia, he’s won the Archibald Prize, he’s had a career retrospective of the Art Gallery of NSW, but his community is drug addicts, criminals, and caught in that dark side of life, and he invited this 19 year old prestigious journalist to come and write this book. It becomes a film about lies, and about theft and about persona.”

ACUTE MISFORTUNE Screening as part of the MIFF Travelling Showcase MIFF Travelling Showcase, the Melbourne

Spinning Jensen’s award-winning book into a subtle, striking tale, Wright successfully delivers an authentic portrait of the writer and of the artist with the help of Jensen himself, co-writing the film over three years.

“It became very personal for both of us. But equally, Adam’s family and people who were close to Adam were made very close to the production, and the production

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communication,” Wright reveals. It is with remarkable

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access, that Daniel Henshall (Snowtown) who starred

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Misfortune; the lyrical adaptation of The Saturday

he fully inhabits the role.

Paper editor Erik Jensen’s acclaimed biography which

“Dan was often wearing Adam’s real clothes, he’s

charts the tumultuous working relationship between

painting with Adam’s paint brushes and paints,

the now-deceased provocative painter Adam Cullen

and working with people on the film who were

and his biographer over a four-year period.

Adam’s assistants and art dealers and doctors,” he

Winner of The Age Critics’ Award for best Australian

explains. “We really tried to include the community

feature film and garnering five start reviews, Top of

and make it a really thoroughly researched film,

the Lake actor Thomas M. Wright makes his directorial

and the people who were closest to Adam have

feature debut weaving a striking tale of the bright young

said the film feels uncanny; it feels authentic,

wunderkind writer and the brilliant yet deeply troubled

which as a filmmakers, that’s all we’re trying to do.”

WHAT’S ON AT COURTHOUSE YOUTH ARTS This Spring, the flowers won’t be the only thing blooming at Courthouse Youth Arts!

This Saturday the 22nd of September you can catch a free acoustic gig headlined by Geelong’s very own, Luke Biscan. Also playing will be emerging young artist James Leete and the incredible Isabella Khalife.

The gig is on the same day as Geelong Gallery’s Archibald Prize, needless to say, it is going to be a big day in the cultural precinct of Geelong!

In more music news, Diversity Rocks Music Festival is taking centre stage this October! Diversity Rocks is a 1-day inclusive music festival that celebrates the diverse skills of artists of all abilities, both emerging and more experienced. Come along on Saturday 27th October and hear music from our talented line-up.

In theatre news, these school holidays, CHYA’s new

These are true events, told almost entirely in real

artist.

“I didn’t want to make a biographical film and it’s not,” reveals Wright. “I was just really interested in making

dialogue taken from Erik’s shorthand notebooks and Adam’s own writing and recorded interviews. Acute

a film about a relationship between a biographer and

Misfortune is not a traditional film biography of an

his subject, and I’m less interested in this film existing

artist, but a questioning of that biography and of the

because of Adam’s success, or Erik’s success. What I’m

circumstances that led to its writing, and is one you

interested in is what binds people together and then

should see if you get the chance.

what causes relationships to rupture and become complex.”

Spanning 90 minutes, the film is the story of an increasingly claustrophobic relationship. It’s clear

The MIFF Travelling Showcase will be at Bendigo’s Star Cinema Eaglehawk on October 5-6 & at Geelong’s GPAC and The Pivotonian on October 12-14.

resident theatre company: Someone New Theatre Company, will be holding a range of workshops in acting for theatre, directing theatre, improvisation, makeup for stage and script writing! Open to all ages 14+ at any level.

Western Edge Youth Arts presents, Antigone. A theatre performance with the promise of song, dance and poetic text and the opportunity to interact with the characters and together; explore the complexity of the play’s themes. Western Edge Youth Arts will be holding an Antigone workshop on Friday the 28th of September at 1pm and performing the piece on Friday the 26th of October at 8pm. Come along, it’s free!

CHYA’s resident theatre company Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company are on the lookout for creatives between the ages of 12-26 to participate in the Voicebox production for its fourth successive year.

The show, “Dodging the Path” is open to all youth at any level and every style of artistic expression!

