Bondi Cigars
10 December 2015
It’s been five years since blues band the Bondi Cigars brought their iconic sound to the Surf Coast.
10 December 2015
It’s been five years since blues band the Bondi Cigars brought their iconic sound to the Surf Coast.
9 December 2015
You know how it’s really awkward catching a train home from Melbourne late at night? The last train at midnight isn’t ever late enough, leaving you in an awkward situation where you’re always leaving early from parties in order to get home to Geelong.
9 December 2015
With guitar hooks tasty enough to lure in any metal enthusiast, Adelaide-based hardcore outfit Drown This Fury’s debut EP Creatures is a fantastic effort for a debut release.
9 December 2015
Okay, so Worlds Remixed has been out for a little while, but that doesn’t mean we can’t review it in this here issue of Forte.
9 December 2015
Over the years the Geelong Hotel has taken many forms. It’s been the Bended Elbow, the Yarra Hotel, Bended but it’s now known as the newly renovated industrial, yet modern, bar to help see you through the week.
9 December 2015
Who knows, maybe you’re currently jet-setting around the country, stuck on how to order a beer and thought you’d hit up your handy, local street press? In that case, this here run down of how to order beer around the world will come in very handy.
8 December 2015
With this release, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, being the band’s seventh album, they’re getting pretty close to double digits.
8 December 2015
It’s not often you can sit down to dine with the likes of James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Raquel Welch and even the Queen gazing down at you.
8 December 2015
Ben Dowd isn’t worried about stage fright. In fact, he’s more concerned by its absence.
8 December 2015
Yoni Oshrat (aka Ace Ventura) is a big lover of Australia and we love him right back. Also a big movie fan, we had a chat to Yoni as he made plans to head to Universal Studios in LA and, of course, plans for Rainbow Serpent Festival in the near distant future.
8 December 2015
25th October, 2015, a date which will live in infamy. As has been widely publicised, Sideshow Bob has finally achieved his long-running wish of killing Bart Simpson.
7 December 2015
Delirium by Ellie Goulding is a very fitting name for this release, as it isn’t until 30 seconds into the second song where her vocals actually come through.
7 December 2015
Chances are when you think of the venues in Geelong with the most impressive beer gardens, The Barwon Club is up there. An icon in itself, the venue has been serving locals since 1990, and it doesn’t seem like things are slowing down.
7 December 2015
Thirsty this summer? We all love a pot of our favourite tap beer, but did you know there are some amazing local brews on offer? we took a look at at 5 of the best.
7 December 2015
The Anglesea Music Festival (AMF) is a grassroots, community-organised, not-for-profit event with a lot more to offer than a killer line-up of performers.
7 December 2015
There’s a new rise of photography in Geelong. It’s new in all contexts, except the methods in which they use. The photography group, started by Ben Neoh in July this year, puts its focus on film photography – enabling the shooters to really connect with what they’re capturing.
6 December 2015
Dallas Crane are that rock band that once upon a time recorded and released that song with Jimmy Barnes called ‘Sit On My Knee’.
6 December 2015
For a great night out look no further than The Bush Inn. The pub is home to one of the CBD’s finest beer gardens for those cold drinks on the warmer days and nights! The bar even has TAB facilities for those feeling a little on the lucky side.
6 December 2015
When Jeremy McKinnon was getting in trouble at school and working at a local supermarket in his hometown of Ocala, Florida, only in his wildest dreams did he imagine that a decade later he would be the head of an independent record label and the founder of one of the fastest-growing alternative music festivals in the US – all while holding down his day job as the leader of a band with loyal fans on every continent.
5 December 2015
Gold Coast troubadour AKoVA follows his 2014’s Earth Recruit with a fresh release of 10 life-affirming tracks.
5 December 2015
Just out of town and at the gateway to the Surfcoast is a hidden gem. Halfway between Geelong and Torquay sits Odyssey Tavern and Brewery, the original and the best craft beer restaurant in the region.
5 December 2015
Along with most other countries, the cultural contribution of the United States of America to the world in the first half of this century, viz: JAZZ, found in Australia an avid and receptive coterie of musicians and /or record collectors who took this music to their hearts and began to emulate it.
4 December 2015
“My music is written really honestly,” Briggs says when I ask whether he ever thought of not claiming his regional roots – like many musicians have done before him.
4 December 2015
Summer time means hours spent in a beer garden. Here are some simple tips to follow to ensure you dominate this coming summer.
