7 January 2015
If there was a better time to catch up with EDM wonder kid Throttle than at Schoolies Week 2014, I’d like to hear it! We sat down with the Launchpad prodigy, AKA Robbie Bergin, who despite feeling a little dusty, has his feet firmly planted on the ground and his eye on the prize. “You’ll just have to excuse my voice – I’m in Byron Bay for Schoolies,” he said, sounding a little gruff. “Unfortunately I lost my voice on day one and I haven’t got it back yet. To tell you the truth, I’m pretty worn out already.”
3 January 2015
Choosing a winner for anything is hard, and that process isn’t made any easier when it comes to short films created by VCE students. What one film may luck in technique, it may more than make up for in the story line. Though regardless of how hard choosing a winner is, two were picked from this year’s films screened at the Odyssey Film Festival.
1 January 2015
There aren’t many people who can say that they’re an artist, and be talking about both visual art and musical art. Geelong grown David Bowers has been creating in both areas for over 20 years, beginning with his art/surf label, Umgawa, which he founded in 1992.
30 December 2014
Electric Mary has just returned from touring Europe and, as you’d expect, they have some stories from their travels. Speaking to Rusty Brown, lead vocalist from the band, the jet lag is still present as we chat but the band has hit the ground running with gigs in Frankston and Ding Dong Lounge over the weekend. “It feels like I’m still in the Paris time zone mate. We arrived back late on Tuesday night and we’ve done three gigs since then. Alex caught something whilst on the tour I think, he just came in to play last night then went straight home when we finished. I hope it’s not Ebola,” Brown says.
28 December 2014
The guys behind Hermitude, Luke Dubs and Elgusto, continue to make solitude sound cool thanks to their silky-smooth remix of Kite String Tangle’s latest single ‘Stone Cold’. But that’s not all they’ve been up to. I sat down with Elgusto recently to find out more about their upcoming LP and get the low-down on the chilled out pair’s plans for the summer.
27 December 2014
New Year’s Eve is always a memorable night, but for Midnight Juggernauts their performance at Falls Festival a few years ago topped the list for an unusual reason. “I remember one year when we played in Tasmania at Falls Festival, it was halfway during our set there was a massive storm that came in and they had to shut down the stage,” Andy Szekeres [bass/vocals] says.
25 December 2014
“It’s been so long on the road and I’m glad to be back home,” Ahren Stringer reflects on landing back in sunny Australia after a hectic schedule of touring – the most recent of which was a long stint in Europe and the UK. “It was awesome. It was our second headline tour so it was really rewarding and the crowds were huge – pretty much every show sold out. It was just rad to be able to see how we’ve gone over there,” he says.
24 December 2014
Ivan Ooze may be the name of a bad arse villain in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but the name is also shared with a Melbourne rapper, though his friends know him as Ben Townsend. We had a chat to Ivan about his upcoming show at Beyond the Valley and what he hopes to get out of the New Year.
22 December 2014
Chances are you’ve seen Steve finger-picking his banjo guitar on the streets of Geelong or performing down at the Festival of Sails over the Australia day holiday. Recently we got the chance to sit down with the local musician about his brand new EP and his favourite spots to perform around Geelong, take note if you want to catch him in action!
22 December 2014
The king of pop culture himself, Mr Perez Hilton, praised the band’s single ‘Couch Potato’ as so dope, “They’ve got a real laid-back, positive vibe that’s infectious.” Factor in that the band have earned this praise after a whirlwind 18 months, they should easily be on your ‘Ones-to-Watch’ list. We had a chat to the band ahead of their summer tour and trip down to Torquay.
22 December 2014
Buffy Sainte-Marie is one well-travelled woman. Straight out of college she toured her music alone, penned the song ‘Up Where We Belong’ and became one of the key faces in a generation of activists.
22 December 2014
If you’re not familiar with the dynamic electro duo that is Rave Radio, you’re about to, as they’ll be helping you bring in the New Year at Homehouse – chances are they’re going to get quite familiar with you too. We had a chat with the group fresh from two weeks of Schoolies shows, their warm-up for New Year’s.
22 December 2014
There’s few musicians who share a love for Australia as much as Neil Murray does, and over the past 30 years in the industry he’s proved it – and then some. Also hailed as the “thinking woman’s crumpet” we had a chat to Neil about his new release and what inspired the album.
22 December 2014
Things have been a little bit quiet in the Von Stache world, but she’s back with a vengeance and a whole new sound. The synthesizer will no longer make an appearance at live sets and instead Von Stache has opted for a sparkly Gibson Flying V, killer.
19 December 2014
The picturesque city of Malmo, near the south-western tip of Sweden, is home to two of the world’s A-list electronica producers, Marcus Heriksson and Sebastian Mullaert. While the mainstream music scene in Sweden fed on the success of pop bands like ABBA, Roxette and Ace of Base, two young and talented – but uniquely different – musicians were about to meet and change the course of their lives (and the Swedish trance scene) forever.
11 December 2014
Summer’s here and that means one thing: Future Music Festival is just around the corner. We had a chat with Sigma ahead of their performance at the festival and getting to enjoy an Australian summer this time around.
8 December 2014
While many people think being an artist may be the easiest thing in the world, making a living from it is actually a pretty tough act. That’s where the new app idea, Arti, by Codeacious comes in. They’ve designed an app for you iPhone, Samsung or whatever contraption you may have – provided it can download apps of some sort – where you can buy and sell artworks, but it’s so much more than that. We had a chat with app designer Ian Priddle, about the ins and outs of the app and how you can help make it a reality.
8 December 2014
Regardless of who you are, everyone has that one musician, artist, scientist or prolific other who they admire for one reason or another. Patience Hodgson from The Grates just so happens to be mine, but interestingly enough, The Preatures are up there for the Brisbane musician.
7 December 2014
Adrian Calvano, frontman for Hamilton’s own Buddha in a Chocolate Box, isn’t afraid to speak his mind. “Reality TV talent shows are dumbing down our nation, art-wise,” he says passionately. “People are chosen on appearance instead of actual talent and substance to their song writing. They’re just quickly manufactured. It’s very fake, very calculated – they’re chewed up and then spat out.
7 December 2014
How many bands, do you know that take a tugboat as transport to their gig? Well, the answer is one of the most infamous bands in the history of Australian music, the one, the only, Painters and Dockers. With the gig scheduled for January down at Port Melbourne, front man and singer Paul Stewart is excited about their mode of transport to the gig.
6 December 2014
If it weren’t for a chance meeting at Nannup music festival in Western Australia, where Mama Kin (aka Danielle Caruana) and Emily Lubitz of Tin Pan Orange were both performing, it’s unlikely We Two Thieves would have ever happened.
6 December 2014
Josh Dance might be a familiar face and after busking and performing around Geelong and surrounds for around 10 years now, chances are that’s why. We had a chat with the bluesy rocker ahead of his performance at Saints & Sailors in Portarlington.
5 December 2014
With a venue in LA, his own record label, a brewing company among many others, somehow DJ Grant Smillie managed to make some time to chat to Forte magazine and for a show this New Year’s at the Pier in Geelong.
5 December 2014
Some people wait all year for the celebrations of New Year’s Eve, but as soon as it comes around the countdown is finished and it’s another 365 days until it happens again. That’s where The Sporting Club are a point of difference. Instead of just one chance to celebrate, they’ve got three, and each brings a different themed party. We had a chat with Luke Peters about what we can expect from the celebration, three times over.