Introduction to Linklater voice work for young actors. Join us for a two-weekend intensive vocal training with Christina Koch, a world-renowned voice production teacher dedicated to voice training and development. The workshop is an introduction to Linklater progression, physical awareness, breath awareness, touch of sound, sigh of relief, gathering and releasing vibration, freeing the channel for sound – releasing tension in jaw, tongue and toning the soft palate for responsiveness to impulse. Spaces for this workshop are limited, secure your position now for this unmissable experience!

In art news, ‘Common People,’ a visual art exhibition by Louise Devery will have its opening night this Friday the 21st September and will run until the 19th of October. ‘Common People’ is a collection of art using paint, copper leaf, posca pen and fine liner, to explore the human form beyond the naked eye.

Art workshops in tote-bag decorating, pattern making and so much more will be held at Courthouse Youth Arts this Spring/Summer! These workshops are open to all youth at various levels in their crafts.

To book or to find out more on what’s on @ CHYA, visit www.courthouse.org.au

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BY ANTHONY MORRIS

THE INSULT

LADIES IN BLACK

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

When a relatively minor dispute between two grown men can’t be easily settled (one messes with the other’s drain pipe, the other’s apology was forced at best; it doesn’t take long for things to escalate to a fight), it rapidly becomes a symbol of wider fractures in Beirut society. Here just about everyone has an axe to grind or a grudge they’ve been nursing; how else to explain how a minor conflict over a broken drainpipe can rapidly build into drama on the street? Having one of the men belong to a Christian political party while the other is technically a Palestinian refugee goes some way towards explaining things; this is in part an examination of the way longstanding grievances can be used to justify all manner of modern-day actions. It’s an obviously political film, but with a firmly human dimension too; both sides may claim to have history backing them up, but the film treats them as all-too-flawed people as well.

The year is 1959, and in the high-class department store Goode’s the floor staff – the “ladies in black” after their black outfits – guide the women of Sydney in their fashion needs. For sixteen yearold Lisa (Angourie Rice), it’s a holiday shop between high school and (she hopes) university; for Fay (Rachael Taylor) it’s love that’s paramount (and the Aussie blokes aren’t measuring up); Patty (Alison McGirr) has a man but the spark isn’t there; and for New Australian Magda (Julia Ormond) who runs the stores fashion gown department, Lisa is someone she can take under her wing and show the world to – well, the European side of it at least. Based on a novel that was also turned into a successful musical, director Bruce Beresford goes all out recreating 50s Australia – or a polished version of it (those trams look in a lot better shape than they would have been in real life by 1959) – but while his film gestures towards a lot of the tensions that would boil over in the 60s it ends up going out of its way to avoid any real conflict or drama.

It’s like a tourism video advertising the 50s; it’s a feel-good nostalgia trip that never scratches the era’s surface.

What happens to Christopher Robin after the end of A.A. Milne’s The House at Pooh Corner? According to Christopher Robin, he farewells the creatures of the Hundred Acre Woods, goes to boarding school, grows up into Ewan McGregor, serves in World War 2, marries Evelyn (Hayley Atwell), has a daughter named Madeline (Bronte Carmichael) and gets a high-pressure London job as an efficiency expert at a luggage company. Then on a weekend where he’s had to blow off a family trip to Sussex to try and find the big budget cuts his slimy boss (Mark Gatiss) demands, Pooh Bear (voiced by Jim Cummings) arrives on his doorstep.

This combination of grim mid-life crisis and heartfelt stuffed animal adventure isn’t seamless, but McGregor’s always charming mix of grown-up stress and exasperated but loving acceptance of his childhood playmates is the glue holding both halves together. The pleasures scattered throughout this film are small but satisfying; the Hundred Acre woods are gorgeous, the CGI is first rate (the stuffed toys look convincingly worn), and Milne’s characters are as fun and charming as ever. The whole thing is shamefully manipulative and it’s easy to be cynical, but there’s just enough happening in the details to make this feel magical – if only for a moment here and there.

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THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Blame Harry Potter: Hollywood keeps going back to quirky tales of magical youth adventure, even though most of them never quite click. This one at least has a great cast: it’s 1953, and after the sudden deaths of his parents, Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) travels to New Zebedee, Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack Black).

