4 December 2015
If you recall a few issues ago I named my favourite albums of the year, or my top five. If you are a writer you will know that there are several constraints to try and fit everything that you want to say into 700 words.
4 December 2015
Few music festivals can say they’ve ushered in good tunes for two decades, but this year the Bluestone Music Festival is able to do just that.
4 December 2015
You’re often told that to be a great dancer you have to start young. Though for Lyndel Quick, owner of Loft Dance & Yoga Studio in Newtown, she started later to the game and now champions how incredible dance is to undertake – regardless of your skill level or age.
4 December 2015
Let’s face it, if you’re heading to a beer garden this summer, you want assurance that you’ll be sipping on some great quality beer.
4 December 2015
Over the last decade British India have become leaders in the indie music scene, something that’s reflected in the success of their four previous studio albums and fiercely loyal fan base.
4 December 2015
Not that it will come as a surprise for anybody who follows me on social media (handles for these are above), but if there is one area of makeup that I love, it is eyebrow makeup.
3 December 2015
Few topics are off limits for comedian Josh Wade. His crass, irreverent videos have caused waves on YouTube and taken the 20-year-old to dizzying heights since he began 7 years ago.
3 December 2015
Imagine slaving away for months on end, throwing in bits and pieces of your soul in the ultimate project as part of your VCE studies.
3 December 2015
Feel like you’re on top of the world, as you take in all the sights from the Belmont Hotel’s famous roof top terrace!
3 December 2015
If Newton Faulkner had a lovechild with Matt Corby it would sound a little like Christian Andrew, who has just released his new EP entitled Now & Then.
3 December 2015
It wasn’t too long ago that there seemed to be a reasonable selection for rehearsal and recording studios in Geelong. However, more recently, there has been a noticeable lack of places to record your next EP or album.
3 December 2015
As a 10-year-old Jamie Smith, aka Jamie xx, was fixated on his DJ uncles’ turntables. And while kids may lust after fast cars and fancy toys not within their reach, this gadget was one that was well within his and gifted to him when he was 10.
2 December 2015
“Music for me was never a question. I started a band when I was 12 years old and literally from that time I assumed I was going to be a working musician. In saying that, it wasn’t until I was 27 – until I released my first album – so it took me a long time to get there,”
1 December 2015
It’s really quite bittersweet knowing that this is likely to be the last time you’ll ever indulge in a Loon Lake release. That’s it. Finite.
1 December 2015
Welcome to THTH, Forte’s premier source of all things heavy, hard, fast and metal.
1 December 2015
Well hi there, gang! It’s that time of the week again where I sit down and babble about comics. Now that I’m done with uni for the year, you’d think that I’d have plenty of time to kick back and read all day, but sadly that’s not the case – as the saying goes, there’s no rest for the wicked!
1 December 2015
This issue I’m coming at you from Patong, Thailand, and for the average punk rocker, it’s an unusual place. If you’re looking to buy CDs or band merch at allegedly good prices, you’re in the wrong place.
1 December 2015
Shaun Micallef’s sitcom The Ex-PM wrapped up last week – the DVD is in stores now, if you’re that way inclined – and it’s safe to say, despite often being very funny indeed, it didn’t exactly set the world on fire ratings wise, dropping around 300,000 viewers a week from its lead-in Gruen.
1 December 2015
Ah, B’rat, what’s going on? What’s happening? Oh wait, that’s my job! Nonetheless here’s another segment of what Ballarat locals (and visitors) can expect to keep them entertained over the next few weeks.
1 December 2015
Before we get into it properly, have you been down to Pistol Pete’s Food and Blues recently? The renovations are over, the place is twice the size it used to be, and the blues bands are fitting better than ever with the food service. Don’t miss it!
1 December 2015
London is one of those magical cities that seems so far away and out of reach for us Australians. With the big price tag attached to flights there, some of us may never get there, or will only ever manage to make the trip once in their life.
29 November 2015
I remember the first time I ever laid eyes on Tinpan Orange. I had ducked into a tent at Woodford Folk Festival to escape the searing heat and there on stage was a flame-haired singer spinning like a top
28 November 2015
Jesse Valach from Blues Mountain is a) one of the nicest blokes that you will ever have the chance to meet and b) one of the best blues players in the Melbourne and Australian music scene.
28 November 2015
What would Christmas in Geelong be without good ol’ Dennis Walter leading us in carols down by Eastern Beach? Throw in an appearance by Humphrey Bear, some Geelong folks who have gone on to make it big, and a fireworks show that wakes up the littlies, and you have a staple on the calendar.
