18 September 2014
If you are unfamiliar with the sounds of singer-songwriter Kate Skinner, hop in as we take a short car ride with the songwoman making a name for herself under the moniker Rough River. We’re off to alternative folk-country land.
18 September 2014
New Summer styles at Edge Clothing! Visit edgeclothing.com.au or in store at Westfield, Malop St Geelong
18 September 2014
Well, The Shadow League, Bricks, Admiral Ackbar’s Dishonourable Discharge, Nurnberger, I Am Duckeye, Liquor Snatch, Bombs Are Falling and The Fckups have all just been added to the line-up for the Vic leg of the Up the Punx! festival. They’ll be joining Cult Killers (NSW), Strawberry Fist Cake, Hopes Abandoned, Glen and the Peanut Butter Men, Citywide Wildcats, the Murderballs and the Revengers (Bendigo) at The Tote in Collingwood on the 11th of October. Yowza!
18 September 2014
Regular readers may have detected a note of concern in these columns at the general winding down of the live music scene in Geelong. The outer areas, the Bellarine, Otways and Great Ocean Road districts, are not doing too badly. Wineries are good venues, Martians Café, Harvester Moon, the Chook Shop and Saints and Sailors and a number of others.
18 September 2014
It’s no secret that Dune Rats know how to party. I’m not talking about some desert-dwelling rodent here; the Dune Rats I’m referring to are simply a trio of chilled-out Brisbane boys who you wouldn’t be surprised to see stepping out of a beat-up wagon filled with strange smelling smoke and guitars.
18 September 2014
“On a day off we went to the Brisbane Koala Sanctuary. While we were all posing for photos I remember looking at this one koala. He had a huge claw right on the jugular vein in my neck and he was looking at me straight in the eye as if to say ‘one false move boy and I’ll rip this vein out!’ Please don’t tell too many I was scared of the fuzzy koala!”
18 September 2014
They’re here! New York’s Morning Glory hit our shores last week for a string of ska punk shows with local wonders The Bennies. Before they took flight, we were lucky enough to share a few words with main man, Ezra Kire. It’s time to start a revolution.
17 September 2014
As soon as we caught wind of the luxury campsites at Beyond the Valley we were sold. Now with their second announcement, the festivals value for money has become ridiculous!
17 September 2014
Tom Loud is adjusting the settings for another round of Hot Dub Time Machine shows. The world’s first time travelling dance party, Hot Dub takes you on a ride through ’60s rock, ’70s disco, ’80s cheese and ’90s mayhem.
16 September 2014
In 2011, Major Lazer, the electronic music project created by Diplo, was supposed to get a TV series on Adult Swim. Although things took a little longer than anticipated, Billboard reports that the series will find its way to television in 2015.
16 September 2014
While promoting his new solo project, AC/DC stickman Phil Rudd told News Limited that the band is planning a 40th anniversary bash. “There is an AC/DC tour planned for the 40th anniversary of the band, but I don’t know all the details yet …
16 September 2014
Held on the banks of the Murray River, the Riverboats Music Festival is still a little tacker in festival terms, but boy has it made a big impression. Some early details have emerged about 2015’s event, so let’s get right to it.
16 September 2014
Despite their inability to create a live-action movie series that doesn’t deviate substantially from the source material, DC can certainly churn out good quality animated movies when they want to. They’ve put out plenty of gems over the years, from classics like Batman: Mask of the Phantasm to more recent efforts like Justice League: War, based on Geoff Johns’ excellent run on the relaunched Justice League book.
15 September 2014
To help celebrate 20 years of doing what they do, Deerhoof will release a new album in November. The album is titled La Isla Bonita and will be their first to feature an outside producer.
15 September 2014
Stuart David, the co-founder and former bassist of Belle & Sebastian, will release his memoirs, In the All Night Café, early next year. The book, which lends its name from the popular myth that the band formed at an all-night café in Glasgow…
14 September 2014
Taken 3: Take My Breath Away has revealed some details ahead of its 2015 release. According to director Olivier Megaton, the third instalment will see Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills framed for murder.
14 September 2014
San Francisco rapper and poet Watsky (George Virden Watsky) is heading our way in December. Back in 2006, Watsky was named as the Bay Area’s teen champion of slam poetry
14 September 2014
Fresh from a tour overseas the twins and indie-folk musicians, Jack and Pat Pierce, took some time out to chat to Forte magazine ahead of their performance at the Birregurra festival and their Northern Lights tour.
13 September 2014
Featuring members of The Jungle Giants, The Belligerents, Last Dinosaurs and Millions, Brisbane’s Orphans Orphans is the band so good they named themselves twice. Plus, they named their debut single ‘Orphan’ as well.
13 September 2014
Keanu Reeves is set for a most excellent TV adventure. According to Deadline, Reeves has signed on to executive produce and star in the new crime drama series, Rain.
13 September 2014
ack in 1999, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell starred in the comic sci-fi parody Galaxy Quest. It has since developed a cult following.
13 September 2014
With touches of folk, pop, rock and psychedelia, songbird Amaya Laucirica has been a charming presence on the local music scene. Now she is looking to charm the international market.
13 September 2014
Since his first release towards the end of 2008, DJ, producer and remixer, Ben Coda has released music on a slew of labels including Tribal Vision, Flow Records, Iboga, Unreleased Digital, Black Hole and Echoes. With an appearance pencilled in at Rainbow Serpent, we felt the time was just right to strike up a conversation.
12 September 2014
In support of his debut album Broken Bones, Guy Pearce has lined up a date at The Toff on November 12. Although known for his work in films including Memento, The King’s Speech, Iron Man 3…