Jonathan is a flamboyant oddball; it also turns out he’s a not that great warlock, while his next door neighbour and card partner Florence Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) is in the same magical game but has been struggling since a recent bereavement. There’s a lot of strange things going on in the house, but perhaps the oddest is that there’s a weird ticking noise coming from behind the house’s walls at night; could this be connected to the sinister Isaac Izzard (Kyle MacLachlan), the now-deceased former owner of the house? This should be more fun than it is: the performances are great fun, the effects are decent and the story never drags. But it never really feels like there’s much at stake either; Lewis’ tragic backstory never comes to life and there’s little chemistry between him and his surrogate parents. The door is open for a sequel; it’s doubtful one will come through.

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THE PREDATOR After his mission to rescue hostages taken by a Mexican drug cartel is interrupted by a crashing spacecraft, US Army Ranger sniper Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook) scavenges some Predator technology (a faceplate and wrist band) and mails it back to the US just before he’s captured.

He also swallows the equipment’s remote control so he can crap it out at an important plot point later.

Unfortunately he hasn’t paid for his post office box in years so the post office dumps his packages on his doorstep where his estranged family take them inside. Their house is later destroyed.

Meanwhile, at least three other plots are taking place but none of them really matter because the back half of this movie is pretty much just a bunch of humans running around shooting at Predators – which admittedly sounds awesome, only even by dumb action movie standards this is really dumb, and not in a cool way. For example, there are Predator dogs here; one gets a nail gun to the brain which turns him into a giant puppy and he spends the rest of the movie playing fetch. The Predator’s dreadlocks? They now have a scientific explanation. Hopefully why this movie is such a sloppy mess will one day also get an explanation.

Queens Of The Stone Age: Villains World Tour 2018 Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Friday September 7 Reviewed by Alex Callan Photos by Jake CK THE FIRST TIME I SAW QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE WAS IN 2014 ON THEIR CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH NINE INCH NAILS AND I GENUINELY COULDN’T BELIEVE HOW TIGHT THEY WERE AS A LIVE ACT. GIVEN THE CHANCE TO WITNESS THEIR LIVE SHOW AGAIN, I COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE STOKED AND THEY TRULY DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

Opening with ‘If I Had A Tail’ proved to be an unexpected opener that sent the crowd into a sheer frenzy. With Josh Homme commandeering the stage from the second he walked out, the heavy riff was earth shattering as it cut through Margaret Court Arena.

But, if I thought the crowd reaction from the opener was positive, you should have seen when they tore straight into ‘In My Head,’ a song off their 2005 album Lullabies To Paralyze. There wasn’t a person in sight who wasn’t frothing out.

Whilst other old songs such as ‘No One Knows,’ ‘Little Sister’ and ‘Someone’s in the Wolf’ seemed to be crowd favourites, I was personally really blown away by the newer stuff that was showcased.

Whilst I didn’t hate it upon its release, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Villains, the groups most recent album.

But honestly, I felt like biting my tongue as they tore into the newer songs. There is a reason Villains exists as an album, and it is to be played live.

From the opening riff of ‘The Way You Used to Do’, a newer song “about a girl from Melbourne,” I was sold.

With Troy Van Leeuwen donning a 12 string guitar the up-beat tempo created such a unique crowd dynamic

that a mosh quickly turning into a dancefloor. It was hard not to be in awe.

Other new songs such as ‘Domesticated Animals’ and ‘Villains of Circumstance’ maintained the tempo and slotted in nicely with their setlist.

Finishing with ‘Go With the Flow’ was the perfect send off to a flawless set before they returned for a one-song encore.

In the anticipation to the encore you could hear crowd members chatting amongst themselves with some yelling out song titles. Whilst I was hoping for ‘Millionaire,’ it seemed the majority of fans where praying for ‘Feel Good Hit Of Summer.’

When the band returned to play ‘A Song For The Dead’, I don’t think there was a single crowd member who wasn’t surprised. I also don’t think there was a single crowd member who was unsatisfied. ‘A Song For The Dead’ was the perfect closer, with moments that let each band member shine and that heavy as balls bit at the end that leads into some crazy drumming it was by far the highlight of their set.

As I said in 2014 to anyone who listened, go see Queens Of The Stone Age. Even if you don’t like their music, go see them. Because there is a bloody reason that these guys are as genuine as rock stars get and it is honestly something that can only be seen to be believed.

