Five Local Instagram Accounts You Need To Follow

Take out your iPhone (or, cough Android) and hit that Insta icon, because I’m about to tell you about five of the coolest Geelong Instagrammers going around.

Being Comfortable In The Skin You’re In

I’m often told that I’m a bad stylist, because I’m all about wearing basically whatever the hell you want to wear.

Vessel Born: Stateless

Brisbane hardcore metal band Vessel Born have just released their brand new debut EP and, right from the beginning, it is a brutal listen.

Pulp #628

Why hello there, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to an increasingly-festive edition of Pulp – I hope you enjoy your stay, and don’t mind the fact that this won’t really be festive at all. I might have lied, sorry.

Planning Your Bucket List

Now that Christmas is just around the corner, and the New Year is approaching fast, I always think this time of year is an excellent time to start thinking about next year’s travel plans. Or, even better, write a bucket list! 

The Beautiful Girls

Typically the New Year is a time for fresh starts, but as The Beautiful Girls’ Mat McHugh contemplates his uncertain future, he’s elected to honour a past tradition. “Our annual summer tour is all about playing at the coastal holiday towns people flock to,” McHugh says.

Iggy is back!

Iggy Iggs is BACK, y’all! She’s finally dropped the lead single from her forthcoming album, Digital Distortion, and it’s a banger! It’s called ‘Team’, and, while it’s not as instant as ‘Fancy’, it’s a real grower.

2015 Round Up: Natalie Rogers, writer

Another year and another 26 issues of Forte have hit the streets. Here’s a little word from our team and a few others on how they spent their 2015.

A Post-Apocalyptic Dinner

Running every Saturday until February 20, The Richmond Yard offers a dining experience like no other. The free pop-up food and beverage event features five trailers serving food for two hours, and all with a post-apocalyptic twist.

Four Tet Announces Last Minute Melbourne Show

Missed out on tickets to Let Them Eat Cake? Lucky for you, one of the headliners has locked in a last-minute headline show.

Danny Bhoy

Find a seat at an old bar in Scotland and after a day of listening and watching, nothing else, chances are you’ll have a bank of stories and characters locked in your mind for another day.

Beechworth Music Festival

Have you heard the good word about the Beechworth Music Festival? From the lovely folks behind the festival, it is a “day and night of music, good safe times, free camping and a complete sensory overload”.

Marshall Okell: Sipping On Rocket Fuel

For many years I have been a fan of Marshall OKell. From the first time I saw Marshall and the Fro in the mid 00s in Queenscliff, I was hooked by the boogie bluesy feel.

Tomorrow's People

Tomorrow’s People is a new travelling mini­festival that will make its way around eight locations early in 2016.

Brothers in Arms

Did you hear the one about the buskers who made it big? Jack and Pat Pierce, who perform music under the easy to remember Pierce Brothers, were once just a couple of lads making music on the streets of Melbourne.

The East Pointers

They’re seen as Canadian folk royalty, so it’s only fitting we roll out the red carpet and welcome the band for their performance at Port Fairy Folk Festival early next year, and perhaps give a few lessons on surfing too…

Shane Nicholson

There is something refreshingly honest about country superstar Shane Nicholson. Coming off the back of his ARIA win for Country Album of the Year with his sixth solo album, Hell Breaks Loose, the significance of the award is not something he shys away from. “It’s the ultimate icing on the cake.

2015 Round Up: Amanda Sherring, editor

Another year and another 26 issues of Forte have hit the streets. Here’s a little word from our team and a few others on how they spent their 2015.

Renee Geyer

Renee Geyer has over the past three decades become one of the most acclaimed and loved Australian singers of all time.

You Am I

You Am I have just completed a lap of the country on the back of their highly anticipated tenth studio album Porridge and Hotsauce. Chatting about the past couple of months, lead guitarist Davey Lane is full of enthusiasm as if he has just left the stage from slaying down a monster set of tunes.

2015 Round Up: Lee “Stampsy” Stamps, KRock Music Director & Drive Co Host “The Departure Lounge”

Another year and another 26 issues of Forte have hit the streets. Here’s a little word from our team and a few others on how they spent their 2015.

Pop Culture #628

As 2015 draws to a close and the articles start popping up claiming that it’s been a bumper year for Australian film, one question remains: why are Australian comedy films so lame?

Montaigne

Let’s get this one thing clear; Montaigne (aka Jessica Cerro) isn’t quirky, and she’s certainly not your pop princess.

Blues Boot Camp 2015: A Participant's Perspective

When you look at the history of music throughout the ages, most of the modern day pop hits, to some extent amidst the electronic drumbeats and heavy bass lines, have some resemblance to blues music.

 

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