24 June 2016
Over the last 13 years Parkway Drive have worked hard to become the epitome of the Australian metal scene – both at home and internationally. Their fifth LP, Ire, marks a new direction for the icons being their most divisive release to date.
24 June 2016
Does winter in Geelong leave you bored witless? Held on Friday afternoons until 10pm from July 8 to 22, the event is part of the Tastes of Central Geelong food festival. So pull on your winter woollies, and head down to Little Malop Street, because local businesses are celebrating the best food and drink in the region.
24 June 2016
There’s something so comforting about settling in for the night, popcorn in hand, as the credits begin for what’s set to be a great film. The Movie Garden in Ballarat is all about this experience, and has added a few extra in for good measure, with No Lights No Lycra dance nights held at the venue and vintage arcade games for a different kind of entertainment. We spoke with one of the organisers Beth Lamont on how the event came to be, her favourite movie picks and the cinema experience in general.
24 June 2016
The #freeartfriday movement is a worldwide movement that has since found a home in Geelong, after the talented and equally passionate artist Laura Alice discovered the idea from fellow local artist Josh McCrimmon.
23 June 2016
Peter Morén, Björn Yttling and John Eriksson are all experienced producers in their own right. The Swedish indie pop trio self-produced their first five albums, while Yttling has also produced records for the likes of Lykke Li and Sarah Blasko.
23 June 2016
“Every girl on the tour had someone they knew at the club that was hurt, or close to being hurt, or who had passed away. A lot of us were friends with someone who’s name was the first name released when they started listing the casualties.”
23 June 2016
“I ended up having the owner of the bar on my shoulders while we were playing a cover of The Clash. That was the first time we had been overseas and we did not know what was going on.”
22 June 2016
2015 was a considerably busy year for Garbage, who were celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their iconic self-titled album. The record’s home to a handful of tracks that remain staples of pop and alternative radio to this day. In conjunction with a deluxe reissue, Garbage ventured out on a relatively brief tour in which they exclusively played material from the early years.
22 June 2016
Charles Bukowski said it well when he wrote; “If you’re doing it for money or fame, don’t do it.” Poetry isn’t something for material gain. At its core poetry is a form of expression, release and for discovering the inner most elements of who you are, and also, as the trio behind lowercase poetry have soon found, it’s also about connecting with others.
21 June 2016
Thanks for chatting with us today! Tell us about yourself? NOT much to say really! I’m a blues and roots artist from Wollongong! Travelling the east coast of Australia on tour between uni breaks!
20 June 2016
Welcome to the first instalment of Binge where I let you know how to productively waste your time with highlights from the internet. From Youtube vids, series to subreddits; I’m scouring all corners of the internet to bring you the top things to binge on.
20 June 2016
Four weeks ago, Dami Im stood on the Eurovision stage and stunned the world with her powerhouse vocals. Her rendition of ‘Sound of Silence’ garnered her second place and international acclaim. Yet that seems a world away when I speak to the platinum-selling artist, and find out she spent the last week in Uganda visiting her Compassion sponsor child.
19 June 2016
No doubt you’re across the concept of a diss track – a song that explicitly aims to take a specific person or group down a notch through its lyrics. On The Dream is Over, the second studio album from Canadian indie-punks Pup, the opening number is entitled ‘If This Tour Doesn’t Kill You, I Will’
18 June 2016
The nights are getting longer and colder, and there’s no better way to spend it than getting hot, sweaty and having the time of your life at this year’s Salsa Solstice event. Organised by Club La Vida Salsa, we spoke with Sonja Sanderson about what to expect on the event.
15 June 2016
There’s something about the colder months of the year that inspires creativity. The temperature drops and we hunt through draws of old bits of fabric, buttons and sheets of paper to make something while we’re stuck beside the heater. And that’s exactly what touring craft event CraftAlive is all about: to inspire and teach those on the benefits of getting crafty.
14 June 2016
Geelong locals The Kite Machine are a funky bunch, brimming with energy and panache and are about to set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons with their new single, ‘Charlotte’. Following the release will be a short East coast tour of Australia that will garner new fans and give the band some road experience to take into the studio later in the year.
13 June 2016
It’s not everyday you get to talk with a rising artist moments before they vanish from a flesh-eating, horse infested mountainside. Most people avoid ever encountering such circumstances, as The Sugarcanes’ frontwoman Lucy Wilson would’ve attested if she hadn’t just been set upon by crazed hippies in the woods and turned into a stew (it’s a busy mountain). With the band’s album launch fast approaching, it leaves the fate of The Sugarcanes slightly ambiguous, but happily there is also a measure of fantasy to Wilson’s fortunes.
12 June 2016
Having just released their second EP, Untethered, and about to embark upon a five state, 11-date tour, Halcyon Drive are a group of busy lads. I was lucky enough to catch up with Max Pamieta from the band and chat about the recording process behind the EP, song-writing techniques and Untethered’s artwork.
10 June 2016
“It changed my life more than anything else,” David Giuntoli says of landing the lead role on the supernatural series Grimm.
10 June 2016
If you can imagine managing and playing guitar in one of Australia’s biggest bands, being out on the road for nine months of the year, living on the other side of the world from your friends and family, and raising a little human being, all at the same time, you may begin to understand a day in the life of Thy Art Is Murder’s Andy Marsh – and my surprise when I found him cheery and bright before his first cup of coffee. “It’s not too early,” he assures me. “It’s about 7:30 in the morning. I’ve got a nine month old, so sleep is a rarity!”
10 June 2016
After living a life full of ice skating, singing and acting her way up the ranks to soon leave her home in Auckland for LA, actress Rose McIver has swapped it all for a character much less alive than her own experiences. In iZombie, McIver plays the med student who soon finds herself infected with the zombie virus and, well, dead.
9 June 2016
Ahead of this year’s National Celtic Festival, I was lucky enough to catch up with Australian playwright, actor and poet Felix Nobis, who will be performing his acclaimed one man show Once Upon a Barstool. He told me that it was commissioned by the Irish Arts Council.
9 June 2016
Each year one of the favourite events on the Forte calendar and in regional Victoria is the Arockalypse event put on by The Loft. With more than 30 bands descending on Warrnambool over the Queen’s Birthday weekend it’s an event any rock-loving gig-goer should have tickets to.
9 June 2016
When it was announced that 28 Days and Area-7 would be doing a run of dual-headliners up the east coast throughout June and July, Forte grabbed the chance to speak with two founding members of the veteran Aussie bands. As it turns out, it was also a chance for two great mates to catch up on old times.