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‘Rainier Fog’ is an album full of vintage AIC style and After launching his debut album Vacation back in The Thundamentals have been a staple in Aussie delivery. Gritty guitar rhythms that inconspicuously 2016, Gold Coast producer Paces is back with album Hip-Hop since they came on the scene 10 years transition into epic chorus sections, the signature number two and just in time for Summer. ZAG is ago. And like every regular person or group, they’ve vocal melodies that set them apart from the rest of comprised of a real mix of sounds and collabs that changed in that time. their 90’s heavy rock counterparts, and of course somehow just work.

‘I Love Songs’ is the crescendo of their change, those Jerry Cantrell hooks you just can’t help but find The opening track sets the tone for the entire shifting from their regularly political hip-hop into album, “When they expect you to ZIG, that’s when you an album which feels like a love song dedication to yourself nodding along to.

ZAG, Binch!” A punchy line to start you off followed by music and people.

The production on ‘Rainier Fog’ is perfect for what they’re trying to capture. There are some new elements those alternate summer vibes, which builds and only The Thundercat have produced an effortlessly explored with studio driven effects and layering that leads you to wanting more. This may also be due to experimental album this time around, dipping their keeps building on itself as the tracks progress, and the fact its short, sweet and to the point ending at 1:30. feet into some RnB vibes and coming out with a track the pinnacle of experimentation come by way of the The album features a range of collaborations and like ‘Royal Flush.’ closing track ‘All I Am’ which is a seven minute journey feature artists such as Rejia Lee, Tigerilla, CLYPSO, Another worthy mention which took about .3 through emotion in music. There is also your classic Jeida Woods and the ever-soulful vocals of Guy seconds to fall in love with is the last song of the album, vocal layering that gives AIC the sound nobody else Sebastian. where the angelic voice of Adrian Eagle features on has, and the mix is prominent, driving and perfectly The standout track for me would have to be ‘True Love’. This beautiful song tops off an impressive ‘Technique’ featuring Emmalyn and Jeida Woods as it change of pace for the Thundamentals. balanced.

I really got that nostalgic sense of love for the sets in those hip hop vibes later in the album. A close After listening to the album a few times, the next band again listening to ‘Red Giant’, which I absolutely time I see them live I think there will be plenty of second would definitely have to be ‘Savage’ featuring cranked about 30 seconds in. The ending section of Nyne, which catches you off-guard with cute rhythmic Lighters In The Air moments.

‘Fly’ also sent a shiver down my spine for all of its 30 hooks, a good mix of builds and laid back drops where seconds, not sure why they didn’t explore that feel a the vocals and lyrically content really standout Definitely something that could be put on in the lot more in the early parts of the song. ‘So Far Under’ bleeds the early era vibe, as well as ‘Never Fade’ in parts background while chilling out in the sun this summer, even though it was a little too pop rock for my taste. or while getting ready for a night out with friends.

And mate…. pretty much every one of Jerry Cantrell’s solos on this album. Thoroughly impressive, and certainly worth giving a spin.

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A musical concoction of the country Americana tastings of Nashville and Alabama, some sweet Mississippi blues, a dash of dirty New Orleans jazz, salted with that Southern soul; Break, Rattle and Roll showcases raw intensity, deep passion and impeccable musicianship from Matt Joe Gow. From his debut album, ‘The Messenger’, in 2009 to a seven year hiatus, then re-emerging with his rightfully titled follow-up album, ‘Seven’, Gow is back to remind us that music is his calling.

The initial two bars of opening track ‘Bridge Over Concrete’ had me worried that he had traded his signature button-down shirts and bandanas for Silverchair’s ‘Pop Songs For Us Rejects’ but that theory was squashed by the soul-bearing choir, chirpy keys and waves of wailing southern guitar, the precedent of the 12 track album.

‘Ride On’, ‘Gamblin’ Man’ and ‘Love Sick Child’ get the foot stomping while ‘Details’, the title track and ‘We Get Lost’ are slowed down and stripped back showcasing a vulnerable side of Gow. ‘Old Hotel Room’ is the standout track with its eerie, goosebumpworthy silences between bars, haunting Johnny Cash vocals and two chord acoustic progression.

Break, Rattle and Roll is best served with a bottle of Tennessee whiskey.

