20 October 2015
It may be sold out (we’re sure you can still get your hands on some tickets somewhere/somehow) but the Lorne Falls Festival just got 28 new additions to the line up. You could say the line up is lookin’ as fine as Dame Edna in one of her sparkly getups.
19 October 2015
If you have been perusing In the Loop, you would have come across a blurb on Warrnambool’s Aus Music Festival. We also want to make special mention of the halfday forum which will run as part of this fantastic event.
19 October 2015
Flume recently took to BBC Radio 1 to smash out his two hour essential mix as he took over the decks. The mix can still be found on www.bbc.co.uk and with rave reviews it’s worth getting those sweet sounds into your brain.
19 October 2015
What happens when the two guitarists/vocalists from seminal Melbourne stoner doom band Downriver (who also both spent the ’90s playing grind and hardcore together in the Melbourne gig-machine W.A.R.) listen to a heap of duelling-guitar-NWOBHM, old school ’80s metal and dabble with the icy grasp of blasting old school black metal over a few beers and backyard bonfires?
19 October 2015
Laughing is good right? Wrong, laughing is the best thing you could ever do. The much loved UK comedian, Danny Bhoy, returns to Australia is 2016 with his brand new show Please Untick This Box, and better yet, Geelong is worth the visit.
18 October 2015
The John Steel Singers, Money for Rope, Immigrant Union, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, The Harlots, Cove, Forever Sun, Brother James, Karl S. Williams, Crossfire Hurricane, Spiral Arm, Blackwood Jack, Sheriff, Rough River, TSUN, ORB and Mangelwurzel are the dear darlings that make up the Kennedys Creek Music Festival, which arrives a touch later in the month across October 24 & October 25.
18 October 2015
There’s no doubt our little Lordey has grown up, and it’s all for the better. In her new collaboration with Disclosure, ‘Magnets’, brings us the sweet husky crooning we’ve come to love from the musician.
17 October 2015
While StreetLife Festival is Geelong’s inaugural laneways festival, it’s also doing its bit for the arts community.
17 October 2015
Influenced by the likes of ’90s folk/rock outfits such as Bright Eyes, Neutral Milk Hotel and Modest Mouse, Melbourne’s Tiny Little Houses began life as the bedroom musings of Caleb Karvountzis. These days Caleb is joined by Sean Mullins (guitar), Clancy Bond (drums) and Al Yamin (bass).
17 October 2015
The finest local produce, boutique beer and wine will all be in the one place when Extravaganza Geelong hits Deakin Waterfront on October 17. This is the third time the event has run in Geelong and is set to take locals’ tastebuds on journey.
16 October 2015
Joyfully remembering making bad decisions, falling in love and getting lost, ‘Good Times’ is the new single from hard-working, hard-playing seven-piece folk revivalists The Bon Scotts.
16 October 2015
Taking place this Saturday, October 17, at Geelong’s Barwon Club, the Mane Event is a musical festival that aims to raise awareness of mental health issues.
16 October 2015
Paradise Music Festival have today announced the second round of acts that will perform at their 2015 incarnation. Completing the 2015 lineup will be Roland Tings, Flyying Colours, The Infants, Leisure Suite, Deer, Alta, Neighbourhood Youth, Misty Nights, Nutrition and IO.
15 October 2015
Marlon Williams (along with his band the Yarra Benders) has a date with Geelong’s Workers Club on December 10. The New Zealand crooner, who is currently based in Melbourne, is having a dream run at the moment.
15 October 2015
Did you know that American singer-songwriter JD McPherson is heading to Theatre Royal, Castlemaine on February 20, 2016? We know it’s a while off, but four out of five dentists suggest that people like plenty of time to make decisions.
15 October 2015
No, not the chocolate flavoured kind, Custard the band that haven’t released new music for 16 years – until now that is. Titled Come Back, All is Forgiven, the album recorded over a weekend has 11 new songs to get into. Chances are you’ll also hear them when they play at the Toff in Town on December 5.
15 October 2015
The Peninsula Picnic is back for their sophomore outing. Roll out your picnic rug and sample the best food, wine and produce from Peninsula favourites, all while listening to the dulcet sounds of Missy Higgins, Kim Churchill, Darren Middleton, Timberwolf and Ruby Whiting.
15 October 2015
Born Lion hits The Loft, Warrnambool tomorrow night, October 16. Pete Murray has a date with the Torquay Hotel, Torquay on October 17, while The Hunted Crows make Bendigo’s Music Man their home on October 17.
15 October 2015
The 10th birthday celebrations continue for Golden Plains with the line up officially announced for the 2016 festival. Eddy Current Suppression Ring were already announced to perform a special anniversary celebration for GP after not playing for six years. The band were also on the very first line up for festival numero uno, so it’s celebrations all round.
15 October 2015
In a new innovative work by emerging artists, the theme of abandonment will be explored through a fusion of audio, visual and sensory experiences. Held at the Deakin University Project Space on October 15 – 17 (with performances at 7pm and 8.30pm) tickets are a mere $10 to support the blossoming talents of young artists in Geelong.
15 October 2015
Jeez, it must be pretty okay living in Geelong. Next month we see the introduction of Streetlife, Geelong’s first laneway festival, and it’s looking like being a ripping new addition to the festival family.
14 October 2015
It seems anything Sticky Fingers touches it turns to gold, and while the track ‘Ghost Town’ by The Specials was already pretty amazing, the Stick Fingers have made us love it that little bit more. Yes, it was possible.
14 October 2015
Melbourne-based singer songwriter Fatai Veamatahau came to our attention in the first season of The Voice, placing as a semi-finalist. Penning a deal with Mercury Records Australia, she spent the next two-and-a-half years under their guidance before deciding her future looked brighter as an independent artist.
14 October 2015
Things are changing in the food scene in Geelong, and it’s all for the better. The newest venue to open is Centra, previously known as the Carrington Hotel, the newly renovated space has a rustic Italian menu and a modern ‘urban ruin’ design.
