14 April 2016
When Jack Gleeson first hinted at leaving acting, it seemed to be the only thing everyone could talk about. For some, it seemed like he was turning his back on Hollywood. And so when the moment of his untimely demise as King Joffrey Baratheon in the fourth season of Game of Thrones came (where he died purple-faced and clung to by his mother) the media responded with questions of, “But what next?”
14 April 2016
Cloaked in an animal fur shawl, fighting off the fresh autumn winds, Uncle Bryon Powell greets us all for the launch of the recipients of the major international sculpture commission for Mountain to Mouth.
14 April 2016
From Lara to Leopold, Barwon Heads to Bannockburn and everywhere in-between, Veeped Bored Co are set to cover the backs of locals with their sweet-looking range. The group will be launching their new online store and an even newer artist showcase (titled the Veeped Bored Co-Op) at Kubu Studio on April 16. And if there’s anything we’ve learnt about these guys the past five years is they know how to throw a party…
14 April 2016
With an already incredible venue in Quban, when John Kennedy, Matt Hayes and Isaac Fryar put their heads together they managed to create something else even more incredible: Geelong’s first regular car park party.
14 April 2016
Moments after playing their final show on tour with the Naked and Famous in Boston, The Rubens sit together as a band having dinner in the restaurant above the venue they just played.
13 April 2016
The only thing bothering Tex Perkins is the copious amount of flies buzzing around Broken Hill as I sit down for a chat with one of Australia’s best known statesmen of rock. Flies, and more flies. “I’ve written a couple of songs in a tin shed just outside of Broken Hill”, was Perkins’ response when asked how his day had been.
10 April 2016
“More than 1.5 billion people use Facebook. A few of them are annoying,” Arj Barker says in his newest song release ‘Disgracebook’: a new project mixing his love of music and comedy. “We all toot our horns sometimes but gosh, your profile’s like a car crash and the horn won’t shut off.”
9 April 2016
We are the Melbourne based Erika x L.P collaborative project. Stemming from three diverse musical backgrounds we have come together to bring a sound that is a representative fusion of warm soulful vocals over a layered electronic instrumentation.
8 April 2016
Being veterans of the hard-working Australian rock ‘n’ roll scene it is no surprise that 2015 was another big year for Melbourne based band Dallas Frasca. “I think last year we were on the road for 50 weeks – of the 52 weeks in a year – so it was a pretty nuts year for us!” laughs the powerhouse female vocalist of the same name.
7 April 2016
Geelong Theatre audiences are in for a special treat in mid-April when the shake & stir theatre company bring Wuthering Heights back to the GPAC for a short run of shows for the first time in a couple of years.
6 April 2016
Hey guys! It’s Loren Ryan here, I am an upcoming singer/songwriter from Tamworth!
5 April 2016
Collaboration often reaps the greatest rewards when it comes to unique, diverse and engaging content, and that can certainly be said for the Albare ITD Supergroup.
5 April 2016
Self-described grindcore band King Parrot sat down with Forte to have a chat about their latest European tour, upcoming regional shows and how good it is to see the Australian sun.
4 April 2016
Known for his innate listening abilities, we had a chat to Josh Seymour about his upcoming show at Narana Unplugged II and having nowhere to hide as a performer.
4 April 2016
Matt Bonner has an unlikely skill of bringing inanimate objects to life. In particular the Geelong Town Hall which he transformed last year as part of Geelong After Dark and will do again for 2016’s incarnation of the event.
4 April 2016
You may have heard of a recent great moment in science with the confirmation of a Gravitational Wave event. And whilst this was a massive cosmological occasion for both the universe and human science, great moments can occur anywhere.
3 April 2016
American actress and self-professed “shy girl” Amy Acker will be making a whistle stop trip to Australia in April for the Melbourne leg of the Supanova Pop Culture Convention, joined by a host of big name television and film stars. The Supanova convention, hosted in six capital cities across Australia until November, will see Acker return to Australia for the first time since her husband and fellow actor James Carpinello popped the big question on a Gold Coast beach many years ago. And will give Acker another chance to spend time with some hard core fans of her work in Person Of Interest, Angel, Suits and Alias.
2 April 2016
Hailing from the same part of the world as Van Morrison, if there was a man to cover his music and harness the same emotions behind it, it would be Joe Creighton, and he’s doing just that in his ‘Into the Mystic’ show coming to Ballarat.
2 April 2016
Currently on tour, we spoke with Athenas Wake guitarist, Alex Hill, on the bands changed line up, the changing metal genre and their new single ‘Witches’.
2 April 2016
Working alongside Philly of late, Jayden Lillyst has established himself as a musician who tells a story. He’ll soon be releasing an EP, which he is currently fine-tuning, but until then you can catch him at Narana Unplugged II.
1 April 2016
Boutique festivals are all the rage, but when they combine good times, great music and happy memories so well, we’ve got no problems at all.
1 April 2016
“There’s just something about it. Of the process of taking the record out of the jacket and putting it on the turntable and putting the needle on the groove and there you go,” Sweet Little Hi-Fi owner and vinyl enthusiast Shane Godfrey says.
31 March 2016
From having their first moments rehearsing in a paint store in Geelong, local lads Toxicon are back to launch their debut LP. We had a chat with the band as a collective on what to expect next, fond memories of the BC and crowd surfing to the bar.