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Why isn’t there a science fiction Game of Thrones? For decades science fiction ruled the big screen – well, the genre corner of the big screen at least – while fantasy barely rated a mention.

Okay, yes, movies like Star Wars were closer to fantasy than they were to actual science fiction (seriously, nothing going on in Star Wars has a scientific explanation), but fantasy fiction in book form was huge since the explosion in popularity of The Lord of the Rings in the late 60s and early 70s; while science fiction maintained a stranglehold on the big screen, fantasy was taking off everywhere else.

Dungeons & Dragons was huge, Lord of the Rings knock offs were huge sellers, and yet when it came to putting fantasy up on the screen… sure there was Conan alongside a bunch of other largely forgotten fantasy epics (kids movies did better; Labyrinth still has its fans, and who isn’t excited about that Dark Crystal reboot TV series that’s supposedly on the way?), but the really big guns were still science fiction.

Even on television, Star Trek ran in various forms for well over a decade, often with two series at once; Xena Warrior Princess was a pretty good show at times, but it wasn’t quite the same. But in the 21st century the roles have largely been reversed. Star Wars is still a going concern – Star Trek too, though it’s struggling – but pretty much all the excitement has been with fantasy. Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings movies were massive hits that raked in enough cash to make fantasy the go-to genre when it comes to trying to create a franchise-spawning hit, and while most of those attempts haven’t yet worked – remember the Warcraft movie?

The Chinese co-production The Great Wall? – the only attempt at a new big science fiction franchise lately was the French misfire Valerian, while reviving old ones (Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell) haven’t made much of an impression.

But it’s on the small screen where fantasy has been the outright winner, with Game of Thrones becoming the kind of cultural phenomenon that comes along once a decade or so. So why hasn’t science fiction stepped up? It’s not for lack of decent source material: Amazon and HBO between them have recently grabbed a bunch of the genres’ classics for possible development, including Iain M Bank’s “Culture” series and Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series.

And HBO’s Westworld is obviously science fiction, if a more earthbound kind.

The closest we’ve currently come is The Expanse, which started out as a space whodunnit in season one, expanded its horizons wildly with a string of surprise twists in season two, went even bigger in its third season and – now that it’s been picked up

by Amazon for a fourth season after briefly being cancelled by its original network – could finally become the big space opera series some of us (okay, me) have been looking for. Season two is out now on DVD and blu-ray, which is a great reason to get on board if you’re not already watching; if it continues to follow the source novels even slightly closely, there’s a lot more twists and turns yet to come.

Hey gang! Another week, another Forte, another comic book classic for you and I to catch up on. This week, I’ve deviated slightly from my usual themes (read: sci-fi) and picked up a classic X-Men tale. Those of you that have been reading Pulp for a while might remember that I’m not the biggest fan of the disciples of Charles Xavier, but considering I’d been thinking a lot about the future of the MCU after watching Infinity War, I thought it’d be appropriate – especially given that this week’s title – classic X-Men centric tale House of M – had an equally catastrophic impact on the Marvel universe.

The Avengers are reeling. Three of their number are dead, at the hand of one of their own. Hawkeye. Ant-Man. The Vision.

All dead to the instability of their former teammate, Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. Scarlet Witch), daughter of infamous X-Men villain Magneto. As the Avengers gather with the X-Men to determine their next move, a panicking Quicksilver – Wanda’s brother – begs his father to save Wanda’s life. As the assembled Avengers and X-Men approach Wanda’s hiding place to judge her mental state, the heroes to start to disappear one by one, until the world goes white. Waking up in a new world where mankind is ruled

by Magneto and his ruling class of mutants, Wolverine is horrified to learn that the world he knows and loves is gone – the House of M is the new world order.

While there is a lot of set up, the House of M is a really interesting “Elseworlds” style tale. House of M had repercussions beyond the limited series, however; the X-Men were devastated by this storyline and took a long time to come close to regaining their status quo. Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil) was essentially given the keys to the Marvel universe for this one, and he effectively turned it on its head. While I would’ve preferred to see more of the dayto-day repercussions of the new universe – rather than a “making heroes remember” montage – Bendis really captured just how powerful Wanda is when she can effectively re-write the entire Marvel Universe.

