14 October 2015
Dallas Frasca and her musical brothers Jeff Curran and Josh Eales are soon to hit the road with those beautifully hair-rich men known as The Beards, but once that run of shows wraps up they will soldier on for some headliners. And among these headliner dates are ones on Forte turf – Torquay Hotel, Torquay on November 6 and The Loft, Warrnambool on November 14.
14 October 2015
Slaughterhouse started as a rap battle between Joe Budden and Royce da 5’9”. From there a respect grew, and along with Crooked I and Joell Ortiz they appeared on Budden’s 2008 album Halfway House. The track, ‘Slaughterhouse’, became the group, and they would release a self-titled album independently in 2009.
14 October 2015
Rainbow Serpent Festival has quickly received a cult following with 15,000 attendees dancing across the four days of the festival each year.
14 October 2015
If only we meant Kevin Parker was really in your bedroom, pulling the sheets up around your chin to keep you warm. Instead, the second best thing comes with the ‘Bedtime Mix’ Kevin made for Phil Taggart’s BBC Radio One show featuring artists like Panda Bear, Air, Frank Ocean and Gotye. “Making a chilled-out playlist is not something I do regularly, but having been asked to do it, I’m looking back at the playlist now, and I may actually put this on tonight when I go to bed.”
14 October 2015
There’s the old saying of ‘taking time to smell the roses’ in this case orchids are the flowers of choice and you’ll certainly have an endless amount to smell and admire. The Ballarat Orchid Show will take place over October 16-18 at the Primary Industries Training Center in Wendouree.
14 October 2015
A week before the event was meant to happen, the organisers of Soulfest have cancelled the festival.
13 October 2015
In a glorious story of how the internet uncovers all, an alleged list of the Pulp Fiction original casting short lists have arisen, and they hold some pretty interesting results. Mostly that John Travolta was a (strong) runner up to Michael Madson, and Uma Thurman wasn’t even listed for Mia and neither was Bruce Willis for Butch. Um, what?
13 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, October 24 & October 25.
13 October 2015
In 1983, David Bridie formed Not Drowning, Waving with John Phillips. Combining elements of rock, ambient and world music, the band released a handful of albums and soundtracks before disbanding in 1994.
13 October 2015
The finishing touches are being put to the Lorne Film Festival, with submissions closing tomorrow, October 16. The inaugural event took place in 2013, which received over 1000 submissions before 29 films were screened across the festival’s duration.
13 October 2015
The Port Fairy Folk Music Festival will celebrate their 40th edition next March, with over 100 acts across 20 venues, presenting 200 shows over four days.
13 October 2015
What better actress to replace Zooey Deschanel (temporarily) in New Girl than Megan Fox? Wait…what? In line with working around Deschanel’s pregnancy, her character Jess in the show will go away to “serve on a jury” with her room needing a rental. Of course, who else would you want to move in than Megan Fox?
12 October 2015
The Simpsons and doom rock. Has there ever been a better combination in the entire history of the world? Yeah, probably, but it’s a ‘Top 10’ combination for sure. You see, once upon a time, Jono Colliver, vocalist and guitarist of Dr. Colossus, was searching for an appropriate name for a doom rock band.
12 October 2015
In December of 1989, Tim Rogers, his older brother, Jaimme, and Nick Tischler formed You Am I. While the initial line-up was short-lived, things have gone pretty well for the band over the years.
12 October 2015
“A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes, were smoking out along the open road. The night was very dark and thick between them, each man beneath his ordinary load. ‘I’d like to tell my story,’ said one of them so young and bold. ‘I’d like to tell my story, before I turn into gold.’”
12 October 2015
Are there any three better things in life? Howler plays host to the boutique micro music and arts festival, Love Street, this year on October 25 and things are looking good.
12 October 2015
Back for its sixth year, jam-packed with over 100 events held across the city from Friday 13 November to Friday 20 November, Melbourne Music week is prying open basement doors, activating laneways, lighting up the silver screen and shaking up the dance floor of some of Melbourne’s most iconic music venues over eight dynamic days of programming.
11 October 2015
A childhood obsession comes to the stage, as Michael Veitch presents Flak, a collection of vivid, unforgettable stories from RAAF veterans about their experiences of combat in World War II.
11 October 2015
Well hot diggity dog, Tex Perkins and Charlie Owen have some business to attend to at The Workers Club, Geelong on November 1. My friends, the music word is full of musical partnerships for the ages. John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Kanye and Kanye.
11 October 2015
Offspring fans, your moment is here. After arguably killing off its best character, hello, Patrick was the best, Offspring is back again for a sixth season in 2016. It was believed that the last episode aired in August 2014, but much like how the show is full of surprises, this is surely one fans will love.
11 October 2015
Aboriginal cultural centre Narana will host NaranaFEST on 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”.
11 October 2015
Back in 2002, three guys from the small country town of Balnarring and one guy from Cranbourne formed a band called Kisschasy. Following the release of a couple of EPs, the band released their debut full-length, United Paper People, in 2005.
10 October 2015
What seems like quite a long coming of age series, Please Like Me, by the ever-awkwardly-hilarious John Thomas just got renewed for a third season. The third season will air on ABC in October 2015 and continue the outrageously, yet somehow realistic, storylines.
9 October 2015
Doughnuts are good, but Doughboys Doughnuts are even better. Realising this in full are the lovely folk at Peach Boutique who have enlisted Doughboy’s doughnut services and will be selling them this Saturday.
