14 November 2015
It’s time to gather the posse for a night out with Sydney folk-punk band The Rumjacks when they hit Geelong’s Barwon Club on November 20. While the band may have been missing from our shores, they were busy on their debut overseas tour, playing to some 50,000 people across a three-month stretch.
14 November 2015
Not all friends are on two legs, sometimes they’re on four and maybe even throw in a set of wings. Animals deserve a place in our hearts just as much as our human counterparts and the WEEAC (Worldwide Events to End Animal Cruelty) held at Ceres Environment Park this Sunday (November 15) could be just the chance to show them you care.
13 November 2015
Soundwave have locked in three heavy-hitting bands to join their 2016 bill.
In a special Soundwave-exclusive performance, Killswitch Engage will perform the entirety of their seminal 2002 record Alive Or Just Breathing, while Ill Niño will be performing Revolution, Revolucion in its entirety. Also joining the bill is the supergroup Terror Universal, featuring current and former members of Machine Head, Soulfly and Ill Niño.
13 November 2015
It’s doubtful that Tequila Mockingbyrd could do anything wrong at the moment. The “jagerbomb-fuelled” trio of Estelle Artois, Jess Riley and Josie O’Toole recently enjoyed an experience of a lifetime when they rocked it for troops in the Middle East, and now they’re tougher than hell.
13 November 2015
Lido Cinemas, the artiplex situated in the heart of Hawthorn that opened earlier this year, have today launched the program for their rooftop cinema, set to launch in a fortnight. Lido on the Roof is Melbourne’s first rooftop cinema that features latest release films. Lido on the Roof opens on Thursday November 12. Hit their Facebook for more details.
13 November 2015
Aboriginal cultural centre Narana will host NaranaFEST this Saturday, November 14. Narana is a significant attraction on the Great Ocean Road that seeks to “build understanding of Aboriginal history and culture in a welcoming, friendly and relaxed atmosphere, through personal interaction with groups and individuals from all community backgrounds”.
13 November 2015
The Melbourne Night Noodle Markets are back, and with it they bring the buzz, flavour and colour of Asian culture. Head to Birrarung Marr from November 12-29 and pick yourself up something tasty.
12 November 2015
Songbird Dana Hassall recently released ‘Spinning Wheels’, a song which she describes as something that “comes from that twenty-something feeling of wondering whether all your effort is going to amount to anything, but soldiering on when it feels like you’re getting nowhere”.
12 November 2015
Bluesfest have added five new artists to their 2016 lineup. Leading the charge will be Brian Wilson to perform his album Pet Sounds in full with an 11-piece band including original Beach Boys member Al Jardine and long-term member Blondie Chaplin. He’ll also be playing some of his greatest hits.
12 November 2015
This January, the City of Stonnington are putting on a series of Sunday evening shows called Sunset Sounds. First on the bill are multiple ARIA award-winners The Audreys.
12 November 2015
Groovin’ the Moo is a festival we’ve loved for a long time. Maybe because we have a soft spot for anything regional, but more likely it’s because this festival knows what’s what.
12 November 2015
Harry Coulson’s Rain Dogs is the combined powers of Harry Coulson on guitar, James Thompson on drums and Glen Davidson on bass. They play jazz, Jim, but not as you know it. Why take my word for it, though.
12 November 2015
The good music times continue to roll in Geelong. This Saturday we welcome Streetlife, Geelong’s first laneway festival, and it’s looking like being a ripping new addition to the festival family.
12 November 2015
After recently playing a sell-out show in Geelong, The Waifs are back as the special guests alongside none other than the talented John Butler Trio. Both bands hold a deep mutual respect for one another and the same respect for their time on stage.
12 November 2015
Suttons House of Music kicks off their first birthday celebrations tonight, November 12. Festivities will continue through to November 15. Kerryn Fields performs at Martians Café, Deans Marsh on November 13.
12 November 2015
After the almost eternal-seeming drip feed, Soundwave have finally officially announced the first round of acts for their 2016 incarnation. The 2016 festival will be headlined by Disturbed, who will be joined at the upper echelons of the bill by NOFX, Deftones, The Prodigy and Public Enemy, alongside the previously announced acts Bring Me The Horizon, Bullet For My Valentine and Refused.
12 November 2015
Summer and the tunes of Ziggy Alberts go down pretty well. With a home-schooling background, Ziggy was writing and surfing from a young age. In 2011, he decided to teach himself the guitar, releasing his debut EP, Feels Like Home, the following year.
11 November 2015
If The Barwon Club is rockin’, please come knockin’. That’s right, you’re invited to River Rocks, the greatest little music fest to feature both the words ‘River’ and ‘Rocks’.
11 November 2015
Have you ever dreamed of opening the main stage of a massive festival? Major you’re a band with all the skills and talent to achieve it but you just haven’t managed to get yourself onto the bill?
11 November 2015
All it can take is a song. It was on hearing Paul Kelly’s ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ that convinced Kerryn Fields to move out of a “dodgy haunted house” in New Zealand, sell her Kombi van and buy a one-way ticket to Melbourne.
11 November 2015
Following a pretty sweet debut in Nagambie (some 5000 people turned out), A Day on the Green returns to Goulburn Valley Highway in 2016 with an Australian all-star cast. Icehouse, Baby Animals, Diesel, Models and Deborah Conway will perform.
10 November 2015
Songbird and storyteller Kasey Chambers is taking her ‘Bittersweet’ tour back on the road for a final run of shows, paying particular attention to regional areas.
10 November 2015
What happens when you are without a job, your girlfriend has left you and your band is no more? Write a country song? Buy a one-way ticket to Bangkok? Meet Brett Newski, a guy who, in 2011, was down on his luck when he headed for Bangkok, spending the next six months wandering around while recording in makeshift studios.
10 November 2015
Tickets for 2016’s National Celtic Festival will go on sale November 1. Held at the historic coastal township of Portarlington, the festival takes place across the June long weekend.