The cast here is massive – most of, if not all major Marvel heroes circa 2005 make an appearance – and to be honest, I think it was a little detrimental. Collecting the main team took up more time than I would’ve liked, and I felt like there was a distinct lull in story movement about half way through. It’s by no means a perfect story, but it’s still damn entertaining, and it really shook up the Marvel landscape, which I generally tend to welcome. It’s always interesting to see “what if?” scenarios, and House of M is easily one of the biggest of those types of stories. While I personally see the repercussions of the series to be a little more impactful than the story itself, it’s still a really interesting take on how the heroes we know and love deal with internal problems (though perhaps not as emotionally as Civil War). If you love your Marvel heroes – and, like me, somehow hadn’t picked up this classic – I definitely recommend it.

We’re seriously into spring now, and are no longer bound to Geelong by the surrounding inclement weather, we can burst through to sunnier climes. (What are climes? “I’ll have two climes and minimum chips, thanks!”).

Anyhow, before that, we have The Detonators paying Sleepy Hollow a visit.

The Detonators were formed in Melbourne way back in August 1997 and believe they have easily done more than 3000 gigs since then. Their original music, to which all members contribute, is best described as a lethal combination of early blues with a sprinkling of rockabilly and early rock n roll thrown in.

The band features bespectacled Rockbottom James on vocals and electric harmonica, Paulie Bignell on hollow body guitar, Doghouse Dave on slapping double bass with Eddie Fury on sticks and skins duty. There are six CDs in their arsenal and a book currently being written about the band’s exploits over 21 years which will be available late 2018.

The Detonators have had their music on the local film Charlie and Boots as well as the Australian crime TV series Underbelly, Thunder Road Brewing have used their songs in radio ads, and top-rated American TV series De Grassi High also uses Detonators music.

Once you have been kick started by The Dets, how about a trip up to the Maldon Blues Club. It’s only about two hours in your bluesmobile. The Maldon mob have their headquarters in the Maldon Hotel in the main street and on the afternoon of the 30th, they will be hosting The Hornets.

The Hornets have played around Melbourne for many years and have produced five critically acclaimed CDs. Everybody’s Guilty and Can’t Live With You were named in the top 10 releases for their respective years by The Age and Herald Sun. Not surprising really when you look at their pedigree.

The band consists of Craig Horne (vocals, songwriter, acoustic guitar), Jeff Burstin (acoustic/electric guitar), Wayne Duncan (bass guitar), Chris Tabone (drums), Wayne Burt (electric guitar) and Bruce Haymes (keyboards).

Patrick Donovan, Music Writer for The Age said that, Craig is “blessed with a deep soulful voice and writes Melbourne blues songs like no other”. Jeff Burstin is one of Australia’s leading guitarists. The first time Wayne Duncan played bass on a recording was back in 1966, on the Bobby and Laurie national number one hit Hitch Hiker. From there he went on to become an integral member of 70’s band Daddy Cool.

Chris Tabone has played with many blues and country acts over the years, including Chris Wilson’s Spidermen, Barb Waters, country harmony band GIT, Wendy Rule, the list goes on. Wayne Burt founded the legendary Australian band Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, discovering its lead singer Joe Camilleri. Wayne wrote many of the band’s smash hits.

Aria Award winning Bruce Haymes started life playing keyboards with Russell Morris’ The Rubes and is now one of Australia’s leading piano players.

Check The Detonators on the 23rd at Sleepy Hollow, and The Hornets in Maldon on the 30th.

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

The second half of this year is turning out to be a pretty massive one and next year will bring some pretty big releases. If you’re on Twitter, you may have noticed that Maynard James Keenan tweeted on September 11, 2018, that we can expect a new Tool album in 2019. Also, Corey Taylor has been spruiking the fact he’ll be focussing on working on Slipknot material for next year which is currently in the demo process and the impressions we’re getting is that the new Slipknot album is being touted as being as heavy, if not heavier than, Iowa.

IT’S ALWAYS OFFSHORE AT THE SURF RANCH In 1987 surf film NORTH SHORE travelled around the world. Surfers didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the antics of the lead actor Rick Kane who wins a surf contest in an Arizona wave pool and then travels to Hawaii to become a professional surfer.

It had some great surfing, big waves, Occy flipping one-liners with a straight face and a terrible script but it remains a favourite amongst surfers and raised the question… could a pro surfer ever come from a wave pool?

