5 December 2014
They’ve been around for 15 years and, if things continue the way they are, we’re sure there’ll be another 5 or 10 in there, easy. We had a chat with Dean from Orkestrated about how the duo came together and their love for DJing ahead of their show in Geelong.
5 December 2014
For many up-and-coming artists, it would be a dream to perform at a music festival. For Jim Moynihan, better known on stage as Spoonbill, is not only well versed in performing at music festivals, but around the world. Jim has been performing at the Rainbow Serpent Festival for close to a decade, playing up to 17 sets in that time.
5 December 2014
Geoff Achison is celebrating 20 years in the music industry, and headlining the Bluestone Festival. He first began playing in his father’s dance band at the age of 13. Soon after, he heard John Mayall and the Blues Breakers (with a young Eric Clapton on guitar) playing the opening strains of ‘All your Love’ by Otis Rush and “it just burst out of the speakers!”.
5 December 2014
Hands down one of the most influential blues/rock bands in Australia, even after over 40 years in the industry, Chain are coming our way again for a show at Gateway Hotel. We had a chat to Phil Manning ahead of the gig, and what he thinks of the bands approaching 50th year since forming.
4 December 2014
With her spine tingling, angelic voice, wavy brown hair and exotic looks, Imogen Brough has unofficially become the poster girl of Geelong. She’s been the ambassador for Geelong Sidewalk Sales two years in a row, was successful in raising funds through a Pozible campaign for her second EP but, surprisingly, the focus wasn’t always on Imogen’s talent.
4 December 2014
For fans of Melbourne’s indie punk band The Meanies, summer is about to get a whole lot sweeter. As part of their Silver Jubilee Tour, Link, Ringo, Wally and Jaws have teamed up with Poison City and Tym Records to put out re-issues of The Meanies’ classic back catalogue. Prepare for a trip down Aussie punk-rock lane.
4 December 2014
No matter who you are or what your taste in music is, chances are you love at least one Led Zeppelin song, or you’ve got some sort of childhood memory attached to their bands. We had a chat to Amy Findlay, drummer for Stonefield, who’s set to perform in the Led Zeppelin celebration show: Whole Lotta Love.
4 December 2014
They’ve been heralded by some as the saving grace of modern British pop music, charged with re-inventing a genre that had lost its way. Whatever you believe, it’s hard to deny Aluna Francis and George Reid are a match made in musical heaven. Singer-songwriter Aluna’s honey-dipped vocals, set against her “partner-in-crime” producer George’s smooth and seductive beats, make them unlike anything else out there – it feels like everything they touch turns to gold.
3 December 2014
Jersey boys, The Gaslight Anthem, are currently at the business end of their Get Hurt world tour. They’ve spent the better part of 2014 on the road, playing to packed clubs, concert halls and arenas across Europe, the UK and North America before they finish up Down Under in the New Year. On a rare day off in New Orleans, bass player Alex Levine called in for a chat.
2 December 2014
As a student it can be a hard fete trying to get your work taken seriously outside of the schooling community, but thanks to Trent Edwards, Media Studies teacher at Lara Secondary College and the Youth Development Unit at CoGG, it’s become a little bit easier.
2 December 2014
“As songwriters/performers I suppose we understand the powerful and influential role you are in when you stand up in front of a lot of people. It’s your choice and responsibility what sort of art and message you deliver to the world so at this point I suppose we’d prefer to inspire and empower people rather than writing shallow and meaningless crap, but each to their own. At the end of the day, we write about things that mean something to us.”
2 December 2014
What started as a friendship at work and a mutual love for the arts and photography, Daniel Horvat, James Cox and Joshua Maxwell de Hoog have since turned their passions into Analogue Academy: a café, gallery and film processing lab with the possibility to flow beyond that.
30 November 2014
“It’s important but people who are passionate about performing music will always find a way. Musicians in the industry working at the front line have learned a lot of lessons, have a lot of contacts and experienced many different scenarios, they have a lot of knowledge to pass on, so it’s got to be a good thing to pick their brains. If it came to text book verses experience, I would pick experience every time.”
30 November 2014
While many resist it, change is one of the best ways to bring in something new to your life, or even venue, and it’s proved to be just what The Grovedale needed. After joining his father in managing The Grovedale Hotel, Joel Taylor convinced his dad to reinvent the old sports bar into a beer garden fit for the laneways of Melbourne.
29 November 2014
There’s nothing worse than getting to the day before New Year’s Eve and realising you don’t have a single iota of how you’re going to bring in the New Year. That’s where the people at The Pier Geelong come in; they’ve organised everything for you at a tidy price and extremely picturesque venue.
29 November 2014
For blues lovers there’s no better way to see in the New Year than by attending Bluestone. Now in its 19th year, the two-day event staged by Geelong’s Sleepy Hollow Blues Club features an impressive lineup of classic and original blues music from some Australian legends and emerging artists.
28 November 2014
If you look at the best Australian blues guitarists of all time, Geoff Achison is without a doubt on the list. In 1994, Achison released his debut album Big Machine and since then has gone in leaps and bounds. I got the opportunity to sit down with Achison recently to have a chat about guesting with the Allman Brothers, playing alongside his long-time mentor and collaborator Dutch Tilders and how it feels to be celebrating the anniversary of the disc.
28 November 2014
In the past three years Lily and the Drum averaged out at about 100 gigs per year, and lucky for…
28 November 2014
It’s not uncommon for cafes now to have their front counter filled with an array of brightly coloured, and sugar filled treats, though not many can claim they’re all made in house like they are at Darriwill Farm Café in Highton. “Everything is made in house – or as much of it as possible. That means sauces, soups, as much as we can, the only thing we can’t do is bake our own bread here,” head chef Josh Beaumont says.
27 November 2014
While they may regret the punctuation in the middle of their name, there’s not much else the four-piece band could add to that list. When I sat down to chat with bassist and vocalist Zach Carothers, the band was in the midst of a free tour in Australia, skydiving and generally living it up.
27 November 2014
Combining indie-pop guitar sounds of bands like The Jungle Giants and the sweet melodic crooning of Matt Corby, there is a new Geelong band on the rise: meet Revolution. From the outset they may seem like a bunch of young folk getting together to have a jam, but since taking out the regional final of the Push Start Battle of the Bands in Geelong at Courthouse ARTS recently, they are a band on the rise, and one to watch in the coming months.
27 November 2014
The Geelong Revival Motoring Festival is on again and this year it is set to be bigger and better than ever. Now spanning across three days, the jam packed schedule will feature all things vintage from November 28 to 30. The event brings together hundreds of classic and exotic vehicles to Geelong’s magnificent waterfront, along with racing, exhibits, entertainment, food, music and fashion.
27 November 2014
You’ve heard the whispers for months and now it’s official – Florida’s Sleepwave have been added to the 2015 Soundwave line up. “We’re stoked!” smiled front man Spencer Chamberlain when we caught up just ahead of the public announcement, “I’ve been quietly pushing for us to be on the tour for a while, and we’re very very excited. I guess I can be quite persuasive!” he laughed.
27 November 2014
“We’re looking forward to playing Queenscliff Music Festival next weekend because we played it once before and we felt we were pretty bloody dreadful! So it’ll be nice to come back and make amends.” A promise made is a promise kept by Tim Powles, drummer of the legendary alt-rock outfit The Church.
