18 September 2016
“When I finished recording it, I took it around to my nan and she loved it. She’s always been my biggest fan and to have her tick of approval means we are doing something right.” Taylor Henderson speaks about one of the biggest critics of his new album to be released in the near future. Although tight lipped, Henderson speaks avidly about what he is about to release to the world.
17 September 2016
After cutting their teeth for several years in Lorne, business owners and friends Matt Griffiths and Kyall Hollmer decided it was time to venture up the Great Ocean Road.
17 September 2016
Although only 23 years old, whiz-kid Darren Hart has already asserted himself as someone who is dedicating his entire life to music. Since 2008, he has been performing under the moniker of Harts; blending a love of proto-funk, spaced-out psych-rock and sugar-rush pop that has won him fans on a global scale and praise from the late, great Prince. He is now poised to drop his second studio album Smoke Fire Hope Desire.
17 September 2016
For fans of Northeast Party House, the wait for their sophomore album has been epic. Now, following on from their 2014 debut, Any Given Weekend, they have just released their latest record Dare.
16 September 2016
Once in a generation there’s a band that defies every genre – psychedelia, shoegaze, nu metal. It’s hard to sum up the genius of Deftones in just a few words. Despite scandal, tragedy and numerous line-up changes, for almost two decades this experimental outfit has defined the face of alternative music.
16 September 2016
The Bank of Melbourne have announced the finalists of this year’s Melbourne Music Bank, inviting the public to cast their votes for their favourite and give them the chance to break into the music industry. We chat to six of the finalists.
15 September 2016
The Bendigo Record, Comic & Toy Fair is the place to be for all your pop culture fandom, cosplay antics and collectible records and items in regional Victoria. Forte chats to organiser Peter Pascoe.
15 September 2016
Ever been to a Bachelors and Spinsters ball?
Apparently it’s a night of partying to country music, catching up new and old friends, and drinking volumes of beer, Bundy and Jim Beam before passing out in the back of a ute.
14 September 2016
Fresh from opening over the weekend, 2 Chambers has made its mark on Geelong as the place to be on Friday and Saturday nights for lovers of hip hop and RnB.
13 September 2016
Glaswegian producer/DJ duo Slam (aka Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle) are in the midst of their biggest year ever as their Soma label heads into its 25th year. With five albums, various festival performances and their own radio broadcast, these guys are demonstrating their cutting edge and passion for modern day electronic music.
12 September 2016
Enthralling indie pop outfit from Norway, Highasakite, are killing it right now with their endless sound, three massive albums, tours alongside Of Monsters and Men, and performing at festivals all over the world. We chat to the idiosyncratic vocalist Ingrid Helene Håvik.
11 September 2016
Melbourne folk-pop duo Pierce Brothers have taken their irresistible energy and music from the streets of Melbourne to the rest of the world, playing sell out shows and performing at some of the best festivals. We chat to Jack Pierce about their grass-roots approach, Swagger Music Festival, and band mate and twin brother Patrick.
10 September 2016
Gabriella Cohen has a career aspiration, and it’s not what you might assume for the Brisbane-via-Melbourne singer/songwriter. After honing her songwriting and performing craft for another five years, Cohen thinks she’d like to retire to the forest and compose orchestral soundtracks. “I want to live in a forest and compose music for film,” Cohen says.
10 September 2016
If you can imagine what Terry Barber would be like on the beach, then that’s what you should expect from Alpine’s Phoebe Baker, who says that how she will be dancing at the Queenscliff Music Festival.
9 September 2016
Over the last five years Rat & Co have established quite a following behind their unique brand of music. Being a three-piece electronic band that plays entirely instrumental music, fusing ambience with futuristic grooves has become the staple sound of the band and has amazed crowds all over Australia at festivals including the likes of Sugar Mountain and Strawberry Fields.
8 September 2016
What is it that draws you into a play? The actors? The stage set up? More likely it’s the ability for the overall package to entice you into the story and make you feel like you’re walking hand-in-hand with the characters as they take each step. Voicebox’s I Am is a Geelong production that follows this concept, but takes it to the next level.
7 September 2016
When it comes to genre-busting, collaborative covers, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox have it down to an art. A viral YouTube sensation, this collective will bring their vintage renditions of current pop hits to Bendigo this month.
6 September 2016
Just metres away from the vivacious, picturesque waterfront is where you will find Geelong’s seasoned watering hole and music venue, The Max Hotel. Currently in the midst of receiving a well-deserved transformation, the Max Hotel is definitely one to watch.
5 September 2016
When a farmer’s son, Josh Cunningham, met the daughters of a salmon fisherman, Donna and Vicki Simpson, on a humid night in Broome back in 1992, little did they know that it would be the start of a musical partnership and enduring friendship that would survive many of life’s trials and tribulations well into the next century.
4 September 2016
Paul Dempsey will be airing material from his recent solo LP, Strange Loop, at this year’s Heart of St Kilda fundraising event. Released in May, the album follows Dempsey’s solo debut from 2009, Everything is True. After a five-album run fronting Something For Kate, Everything is True was something of a palate cleanser that revealed a more folk-rock oriented side of Dempsey’s songwriting.
4 September 2016
Take a walk down any busy street and the untrained eye will struggle to see past the swarms of people. Belinda Van Zanen is someone who sees past the faces and admires the angles, light and colour of what’s in front of her. As is the case for many photographers, Belinda sees the world in “shots”.
4 September 2016
Like the dog on the tuckerbox and the big pineapple, on a localised level, The Sweethearts of Swing are a Geelong institution. Touring around the world since the eighties, chances are if you’re a local lady reading this, you probably have either participated or helped out with the Sweethearts at some point. Having just released their new EP Four Leaf Clover, Forte Magazine got the opportunity to sit down with the lead songwriter Jess Markovski to have a chat.
1 September 2016
They’ve bought some of the best and most infectious live music to our ears. Now, after three successful years, the Motor City Music Festival have announced the ride is over.