We came a little bit closer to answering that question last weekend with the running of the WSL SURF RANCH PRO at Lemoore California which is located in the middle of an onion field… about 3 hours drive from the nearest surf .

Yes this was the first professional surf contest in 25 years to be held in a wave pool and streamed live to the world on social media.

The pool itself is a long pool with what appears to be half a diesel locomotive running down the side dragging a shovel ‘wedge’ that creates the wave. Each surfer gets to ride six waves per heat… three on their forehand and three on their backhand.

The wave itself runs for approximately 700 meters leading to some very long rides and serious tube time.

It’s not quite Bells Beach, or Snapper of Pipeline… it’s unlike anything you have ever seen with lots of music, product placement and more hype then The Beatles and it was hot.. damn hot because Kelly Slater had decided to build his wave pool in the middle of a desert not far from Fresno.

Cool nights and extremely hot days.

The surfing was totally different. Every wave was basically the same so surfers basically copied each other although the women nailed it a lot better then the men. The female surfers led by Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore know how to ride a wave… they don’t fight it, they ride it looking for the power pockets and dancing like ballerina’s down the line (and in the barrel). The blokes didn’t know what to do and kept trying to drive off the bottom and hit lips that weren’t quite there. It is safe to say that the women surfed better then the blokes and made it look easy.

Finals day and it was hot again and the locomotive kept charging up and down the side of the pool creating wave after mechanical wave while spectators baked in the sun. Bells may not be the best surf spot in the world but at least the wave changes and has moods... it can be big, bad and angry. The Surf Ranch Pro was just … the same… and the surfing… the same.

At the end of the finals day Carissa Moore from Hawaii won the Women’s Event and the pocket rocket rom Brazil, Gabriel Medina the Men’s Final.

I dunno… it will be interesting to see if this wave pool contest will catch on.

Denim, plaid and tractors…. not quite salty enough for me.

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In other news ++ Sumac will release their new album Love In Shadow in Friday September 21. ++ The Black Dahlia Murder with special guests Aborted and Zeolite will crush Melbourne’s Max Watts on Sunday September 23. ++ Anaal Nathrakh will release their new album A New Kind Of Horror on Friday September 28. ++ Ichor will release their debut album God Of Thunder God Of War on Friday October 5. ++ Behemoth will release their new album I Loved You At Your Darkest on Friday October 5. ++ Dimmu Borgir will headline their first ever Oz tour this October and their SOLD OUT Melbourne show will be at 170 Russell on Wednesday October 17. Fortunately, the band have announced a second show on Tuesday October 16. Get in quick before this one sells out as well! ++ Eye Of The Enemy, Fall and Resist, As Flesh Decays, Interitum and Distorta will all play Ballarat’s Eastern Hotel on Friday October 19. ++ Disturbed will release their new album Evolution on Friday October 19. ++ Pig Destroyer will play The Arthouse on Tuesday October 30. ++ The Ocean will release their new album Phanerozoic I: Palaezoic on Friday November 2. ++ Opeth will release Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Ampitheatre on Friday November 2. ++ Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage and Thy Art Is Murder will play Margaret Court Arena on Friday November 2. ++ Psycroptic will release their new album As The Kingdom Drowns on Wednesday November 7. ++ Conan and Bell Witch be at Max Watts on Thursday November 8. ++ Architects will release their new album Holy Hell on Friday November 9. ++ Sinsaenum will play Max Watts on Saturday November 10. ++ An Evening With Steven Wilson will take place at the Palais Theatre on Saturday November 10. ++ Amenra, YLVA and LO! will be at Max Watts on Saturday November 17. ++ The Metal in the Mountains 2018 day festival featuring I Am Duckeye, Grindhouse, Monarchus, As Flesh Decays, plus more, will be held at Beechworth’s Servicemen’s Memorial Hall on Saturday November 24. ++ Psycroptic will play Geelong’s Barwon Club on Wednesday November 28, then Ballarat’s Karova Lounge on Thursday November 29. ++ Devin Townsend will release his new album Empath in March 2019. ++ 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 @TooHeavyToHugknow by emailing to tooheavytohug@hotmail.com or get in touch via Twitter at @TooHeavyToHug

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