18 November 2015
It’s been a bad mental health week for me. You see, going through ebbs and flows with my anxiety, I can go months at a time feeling completely fine as the confident guy that I am, but on the flip-side, one comment can send me spiralling.
18 November 2015
Soon to perform Rainbow Serpent Festival, we talked to Interpulse about the Big Bang in the universe and in his music.
18 November 2015
Having a handy selection of go-to travel resources will give you a huge help in planning for your upcoming travels. They’re easy to use, readily available, give you advice and assist in helping you decide on where you want to go and what you want to see when you’re travelling. They’re fantastic! Here are some of my favourites that I like to use.
18 November 2015
Waves 2 Woods, a new music festival on the surf coast circuit, brings eco-minded folk together for a brilliant day out in Anglesea. A one-day curated festival of activities for foodies, live music lovers, craft beer & wine tipplers, and green hearts.
17 November 2015
Hip hop can be an acquired taste, but when it came to Dylan Joel’s gig at the Workers Club Geelong, he had everyone grooving to his upbeat and quirky tunes. With solid opening performances from Jess Fairlie, Hash Brown and DEX, Dylan took the stage as part of his Authentic Lemonade tour, and in seconds he had people moving their feet and waving their hands.
17 November 2015
Celebrating the ordinary is not something we normally do, but the upcoming 24 Hour Experience in Ballarat gives you the chance to do just that.
17 November 2015
Fresh from a tour in Europe and despite a short stint of laryngitis, Wolf Mail doesn’t slow down, and he’s currently in the midst of an Australian tour. We had a chat to the Canadian blues legend on how Australia compares and what we can expect.
17 November 2015
The Bluestone New Year’s Eve/Day blues festival this year is a milestone for Sleepy Hollows Blues Club – it’s the 20th anniversary of the annual event.
15 November 2015
Bands making a stir at the Black Hatt or Pistol Pete’s Food & Blues isn’t unusual, but this year there has been a decided disruption, which can be put down to one thing: Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk. Not satisfied with that, they’re back again!
15 November 2015
Heyo! It’s time to hitch a ride with Forte’s favourite punk rockers, Lagwagon, once again when they return to our friendly shores next month.
14 November 2015
People can say what they like about the music scene in regional towns, but the Aus Music Festival held in Warrnambool on the last weekend of October certainly proved the sceptics wrong.
14 November 2015
Fresh from a year of overseas touring and new music, we had a chat to legends The Rumjacks about being true to their music, the best Irish pub around and their upcoming tour.
14 November 2015
Tim Hulsman is a man who has easily created a legacy for himself in the industry. A local muso with heart and a love for naming his guitars, we had a chat to Tim about his new film clip launch and the incredible party he’s about to throw.
13 November 2015
We all know the fun in drinking beer with mates, but there are right ways and wrong ways to do it. The Ballarat Beer Festival happening in January is one of the former, and is set to be a day of spoiling your tastebuds, discovering new beers (there are over 100 different types) and listening to great music. We had a chat to festival director Ric Dexter about what the festival is all about.
13 November 2015
Perhaps the biggest thing rocking the Ballarat calender this month is the Ballarat Agricultural Show on this weekend, November 13-15. No matter where you’re from, the town show is somewhere everyone can come together and seek some sort of amusement from it.
13 November 2015
Over the past few years, community morale has been down about our beloved G-Town. We have been known only for our football team, 24-hour Kmart, and the regularity of stores closing down. But this is no more.
13 November 2015
David Bridie is up there as one of the Australia’s biggest icons alongside John Farnham and the Dog on the Tuckerbox and is quite simply, a legend.
12 November 2015
How are we all this week? I hope you all had a suitably spooky Halloween, and that you were able to make it to the Halloween ComicFest – there’s nothing quite like free comics! While my own enthusiasm for Halloween may be at an all-time low – working in retail will do that to you – I figured I’d at least try to stay on theme for once.
12 November 2015
I’ve been warned that The Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe is a difficult, and sometimes dangerous, interview subject.
12 November 2015
A year ago, after reading a book about Melbourne’s underground music scene, Evelyn Morris posted a Facebook status about the inherent patriarchy that exists, not just in literature, but in Australia’s music industry at large.
12 November 2015
I am a sucker for wellness tools. I have tried, reign, crystals, meditation, listening therapy, psychology, yoga, natural health supplements like wheat grass and LSA among many other things.
12 November 2015
Surviving as a live music venue in the industry is a big deal, and ticking of the milestone is Suttons House of Music in Ballarat.
12 November 2015
She’s got this way. They’re four words that seem to accurately sum up Julia Stone, and also happen to be the same four words Angus Stone croons through the band’s track ‘Grizzly Bear’.
12 November 2015
Forte Magazine has been given unique access to a very informative 4 page guide to this years Earthcore Festival – click here to see what’s in store in your edition of the Earthcorian Times.
